80 Microcomputing - 1982
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80 Microcomputing - Volume 25 - January, 1982
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Issue Information:
| Date: | January 1982 |
| Load-80: | Yes |
| Pages: | 404 |
| Size: | 171,580,598 |
| TOSEC: | 80 Microcomputing v025 (1982)(1001001 Inc) |
Table of Contents:
Features: | |
| 60 | Videotext for the Masses by Michael Nadeau When computer executives talk about the "Information Revolution," they may be stirring the ashes of Uncle Karl without really knowing it. |
| 66 | Terminal Case by G Bert Latamore The Canadians have adopted the European approach to videotext-an approach that doesn't always take into account the wants of the proletariat. |
| 80 | A Little Pascal, Part II by Margaret M. Grothman Readers slightly blue from holding their breath waiting for the followup to Ms. Grothrnan's first piece may at last inhale. |
| 92 | Get the Business For those of you who read our November business issue and thirsted for more, imbibe: Dan Keen and Dave Dischert introduce you to Cobol and explain spanning disks on the Model II; Edwin Dethlefsen shows you how your pocket computer can become an investment portfolio; John D. Eaton (*) helps you track the rising cost of materials; Jerry Rutledge (*) makes tabulating survey results easy; and Steven M. Zimmerman and Leo M. Conrad (*) write about manipulating loans. |
| 179 | Buyer's Guide to Disk Drives For those of you frustrated by CLOADing for the last time, a potpourri of disk drives from the mini-floppy to Winchester technology. |
Applications: | |
| 174 | No More 90 Pound Weakling. by Guell F. Stevens Charles Atlas In Your Pocket Computer. |
| 306 | If This Is Tuesday, It Must Be ... by Walter J. Atkins Happy Birthday from your Pocket Computer |
Games: | |
| 265 | Martian Missile Attack by Charles E Gillen No city on earth is safe! |
| 302 | Micro Puzzle Box by David Moews A venerable game in a new box. |
General: | |
| 140 | The Ultimate Parts Manager by Bruce W. McCalley For Model T fanatics only. |
Hardware: | |
| 172 | Do-It-Yourself Disks by James S. Schaeller Install Model III internal drives. |
| 244 | Digital Doodles by Alan Stehmer Build a low cost plotter. |
| 288 | Those CLOAD Blues by Don Harties How to end them. |
| 294 | Double Your Density by Allen J. Domuret Without Model I hassles. |
| 316 | Model I, Meet Model III by Mike Berrow and Jim Brydges Make them kissing kin. |
Interface: | |
| 318 | The Straight Shooter by Thomas C Quindry El Cheapo light pen. |
Reviews: | |
| 72 | It's a Big, Big Colorful World by Howard Berenbon . . .when you hook your Color Computer into CompuServe |
| 122 | The Plot Thickens by Dan DeJarnette A look at Radlo Shack's plotter-printer. |
| 126 | TASMON by Rowland Archer A machine-language monitor. |
| 132 | Making Basic a Snapp by Rick Lederman An auto map you won't use with your car. |
| 218 | What's a TRS-80? by Eric Lindsay No, not another new product from Kitchen Table Software. |
Technique: | |
| 190 | Alpha Graphics by Larry Basch There's no money in these dollar signs, just graphics. |
| 258 | Add That Professional Touch by Joe C Steelhammer Look like a programmer. Be a programmer. |
| 274 | Programmer for Hire by Dennis J Gillig Have Computer Will Program |
| 276 | The Flasher by Everitt Mickey Make that loafer work. |
| 278 | Unmasking Your Z80 by R F Genovese ... with the help of computer interrupts. |
| 290 | Using Print Using by Chris Rende A lesson in a Basic function |
Tutorial: | |
| 310 | Ordered Chaos by Ken Webb A look at randomness |
Utility: | |
| 196 | NEATLIST by D N Ewart For the Walter Matthaus among us. |
| 200 | Array I/O by Norman Neff Fast data transfer of BASIC data. |
| 204 | Add CRC ASAP by Roxton Baker Cyclical Redundancy Code for Tape |
| 217 | Does FORMAT Get Your BACKUP? by W. D. Hart Stop raising your hackles over glitched disks. |
| 224 | Fill In The Blanks by Robert Schuldenfrai Pack your records before committing them to tape. |
| 230 | Another Major Operation on Scripsit by Lynn W Graves Grafting it to a printer |
| 240 | Tape Spate by Bill Bowman Save and Recover. |
| 304 | Lost in Basic by Mark C. Paxton Variables are where you find them. |
Departments: | |
| 6 | Proof Notes |
| 8 | Remarks by Wayne Green |
| 10 | 80 Input |
| 28 | 80 Accounting by Michael Tannenbaum |
| 30 | Soft Bits by Roger Fuller |
| 36 | Reviews |
| 52 | Exclusive Oracle by Dennis Kitsz |
| 56 | Kitchen Table Software by David Busch |
| 326 | News |
| 342 | 80 Applications by Dennis Kitsz |
| 364 | Education 80 by Earl R Savage |
| 366 | Notes From Beneath the Keyboard by Paul Weiner |
| 376 | Input/Output by Jim Keogh |
| 382 | New Products |
| 391 | Calendar |
| 392 | Reload 80 |
| 403 | Reader Service |
80 Microcomputing - Volume 26 - February, 1982
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Issue Information:
| Volume: | 26 |
| Date: | February 1982 |
| Load-80: | Yes |
| Pages: | 372 |
| Size: | 106,613,800 |
| TOSEC: | 80 Microcomputing v026 (1982)(1001001 Inc) |
Table of Contents:
Features: | |
| 53 | The Future in Miniature by John P. Mello Jr. Micros are becoming more pervasive in the nation's schools. What does the silicon classroom mean to the future of education? Some observers see bright skies on the horizon, but other forecasters see ominous consequences in today's trends. |
| 60 | Anything Jodi Can Do. by Jodi Tallman When nine and a half year-old author Tailman was getting bored because her mom was on vacation, she decided she'd show her dad she could write a computer program and make money by writing an article. |
| 94 | A Look at the Future-Education and Computers by James Edward Keogh Most educators recognize the power of microcomputers, but unless educational software is carefully designed with an eye on life in the typical classroom, micros can become a center of frustration. |
| 128 | Making More Possible by Kenny Leichtman For the physically handicapped the computer is new hope, new independence and new opportunity toward lessening the gap between what they can and cannot achieve. |
| 226 | Four Into One Will Go-Part I by Jim Hawkes and Grady R. Reese No, you don't need a new kind of math to achieve this feat of prestidigitation. Just a few lessons on cramming and the 1K of unassigned memory in your CPU. |
Business: | |
| 238 | The Trade Wins by Adam and Mark Finkelslein Stock market simulation. |
| 268 | The Profit Prognosticator by R.B. Nottingham Calculating the cornerstone of management. |
Education: | |
| 68 | An In the Apple by Stephen Radin Where there's a will there's a way. |
| 70 | Computer Etch-A-Sketch by Thomas W. Mustico Fast graphics in the classroom. |
| 82 | To Comma or Not to Comma by John D. Perron So It won't be a question mark. |
| 100 | Roll Call! by Michael M.T. Henderson Where's Johnny now? |
| 104 | Put Them to the Test by Barry Davis Making exams easy. |
| 112 | Extra-Terrestrial by Thomas A. Wells Everything you ever wanted to know about this solar system. |
| 116 | Learning the Elements by James W. Wood Enter the Great High School Chemistry Hero. |
| 120 | Earth to Class, Listen Up! by Madeline Fish Networking in the classroom. |
| 162 | RS8-0Tay Iysay Hahray? by Jerold M. Stratton Speaking In Tongues. |
| 192 | The Ten Key Tutor by Mel Knoyle A program that programs you. |
| 202 | Colorful Titrations by James W. Wood Avoid getting your feet wet. |
| 256 | Elementary, My Dear Primate. by Richard C. Vanderburgh Don't let this program make a monkey of you. |
General: | |
| 166 | Tumblin' Dice by Ronald H. Bobo A mind boggler. |
| 232 | Kings and Catapults by William C. Adams A game of siege. |
| 126 | Battery Backup by Howard F. Batie Make your own mayday. |
| 186 | Two Transfers Please by Bettye Hollins Eliza and Micromusic make it to disk. |
| 196 | Dream Team by Dennis Wangsness Your computer can make all the pieces fit together. |
| 200 | Mod III Notes by John Ratzlaff On loading cassettes. |
| 210 | The Bemusing Triangle by C. Brian Honess If Pythagoras only had a TRS-80. |
| 220 | Can You Get Me a Date? by John T. Phlllipp . . .and bachelor number three is.. |
| 240 | Performance Analysis by C.H. Ballard A technique for tracking execution. |
| 250 | Print Whiz by John A Parker Getting the most from Electric Pencil and Line Printer IV |
Graphics: | |
| 194 | The Random Picture Generator by James A. Swarts Graphic Entropy. |
Hardware: | |
| 184 | Networking on a Shoestring by Donald R. Melnke The $100 net |
Technique: | |
| 204 | Polar Generator by Ken Webb Fast graphics bring you to the top of the world. |
Reviews: | |
| 148 | Model II Compiler Basic by Larry Clark Trouble for Tandy? |
| 152 | The New NEWDOS/80 by Paul R Prescott Better than ever. |
| 164 | Radio Shack's Compiler Basic by Richard G. McGarvey For the Model I and III |
| 172 | The Microsoft Macro Assembler by G. Gratzer Speed up writing machine language. |
| 180 | The SK-2 Clock Modification Kit by C.H. Ballard More MHz for your Z80. |
| 222 | Model II Scripsit by Richard Harkness Tandy enters the Big Leagues. |
| 254 | Centronics 737 by Arthur J. Welcher Excellent with beautiful features. |
Tutorial: | |
| 248 | Tab Extender by David C. Hedlnger Pick up some more with this program |
Utility: | |
| 260 | Error Code Expanded by Roger C. Alford Off those irritating abbreviations. |
| 262 | Lots of Little Letters to Line Your Listings. by John R. Olsen. Jr. Dealing with life before lowercase. |
| 264 | As The Screen Scrolls by M. Keller Keep column headings from going over the edge of night. |
| 272 | Snapshot by Robert Rice When trace isn't enough. |
Departments: | |
| 6 | Proof Notes |
| 8 | Remarks by Wayne Green |
| 14 | 80 Input |
| 30 | 80 Accountant by Michael Tannenbaum |
| 36 | Soft Bits by Roger Fuller |
| 40 | Exclusive Oracle by Dennis Kitsz |
| 48 | Kitchen by David Busch |
| 290 | Reader Service |
| 294 | News |
| 300 | Reload 80 |
| 310 | Reviews |
| 330 | 80 Applications by Dennis Kitsz |
| 344 | New Products |
| 354 | Education 80 by Earl R Savage |
| 356 | Money DOS by J M Keynes |
| 358 | Input/Output by James Edward Keogh |
| 362 | Copernica Mathematica by Bruce Douglass |
| 370 | Calendar |
80 Microcomputing - Volume 27 - March, 1982
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Issue Information:
| Date: | March 1982 |
| Load-80: | Yes |
| Pages: | 406 |
| Size: | 114,072,730 |
| TOSEC: | 80 Microcomputing v027 (1982)(1001001 Inc) |
Table of Contents:
Features: | |
| 78 | The Editors Choice by Jake Commander and Kalvos Gesamte Brace yourself to be wowed when two of our editors team up to create some graphics to dazzle the eye. |
| 84 | Where There's a Will. . . by Shawn A McClenahan When told a Color Computer, printer, and CompuServe don't mix, this author was determined to do it. |
| 90 | Color Reversi by Anthony M. Ledger Creating a Color Computer version of Othello was going to be a simple little project for Tony Ledger, but he soon discovered it wasn't as simple and little as he thought. |
| 112 | Mirror Imagining by Bob Boothe As long as Bob has been plotting surfaces, he's wanted to create a decent sphere. At last he has and now you can, too. |
| 142 | Is a Rose in Color Still a Rose? by Roy Green After seeing what Bob Boothe did in black and white, this author thought it would look twice as good in color. |
| 162 | Jake's Wampeters by John P. Mello Jr. There's been an ironic symmetry in the wacky life of 80 Micro's affable Englishman, an irony echoing a Vonnegut novel. |
Applications: | |
| 152 | Priming the Data Base by Stuart F. Ring Easy find for sequential files. |
| 176 | Tax Relief for the Rich by Charles R. Perelman Manipulating the new estate tax law. |
| 210 | CC-Color Computer or Chamber of Commerce? by Richard S. Adcock Business can be colorful. |
Education: | |
| 184 | Grade Book by B. E. Pugsiey Put it in your computer. |
| 330 | You Light Up My Life by James W. Wood Teaching light theory. |
Games: | |
| 106 | Subchaseri by John Stelner The enemy below on your Color Computer. |
| 154 | Save All Humans by Bob Boothe Shooting flying saucers. |
| 252 | Flip A Piece by John Cominio Play your computer in Othello. |
General: | |
| 168 | Radio Shack vs IBM by Roger Van Ghent Model II vs 5150. |
| 234 | Two Way ANOVA by Richard C. Mffiarvey Analysis of variance. |
| 298 | Broadening The TRS-80 Horizon by David D Busch A change of heart |
| 308 | When the Postman Doesn't Even Ring Once by Robert E. Averill Mail order disorder. |
Graphics: | |
| 138 | 3-D Graphics by Eric Fogelin Geometric shapes in 4K. |
| 240 | Color From a Model III by Paul T. Ward and Roit A. Deininger If you have a digital plotter. |
| 258 | Shady Characters by Richard Ramella Draw silhouettes on your 80. |
| 270 | Paper Graphics by Jay F Rosenberg On a Line Printer IV. |
| 280 | Pictures at a Model II Exhibition by Jesse W. Baker Have fun on this 80, too. |
| 294 | When Black Is White by Thomas W. Tache Drop-out graphics. |
Hardware: | |
| 102 | Color Computer Upgrade by Brian Murphy From 4K to 16K. |
| 126 | Smarten Up, Color Computer! by Richard Esposito and Bertram A. Thiel Adding 16K of RAM. |
| 156 | RAM Wars by Shewn A. McClenahan Piggyback RAM chips. |
| 172 | Building an M-80 by James Hawhes and Grady Reese Or a single-board micro. |
| 206 | Hydra-Disk by Matt Robins Two heads are better than one. |
| 242 | The Joy of Interfacing by Howard Batie Building joysticks. |
| 290 | Video Snow Shovel by Brian Smith Or a plow for your CRT. |
Technique: | |
| 230 | To Err is ... Okay by Richard S. Adcock An error bypass. |
| 304 | Smooth Graphics by Ronald Goodman Do the software impossible. |
Tutorial: | |
| 260 | Z80 Bit Tables by Herb Robinson Byte off more than you can chew. |
| 314 | One-Drive Bulletin Board by John Hodgson All on a 5.25. |
| 326 | Dizzy Decimals by James R. Shore How to handle them. |
Utility: | |
| 120 | Back to the Drawing Board by Irwin Rappaport Beat graphics boredom. |
| 212 | COLORMON by Douglas R Cook Monitor your color programs. |
| 214 | Base 2 Screen printer by William S. Kent For the tiger in your printer. |
| 216 | Secrets by Stephen Mills Program padlock. |
| 284 | Graphics for Profile by Charles R. Wood A patch for a popular program. |
| 318 | Reading, Writing and Assembly Language by Patrick Morgan Disk I/O in Assembly. |
| 332 | TRSDOS 2.0 Fix by Tom Mornlni No exit is a good exit. |
| 336 | VariSpeed by Bruce Evans Stick shift in your 80. |
Departments: | |
| 7 | Remarks by Wayne Green |
| 10 | Proof Notes |
| 12 | Input |
| 32 | 80 Accountant by Michael Tannenbaum |
| 36 | Soft Bits by Roger Fuller |
| 48 | Reviews |
| 66 | Kitchen Table Software by David Busch |
| 70 | Notes from Beneath the Keyboard by Paul Wiener |
| 338 | 80 Applications by Dennis Kitsz |
| 350 | Money DOS by J M Keynes |
| 352 | Medical Opinion by Philip R. Mills, M.D. |
| 358 | Copernica Mathematica by Bruce Douglass |
| 370 | Education 80 by Earl R. Savage |
| 372 | News |
| 385 | Reload 80 |
| 386 | Calendar |
| 388 | New Products |
| 402 | Reader Service |
80 Microcomputing - Volume 28 - April, 1982
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Issue Information:
| Date: | April 1982 |
| Load-80: | Yes |
| Pages: | 404 |
| Size: | 124,245,117 |
| TOSEC: | 80 Microcomputing v028 (1982)(1001001 Inc) |
Table of Contents:
Features: | |
| 86 | Basic Misinterpreter by David Busch Speak of the Devil! Dave says he's received such a demand for KT1 products that he thought it would be a good idea to produce ... er ... acquire some. Here is his first offering, an item he says is "a significant technological regression." |
| 112 | BIPED by Kenny Leichtman In Stamford, CN, American business is owning up to the confidence President Reagan has placed in it to help the disadvantaged, and using computers to do it. |
| 128 | Dateline: Sri Lanka by John P. Mello Jr. Some observers of the computer scene contend there isNo computer humor, but David Busch doesn't seem to haveNoticed. Our roving jokester takes his eye off the infamous Kitchen Table Inc. to talk about himself. |
| 135 | Buyer's Guide to Utilities Here they are-assemblers, editor/assemblers, monitors, disk zappers, renumberers, tape utilities, file utilities, and m |
| 152 | Make Butterflies-Not Bugs by Jake Commander So you're aNew kid on the block and your idea of a utility is something you own in Monopoly. Well, Uncle Jake, who has written a few utilities in his day, will help open your eyes and your mind. |
Business: | |
| 298 | One Twelfth of a Misery by James K Krapf Giving the usurer his due. |
Education: | |
| 294 | Vocabulary Test by Paul Kalkstein Cramming ??" Silicon style. |
| 302 | King Komputer by Dana B. Allison An end to the reign of the yardstick. |
Games: | |
| 222 | Computer Repeat by Randolph A. Fontenot A test of memory and keyboard dexterity. |
General: | |
| 76 | Bibliography by Paul Secord A little summer reading. |
| 124 | A Night on the Town by David Gunn Even computersNeed a change of venue. |
| 182 | Model II Disassembler by Richard L. Faber Modifying Wuebker. |
| 258 | Sublime Simulations by James E. Keogh How they work. |
| 282 | Vexed by the Void by Randy M. Resnlck Planet O2 where are you? |
| 328 | A Handy, Dandy, Tandy Table by R. Gene Langston If you are a carpenter.. .. |
Hardware: | |
| 220 | A New Generation of Characters by Walter C. Park Sr. A lowercase chip in search of an 80. |
Home/Hobby: | |
| 270 | Bringing the Supermarket to Its Knees by J.A. Kraynak Beg for mercy, Mr. Whipple. |
| 274 | To Catch a Thief by David G Kuhn A program to make cat burglars yowl |
Reviews: | |
| 70 | Line Printer VIII by Richard Wallace More for $100 less. |
| 82 | Line Printer VII by James E. McKenna You don't have to shuffle off to Buffalo to get one. |
| 94 | Snow Shovel for Your Video by Ronald H. Bobo Toro for your tube. |
| 98 | Spelling Checker by M. M. Finefrock Five spelling checkers compared. |
| 278 | Dot Matrix Bargains by Harley Dyk The price Is right for this quintet. |
Technique: | |
| 254 | Model I Do Files by Phillip Jackisch and Gordon Knapp For the lazy among us. |
| 290 | Worm Pills for Basic by Dan Keen and Dave Dischert Syntax doesNot a programmer make. |
| 332 | Total Recall by J. Gary Bender FORTRANNever forgets. |
Series: | |
| 264 | Technological Destiny-Part I by Gary Dillio Manifest in the silicon sun. |
Utility: | |
| 167 | BAM! by Jeff Byrklt Learn M/L from a 14 year old. |
| 176 | Model II Terminal Driver by James E. Korenthel CP/M, Cobol and compatibility. |
| 188 | Rapid System Loader by David C. Hedlnger Machine language loading In the fast lane. |
| 206 | LOC-Editor by Jon Mark O'Connor Error-trapping homebody. |
| 208 | Zubroutines by Peter Ashley Run silent, GOSUB. |
| 214 | Direct Access. by Harold B. Fink Disk routines from Basic with ease. |
| 226 | Memory Size? by Hugo T. Jackson Read this before you throw your keyboard against the wall. |
| 234 | SYSTEMized Basic by Greg Browne SAVE SYS FORMAT. |
| 240 | Using Test1A by Claude T. Moultrle Jr. What Tandy left out. |
| 244 | Command Interpreter by Roger C. Alford Take a PEEK at your 80's ML routines. |
| 250 | Model III Master Directory by Wilbur A. Muehlig Found at last |
| 306 | CP80 by Brian Cameron A monitor like the big boys. |
Departments: | |
| 7 | Remarks by Wayne Green |
| 10 | Proof Notes |
| 12 | Input |
| 28 | Kitchen Table Software by David Busch |
| 32 | 80 Accountant by Michael Tannenbaum |
| 40 | Reviews |
| 66 | Education 80 by Earl R. Savage |
| 338 | Reader Service |
| 342 | Calendar |
| 246 | Soft Bits by Roger Fuller |
| 254 | News |
| 370 | Medical Opinion by Phillip R. Mills, M.D. |
| 374 | Reload 80 |
| 378 | Money DOS by J.M. Keynes |
| 382 | Copernica Mathematica by Bruce Douglass |
| 388 | New Products |
80 Microcomputing - Volume 29 - May, 1982
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Issue Information:
| Date: | May 1982 |
| Load-80: | Yes |
| Pages: | 422 |
| Size: | 129,631,642 |
| TOSEC: | 80 Microcomputing v029 (1982)(1001001 Inc) |
Table of Contents:
Features
| 80 | Computer Creationists by Jay Rose When film makers want special sounds, they call on sound and video studios like Jay Rose's. And Jay and other studio technicians look to their micros for help in creating special effects more real than real. |
| 88 | Spiromania by Jake Commander What do you get when you cross a changing angle with a changing radius? According to Commander 80, computerized psychedelca and some sights to dazzle the eye. |
| 98 | Celluloid CpUs by Michael Nadeau The use of micros for special effects in motion pictures has been widely publicized, but there are other uses for micros in Tinseltown. |
| 106 | Programmable Sound Generator by Matt Robins If you have a Model I with disk drives, a synthesizer with nine simultaneous voices can be yours for $125. |
| 128 | A Little Byte Music by Steve Levine Are you in the mood to learn how computers got in the GROOVE? |
Business | |
| 326 | Financial Wizard by Charles R. Perelman Money Merlin for your Model II. |
Education | |
| 316 | Dynamic Item Scheduling by L. Benjamin WyckoM Learning by hunches. |
| 332 | Time to Make 'em Sweat by Robert L. Hawkes Relax while your 80 does your testing. |
Games | |
| 292 | Space Chase by Charles E. Gillen Highballing in the void. |
General | |
| 142 | Programming Pitch by Menon L. Davis Your 80 and stereo can make beautiful music together. |
| 164 | Fret No More! by Edward Louis Guitar chords on your 80. |
| 234 | Micro Melodies by Kenneth Lee Gibbs Teach your 80 to sing. |
| 258 | Out of Thin Error by Richard S. Adcock Not Fair, Odd Disease, Runs Good, et al. |
| 264 | Two Strokes a Side by Michael Avery Handicapping your golf game. |
| 272 | Kryha Cipher Machine by C. A. Deavours From Union NJ, with love. |
| 280 | Model III Biorhythms by Linda Anderson Unto each rhythm there is a sine wave. |
| 298 | Fore! Scorekeeper by Rodger Wells An 80 keeps track of your guest for 80. |
| 318 | Computerized Engraving by Allan S. Joffe With a Model III-pantograph hookup. |
| 320 | Confessions of a Microholic by Mike Keller Can't get enough of that silicon wine. |
| 324 | Damping Cassette Output by Ian R. Sinclair Garbage in may really be garbage-out. |
Graphics | |
| 104 | Northern Lights by Bert Latamore How a designer's nightmare became a sculptor's dream. |
| 242 | A Different Perspective by F. Gilbert Nielsen The shadow of your CRT. |
| 282 | Super Banner by Ron Balewski Say it in sign language |
Hardware | |
| 306 | Programmable Baud Rate by Hugh Cottle Avoid the homebrewed look. |
Home/Hobby | |
| 238 | Home Budgeteer-Reprise by Manuel Pablo Play it again, Pablo. |
| 252 | Computer Racing Form by Ronald H. Bobo Your 80 as tipster. |
Personality | |
| 176 | Divine Dementia by Michael Nadeau Some call it fate, others Kitsz-met. |
Reviews | |
| 140 | The Philly Phiasco by David Gunn Looking for Arthur. |
| 184 | C.Itoh 8510 by Mike Keller All the ingenuity under the rising sun. |
| 206 | LNW-80 by Richard L. Brocaw Build your own. |
| 208 | Telewriter by Scott L. Norman Cadillac for the Color Computer. |
| 216 | Snappware Eases Random Access by Rick Ledeman Eliminate LSET, RSET, MKS$ and CVI. |
| 218 | ACCEL2 and Microsoft's Basic Compiler by Dennis Wilkens Parlez-vous machine language? |
| 224 | The Memory Box by Jack Decker Add RAM to your I. |
Series | |
| 226 | Technological Destiny-Part II by Gary Dilllio Data hierarchy, computer history and misconceptions. |
Technique | |
| 302 | I Program Therefore ISAM by Richard S. Adcock The number-name dichotomy conquered. |
| 322 | Gabby the Space Cowbum by Richard Rameila When the string breaks on your Chatty Cathy ... |
Tutorial | |
| 260 | Model II Primer by Jesse W. Baker Read this before you run. |
Departments | |
| 6 | Remarks by Wayne Green |
| 10 | Proof Notes |
| 12 | Input |
| 46 | Reviews |
| 62 | 80 Accountant by Michael Tannenbaum |
| 68 | Soft Bits by Roger Fuller |
| 73 | Commander 80 by Jake Commander |
| 74 | Kitchen Table Software by David Busch |
| 191 | Letter to Subscribers |
| 336 | News |
| 354 | Reader Service |
| 358 | Reload 80 |
| 360 | Medical Opinion by Philip R. Mills, M.D. |
| 366 | Exclusive Oracle by Dennis Kitsz |
| 370 | Notes from Beneath the Keyboard by Paul Wiener |
| 382 | Moneydos by J.M. Keynes |
| 388 | Education 80 by Earl R. Savage |
| 390 | Copernica Mathematica by Bruce Douglass |
| 400 | Calendar |
| 404 | New Products |
80 Microcomputing - Volume 30 - June/July, 1982
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Issue Information:
| Volume: | 30 |
| Date: | June/July 1982 |
| Load-80: | Yes |
| Pages: | 458 |
| Size: | 100,710,615 |
| TOSEC: | 80 Microcomputing v030 (1982)(1001001 Inc) |
Table of Contents:
Contents
| 82 | Data Communications-TRS-80 Style by Frank J. Derfler, Jr. In a muddle over giving your 80 telecommunications capability? Author Derfler will tell you why you might want data communications for your micro and how you go about doing it. |
| 96 | Breaker 19 by David D. Busch After getting an eyeful of "Hi there, I'm new! How do you work this, anyway?" on CompuServe's CB simulator, 80 Micro's KT1 Inc. expert thought it was time to explain a few things to a few people. |
| 148 | For the Novice-Part I by Jay Chidsey If you're new at computing or have been beeping for six months or so, author Chidsey has prepared a six-part series to help you over the rough spots. In this installment, he talks about memory-high and low. |
| 106 | Spiromania-Part II by Jake Commander In May's 80 Micro, Jake showed you some eyecatching color graphics. Now in a reprise, he'll tell you how to firm up your graphics technique and do some wowing of your own. |
| 100 | Ohio Electronic News Experiment by Jay Chidsey In the Ohio hamlet of Tiffiny, a small-town paper has entered the micro age. Learn how the staff puts out the video equivalent of a 150-page newspaper every day. |
Business | |
| 248 | Survey by Roger Wells Telemarketing for your micro. |
Education | |
| 254 | CIE-Computers in Education by Stephen Radin How everything got up to date in CSD 22. |
| 326 | OJT by Frank Tymon A program for rolling your own. |
| 352 | Do Not Pass by James W. Wood Learn road signs with the Color Computer. |
Games | |
| 227 | Fortran Puzzler by Richard A. Yehle What are the 57th St. Whiz Kids saying? |
| 330 | You Light Up My Grid by David R. McGiumphy Tic-tac-beep |
General | |
| 184 | Print That Index by Carl Everett An addendum to Klungle's index |
| 272 | Propagation Prediction by John D. Chipman For computerists who are HAMS |
| 284 | BBS Primer by Steve Wright Bulletin boards from the word go |
| 296 | Hoodwinking TRSDOS by Linda Anderson Model II printing prestidigitation |
| 300 | Portal to Portal Report by J. M. Keneipp Let your 80 help you play the airline travel incentive game |
| 306 | Play a Trick on Profile by Bryan Scott PRORAN also runs |
| 320 | Program Begat Son of Program Begat . . . by Kenneth Christensen and Craig Sater A self-producing program for the mother in your 80. |
| 344 | Expand It-Burn It In by Colin Alexander 48K easy as pie |
| 348 | A Gentle Reminder by Jeff Rosen Your 80 can be a tough taskmaster |
| 358 | Phonfind by Roben Eidridge Sorting business from pleasure |
Hardware | |
| 128 | Bare Bones Communicator by Bob Hart Skeleton talk from your cassette port |
| 229 | Modem Auto-Answer by Don Westbrook Hello, Don's away; would you like to speak to his computer? |
| 310 | Sixteen Channel AID Board by David Haan Building on Fortna's interrupt Mode 1-1/2 |
| 374 | Singer Printer Interface by Don DeJarnette and R. Mailhot Slow, but better than dot matrix. |
Home/Hobby | |
| 160 | Telephone Dialer by Jim Hickey Lazy fingers |
Personality | |
| 174 | Bob Rosen-A Colorful Success Story by Kerry Leichtrnan How Connection-80 was born in Woodhaven, NY. |
Reviews | |
| 116 | Color Computer Utilities by Scott Norman When you want to go beyond Basic programming with your color machine |
| 122 | Pl/I-80 by Thomas W. Parsons Throwing some water on a mainframe witch. |
| 150 | Data Base Managers-Part II by Wynne Keller Three for the load |
| 162 | MMSFORTH by Nicholas Spies New power for your 80 |
| 262 | Dialog by Alan Neibauer 55 million records and not a song among them. |
| 266 | Extended Color Basic by Franklyn D. Miller Explaining its functions |
| 280 | Statistical Analyses Analyzed by L. H. Zincone Radio Shack vs Ecosoft |
| 338 | It's in the Mall by Wynne Keller Three software packages for the small businessman. |
Series | |
| 176 | Do It Yourself Data Base-Part I by Karl Townsend A tape version for 50 records |
| 186 | Technological Destiny-Part III by Gary Dilllio Easy COMS, easy goes |
| 362 | Programming Pitch II by Merton L. Davis Correcting a mix-up from last month |
Technique | |
| 298 | The String's the Thing by Tim Knight Liberal use can conserve memory |
| 308 | The Peek of Its Career by C. David Wilson Looking at that function for the Model II. |
| 350 | Rom Breakout! by J. C. Sprott How to modify the Basic interpreter's functions |
Tutorial | |
| 192 | DiGraph Digressions by Len Gorney Never get lost again with this path-tracing program |
| 232 | Stepwise Refinement by B. Boasso Keep your porgrams from looking like a spiral stairacase |
Utility | |
| 172 | Half Duplexer by Richard C. McGarvey Odeledee -O! |
| 194 | Basic Translator by Howard E. Miller Transforming dialects of Basic |
| 288 | Lost and Found by Robert Athanasiou and William Athanasiou Disk directory for the Model III |
| 318 | Horizontal Scrolling by G. M. Foley When you want more than getting down |
| 324 | Basic Communication by Richard C. McGarvey A terminal program in a language we all understand. |
| 334 | 16, 10.2, or 8-Which Base Do We Appreciate? by Karl Sarnow Let your 80 run your bases |
| 348 | DATAGEN by John Heusinkveld Let your Color Computer turn machine code into Basic. |
Departments | |
| 6 | Remarks by Wayne Green |
| 8 | Proof Notes |
| 10 | Input |
| 22 | Aid |
| 26 | Debug |
| 30 | 80 Accountant by Michael Tannenbaum |
| 34 | Soft Bits by Roger Fuller |
| 44 | Reviews |
| 74 | Commander 80 by Jake Commander |
| 78 | Kitchen Table Software by David Busch |
| 376 | Money DOS by J. M. Keynes |
| 386 | Reader Service |
| 387 | Calendar |
| 388 | News |
| 406 | Feedback Loop by Terry Kepner |
| 412 | Copernica Mathematica by Bruce Douglass |
| 428 | Education 80 by Earl R. Savage |
| 430 | Medical Opinion by Philip R. Mills, M.D. |
| 436 | Reload 80 |
| 438 | New Products |
80 Microcomputing - Volume 31 - August, 1982
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Issue Information:
| Date: | August 1982 |
| Load-80: | Yes |
| Pages: | 404 |
| Size: | 182,548,835 |
| TOSEC: | 80 Microcomputing v031 (1982)(1001001 Inc) |
Table of Contents:
Features | |
| 66 | Assignment 46 by Victo R. Albino Tri-Lizards, flying hotel rooms, and other evils face Commander Harry A. Flynn in this latest adventure. Enjoy playing and then learn how to write your own adventure step-by-step. |
| 80 | Outdoor Computer Games? Yep! by Barry Adams Summer is time for the great outdoors. But you find it hard to tear yourself away from your computer, right? With these two outdoor games for your 80, you don't have to. |
| 94 | The Colorful Computer - Part I by Franklyn D. Miller This begins a three-part serties illustrating the great versatility of Tandy's CC. In this installment, 21 graphics programs help you learn how to draw with Radio Shack's powerdul little machine. |
| 112 | Ski Slalom by Jake Commander While you're lounging around the pook soaking up the rays, here's a cool reminder of what's waiting for you on the slopes come November. |
| 120 | The Graphics King by Steven Frann At an early age, Leo Christopherson saw his future in his dreams. Also his inclinations in blowing up walnut shell ships and playing the accordian |
| 124 | TRON: Man in the Computer by John P. Mello Jr Hollywood has taken us into outer space, under the ocean, to the center of the earth, and inside the human body. Now it's taking us inside a computer. What it finds there you won't discover by taking the case off your 80 |
| 132 | The Game of Kalah by Jonathan D Victor An ancient game of stones and stratefgy for you and your computer to play with. Also, learn some rudimentary artificial intelligence techniques as applied to choosing and programming this game |
Articles: | |
| 106 | Cube-80 by Winefred Washington Jr. Tired of thumb-blisters and misplaced colors? Let this program guide you to a finished cube once and for all |
| 114 | Naval Wars by Arthur J. Byrnes Swab the deck, hoist the mainsail, and all that rot, it's war on the high seas. For this duel at sea you need dual computers. |
| 156 | Tee for Six by Carl Bevington For board game gans, here are six individual games. Get board with one, then go on to the next. |
| 174 | Save Out Ship by Randy Hawkins The galaxy is in danger and you, Captain Kirk, have been ordered back into action. The Federation has taken the Enterprise out of mothballs and you're off to battle the Klingons. |
| 186 | The Master Muses by Charlie Heath The author of one of the best reversi games for a micro explains why computer play the game so well. |
| 188 | Color Maze by Richard A. White A refreshing back-to-basics game for your CC. no aliens, underground monsters or bad guyts, just a bunch of walls to bump into. |
| 202 | Four in One Plus Another by Larry D. Becker Brickout, Poindexter, Mathtalk, Tank-Gun and PixPrint. CC games and a screen dump utility. |
| 212 | Sub Destroy, Model II Style by Patricia Steele Take out your aggressions on enemy subs rather than on your fellow office workers. |
| 216 | Subs 'n Choppers by Charles and Glenn Gillen A classic air and sea battle with you in the cockpit of a helicopter. |
| 222 | Casino Slot Machine by Ron Balewski Keep your money in your bank account and turn your 80 into a less costly one-armed bandit. Programmable odds should keep the coins piled high in your favor. |
| 234 | Cram by Hardin Brothers Simple to play but hard to master, in short a real frustrator. Betcha can't play just one. |
| 240 | Acrostic Generator by Jonathan Falk Making puzzles can be as fun as solving them using this program. Send letters or party invititaions to your friends in pizzle form. The possibilities are aggravatingly limitless. |
| 248 | Enter the Dragon by Brice Hadlock Roam the west, east, north, and south in search of an imprisoned princess in this Kung Fu-style adventure |
| 254 | Conquest Of Memory Alpha by L. L. Myers The evil Kalxons have implanted a mind control device in your brain and have sent you on a mission that could lead to the destruction of your own race. This adventre seems to have the odds stacked impossibly against your. Or are they? |
| 260 | Space Duel by David Edick Whether you own a Model I, III, or CC, this game is for you. |
| 264 | Square Game by Chuck Kanach A CC adaptation of Merlin. |
| 268 | Color Breakaway by Mitchell Grossbach All alone over the blue line ... shot ... Score! Hockey on your CC |
| 270 | Pitty Pat by Lynard Barnes Computers don't bluff. You're sure to find that out in this version of draw poker. |
| 274 | Termites by Charles Weindorf An invisible maze game to improve your memory with a cherrywood snack at the end. |
| 280 | Thru the Asteroids by Joe D. Fugate No laser blasters or hyperspace to protect you in this overpupulated asteroid field. You have to guide your ship through the field to a landing base on the other side. |
| 282 | Alien Attack by Larry F. Perry Space invaders plus Missile Command |
| 286 | Loco Motion by Dennis Ridgway An intense "don't-bother-me-now-can't-you-see-I'm-busy" solitaire game. Fun for the whole family, one at a time. |
| 296 | Intellectual Somnambulism by M. Keller A game for those who, tired of the hot-seat, want a little slow-paced action |
| 300 | Stanley by Dave Black A game that will have you asking the question: "But does it beat an afternoon nap"? |
| 302 | Amazing Cordoni II by Jon Mark O'Connor The Amazing Cordonie returns to graphically amaze and entertain you. |
| 378 | Reader's Choice by 80 Micro Staff Your chance to pick the best TRS-80 software on the market today |
Departments | |
| 8 | Remarks by Wayne Green A call for more support for the Model II and a discussion of women and micros. |
| 12 | Proof Notes by 80 Micro Staff The editors look at the issues. |
| 14 | Input by 80 Micro Staff Kudos for MONEY DOS, Loc-Editor and some alleged April fooling. |
| 24 | Money DOS by J. M. Keynes Talk about IRAs |
| 28 | 80 Accountant by Michael Tannenbaum Legal time accounting systems. |
| 34 | Soft Bits by Roger Fuller Sorting strings in memory. |
| 36 | Reviews by 80 Micro Staff Armored Patrol, Forbidden City, Interactive Fiction, and More |
| 60 | Commander 80 by Jake Commander On being a software author |
| 62 | Kitchen Table Software by David Busch Our friends from Sri Lanka get an adventure generator. Be prepared for New Jersey State Assembly Adventure and Haunted Delicatessen |
| 308 | News by 80 Micro Staff An alleged scam on Compuserve and how to raise the hackles of the golks who make the SATs |
| 332 | Feedback Loop by Terry Kepner Japanese printers, ROM maps, sound routines, writing over TRS-DOS, fast graphic methods, and more. |
| 339 | Notes From Beneath The Keyboard by Paul Wiener What do chess, checkers and Reversi have in common? Competitive Tree Searches - Part I. |
| 344 | 80 Applications by Dennis Kitsz The conclusion of the homebrew ROM pack for the Color Computer. |
| 358 | Copernica Mathematica by Bruce Douglass Rubik's Cube and other spatially oriented puzzles |
| 372 | Education 80 by Earl Savage Do microcomputer games have a legitimate place in the learning process? |
| 374 | Medical Opinion by Philip R. Mills, M.D. Automating your clinic. |
| 385 | Reload 80 by Art Huston Color Load 80 announced. Load 80 takes it on the chin. Wonder why some August games didn't work? |
| 386 | New Products |
80 Microcomputing - Volume 32 - September, 1982
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Issue Information:
| Date: | September 1982 |
| Load-80: | Yes |
| Pages: | 404 |
| Size: | 117,461,524 |
| TOSEC: | 80 Microcomputing v032 (1982)(1001001 Inc) |
Table of Contents:
Features | |
| 88 | Word Processing: An In-Depth Look by Dan Robinson After months of testing ever word processor he could find for the Models I and III, reviewer Robinson has put together an opus on word crunching. But before you get into the nitty gritty of Robinson's research, read his opening thoughts on the subject. |
| 92 | Model I/III Word Processing - CP/M by Dan Robinson Robinson begins his words processing discussion with the esteemed Worstar. But before you can use it, you've got to take a trip to the hardware store. |
| 96 | Model I/III Word Processing - Deluxe Versions by Dan Robinson next, our peripatheic reviewer explains what thtills await you when you buy a word processor with all the frills. |
| 112 | Model I/III Word Processing - Under $50 by Dan Robinson Word processing is even for those of us still waiting for Michael Anthony - the millionaire's messnger - to appear on our doorstep. And Robinson shows us the way with a guide to the low-end WP market. |
| 116 | Model I/III Word Processing - Spelling Checkers by Dan Robinson In this final Robinson installment, Dan takes a look at the software replacing what he's found to be the most reliable spelling-checker to Date: WIFE/CMD. |
| 152 | The Colorful Computer - Part II by Franklyn D. Miller Learn graphics technique by putting a Playboy bunny on your CRT. |
| 164 | Three Model II Word Processors by Paul Grupp Since good word processors produce comparable results, they must be compared in the highly subjective arena of interaction and user friendliness. |
| 168 | Printer Color Art by Francis Kalinowski Take a deep breath, then prepare to have it taken away once you learn how to bring out the Rembrandt in you with an Epson MX-80 and a colored ribbon kluge. |
Articles: | |
| 124 | Sling Some Hash by Ken Knecht Store and receive items in an unsorted list. |
| 126 | Printing Perfection by John T. Phillipp Customize SuperScript for your Epson MX-80. |
| 139 | Moby Dick Touch-Typing Tutor by Michael Brown If you don't type fast enough, Ishmael's Nantucket sleuighride ends abuptly in the belly of the Great White Whale. |
| 140 | Basic Word Processing by Louis J. Crutons, Jr. With a little manipulation, you will find your Color Computer has a word processor buiold into its ROM. |
| 186 | Cheaper Upgrade by Richard Tucker Save more than $75 by installing Extended Color Basic yourself. |
| 190 | Graftrax 80 by Thomas McNamee How to install it and some tricks for your bag once it's installed. |
| 198 | Pascal Goes Color by Scott L. Norman Computerware and Dynasoft combine to bring this language to the 16K Color Computer. |
| 204 | Screenplay by Warren Merkey Use POKE to write and draw on your CRT. |
| 222 | Inside Scripsit: Part I by Craig Lindley Rooting around in Asembly can be very difficult if yo udon't know the territory first. |
| 230 | Joystick Paintbrush by Gerald Sprouse How to draw with your Color Computer. |
| 234 | Compiler Comparisons by Ken Knecht Radio Shack vs. Microsoft Basic, which compiler is for you? |
| 238 | Conversion by Frank Osborne Bob Boothe's Level II graphics for the Color Computer. |
| 242 | Homebrew Data Base Management: Part II by Karl Townsend Add subroutines for purging, selecting and restoring files. |
| 252 | LDOS 5.1 by Charles P. Knight More DOS for your money. |
| 256 | Recover by David Gobel All is not lost when your 80 exits Scripsit without your permission. |
| 260 | Technology Destiny: Part IV by Gary Dillio This author shows you don't have to be a Girl Scout to be a smart cookie. |
| 268 | Bit Smitten: Part II by Jay Childsey After reading Part I of this series - For the Novice - the title no longer suits you. So we changed it. In this installment, learn about data degradation. |
| 270 | Order Form by Albert J. Wright Author Wright found existing order forms just didn't fit the bill his needs demanded, so now he has his 80 make the forms. |
| 276 | The Game of Sin by Stephen Radin Sometimes, even triangles outside Bermuda should be avoided. |
| 282 | PCLEAR 0 by John Heusinkveld Maximize memory by reserving zero pages for graphics in Extended Color Basic. |
| 286 | Screen Veil by Mike Keller Cure reading-over-the-shoulder syndrome with a cloak, not a dagger. |
| 288 | Juicing Pin 18 by Barry N. Gorodetzer A Black Box mod for an Epson and Model I. |
| 290 | JKL Minus Blanks by Richard M. Straw Get rid of an annoying habit when screen dumping with NEWDOS. |
| 292 | Only Macro-Mon Knows by Richard C. McGarvey They call it The Shador. It has almost every feature a machine-language programmer would want. |
Departments | |
| 8 | Remarks by Wayne Green While the Japanese are attracting teenagers to technical careers through ham and computer clubs, our kids are spending their time on drugs, disco, and driving. It's putting us at a terrible disadvantage. |
| 16 | Proof Notes All is not well with Tandy's flagship micro, the Model 16. |
| 20 | Input A call for Commander Color graphics in Basic and more articles for the novice, some advice for horse bettors and a cry to take the smut out of 80 Micro. |
| 30 | Debug How to connect the plotter in "Digital Doodles" and a correction for "Video Snow Shovel." |
| 34 | Aid Readers looking for Model II programs, an IBM-Color Computer interface and POKE conversions for Tanktics. |
| 40 | 80 Accountant by Michael Tannenbaum Trade-offs between dedicated and non-dedicated word processors; comments on the Model 16; the Model II and CP/M; and a new oil and gas accounting system. |
| 44 | Soft Bits by Roger Fuller Offset pointers in a string array by a fixed amount. |
| 48 | Kitchen Table Software by David Busch Our intrepid KTI observer reviews the toast of Sri Lanka's new line of generic software. |
| 50 | Commander 80 by Jake Commander The trademark nonsense seeems to be everywhere you look in the software business. We'll soon see more documentation devoted to credits than to the operation of the software. |
| 56 | Calendar |
| 58 | Reviews Super Color Writer, machine-language modules for the novice, Radio Shack's Color Computer disk system, Penetrator, Color Berserk, EPS-80 word processor, Snapp Spooler, and SFINKS 3.0. |
| 300 | News Whither DOS for the Model 16? New computer crime insurance. Motorola 68000 seminar. Wait ahead for TRS-80 wanters of TK!Solver. Computer lingo. Video games mean cash at U. W. Va. |
| 325 | Feedback Loop Satisfying the IRS, proportional spacing, digitizers, joining computer clubs, LPRINT problem, and machine-language manuals for the Color Computer. |
| 330 | Fun House A new column for kids and the child in us all. |
| 339 | Index To Adverisers |
| 342 | Copernica Mathematica by Bruce Douglass Differential equations. |
| 352 | Notes From Beneath The Keyboard by Paul Wiener More on competitive tree searches. |
| 364 | Money DOS by J. M. Keynes Are there any takers to J.M.'s $50,000 bet his commodities system will not fail? |
| 376 | Medical Opinions by Philip R. Mills, M.D. A look at some patient billing programs. |
| 381 | Reload 80 by Art Huston POKEing machine-language subroutines into memory. |
| 384 | New Products PMC's Electric Typing Fingers, KWIKIT cassette storage system, green phosphor CRT, ARMDisk/525 Winchester, Surge Protector, Screen Kleen, chemical dealers software, VisiGraph, church donations program, Color Forth, Supertax, Regilean Bloodworm, and the King James Bible on disk. |
80 Microcomputing - Volume 33 - October, 1982
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Issue Information:
| Date: | October 1982 |
| Load-80: | Yes |
| Pages: | 436 |
| Size: | 127,518,511 |
| TOSEC: | 80 Microcomputing v033 (1982)(1001001 Inc) |
Table of Contents:
Features
| 82 | The Color Computer on Parade - Part 1 by William Barden Jr. There are color machines with better graphics and resolution than Tandy's Color Computer, but for the price it's still a good deal. With this installment, author Barden will explain why. |
| 114 | QuickCalc by Kurt Leafstand Since its inception. VisiCalc has been heralded as the financial applications program. Its clones would outnumber a Roman cohort and are usually priced below theoriginal. But even VisiCalc's imitators can't beat the price of this clone. |
| 122 | A Basic Compiler in Basic by Dimitri P. Bertsekas You can buy a Basic to machine-ianguage compiler for $190 or you can key this one into your 80 and write the fastest Basic programs on your block. |
| 140 | You're in the Money by Robert Montgomery Visualize the wonderful effects of compound interest and learn about the importance of sheltering them from Uncle Sam. |
| 156 | Industry Saver by Kerry Leichtman How a plastics plant in Georgia monitors production with an 80 and smart box. |
| 168 | Income Tax Estimator by Peter A. Stark You may not want to think about it, but income tax time is closing in on you. This program will let you say hello computer, good-bye H&R Block. |
| 203 | Autotrak by Robert James Lloyd Being a captain of industry and captain of an auto fleet can be a taxing problem. So let your creative juices be channeled into getting down to business while your 80 handles the fleet. |
| 316 | Production Learning Curve by J.R. Jeffrey You know your widgets will boost the GNP. The only question you have is how much will the 123rd one cost when it comes off the assembly line? |
| 342 | Invoice by J.L. Hackman Bills are the businessman's bread and butter. Here's a program to let your 80 not only print your invoices, but keep track of them as well. |
Articles: | |
| 88 | Shopping with Uncle Sam by Bud Stolker A look at the federal data-processing exposition in Washington. DC. |
| 96 | Bit Smitten-Part III by Jay Chidsey An answer to the universal question: What's a baud rate? |
| 101 | Radio Shack Repairs by Terry Kepner What to do when your 80 starts misbehavin'? |
| 104 | Trick or TRS-80? by Mike Keller Some good-natured fright with the help of your 80 and mirrors. |
| 154 | QCS Hard Disk by G. Michael Vose Hard disks may be the storage medium of the future, but if you're thinking of entering the major leagues, be prepared to pay the price. |
| 160 | MZAL by Bruce Powel Douglass An editor/assembler using a modular approach |
| 184 | G.E.A.P. by Richard C. McGarvey Draw graphics displays within your text |
| 190 | Cybernetics and Jelly Bean Detection by Stephen Davids A chance to make your 80 sing "Hail to the Sweet!" |
| 216 | Hardware Hacker - Part I by Philip M. Van Praag Learn how to build a hardware support system for your Model I - a piece at a time. |
| 228 | Programming Pitch - Part III by Merton L. Davis Better timing and harmonic clarity for your 80-turned-clavier |
| 224 | DOSPLUS 3.4 by John Ratzell This third-generation operating system has some new features that put it at the top of its class. |
| 246 | Technological Destiny - Part V by Gary Dillio Using what you learned in parts I-IV, you're ready to prepare flowcharts and docs of your programs. |
| 254 | The Colorful Computer - Part III by Franklyn D. Miller Twenty graphics programs to end this serties on the wonderful CC and you |
| 262 | Birthday Party by Simon Zuckerbraun Simon says: Party down with your 80 |
| 266 | Data Ace by Tim Daniel This author has spent a lot of time in quest of the grail of data-base managers. This isn't it, but it's very close. |
| 276 | Inside Scripsit - Part II by Craig A. Lindley Learn how to modify this popular word-processing program |
| 296 | I Have a Secret by James T. Demberger You will too when you learn how to use the Vernam Algorithm for data encryption |
| 304 | LP VIII Patch for the CC by Roger L. Degler Eight bits are better than seven. |
| 308 | Profile III+ by Wynne Keller A new version of an old data-base manager. |
| 324 | High Finance by Ted Byrne Tracking your earnings from All Savers Certificates. |
| 332 | Homebrew Data-Base Management - Part III by Karl Townsent After this installment, you'll be ready to run your tape-based data-base manager |
Departments | |
| 8 | Remarks by Wayne Green Applause for Sen. Kennedy. A deluge of calls and letters on the piracy isue.The desperate need for TRS-80 service. |
| 14 | Proof Notes by 80 Microcomputing Staff In business, money is time and time is money. An 80 can help you save both. |
| 18 | Input by 80 Microcomputing Staff Selling software. Another Neatlist correction. Protected software and 80.track drives. Bit Smitten's historical rnaccuracies. Disk RAM test. Model 16: savior of Model II. Mod for a Scripsit mod. BlPED error. Wiener's credibllity questioned. Gunn rapped. |
| 30 | Debug by 80 Microcomputing Staff Fixes for Straight Shooter, Sargon Saver, and Space Chase. |
| 32 | Reviews by 80 Microcomputing Staff Maxprint printer-driver utility, Lablmakr for custom labels. Personal finance package from Tandy. Newtalk memory exam utility. Powerdraw screen graphics utility. Color Scripsit. Colorterm Color Computer terminal program. Newscript 7.0. Visigraph: charts and graphs from VlsiCalc data. Dynamic Report. Generator for columnar reports. Tandy Six-Pen Plotter. MDX-3 Interface PC Board for Model III disk upgrade and RS-232. |
| 68 | Review Digest by 80 Microcomputing Staff A sampling of product reviews appearing in industry media. |
| 70 | Soft Bits by Roger Fuller Level I keyboard routine discussion. |
| 74 | Kitchen Table Inc. by David Busch More inventive products from Sri Lanka's finest: the black phosphor screen and Random Basic. |
| 78 | Commander 80 by Jake Commander Microcomputer users, you don't know how lucky you are. |
| 354 | Calendar by 80 Microcomputing Staff |
| 356 | Applications by Dennis Kitsz It took a lot of headscratching. 40 hours of close work and 12 hours of troubleshooting, but putting an LNW-80 together was worth the effort. |
| 371 | Index to Advertisers by 80 Microcomputing Staff |
| 372 | News Midwest data base uses Tandy computers. Who's afraid of the Big Bad 80? Think tank wants to network Americas's leaders. Teacher drain in Golden Horseshoe. $225,000 video-text study. |
| 392 | Beneath the Keyboard by Paul Wiener Computer astrology: a computerbased home business with a reasonable potential for profit. |
| 396 | Medical Opinion by PhIllip R. MIIIs. M.D. Model II TRSDOS 2.0-2.0a quirks. Model 16 experiences. Model II Versafile. |
| 400 | Feedback Loop by Terry Kepner No lowercase without Model I hard mod. Repeat function in Basic. Power supply problems. $669 repair bIII for a Model I. Need for more than 48K in Model III. Some basic poop on disk drives and Assembly language listings. |
| 408 | Money Dos by J. M. Keynes A faibsafe stock market program, |
| 410 | Fun House by Richard Ramella Games using Point(X,Y). |
| 418 | Copernica Mathematice by Bruce Powell Douglass Math and science software and books for the TRS-80. |
| 422 | Reload 80 by Art Huston Practice modifying machine-language-subroutine POKES by modifying some past Load 80 programs. |
| 424 | New Products by 80 Microcomputing Staff Portable Model III. Model III package with word processor, mailing list manager, payroll record system and more. Coin Tracker. Mass mail system. School administration system. Checkbook manager for Color Computer. Ribbon cartridge for MX-80. Hurricane tracking program. Copy utility for onedrive users. Church management system. Tax Master federal income tax manager. Model III terminal program. Stock market simulation game. Dataman data base manager for users with no programming experience. Griffin I hard disk drive. |
80 Microcomputing - Volume 34 - November, 1982
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Issue Information:
| Date: | November 1982 |
| Load-80: | Yes |
| Pages: | 520 |
| Size: | 138,390,235 |
| TOSEC: | 80 Microcomputing v034 (1982)(1001001 Inc) |
Table of Contents:
Features
| 74 | Micros in Medicine by G Michael Vose Even micros can have a bedside manner. Read how the medical profession uses micros to diagnose, educate, and gather information. |
| 148 | Heat Stress Index by David B Heckenlively, et al Does your job get you hot under the collar? This program determines whether the heat from your workplace is harmful to your health. |
| 174 | Micros in the Lab by Tom Hager Microcomputers are not used extentively yet in scientific exploration, but some pioneering scientitst are leafing a micro revolution. |
| 188 | Nike Sport Research Lab by J L Larsen Scientific research benefits from using microcomputer sfor data collection and analysis. |
| 197 | TRS-80 Laboratory by Wynne Keller Trying to convince the boss you need a computer in the lab? This article will help you. |
| 205 | Astrodynamics for Beginners by John D Fowler, Jr Gravity got you down? This program shows you its effects on orbits of heavenly bodies. |
Articles: | |
| 88 | The Color Computer on Parade: Part II by William Barden, Hr. In this segment, author Barden explains the Line, Circle, Draw, Poiunt, Get and Put commands, as well as how to change your video display graphics. |
| 90 | Medical Family History by Miguel Diaz Computerize your family medical histories and make life a little easier by keeping health records. |
| 92 | Bit Smitten: Part IV by Jay Chidsey Save memory space with Basic's Reaad ... Data function. It's not as difficult as you think. |
| 96 | Practical Regression Analysis by Delmar D Hinrichs Regression analysis lets you get the most from a set of data. Author Hinrichs will take you step by step through this useful technique. |
| 112 | Hardware Hacker: Part II by Philip M Van Praag In this episode, add 32K of RAM to your Model I. |
| 130 | The Calculating Genius: Part I by Rick Cook Charles Babbage invented the speedometer, railway cowcatcher, and occulting lighthouse - as well as the first digital computer. |
| 142 | CC EDTASM+ by William Barden Jr. This Editor/Assembler for cassette-based Color Computer owners almost has it all |
| 168 | More Color Conversion by Jimmy L. Freeman When the Air Force took Jimmy's hobby - ham radio - away, he found a new way to while away the hours ... converting Model I programs to Color Computer ones. |
| 182 | Curse You, Cursor! by Joseph L Frese Poke out your Model II's blinker. |
| 190 | Trick Your Rom by Bob Boothe LPRINTing CHR$s 0 and 10. |
| 214 | Color Assembler by John Heusinkveld A way to speed up your Color Computer programs. |
| 222 | Relativity and the TRS-80 by Sidney Levin Let your micro strip the veils from relativity theory and ignite your own intuitive files. |
| 230 | Epson Airfoils by Bob Boothe Design model airplane wings or modify this program to plot points for other applications. |
| 242 | Plant a Binary Tree by Ken Knecht Unlock the door to fast searches using key data. |
| 246 | Casino Draw Poker by Ron Balewski Who as the better poker face, you or your 80? |
| 260 | Make Those Headlines Fit by Richard Ramella Making heads of a different column fit together. |
| 264 | Cybernetics: Part II by Stephen Davids All about sensors, decision bases, and actuators. |
| 272 | Show the Score by Frederick F Battiste You need some additional knowledge if you want to display numbers and graphics on your Color Computer. |
| 282 | Cassbox by Charles E Gillen Tired of fumbling through unlabaled cassette boxes or trying to read chicken tracks passing for handwriting? Your 80 can give you a helping hand. |
| 287 | Cablebrew by James H DeFrancis When you buy an MX-80 cable when you can make your own? |
| 288 | Color Computer Pointers by E O Gilliland Jr. Combine programs and save memory with this know-how. |
| 292 | Model II Math Skills by Mike Kilroy Mike wanted his kids to dissect math problems but found they'd rather dissect his Basic programs instead. |
| 300 | Model III Microchess by Mohan Embar You need more than CONVERT for this one. |
| 304 | Test Patterns by Richard L Kilmon Now you don't have to wait until the wee hours to see late-night fare on your tv. |
| 306 | The Sieve of Erathosthenes by D R Cecil It may be Greek to you but not to your 80. |
| 308 | Music Marvel by Steve Blyn It helps mentally retarded persons play music on the Color Comptuer. |
| 318 | Kwikmaze by Dan Rollins For fast mazes you need machine language. |
| 357 | The Evolution of a Language by Ken Waltjen Understanding the magic of binary and hardwre. |
| 364 | Pixel Printer by Charles E Gillen Model I graphics screen dump. |
| 372 | Computer Assisted Electronics Design by John Harper The ultimate do-it-yourself project -- designing your own comptuer. |
| 386 | PrinpuT by Stephen Mills How to get enhanced printouts from a limited system. |
| 390 | On Break GOTO by SFC Roger E Donais Disabled by not forgotten. |
| 392 | Analysis of Variance by George L Gille What happens when IBM Fortran meets Microsoft Basic? |
| 396 | We Interrupt This Program ... by Dennis Workman ... for a word that will make your Model I More versatile. |
| 398 | The Family Tree by Richard W Castor Genealogies for home comptuers. |
| 404 | To Baffle a Pirate by Randy Hawkins By making your Basic programs look like machine language, you can deter many copy cats. |
| 406 | Clean Up Your TRON/TROFF by Arne Rhode Debug your Basic programs with a trace table. |
| 410 | Checksum by Howard F Batie Debugging long listings made easy. |
| 414 | Quicksort by Don C Brumm The fastest sort in the West ... and elsewhere. |
| 420 | Relocated ULCBAS by Samule D Pincus This simple patch protects high memory. |
| 422 | Sound Off! by Bertram A Thiel Use a second cassette recorder to add sound to your programs. |
| 424 | TDRELO by Barry Kornfeld Write machine language patches, load your main program, and save as one file. |
| 426 | Algebraic Archery by Michael A Duffin Hit a bullseye with this polynomial factoring program. |
| 436 | Homebrew Librarian by Larry R Hamilton Use your 80 to keep track of your books. |
| 440 | Find a Number's Roots by David R Cecil Getting to the roots of some problems |
| 444 | Things Still Crawl in the Level II Rom by Gregg E Marshall Explaining a sometimes persistent SYSTEM-load error. |
| 450 | Invader by Jeffrey Fisher Computer warfare beyond three dimensions |
| 456 | Scripsit Makes It Easy by Peter C Bennett Mail-merge on a shoestrong. |
Departments | |
| 8 | Remarks by Wayne Green Education in the future -- now there's a subject that should be good for a whole book. |
| 12 | Proof Notes Micros can help people tune in to technology and explore it. |
| 16 | Input The pain of protected disks. profile update. Error in Individual Retirement Account program. A program to calculate inflation forever. More on disk directory for the Model III. Concerns for a first-generation hacker. Error in "For the Novice." Model I expansion without Radio Shack support. Color Computer voice synthesizer. More. |
| 26 | Aid Bug in baud rate. Tic-tac error. Missing parts for bare bones communcator. |
| 28 | Debug Request for Model III card reader. The rest of "Tee for Six" Form feed for the MX-80. |
| 32 | Gamers Cafe by Rodney Gambicus Rodney Gambucus and his friend Wintrop set up shop in 80 Micro to talk with you about games. |
| 34 | Soft Bits by Roger Fuller One of the most powerful features of Level II BAasic is the Print Using statement |
| 38 | Kitchen Table Inc. by David Busch Kitchen Table Inc. breaks new ground by introducing user-hostile software |
| 40 | Reviews Extended muMATH, Color Forth. Sole, double desnity for the Model I, Spectaculator, Color Computer spreadsheet, Sprinter II, Z80 in the fast lane. Micro Mainframe disk contoroller for Model III. Smith-Corona TP-1. Colorterm, terminal program for CC. Master Reversi. Spell 'N Fix. CC spelling checker. |
| 71 | Review Digest Color Logo. Electric Webster. The UPI-3 Serial Interface. Space War. Basic Handbook, 2nd edition. Versafile. |
| 455 | Index to Advertisers |
| 458 | News Tandy distributes Color Computer outside Radio Shack stores. End of Tandy customer service hotline riles some users. Associated Press-CompuServe end electronic newspaper experiment. Public education rapped at conference. network Nation authors meet in Electronic Agora. |
| 474 | Copernica Mathematic by Bruce Douglass Statistics 101 |
| 482 | Feedback Loop by Terry Kepner Disk back-up problems. Mailing list of Tandy owners. Epson emphasised mode. Color merge. RFI problems. Corona discharge. DEC to TRS-80, Scrinput. Power supply hum. Irwin hard disk drives. |
| 488 | Fun House by Richard Ramella Gather round boys and girls as the old Saturday seial is revived and we take a trip through the dangerous world of Subterra. |
| 497 | Notes from Beneath the Keyboard by Paul Wiener Farewell to a friend. TRS-80s run a liquor store and sell used cars. Second-ahdn software. |
| 500 | Calendar |
| 502 | Money DOS by J M Keynes More on Keyne's never-fail commodity system. |
| 504 | Medical Opinion by Philip R Mills, MD RX for word processing. |
| 508 | Reload 80 by Art Huston Color Load 80 announced. Load 80 takes it on the chin. Wonder why some August games didn't work? |
| 510 | New Products Lead CRT screen. Meet the Computer, a book for children. MTI MOD III PLUS 8 series. Visicalc surrogates. Model III hard disk. DOSPLUS for the Model II. Foorball Compu-Stat. Hayse Stack Smartmodem 1200. CP/M File Indexer. |
80 Microcomputing - Volume 35 - December, 1982
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Issue Information:
| Date: | December 1982 |
| Load-80: | Yes |
| Pages: | 484 |
| Size: | 213,982,704 |
| TOSEC: | 80 Microcomputing v035 (1982)(1001001 Inc) |
Table of Contents:
Features
| 72 | Voice-Controlled Typewriter by Mike Rigsby The physically handicapped can produce printed text with this sound-controlled program. |
| 80 | The Color Computer Goes Forth by Scott L Norman With this new package, Color Computer owners can explore programming in a new language - Forth. |
| 150 | Tracking Lobster by William F Kaczor Your TRS-80 can't bait a hook, but it can help you trap a lobster using maps and graphs. |
| 210 | Pascal-80 by John B Harrell III Pascal-80 provides a serious version of the Pascal language to TRS-80 users. You might find its structured programming rewarding. |
| 216 | TRS-80 Tongues by Robert Nicholas and Philip Martel Can't decide which language to use? Here's a simple temperature conversion program in six: Basic, Fortran, Cobol, Pascal, APL, and Forth. |
Articles: | |
| 88 | The Calculating Genius: Part II by Rick Cook Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine was the modern computer's ancestor, but it was never built. |
| 94 | Flaky by Sidney C Garrison A graphics prgram to show off the power of your Color Computer. |
| 101 | Bit Smitten by Jay Chidsey This month learn how to gain access to string data for use in programs requiring random selection fo words. |
| 104 | Up Your Mod I by Bruce Powel Douglass Double-density disk storage - a close look at all you will ever need to upgrade your Model I. |
| 118 | GRAPHTRAX Tricks by Mark Schneider Make your MX-80 look like a magician. |
| 125 | Forms Cleanip by Jim Barbnarello Eliminate drawbacks in this printer-driver by dropping the O. |
| 130 | Inside Scripsit: Part III by Craig A Lindley How to write a spooler for Radio Shack's wod processing program |
| 146 | A Matter of Compatibility by Art Huston Make your program submission to 80 Micro compatible with other systems with this short routine. Your readers will appreciate it. |
| 166 | $30 System Desk by Sandford J Asman Now that you've bought a computer, build a place to put it. |
| 173 | Hardware Hacker: Part III by Philip M Van Praag Add a disk-drive controller to your system. |
| 194 | The Looking for ZS Blues by J E Hieber God bless the 80 that's got its own search function. |
| 200 | CC CQ by Michael Chuck A Ham puts his Color Computer to dit-dah use. |
| 228 | Liberated CPU by Tom Shield Free your micro with this spooler. |
| 236 | Diskmap by John B Harrell III Worry no more about disk file placement. |
| 252 | Astro-Scrambler by Randy Long Transplant your rainy day high school gym class into space and play dodge ball with asteroids. |
| 256 | Unrolling Craps by Dan Robinson If you're a gambling fool, be less foolish by claculating the odds before you roll those bones. |
| 262 | Search Them Strings by John R Funter This utility helps you find strings in your Basic programs. |
| 266 | Certify Your Cassettes by Kenneth J Bigelow Eliminate bad saves and wasted time |
| 276 | Another Sort of Sort by Karl L Townsend After the bubble bursts, learn about position and chain sorts. |
| 280 | Autokey by Don Rigg Modify Uni-Key for your Model III |
| 298 | Memory Map: Level II by Mark D Goodwin A general guide to the regions of ROM |
| 312 | Cybernetics: Part III by Stephen Davids How to interface an actuator to your comptuer. |
| 320 | Model III Machine-Language Modifications by Richard Koch When Model I software isn't Basic, you need to know some tricks before you convert the programs. |
| 333 | Queue Up! by David E Clapp A smart businessman knows analyzing waiting lines is not as arcane as it sounds. |
| 341 | Maze XIX by Gary Tetr Have you ever wondered how a mouse feels in a maze? Here's your chance to find out. |
| 343 | Open Cartridge Surgery by Bill Grout Out with the bad ribbon, in with the cheap one. |
| 344 | NEWDOS80 Files by Randy M Resnick An explanation of their functions. |
| 354 | Color Diskdump by Ken Knecht Model I users had it, now Color Comptuer owners can have it too. So examine those files. |
| 356 | Forms Maker by Charles R Perelman With USR routines and this Basic utility, you can create business forms on your Model II. |
| 360 | Screen Strings by Don Davidson Make your screen routines efficient. |
| 366 | Boolean Logic Operators by John Crew How they work for Fortran and Basic. |
| 370 | Scroll Your Listings by Mark C Paxton Use this program to list programs on the screen one line at a time. |
| 376 | APL Primer: Part I by Margaret M Grothman What's the difference between monadic and dyadic functions? Stay tuned for a description of system commands, variable names, and more. |
| 384 | POKE Graphics by James Schaefer Speed up your Basic displays with a little help from some dummies. |
| 388 | Easy Picture Editor by Ron Ginger Simple commands for art or game graphics on the Color Computer. |
| 416 | Fun House by Richard Ramella The 12 Days of Christmas, Dreidel, a Hanukkah game. Peglefs. |
Departments | |
| 8 | Remarks by Wayne Green With its busines shealth depending increasingly on its computer sales, some rought water could be awaiting with Tandy flagship. |
| 16 | Proof Notes A look at the year ahead. |
| 18 | Input The amazing magazine mystery. Model I interface. Wayne's view of America rapped. Tips for Extended Basic. Rammer fix. More advantages of storing Assembly subroutines in Basic remark statements. PMC EPS-80 defended. |
| 34 | Debug September MONEY DOS fix. Errors in Screenplay program. Model I mod for "Save Our Ship." A word on golf handicaps. |
| 48 | Aid Goodwill Industries wants comptuers. Business students need programs. Green screen kluge. Quick Pritner I for sale. More buffer for his music. Needs address of Indianapolis firm. VisiCalc templates. For Stringy Floppy owners only. Moderm for 1200 downlaods. TRS-232 newsletter. Color monitor question. Super Scripsit. |
| 40 | Reviews Sea Dragon. TRS-80 Assembly Language. Wolfbug. Eleemntary Basic and Pascal with Sherlock Holmes. Lips/UOLISP. Quest. LSI Soft-view CRT. FED File Editor. Bounceoids. The Disk Doctor. LCA-47. Lowercase Adapter for CoCo. Hypergate Centurian. Data-O-Base Calendar Drive Control Unit. |
| 63 | Review Digest Understanding Comptuer Science by ROger Walker. Postman. Basics for Business by Douglas Hergert. Master Control. Big Things from Little Comuter: A Layperson's Guide to Personal Comptuer by Dale Peterson. Pro-80 Extended Basic. Micropilot. The Tiny Compiler. Stellar Escort. RAM Slam. |
| 64 | Soft Bits by Robert Fuller Examining the bits in binary numbers. |
| 68 | Gamer's Cafe by Rodney Gambicus A call to gamer's everywhere to beat the high scores of Winthrop and Mad Max. |
| 396 | News Computer in the schools: boon or bane? Video games can weaken a heart. Landmark lawsuit settled. Poet Laureate of the Network Nation. |
| 433 | Feedback Loop by Terry Kepnse Lazy Writer. Copyrigh single density to double density. Printer III problems. Disk drive buyer information. Disk drive problems. EDTASM problems. Color Comptuer information. Buyiung a Model III keyboard. Model I monitor ripple. Playing Naval Wars on the PMC. Best chess game available for the 80. Power surge protection. |
| 442 | Money Dos by J M Keynes How to play on the options market. |
| 451 | Index to Advertisers |
| 452 | Notes from Beneath the Keyboard by Paul Wiener A conversation with Vernon Hester, including a Hester machine-langaueg routine to make programs compatible with all DOSes. |
| 458 | Copernica Mathematica by Bruce Powel Douglass Analysis of variance |
| 464 | Reload 80 by Art Huston How to use Color Load 80. A new DOS for the Models I and III. Anniversary Load 80. |
| 468 | Calendar |
| 470 | New Products Vendor-One program author's software. Mitsubishi 5.25-inch floppy drive. Color Comptuer macro assembler/editor. Farm Weather Center. VisiCalc consolidation system. Name that Song. Australian Winchester drives. Graphic character generator for Model I and III. Two -mode joystick. Camp management program. Rading Skills Lab. Personal Computer Owner's Directory. CompuGifts for Christmas. |