SoftSide Magazine – Volume 1, Number 1
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 1 No 1
Date: October, 1978
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Pages: 56
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 1 No 01 (1978)(SoftSide Publications)
Table of Contents
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 1, Number 2
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 1 No 2 / Issue ??
Date: November, 1978
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Pages: 64
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 1 No 02 (1978)(SoftSide Publications)
Table of Contents
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 1, Number 3
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 1 No 3
Date: December, 1978
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Pages: 64
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 1 No 03 (1978)(SoftSide Publications)
Table of Contents
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 1, Number 4
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 1 No 4 / Issue ??
Date: January, 1979
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Pages: 72
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 1 No 04 (1979)(SoftSide Publications)
Table of Contents
George Blank
George Blank
David Bolke
Frank B Rowlett Jr
Frank B Rowlett Jr
Albert C Blackwell Jr
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 1, Number 5
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 1 No 5 / Issue ??
Date: February, 1979
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Pages: 72
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 1 No 05 (1979)(SoftSide Publications)
Table of Contents
George Clisham
George Blank
Lance Micklus
Roger W Robitaille Sr
For Disk Users
Roger W Robitaille Sr
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 1, Number 6
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 1 No 6 / Issue ??
Date: March, 1979
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Pages: 64
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 1 No 06 (1979)(SoftSide Publications)
Status: COMPLETE
Table of Contents
Frank B Rowlett Jr
Dr Stephen W Hebbler
Rev George Blank
Rev George Blank
Lance Micklus
David Bohlke
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 1, Number 7
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 1 No 7 / Issue ??
Date: April, 1979
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Pages: 44
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 1 No 07 (1979)(SoftSide Publications)
Table of Contents
Lance Micklus
James Garon
Russell Starkey
David Eide
David J Bohlke
Philip Brown
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 1, Number 8
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 1 No 8 / Issue ??
Date: May, 1979
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Pages: 72
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 1 No 08 (1979)(SoftSide Publications)
Table of Contents
Lance Micklus
Scott Adams
David Bohlke
D L Brown
Michael Winter
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 1, Number 9
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 1 No 9 / Issue ??
Date: June, 1979
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Pages: 72
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 1 No 09 (1979)(SoftSide Publications)
Table of Contents
Michael Kelleher
Dean Powell
Computer Graphics
James Garon
Ray Herald
Robert C Hall III
David A Lien
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 1, Number 10
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 1 No 10 / Issue ??
Date: July, 1979
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Pages: 80
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 1 No 10 (1979)(SoftSide Publications)
Table of Contents
David A Lien
David Bohlke
Al Lowe
James Garon
James Garon
David Bohlke
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 1, Number 11
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 1 No 11 / Issue ??
Date: August, 1979
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Pages: 72
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 1 No 11 (1979)(SoftSide Publications)
Table of Contents
Michael Winter
Grank B Rowlett
David A Lien
Otton Hansen
Donald E Smith
Rik Pierce
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 1, Number 12
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 1 No 12 / Issue ??
Date: September, 1979
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Pages: 72
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 1 No 12 (1979)(SoftSide Publications)
Table of Contents
David E White
Russell Starkey
Tank, July, 1979 Softside
Lewis E Garrison
Dean C Westervelt
David Bohlke
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 2, Number 1
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 2 No 1 / Issue ??
Date: October, 1979
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Pages: 72
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 2 No 01 [a] (1979)(SoftSide Publications)
Table of Contents
George Blank
G P Conanour
Chris Freund
John M Delaney
Jon C Sherman
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 2, Number 2
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 2 No 2 / Issue ??
Date: November, 1979
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Pages: 72
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 2 No 02 (1979)(SoftSide Publications)
Table of Contents
In This Issue:
George Blank
James Garon
Arnold Gross
Byron A Myhre
R B Nottingham
Wynne Keller
Regular Features:
George Blank
A Column of Your Letters
Isolate
CLEAR, Cold Start, Multiple USR Calls
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 2, Number 3
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 2 No 3 / Issue ??
Date: December, 1979
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Pages: 80
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 2 No 03 (1979)(SoftSide Publications)
Table of Contents
In This Issue:
Paul Knechtel
Chris Freund
Randy Hawkins
Kemp J Beaty
Chet Kaczneski
Denslo Hamlin
Regular Features:
George Blank
TRS-DOS 2.3, IF … THEN … ELSE, Clear Portion of Screen, Extended Tab, DELETE
A Column of Your Letters
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 2, Number 4
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 2 No 4 / Issue 01
Date: January, 1980
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Pages: 72
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 2 No 04 (1980)(SoftSide Publications)
Table of Contents
In This Issue:
Paul Klinger
Chris Freund
Ted Lindstrom
Gerald Bernor
William Mason
Don Lubarsky
Regular Features:
George Blank
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 2, Number 5
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 2 No 5 / Issue 02
Date: February, 1980
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Pages: 80
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 2 No 05 (1980)(SoftSide Publications)
Table of Contents
In This Issue:
Scott Adams
Normal McAllister
Al Ragsdale
Alan Zett
Chris Freund
Regular Features:
George Blank
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 2, Number 6
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 2 No 6 / Issue 3
Date: March, 1980
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Pages: 88
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 2 No 06 (1980)(SoftSide Publications)
Table of Contents
In This Issue:
Terry Hazelett
Robert Speaks
Roy Niederhoffer
Robert Saturn
Ian Chadwick
Phillip Case
Sonic Torpedos
Regular Features:
George Blank
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 2, Number 7
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 2 No 7 / Issue 4
Date: April, 1980
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Pages: 80
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 2 No 07 (1980)(SoftSide Publications)
Table of Contents
In This Issue:
James Garon
Solitaire
Ron Potkin
Rod Fitzgerald
Sherry M Taylor
A Review of T-Short
Scott Adams
Special Casino Games Section:
James A Hagani
David Bohlke
Lee Blumenthal and Joel Willard
Regular Features:
George Blank
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 2, Number 8
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 2 No 8 / Issue 5
Date: May, 1980
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Pages: 96
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 2 No 08 (1980)(SoftSide Publications)
Table of Contents
In This Issue:
A Douglas Werbeck
The World’s Smallest Word Processor
Lance Micklus
Brad Cameron
Lance Micklus
George Blank
Barry L Adams
Regular Features:
George Blank
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 2, Number 9
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 2 No 9 / Issue 6
Date: June, 1980
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Pages: 80
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 2 No 09 (1980)(SoftSide Publications)
Table of Contents
In This Issue:
D L Morrow
Peter Krisch
Al and Gary Lowe
Edward Ting
George Blank
Phil Case
Regular Features:
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 2, Number 10
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 2 No 10 / Issue 7
Date: July, 1980
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Pages: 80
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 2 No 10 (1980)(SoftSide Publications)
Table of Contents
In This Issue:
James Garon
Garth Jensen
Garth Jensen
Scott Adams
Scott Adams
Teri Li
Regular Features:
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 2, Number 11
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 2 No 11 / Issue 8
Date: August, 1980
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Pages: 96
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 2 No 11 (1980)(SoftSide Publications)
Table of Contents
Articles:
George Blank
Staff
Explanation of graphics on each machine
James Garon
The poor man’s joystick (Atari)
Cross, Bouchard
Sound routines for the Apple, Atari, and S-80
Programs:
Nunn
Soar to new heights (S-80)
Pelczarski, Klink
Sailing in the wind (Apple)
David Bohlke
Golf: Can you break par? (S-80)
David Bohlke
Golf, for the Atari too (Atari)
Smith
Rom on parade (Apple)
David Bohlke
Catch the demons lurking in the maze before time runs out (Atari)
Chauvet
Can you beat the expert’s time? (S-80)
Kirk
New concept for an old game – animation (Apple)
David Bohlke
You are the earth’s last defense (Atari)
Heavy Stuff:
James Garon
Fiddling with VARPTR (S-80)
Lord, Hayavant
An address for the machine language programmer to remember (S-80)
Hanlin, Garon, Pelczarski
A short routine that allows you to make easy program changes (Apple, S-80)
George Blank
Recover your text after an unexpected reboot (S-80)
Departments:
Pelczarski
James Garon
From our readers
From our readers
Garon, Blank, Palczarsi
Pelczarski
Pasa
from our readers
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 2, Number 12
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 2 No 12 / Issue 09
Date: September, 1980
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Pages: 96
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 2 No 12 (1980)(SoftSide Publications)
Table of Contents
Articles:
Causer
Tips to remember (S-80)
Pelczarski
Have they made a difference?
Blank
Is the expense justifiable?
Truckenbrod
How to scale objects
Garon
Shorthand, maps and mazes
Hagani
Simulating hoofbeats
Garon
Simulating new graphics commands
Pelczarski
Customize your own data base program
Garon
A review (Atari)
Pelczarski, Sullivan
What to look for when you buy (Apple)
Programs:
Pence
An intriguing game oflogic (Apple)
Dwyer
Stereo sound without fancy hardware (Apple)
Hawkins
Decode the hidden puzzle (S-80)
P. Johnson
Trap your opponent (Atari)
Russell, Fullerton
Adventure in the dark continent (S-80)
D. Johnson
With fast graphics (Apple)
Hall
A horse of a different color (S-80)
P. Johnson
A word game that boggles the mind (Atari)
P. Johnson
Discover what’s in the black box (Atari)
Heavy Stuff:
Nicholas
Meet the program that Lists itself! (S-80)
Edwards
You can have more than one (S-80)
Dwyer
An explanation of the machine code (Apple)
Departments:
Pelczarski
From our readers
Pasa
from our readers
Garon
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 3, Number 1
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 3 No 01 / Issue 10
Date: October, 1980
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Pages: 108
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 3 No 01 (1980)(SoftSide Publications)
Table of Contents
Articles:
Mark Pelczarski, Rich Bouchard, James Garon
Update and Delete functions are added
James Garon
Those neglected space compression codes (S-80)
Scott Adams
A new column for Adventurers
James Hagani, Staff
Light sabers
Bob Kinerk
Hardside is heard from
Joan Truckenbrod
Simulating three dimensions
James Garon
Plus: Checker Challenge (Atari)
Carl & Karen Russell, Ralph and Becky Fullerton
The promised documentation (S-80)
James Garon
From arithmetic to calculus (S-80)
Programs:
Terry Clark, Mike Antonovich
The Pyramid builder (S-80, Apple)
Dave Bohlke
Baseball action (Atari)
Joel Mick
A maze with a view (S-80)
Joel Mick
Invisible walls and a dragon (S-80)
James Garon
Draw in eight directions at once (Atari)
Dennis Ward
Another point of view (Apple)
Herb Sandy
Try for a soft landing (Apple)
Phil Case
Can you land on an alien planet? (S-80)
Dave Bohlke
Shoot-em-down for two (Atari)
Heavy Stuff:
John R. Olsen Jr.
Is your program ready to Pack? (S-80)
William K. Mason
Put your machine routines in DATA (S-80)
Mark Ohlund
An inside look (S-80, Atari)
Frank R. Neal
Help with the NEWDOS/80 CHAIN command (S-80)
Departments:
Mark Pelczarski
From our readers
James Garon
Kay Pasa
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 3, Number 2
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 3 No 02 / Issue 11
Date: November, 1980
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Pages: 100
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 3 No 02 (1980)(SoftSide Publications)
Table of Contents
Articles:
Arthur Gleeker
A computer card shuffler (S-80)
Mark Pelczarski
Customize your own data base program
Mark Pelczarski
Apple Reviews (Apple)
Joan Truckenbrod
Rotation of images in HI-RES
A. Douglas Werbeek
An improved LIVE-KEY input routine (S-80)
Programs:
Roy Harper
Can you survive the asteroid belt? (All)
Ron Potkin
Computer-aided wargame (S-80)
Mark Pelczarski
Patterned after the arcade game (Apple)
Phil Case
Go to the lanes in this simulation (Apple)
James Hagani
Can you handle the construction inspector? (Atari)
Thomas Hamlin III
For the adventurer in you (S-80)
Tim Hays
Complete with an exhaust port to shoot at (Atari)
Ron Webster
Your mission, save bouncing Barney!! (S-80, Atari)
Heavy Stuff:
John T. Philips M.D.
Playing cards with packed string graphics (S-80)
Rob Hausman
Tickle the ivories on your APPLE (Apple)
Edward Ting
Duplicate cassette tape (S-80)
Departments:
Mark Pelczarski
From our readers
Lance Micklus
Scott Adams
James Garon
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 3, Number 3
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 3 No 03 / Issue 12
Date: December, 1980
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Pages: 100
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 3 No 03 (1980)(SoftSide Publications)
Table of Contents
Articles:
Scott Adams
For adventurers (All)
Sherry Taylor
Make the most of those free moments (All)
Mark Pelczarski, Rich Bouchard, Phillip Case
Search routines (All)
Dave Albert, Glen Ohlund
A look at Olympic Decathlon & Galaxy Invasion (S-80)
Programs:
Duane Barts
The game we all played as kids (Apple)
Denslo Hamlin
The thing I hated most in school (S-80)
Thomas Harleman
Here’s the S-80 version of HEAD ON (S-80)
Fred Pence
With sound! (Apple)
Peter Kirsch
Can you believe nine adventures? (S-80)
Dave Bohlke, Steve MacLeay
Will you win in the last of the ninth? (Apple)
Mike McKenna, Rich Bouchard
Can you cross the mine field? (S-80, Atari)
David Bohlke
Do you know your country? (Atari)
David Bohlke
A new twist for Othello freaks (Atari)
Heavy Stuff:
Shane Causer
Slow down those listings (S-80)
Dave Archibald
Add 2K to your programs? (S-80)
Denslo Hamlin
Boot your disk any way you want (S-80)
Departments:
Mark Pelczarski
From our readers
James Garon
Kay Pasa
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 3, Number 4
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 3 No 04 / Issue 13
Date: January, 1980
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Pages: 100
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 3 No 04 [OCR] (1981)(SoftSide Publishing)
Table of Contents
Articles:
Mark Pelczarski, Rich Bouchard, Phillip Case
SoftSide’s data base continues (All)
Joan Truckenbrod
This month we stay with 3-D (Apple)
Dave Albert, Phillip Case
A look at Olympic Decathlon and Flight Simulator (S-80)
Programs:
Carl & Ellen Weaver
Match wits with your computer (S-80)
William Edmunds
You against your computerin space war. (Apple)
Thomas Deaux
Pinball wizards beware (Apple)
William Morris, John Cope
This month’s feature, you against the Germans (S-80, Apple)
Chris Freund
After you wipe out the Germans, attack the Soviets (S-80)
David Bohlke
Now attempttodestroy a generic opponent (Atari)
Thomas Marshall
Moving artwork on the Atari (Atari)
William Morris
Classics for your enjoyment (Atari)
Heavy Stuff:
Phillip Case
Which language are you in? (S-80)
Phillip Case
Diskcommands in Level II? (S-80)
Phillip Case
Yes, it is possible (S-80)
Departments:
Mark Pelczarski
Editorial Munchkins
Phillip Case
From our readers
Lance Micklus
Scott Adams
Kay Pasa
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 3, Number 5
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 3 No 05 / Issue 14
Date: February, 1981
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Size: 25,850,056
Pages: 100
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 3 No 5 (1981)(SoftSide Publications)
Table of Contents
Articles:
by Mark Pelczarski, Rich Bouchard; Phillip Case
SoftSide’s data base continues
by Joan Truckenbrod
Three-D Rotation, Part III
by Roger W. Robitaille Sr.
The Prince of Q$ encounters the Priests of String Gathering
by Judy Neyhart
The travails of Mom in Computerland
by George Blank
How to keep your zebras and aardvarks straight
by Phillip Case
– Condensed programming and endless loops
by Phillip Case, Dave Albert
Visicalc; Enhanced BASIC; Lunar Lander; Interactive Fiction
Programs:
by Phillip Case
Keep track of those exorbitant phone bills
by Mitch Voth, Rich Bouchard
Life and times of a square golf ball
by Phillip Case, Steve Justus, Rich Bouchard
Can you make the old mine pay off?
by Mark Cross
Even Bartlett would have liked this one
by Stan Ockers
A brain-twister with shifting patterns
by Mark Koenig
A tank duel that will leave you a-mazed
by John Daoust
This one saves patching the wall around the dartboard
Heavy Stuff:
by Phillip Case
How to protect your program
Departments:
by Dave Albert
From our readers
by Phillip Case
by Scott Adams
by Munchkins Inc.
by Mark Pelczarski
by Kay Pasa
by Ed Umlor
by Ed Umlor
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 3, Number 6
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 3 No 06 / Issue 15
Date: March, 1981
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Size: 33,215,251
Pages: 100
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 3 No 6 (1981)(SoftSide Publications)
Table of Contents
Articles:
by Roger W. Robitaille, Sr.
Exploring the world of Base
by Mark Pelczarski, Rich Bouchard
The Final Chapter
by Joan Truckenbrod
Three-D Rotation, Part IV
by Dave Albert, Jon Voskuil
ABM; Galaxy Wars; Monty Plays Monopoly
by Christopher U. Light, Chris Light, Jr.
Madness at Tiffany’s
by Paul Johnson
How is an Atari like an elephant?
by Judy Neyhart
Where does all that cash flow?
Programs:
Calling all mathletes!
by Victor T. Albino
Watch out for pyroclastic flows!
by William Morris & John Cope
Name that nation
by David Steenson, Jon Voskuil
When chess seems too complicated
by Mitch Voth, Steve Justus
Miniature golf with an Apple
by Dave Bohlke
It’s the Integers vs the Fractions!
by Stephen Milliken
How fast are your reflexes?
Departments:
by Dave Albert
From our readers
by Phillip Case
by Munchkins Unlimited
by Mark Pelczarski
by Scott Adams
by Kay Pasa
by Lance Micklus
by Ed Umlor
by Ed Umlor
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 3, Number 7
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 3 No 07 / Issue 16
Date: April, 1981
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Size: 48,914,737
Pages: 100
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 3 No 7 (1981)(SoftSide Publications)
Table of Contents
Articles:
by Benjamin Junge
Tricks with your VARPTR.
by Joan Truckenbrod
Perspective Drawing.
by Murray Summers
Quick & Dirty vs. Elegant.
by Ed Ting
With apologies to Sherry Taylor.
by James Dwyer
The name says it all.
by Michael Humes, Jon Voskuil, Dave Albert
Temple of Apshai; Apple Machine Language; Dragonquest
by Shane Causer
Programming perspectives.
Programs:
by William Morris & John Cope
An Easter greeting.
by P hillip Case
Cross this one when you come to it.
by William Morris & John Cope
The long-awaited Atari version.
by Jerald Uptain
The Allied forces await your command.
by Peter Kirsch
Three versions of a classic game.
by John Daoust
Watch out for those furry fellows.
by David Steenson, Rich Bouchard
Brush up on tactics.
by Jon Voskuil
A mathletic maelstrom.
by Arnold Gross
A game. not a tutorial.
by William Morris & John Cope
How’s your geography?
by Jon Voskuil
An old game with a new twist.
Departments:
by Jon Voskuil
From our readers
by Dave Albert
by Mark Pelczarski
by The Munchkin Bunch
by Scott Adams
by Editors
by Editors
by Kay Pasa
by Ed Umlor
by Ed Umlor
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 4, Number 8
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 4 No 08 / Issue 17
Date: May, 1981
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Size: 96,763,076
Pages: 100
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 4 No 8 (1981)(SoftSide Publications)
Table of Contents
Articles:
by “J”
Who is this guy, anyway?
by Wynee Keller
A look at Model III TRSDOS.
by Joan Truckenbrod
Perspective Drawing, Part II
by Editors
All the programs that fit, since Day 1
by Bob Lidell, Dave Albert, Jon Voskuil
Hellfire Warrior; Basketball; Strip Dice; Pseudodisk
Programs:
by Alan Hartman
Missile warfare via keyboard
by Michael Bendick
Dandy lines for your Apple
by Matt Rutter
Another version of Head On
by Michael Prescott
Get those nasty aliens
by Scott Tapley
An udder delight!
by Jon Voskuil
The Olympics draw to a close
by Matt Rutter
Can you land the Eagle?
by Rich Bouchard
Monkeying about with the Model III
by Michael O’Keefe
How to get lost without ever going outside.
Departments:
by Jon Voskuil
From our readers
by Dave Albert
by Fred & the Munchkins
by Scott Adams
by Lance Micklus
by Editors
by Editors
by Mark Pelczarski
by Ed Umlor
by Ed Umlor
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 4, Number 9
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 4 No 09 / Issue 18
Date: June, 1981
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Size: 27.5MB
Pages: 102
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 4 No 9 (1981)(SoftSide Publications)
Table of Contents
Articles:
by Rik Karlsson
A Showdown of sorts
by Joan Truckenbrod
More pattern Generation
by Ed Ting
Waste not, want not
by Will Hagenbuch
Will Hagenbuch’s book in serial form
by Joesph V. Cesaitis
Tribulations in Chip City
by Dave Albert, Jon Voskuil
Lords of Karma; Poker Tournament; Thrilogy of Games; Micro-Painter
S-80, Apple, and Atari Programs:
by William Morris & John Cope
For all you flag lovers
by David Durkee, Jon Voskuil
Befuddle your friends
Apple Programs:
by Jon Voskuil
The final installment
by George W. Ziegler
A new twist to an old puzzle
by Carl Mueller, Dave Bohlke
Translated from the Atari
by Jon Voskuil
Let your keys talk back to you
Atari Programs:
by Art Cestaro, Victor T. Albino
Mt. St. Helens erupts yet another time
by Tom Plassman
Explore the tunnels beneath Petiteville
S-80i Programs:
by John Baker, D.V.M.
The Electronic Vampire Nightmare Game
by Phillip C. Soine
Are they aliens or amoebae?
by David Gash
Are you creatively articulate?
by Ron Fitzgerald
A listing utility
Departments:
by Jon Voskuil
by Fred & the Munchkins
From our readers
by Dave Albert
by Editors
by Scott Adams
by Editors
by Ed Umlor
by Kay Pasa
by Ed Umlor
by “J”
by Editors
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 4, Number 10
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 4 No 10 / 19
Date: July 1981
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Pages: N/A
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 4 No 10 (1981)(SoftSide Publications)
Status: COMPLETE
Table of Contents
Articles:
Harland Hill
Hearye! Hearye!
Roger W. Robitaille, Sr.
Magazine of the Future
Joan Truckenbrod
Designing your own patterns
Will Hagenbuch
Another glass, please
John T. Phillipp, M.D.
Who was that masked VARPTR?
Sherry M. Taylor
Computer that grounded Columbia
Michael Humes, Dave Albert
Computer Napoleonics, Atlantian Odyssey
S-80, Apple, and Atari Programs:
Brent Packer, Jon Voskuil
Hup, two, three, four
S-80 and Atari Programs:
Andrew Braunstein, Rich Bouchard
Deciphering game
Apple and Atari Programs:
Peter Kirsch, Carl Mueller, Rich Bouchard, Alan Zett
Nine floors to freedom
S-80i Programs:
Russell Starkey
Scrolling calculator
Rowland Archer
How many words can you make?
Apple Programs:
Jim Hilger
Game for four players
Jon Voskuil
Computerized drafting and drawing
Atari Programs:
Jack and Bob Wiener
Happy Landing!
Departments:
Jon Voskuil
Our readers
Dave Albert
Editors
Scott Adams
S. S. Munchkins
Mark Pelczarski
J
Editors
Editors
Ed Umlor
Ed Umlor
Spyder
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 4, Number 11
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 4 No 11 / 20
Date: August 1981
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Pages: 100
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 4 No 11 [OCR] (1981)(SoftSide Publications)
Table of Contents
Articles:
Joan Truckenbrod
Reflective Symmetry
Ed Umlor
S-80 Do it yourself.
Will Hagenbuch
The last round
John T. Phillipp, M.D.
Would you buy a used VARPTR from this man?
Mark A. Ohlund, Alan J. Zett
APPL-L-ISP, 3-D Computer Graphics Package
S-80, Apple, and Atari Programs:
Brian Reynolds, Rich Bouchard, Alan J. Zett
Look out for the Wraiths
Joe Humphrey, Jon Voskuil
Haul out the Howitzers
S-80 Programs:
Roger W. Robitaille, Sr.
Graphics galore
Apple Programs:
Mark Cross
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the keyboard
Atari Programs:
Scott Tapley, David H. Simmons
Cream ofthe crop
Departments:
Dave Albert
From our readers
Dave Albert
Editors
Drs. Munchkin
I. Alexis Adams
Lance Micklus
Spyder Webb
J
Editors
Ed Umlor
Ed Umlor
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 4, Number 12
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 4 No 12 / 21
Date: September, 1981
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Pages: 100
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 4 No 12 [OCR] (1981)(SoftSide Publications)
Table of Contents
Articles:
Modular Software Associates
DV Premieres
Jon Voskuil
An Apple blender for text and graphics
Bill Howell
A how-to for compact creativity
John T. Phillip, M.D.
Packing machine language into strings
Jon Voskuil
Robotwar
S-80, Apple, and Atari Programs:
Michael Prescott, Alan J. Zett
Before it flips you
Eirhea Bigham, Alan J. Zett
Meet your vocabulary head-on
S-80 Programs:
Georgy Geczy
The best thing since flypaper!
Apple Programs:
Michael A.O’Keefe, Robert White
Find the way out with your Apple
Departments:
Randal Kottwitz
Scott Adams
Jon Voskuil
From Our Readers
Randal Kottwitz
Editors
Editors
J
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 5, Number 1
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 5 No 01 / Issue 22
Date: October, 1981
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Pages: 100
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 5 No 01 [OCR] (1981)(SoftSide Publications)
Status: INCOMPLETE
Table of Contents
Feature:
Roger W.Robitaille, Sr.
A revolutionary breakthrough in entertainment software
Staff
Rich Bouchard
The first code to be unveiled
Roger W.Robitaille Sr.
A fresh approach to a unique product
Rich Bouchard
Instructions for S-80 DV
Articles:
Alan J.Zett
The technique explained
Jon Voskuil
Apple II User’s Guide
Pool 1.5
Rich Bouchard
Robb Murray
Orchestra 80
S-80, Apple, and Atari Programs:
Victor A.Vernon, Jr., Alan J.Zett
Step back to 1944 and World War II
S-80 and Apple Programs:
Al Johnston, Steve D.Kropinak
Can you defeat the creatures of eight?
Apple Programs:
Mark Pelczarski
The long-awaited complete Apple listing
Jean H.Anderson
Apple DV Premieres
David Delli Quadri
Esoteric computer applications
Atari Programs:
Alan J.Zett
An artistic utility
S-80 Programs:
Arnold E.van Beverhoudt, Jr.
Defend the Eastern Seaboard with your S-80
Departments:
Randal Kottwitz
From Our Readers
From Our Readers
Randal Kottwitz
Randal Kottwitz
Kathleen Boucher
Lance Micklus
J
Spyder Webb
Dean F. Macy
Dean F. Macy
Editors
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 5, Number 2
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 5 No 02 / Issue 23
Date: November, 1981
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Pages: 100
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 5 No 02 [a] (1981)(SoftSide Publications)
Table of Contents
Articles:
William D. Hedges
A guide for building educational software
Christopher U. Light
The micro container for sound
Reviews:
Robb Murray
Randal L. Kottwitz
Christopher U. Light
Jon Voskuil
TRS-80, Apple, and Atari Programs:
William Morris & John Cope
A new buzzword for the micro industry
Gary Cage
Roll up your own Scott Joplin medley
Softside DV:
Fred Pence
Bradley J. Bell
Lance Micklus
TRS-80 Programs:
Roger W. Robitaille, Sr.
The first Envyrn interpreter
Richard Lesh
Musical notes for the TRS-80
Apple Programs:
Jon Voskuil
Musical notes for the Apple
Atari Programs:
John Rush Elkins
Musical notes for the Atari
Departments:
Dean F. H, Macy
From Our Readers
From Our Readers
Jon Voskuil
Kathleen Boucher
Randal L. Kottwitz
Scott Adams
J
Editors
Alan J. Zett
Ed Umlor
Spyder Webb
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 5, Number 3
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 5 No 03 / Issue 24
Date: December, 1981
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Size: 37.6MB
Pages: 102
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 5 No 03 [I] (1981)(SoftSide Publications)
Status: INCOMPLETE
Table of Contents
Articles:
by John T. Phillipp, M.D.
Editing packed strings
by Alan J. Zett
CLOADing troubles solved
by David A. Gash
TRS-80 DEFFN feature explored
Reviews:
by Alan J. Zett
by Ulf Lindmark
by Dean F. H. Macy
TRS-80, Apple, and Atari Programs:
by Jon Voskuil
A simple word processor
by William Morris & John Cope
Mining on a Saturn moon
Apple Programs:
by William J. Edmunds
Instrument flight simulator
Atari Programs:
by Mark Pelczarski & Paul Marentette
The new, improved version
by Richard Lamb
Experiment with geometric patterns
TRS-80 Programs:
by John D. Adamson
A circuit-designing utility
Softside DV:
by Randy Massey
by Maxwell Su
by Norman Whaland
Departments:
by Jon Voskuil
From our readers
From our readers
by Randal L. Kottwitz
by Randal L. Kottwitz
by “J”
by Allen L. Wold & Fred D’Ignazio
by Kathleen Boucher
From our readers
by Roger W. Robataille, Sr.
by Editors
by Lance Micklus
by Edward E. Umlor
by Spyder Webb
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 5, Number 4
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 5 No 04 / Issue 25
Date: January, 1982
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Size: 42.1MB
Pages: 104
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 5 No 04 [I] (1982)(SoftSide Publications)
Status: INCOMPLETE
Table of Contents
Articles:
by Joan R. Trucknebrod
Patterns with vertical reflection.
by Randy Hawkins
Part 1 of the fix
by Alan J. Zett
RESTORE a data pointer to a specified line number.
Reviews:
by Luigi Bisceglia
by Margaret M. Grothman
TRS-80, Apple, and Atari Programs:
by Jon Voskull
Add the printout module to your word processor
by Randy Hawkins
Don’t be afraid to take a chance
TRS-80 Programs:
by George Delp
TRS-Man goes into a feeding frenzy.
by Robert J. Pollock
Who shall overcome in this war game?
Apple Programs:
by Rowland Archer & Bruce Muscolino
My word against yours.
by William J. Ryan
Don’t bark up the wrong tree.
Atari Programs:
by Gary J. Dominick
Is this any way to spend a vacation?
by Arthur N. Schreibman
Faster than a speeding number.
Softside DV:
by Steven Neighorn
by Matt Rutter
Departments:
by Jon Voskuil
by Randal L. Kottwitz
From our readers
by Randal L. Kottwitz
From our readers
by Scott Adams
by J”
by Allen L Wold & Fred D’lgnazio
From our readers
by Editors
by Editors
by Edward E. Umlor
by Spyder Webb
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 5, Number 5
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 5 No 05 / Issue 26
Date: February, 1982
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Size: 36.7MB
Pages: 82
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 5 No 05 [I] (1982)(SoftSide Publications)
Status: INCOMPLETE
Table of Contents
Front Runner:
Matt Rutter
You have been selected as a member of the exploration party searching for life on the planet Arcturus III. Radar indicates a meteor storm headed straight for that solar system. Can you, in your two-person rocket, rescue the people stranded there without crashing into a meteor? You are their only hope.
Features:
Allen L. Wold and Fred D’Ignazio
In another peek into the future, the authors tell how computers could help enhance the tension and excitement of fantasy role-playing games. With the addition of low-level lasers, computerized fencing would take on an unequalled element of realism.
J
In this tenth installment, J discusses the use of logical operators and relational operators in BASIC programming.
Lance Micklus
In Getting a Bit Serious – Part Seven, Lance discusses marketing projections and customer support problems. See how you can profit through his experience.
Edward E. Umlor
The series on disk drives continues. Read about floppy drives, flippy drives and aspects of a variety of DOSs.
Spyder Webb
Special Features:
Since the operating system of the TRS-80 DV has changed from TRSDOS to DOSPLUS, those subscribers should find this summary of the major differences helpful.
Ed Juge
In a letter to the publisher from Ed Juge, director of computer merchandising for Tandy Corporation, some of Tandy’s policies about why only certain software and hardware products are supported by Radio Shack are explained.
Leonard Buchanan
Have you learned how to react in a civilized manner to that OTHER computer your acquaintances own? Have you been able to explain your feelings about YOUR computer to others? If not, try getting civilized.
Each month we spend a great deal of time selecting, translating, and illustrating the programs and articles in Softside. This month we are asking you to complete and return the survey found in the center of this issue. Your responses will help determine future selections of programs, articles and other features. Please take the time to help us provide you with what interests you the most.
*DEPARTMENTS
Apple/Side:
Brent Packer
Lead the country of Andorra in this simulation.
Pick-Up
William Pu
F.J. Condo
This color-graphics simulation will help you solve that famous 3-D puzzle.
Cary W. Bradley
Hi-Res Secrets
Atari/Side:
Alan J. Zett
System Configuration Test
Kismet II by Peter Kirsch
This dice game combines luck and skill as you arrange your dice scores to get the highest total.
Greg Schroeder
Defense
Dean F. H. Macy
Ramdisk
Alan J. Zett
Protector
TRS-80/Side:
Ronald and Jordan Corn
Lites Out
Rich Bouchard
A utility for getting instructions on how to use your DOS, computer, or anything else.
James Garon and David Bohlke
A translation of Maze Search, this is an arcade-style game with optional sound.
Randy Hawkins
Modify EDTASM for the Model III – Part II
Marvin Lewis
Parsector V
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 5, Number 6
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 5 No 06 / Issue 27
Date: March, 1982
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Size: 46.8MB
Pages: 102
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 5 No 06 [I] (1982)(SoftSide Publications)
Status: INCOMPLETE
Table of Contents
Front Runner:
by Carl Bevington
Hexapawn is a marker game played on a three-by-three grid that gets harder to win the more you play. The computer is given a set of operating instructions that enable it to improve its decision-making ability based on the success or failure of previous decisions.
Features:
by Allen L. Wold and Fred D’Ignazio
The authors speculate about whether holograms could be used in the presentation of three-dimensional games and the role computers could play in the process. They give a brief introduction to projection and transmission holography and how holograms are produced by lasers.
by “J”
“J” boldly leaps off the deep end and gives an introduction to TRS-80, Apple and ATARI graphics.
by Joan R. Truckenbrod
Using the same principles as those in making inkblot patterns, combine horizontal and vertical reflections to generate patterns with your computer.
by Spyder Webb
Special Features:
by Jon Voskuil
Let your computer compare listings of different versions of the same program.
Departments:
This month we have a new department in SoftSide. New Products introduces DatasaverTM, Dragon’s Eye, The Data Reporter, a variety of cases for your hardware, and more.
Apple/Side:
PEEKER/POKER
by Mike Westerfield
Examine and change sectors of Apple II disks.
THE MAGICAL SHAPE MACHINE
by Tom Keith
This graphics utility provides an easy way to create and manipulate shapes.
by Robert A. Pritchett
This real-time Lo-Res game will test your coordination and timing.
BRODERBUND SOFTWARE’S APPLE PANIC
reviewed by Hartley G. Lesser
by Michael Prescott
Learn how to use the Applesoft Ampersand function and how to implement it with a minimum of Machine Language.
Atari/Side:
THE CURSE OF THE PHARAOH
by Peter Kirsh
Can you find and return the two rubies to the eyes of the mummy in the pyramid?
INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE CONTRACTORS
by Phillip Case and Patrick Maloney
Our translation contest winner lets you try to become chairman of the board in this business management simulation.
by Sheldon Leemon
Maneuver your laser base and destroy the wave of aliens before they bomb you or get past the horizon.
TAKE-APART OUTER SPACE ATTACK
by Sheldon Leemon
The Player/Missile graphics and other graphics techniques used in Outer Space Attack are explained
by Odino Ciai and Luis Wuhl
How to fix your ATARI DOS I to take care of problems with random files.
K-BYTE’S K-RAZY SHOOT-OUT
reviewed by Sheldon Leemon
TRS-80/Side:
WARPATH
by Ron Potkin
You can take the side of the Indians or the troopers in this two-player game of strategy and skill.
KILLER CARS
by Richard Kipp
Equip your vehicle with armor, machine guns, lasers and other weapons in order to destroy your opponent’s car.
by Rik Pierce
No claim jumping allowed in this two-player strategy game where you try to peacefully settle land in the old west.
ADVENTURE INTERNATIONAL’S STARFIGHTER
reviewed by Dave Albert and Alan J. Zett
DOSPLUS – HOW IT’S BETTER
by Alan J. Zett
New DOS features on the TRS-80 DV are explained.
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 5, Number 7
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 5 No 07 / Issue 28
Date: April, 1982
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Size: 29.5MB
Pages: 104
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 5 No 07 [I] (1982)(SoftSide Publications)
Status: INCOMPLETE
Table of Contents
Front Runner:
by Jon R. Voskull
SoftSide’s basic BASIC word processor for all three systems acquires line editing capabilities, plus a few changes to the two previous installments.
Features:
by “J”
“J” concludes a year-long exploration of the ins and outs of the intimate art of BASIC programming with some philosophical meanderings.
by Lance Micklus
For those who like to encourage their computers to talk to other people’s computers, this extensive discussion of modems should prove to be very helpful.
Review by Dave Albert
by Tom Stanton
This informative essay on the history of the written, printed, and electronic word leads to some fascinating questions about the future.
by Spyder Webb
Departments:
Apple/Side:
by Richard A. Bryant
Semaphore is a form of “word processing” that predates computers by quite a few years. This unique Hi-Res graphics program will enlighten you about a kind of flagwaving quite unfamiliar to most of us.
by Jon R. Voskuil
DV and CV subscribers get a sneak preview of the “Apple Fully Optimized Operational Language System” which will appear in listed form in next month’s magazine.
by David Bahr
The old favorite board game is revisited in this compact computerized incarnation.
by Randy Fox
You’ll have to develop quick reflexes to keep from zapping yourself out of this game. Your score soars as you intercept elusive graphics blocks, but each time you get one it’s harder to maneuver.
by Fred J. Condo
If you have the need (or just an irresistable urge) to print out large-letter posters, this is just what your Apple needs.
reviewed by Jon R. Voskuil
SuperText II, SuperScribe II, Apple Writer II
Atari/Side:
by Jerry Aamodt
This is an entertaining code-breaking game, coded into just the form for you and your ATARI to solve together.
by Frank Roberts
Anyone who has written a program from scratch knows how messy the line numbering can get after all the changing and revising is done. This program lets your computer do the grubbing work of renumbering the whole thing in nice, neat increments of your choice.
by Mark Lewis Batdwin
This one will give you some heavy practice with your joystick as you defend yourself against attackers from all directions. It’s only a matter of time ….
by Alan J. Zett
This unique banner-printing program works not only with normal characters, but with any redefined character set that you care to program into your computer. The possibilities are limitless.
reviewed by Sheldon Leemon
Letter Perfect, Text Wizard, and Word Processor
TRS-80/Side:
by Joseph Felten
Adventure veterans and beginners alike will enjoy this subcompact interactive game.
by Steven Milliken
Install a Machine Language routine into memory, and you can dump the text and graphics displayed on your screen to a printer – even while another program is running.
by Ronald M. Tutone
This remarkable program creates large letters in a beautiful Gothic font on your favorite printer. You’ll have no more excuses for sloppy garage sale signs.
by Mark Pelczarski
This is a completely updated version of SoftSide’s Developing Database, in two versions: sequential access and random access. Those who have long awaited this complete TRS-80 version will not be disappointed.
by Alan J. Zett .
The complete list of all DOSPLUS BASIC error messages – fully explained.
by Kathleen Boucher
by Dave A. Kater
by Dave A. Kater and David R. Long
by Joseph Breton
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 5, Number 8
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 5 No 08 / Issue 29
Date: May, 1982
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Size: 45MB
Pages: 100
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 5 No 08 [I] (1982)(SoftSide Publications)
Status: INCOMPLETE
Table of Contents
Front Runner:
by Larry Williams; Translations by Alan J. Zett and Rich Bouchard
Klondike, the addictive one-player card game that just about everyone knows simply as “solitaire,” is beautifully implemented here for all three computers. The constant problems of shuffling the deck and rearranging the sloppy piles of cards are finally solved!
Features:
by Allen W. Wold and Fred D’Ignazio
The authors discuss the dungeons and the adventures of the past and present, and present some thoughts and speculations about a future breed of Computer-Assisted Role Playing Games.
by Joan Truckenbrod
This article focuses on how to transform one object gradually into another through a series of computerized calculations.
by Edward Ting
You’ll be amazed by what the figures will show you about the possibilities of adding datamation to your business.
Review by Jon Voskuil
Review by Dean F. H. Macy
by Spyder Webb
Departments:
Apple/Side:
by Kerry Shetline
This Machine Language utility will allow you to list your Applesoft programs in a logicl!l arid highly readable form, to greatly simplify development and debugging.
by Jon Voskuil
Internal documentation of your program with REM lines has never been this easy and looked this good.
by Jon Voskuil
Media subscribers got this one last month for an April Fool special. Here’s the listing and the explanation of how it works and what it does.
by William Pu
This excellent Apple version of George Delp’s TRS-Man will keep you busy for many hours eating all the monsters your diet will permit.
by Jon Voskuil
by Tom Pollard
If you’ve been waiting with bated breath to use the Microtext word processor with your Apple cassette system, the solution is here.
Atari/Side:
by Randy W. Massey
This is an exceptionally well done arcade game which will keep you going for a long time as you attempt to penetrate alien defenses and retrieve the vital cloaking device which is Earth’s only hope.
by Trevor Porter
Guiding your snake around the screen to gobble up points becomes more and more challenging as you go along.
by Luis Wuhl
A utility which finds and lists the lines in which variables are used can be an invaluable programming tool. Here is a simple one in BASIC that can make your work a lot easier.
by Skeet Nevil
Why wait for the daily paper when your ATARI can give you a new word-search game whenever you want one? Discover the joy of using a joystick instead of a pencil to find those hidden words.
Review by Bruce Chapman
by Alan J. Zett
This first installment of a new series on hidden features of the ATARI discusses the importance of the ANTIC chip and the display list for the BASIC programmer.
TRS-80/Side:
by Larry Meister
This is a fast and challenging Machine Language game which offers a variety of options and will test your reflexes and perceptioris to the limit.
by V. A. DeGiorgio
Here is an exceptional K-Byter which POKEs a Machine Language invaders game into memory for some smooth and fast action.
by Tigre Wenrich
Add an ATARI joystick to your TRS-80 for a new dimension, in playing action games. This article shows you how to do it.
by Rik Pierce
The goal of this competitive game is to work your way up the ladders before your opponents do. It requires generous portions of luck, logic, and clear thinking to win.
by Robert Jacobs
Special NEWDOS-80 features are exploited to make the sequential-access version of So/tSide’s Database program even better.
by Michael McKenna
Review by Michael McKenna
Review by Allen L. Wold
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 5, Number 9
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 5 No 09 / Issue 30
Date: June, 1982
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Size: 45MB
Pages: 102
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 5 No 09 [I] (1982)(SoftSide Publications)
Status: INCOMPLETE. Missing 7, 8, 21, 22, 23, 24, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78
Table of Contents
Front Runner:
by Ray Sato; Translations by Alex Lee and Rich Bouchard; Encryption modifications by Rich Bouchard, William Kubeck, and Alan J. Zett
Prepare yourself for subterranean adventures as you search for treasures, fight monsters, and try to retrieve the “Chest of the Gods.” You’ll appreciate the encrypted program listing which keeps its secrets hidden until you play.
by Jon Voskuil; Translations by Alan J. Zett
This valuable debugging aid will allow you to check your typing against printed listings and pinpoint any errors you may have made.
Features:
by Allen L. Wold and Fred D’Ignazio
The authors revisit the Golden Age of Animated Film, when Walt Disney was king. They trace the rise of the computer, as cartoonist’s assistant and special effects artist, in the movies today.
by R. J. Green
Does your spouse spend endless hours at the computer? Do you ever wonder what the results might be? If so, read on.
by “J”
“J” is at it again. This article is the first in a series on converting BASIC programs from one system to another.
by Edward Ting
A lighthearted look at the consequences of video game playing.
Review by Randal L. Kottwitz
by Spyder Webb
Departments:
Apple/Side:
by Carl Mueller
An excellent translation of Carl and Karen Russell’s and Ralph and Becky Fullerton’s program. The first challenge is to get into Darkest Africa alive. The next is to get out alive. Dr. Livingston, I presume.. .?
by Peter Wu
Guide your spacecraft to a safe landing and you’ll live to tell about it.
by Steve Faiella
It’s up to you to discover the secret color code that your Apple has dreamed up.
by Michael Prescott
Learn how to use this Machine Language routine which allows your Applesoft programs to accept function-definition statements as input strings.
by Carey W. Bradley
The first installment in a bimonthly series of articles dealing with DOS 3.3, the Apple II’s current Disk Operating System.
Review by Alan J. Zett
Review by Carey W. Bradley
Atari/Side:
by Larry Locke
Your ears will never be the same after you’ve played with this one for awhile.
by Paul Marentette
Now your data file can fill a whole disk. This new version of Database offers all the advantages of random-access files.
by Peter Adams
Working your way through this maze of rooms in an attempt to accomplish your mission is liable to get you killed.
Review by Guy S. Allred
TRS-80/Side:
by Matt Hillman
The little buggers keep popping up all over the screen, and you have to keep out of their way as you pick up the fuel canisters.
by Ron Potkin
An interesting, two-player graphics wargame simulation with thousands of reproducible scenarios.
by Gary Dominick
Now you TRS-80 owners can have the glamorous and heroic job of finding the bomb before it decides to level the Piazza.
Review by Tim Knight
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 5, Number 10
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 5 No 10 / Issue 31
Date: July, 1982
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Pages: 104
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 5 No 10 (1982)(SoftSide Publications) [a].zip
Table of Contents
Front Runner:
by Jon Voskuil; Translations by Alan J. Zett
The Computer-Assisted Testing System will turn your micro into a masterful testing machine. This time we bring you the input module and will complete this educational utility in the next issue.
Features:
by Fred D’Ignazio and Allen W. Wold
The authors continue their series on computer aided special effects in the film industry. This time – a fascinating scenario considering the movie theatres of the future.
by Lance Micklus
Lance has received some interesting response from readers of his review of the Modem I. In addition, he gives us his comments on supposed software rip-offs.
An author who wishes to remain anonymous gives his views on a new command for BASIC – PUNT.
by Joan Truckenbrod
This article is a continuation of the series started in May. Transformation techniques are explored in-depth, varying the rates of change during a transformation series.
by Dean F. Hayden Macy
Teachers are finding themselves in a quandry when choosing educational materials to teach computer awareness. The author gives an overview of the available resources and some helpful tips on how to utilize them.
by Spyder Webb
Departments:
Concerning SoltSide Line Listings, SWAT and Media Versions
Apple/Side:
by Leonard Vincent
Race around the base of a tree, swallowing the fallen apples as you go. Be careful though, take a bite of your own body and you’re a goner.
by Kerry Shetline
Here are some welcome and badly needed enhancements to the features of Applesoft, including RESTORE to line number and a true LINE INPUT.
by Steve Faiella
Create your own custom puzzles, mix them up and try to put them back together again. It’s not as easy as it might sound.
by Rod Packer
This compact, extremely well-documented program allows the amateur investor to perform a simple analysis of his portfolio.
Review by Hartley G. Lesser
Atari/Side:
by William Morris and John Cope
A colorful implementation of “Simon Says,” this sound and graphics game is a joy of frustration to play. In addition, the authors have given us an interesting tutorial on complicated graphics without Machine Language.
by David Suwala
Through ingenious use of the ATARI’s XIO commands, this little gem creates paintings on your screen Mondrian would have been proud to sign.
by Paul Marentette
Have you ever wished you could see a menu of your disk the moment you booted your system? Well, now it’s possible, and so are many other extremely convenient features with this utility.
Review by Craig Chamberlain
Review by Sheldon Leemon
by Alan J. Zett
This time we further explore the ATARI display list. Through a detailed example, the author constructs an elaborate “Title Page” sequence.
TRS-80/Side:
by David Hillard
Get ready for fast action in deep space. The enemy is attacking at high speed and you are the only one who can stop them!
by Bernard Harford
The wood board and golf tees you used to build this game in your crafts class are no longer necessary. Put them away and play this game classic on your screen.
by Charles E. Wooster
Remember the pencil and paper game the teacher always used to yell at you for playing when you should have been studying? Well, here it is on the screen of your micro. You can play against your friends or the computer. Watch it – no one at SoltSide has beat the computer yet!
Review by Tim Knight
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 5, Number 11
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 5 No 11 / Issue 32
Date: Aug, 1982
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Pages: 102
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 5 No 11 [I] (1982)(SoftSide Publications)
Status: INCOMPLETE (Missing Pages 9 and 10)
Table of Contents
Front Runner:
by Ray Sato; Translations by Ron Shaker and Rich Bouchard; Encryption modifications by Rich Bouchard, Bill Kubeck and Alan J. Zett
In another of our encrypted adventures, you’ll be challenged to infiltrate an alien installation on Mars. They are planning to build an incredible defense shield and you must steal the plans and destroy the complex. Good luck – you may get out alive.
by Jon Voskuil; Translations by Alan J. Zett
With this month’s completion of the Computer-Assisted Testing System, you’ll be able to administer the tests you created with the first module, score the students on their responses and keep accurate records for future reference.
Features:
by David D. Busch
A tongue-in-cheek look at a fictitious company’s introduction of such unique products as a black phosphor monitor at the National Computer Conference.
Our mysterious contributor offers a few words of advice on the use of I and O, (Or is it 1 and 0?) as variables in program listings.
by Peter Kirsch
The creator of many of SoftSde’s Adventures of the Month will take you step by step through the process of writing an original adventure and translating it to other systems. He’s included his own “Adventure Skeleton” in this valuable tutorial.
by George Blank
This year’s NCC revealed that the microcomputer is a contender for almost all serious computing applications. Here’s a comprehensive report on the introduction of systems from such unexpected manufacturers as Sony and Epson.
by Fred D’Ignazio and Allen L. Wold
Disney Studios’ TRON has brought a new age of animation to the film industry. The authors give an extensive background on the computer graphics companies responsible for these developments accompanied by some exciting scenes from the movie.
by Spyder Webb
Departments:
Concerning SoftSide Line Listings, S WA T and Media Versions
Apple/Side:
by William D. Hedges
The Classroom Teacher’s Diagnostic Reading Test enables the teacher or parent to determine whether a student is able to read materials with understanding. It is also a valuable self-improvement tool for reading comprehension.
by Cary W. Bradley
You’re on your way to having a valuable disk utility with this installment of the series – Disk Snooper. It will allow you direct access to the secrets hidden away on your diskettes.
Reviewed by Hartley G. Lesser
Atari/Side:
by Frank Roberts
This useful listing utility will make the line output of your programs much easier to understand. Statements will be listed on individual lines and REMarks will be framed by asterisks. Debugging will never be the same.
by John J. Anderson
If you or your family are annoyed by the constant output of the speaker on your ATARI console, here’s the solution. With only a few inexpensive parts, you can put a switch on that speaker so you are in control.
Reviewed by Eric F. Wolcott
TRS-80/Side:
by Ron Potkin
Exciting sea-battle action comes to the screen of your TRS-80. This wargame/simulation is packed with destroyers, submarines and a convoy of vessels to keep two players fast on the keys in dramatic competition.
Reviewed by Andre Chen
Reviewed by Harry Temple
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 5, Number 12
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 5 No 12 / Issue 33
Date: September, 1982
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Pages: 102
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 5 No 12 [I] (1982)(SoftSide Publications)
Table of Contents
Cover Feature:
by Saul Bernstein
Many “authorities” have speculated that the age of computers and technology will bring the decay of the family and our appreciation of the beauty of life. Saul Bernstein, one of the best known figures in microcomputer graphics, offers some startling predictions of the opposite effect.
Features:
by Lance Micklus
Lance continues his review of modems with his comments on the Hayes Smart Modem. He also offers his views on documentation for software packages, with an accurate parallel to instruction manuals for other consumer products.
by Fred D’Ignazio and Allen L. Wold
In Home Movies, the authors postulate on a unique service to be available in the future – a studio in which you and a computer produce your own movies.
by Ame Choate Flynn
Artists often shudder when they think of facing the computer screen. This author has not only faced the screen, but conquered it. She offers a step-by-step guide for approaching this new medium.
by Spyder Webb
Departments:
Concerning SoftSide Line Listings, SWAT and Media Versions
Apple/Side:
by Kerry Shetline
If you’ve ever wanted to insert text or special characters in your hi-res displays, this is the program for you.
by Brent Iverson
Create amazing shapes on your screen and manipulate them like a wizard. This program brings magic to your fingertips.
by Greg Schroeder; Apple translation by Jordan Drachman
Aliens are invading the moon and threaten the earth. Your assignment – destroy as many alien ships as possible. Strap yourself in front of your screen and start shooting!
Reviewed by Cary Bradley
Reviewed by Ame Choate Flynn
TRS-80/Side:
by Joe Iwanski
Programs dumped to a printer using the LLIST command are often difficult to read and nearly impossible to understand. This invaluable utility will format your listings so that they make logical sense. Debugging will become a joy.
by Darwin Collins
With this program, you’ll be able to draw complex images on your screen with the ease of paper and pencil, then print them out on your printer.
Reviewed by Margaret Grothman
Atari/Side:
by Michael Moody
You’re trapped in a seemingly endless maze, faced by alien creatures. Every time you shoot one of them, he rematerializes. It’s enough to make you Paranoid.
by Sheldon Leemon and Tom Giese
You can bring exciting and colorful geometric patterns to your screen and printer with this little gem.
by Duane King
This tutorial on multiple-display graphics will teach you how to have sixteen colors on your screen in any graphics mode.
Reviewed by Richard Nichols
Reviewed by David N. Plotkin
Reviewed by J. Harmon Grahn
Reviewed by Scott A. Berfield
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 6, Number 1
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 6 No 01 / Issue 34
Date: October, 1982
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Pages: 120
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 6 No 01 (1982)(SoftSide Publications)
Table of Contents
Features:
Allen L. Wold
In the not-so-distant future, libraries and bookstores may undergo drastic changes, as computer books with no pages place the world’s literat ure at your finger tips. Imagine carrying a computer the size of a paperback book containing the capabilities of the Library of Congress. It’s not that far away!
David Cohen
This author may have been at his computer for too many hours. Heed his warning, or you may awake, under attack by your computer.
Randal L. Kottwitz
A look back at the fascinating world of mechanical musical instruments, and their startling similarities to programming computer music.
Spyder Webb
Departments:
Concerning SoftSide Line Listings, SWAT and Media Versions
PC/Side:
Fred J. Condo and Alan J. Zett
With this first of a two-part music synthesizer, you’ll have the PC singing in no time.
David Archibald; translation by Alan J. Zett
BASIC programs with unnecessary spaces and one statement per line can be slowed down considerably. With this handy utility, you’ll be able to fit your program in the minimum amount of RAM and light a fire under its RUN.
TRS-80/Side:
Barry Diller
Stranded on an uncharted asteroid, you’re faced with a difficult mining expedition. Get your robominer to the fuel ore or your visions of this desolate terrain may be your last. Programs
William Morris and John Cope; Translation by Ronny Ong
Sharpen your ears and memory, for this program has vowed to defeat you. You’ll soon know the frustration of its annoying buzzer.
Gary Cage; Translation by Stephen Milliken
You may scramble your brain along with your puzzles as you try to put the pieces back together. The computer will do its best to stump you.
Reviewed by Robb Murray
Atari/Side:
Ed Rotberg
This is the first general release of the synthesizer that’s been delighting users’ groups for some time. Sit back and let your Atari entertain you.
Craig Chamberlain and Harry Bratt
If you’ve been frustrated by the tedium of entering music in your Atari,� this assemblage of programs is the tool you’ve been looking for. Frankly, its one of the most powerful music systems we’ve ever seen in software.
Alan J. Zett
The author finishes his series on building a custom Display List. You’ll not only explore the frontier, but tame it before you return.
Reviewed by Sheldon Leemon
Reviewed by Craig Chamberlain
Apple/Side:
William Morris and John Cope
Bach’s Little Fugue is accompanied by a valuable tutorial on multiplexing two voices to the Apple’s speaker.
Fred J. Condo
This friendly Hello program allows easy access to any file on your disks. Save your typing fingers for your programming.
Peter Adams; Translation by Peter J. Brown
The enemy’s main computer is hidden somewhere in a dangerous maze. Your mission, destroy it before the laser boxes destroy you.
Cary W. Bradley
Alphie is the next installment of your disk utility. You’ll be able to alphabetize your disk directory and learn a lot about how it’s put together in the process.
Reviewed by Steven Birchall
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 6, Number 2
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 6 No 02 / Issue 35
Date: November, 1982
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Pages: 132
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 6 No 02 [a] (1982)(SoftSide Publications)
Table of Contents
Front Runner:
Howard Wolkow; Translations by Rich Bouchard, Kerry Shetline and Alan J. Zett
You poor little frog! You’ve lost your way and can’t find your way home. When you finally see it, a busy highway and river stand in your way.
Features:
Allen L. Wold
Have you ever fantasized about driving a race car or exploring the moon’s surface? With a tete/actor device your fantasies may soon come closer to reality ,
Peter J. Favaro
The pros and cons of computer and video games are a hot topic in all of the media lately, Mr. Favaro offers an alternative to electronic game design which may quell the critics and make the games a positive social force.
If you’ve ever tried to get your computer to stop doing what you told it, you’ll appreciate the Phantom’s plea for NEVER MIND.
David Peters
In this first of an ongoing series for home applications of VisiCalc, the author covers the spreadsheet calculator’s solution for balancing the checkbook.
Departments:
Concerning SoftSide Line Listings, S W A T and Media Versions
PC/Side:
Alan J. Zett and Fred J. Condo
The second part of this music processor for the PC adds improved editing functions such as note insertion and block controls.
Alan J. Zett
The PC version of SojtSide’s official debugging utility, Strategic Weapon Against Typos, is finally ready. With this invaluable aid, you’ll be able to find the errors in programs you’ve typed in with much greater ease. We’ve also included the S WA T tables for the PC programs published in issue 34.
Reviewed by Peter Brajer
Reviewed by Howard A. Karten
TRS-80/Side:
John A. Varela
These Machine Language versions of the arcade classics will keep you in front of your computer for many hours. Be careful, or your plea for just one more game may make you miss Christmas dinner.
Reviewed by Allen L. Wold
Jeffrey Bell
Ready your running legs. A skyscraper has caught fire and you must position your net under the falling victims if they are to survive. Don’t get them mixed up with the flaming debris.
Reviewed by Mark E. Renne
Reviewed by Dean F. H. Macy
Atari/Side:
Al Ragsdale; Atari translation by Al Johnston
Can you land the world’s fastest glider – the Space Shuttle Orbiter? You must in this complex simulation. The author included his calculations from a Master’s thesis in Avionics Instrumentation. Good luck – you ‘ ll need it!
David N. Plotkin
Look out! The alien saucers are descending, dropping bombs as they come. Do your best, but be forewarned – the better you get, the more wily and quick become their strategies.
Reviewed by David N. Plotkin
Clowns and Balloons, Shooting Arcade, Preppie, Raster Blaster
Reviewed by Sheldon Leemon
Alan J. Zett
The Display List Interrupt (DLI) option of the Atari’s ANTIC chip can be very complicated to understand. We’ve tried to simplify it for you, using a take-apart of some of the features of Hopper as an example.
Apple/Side:
Louis Roy
You’ll need nerves of steel for this one. You must build walls at high speed, being careful to avoid any built by your opponent. If you’re a person who thinks at right angles, this is the game for you .
Reviewed by Hartley G. Lesser
Choplifter, Track Attack, Star Blazer
Matt Clark
The seas beneath your ship are teeming with enemy submarines. Armed with a cargo of depth charges, you must scour the seas, eliminating the enemy wherever you find him.
Richard Sturtz
If your thumb is close to having a hole in it from pushing the button on your paddle controller, we have a solution for you . Replace the small button with a larger one, big enough to push with your big toe if you want.
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 6, Number 3
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 6 No 03 / Issue 36
Date: December, 1982
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Pages: 132
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 6 No 03 (1982)(SoftSide Publications)
Status: INCOMPLETE
Table of Contents
Cover Feature:
Allen L. Wold
This exploration of the most popular languages available for microcomputers today, with comparisons to BASIC, reaches an interesting conclusion .
Features:
Virginia Lyons
It was touted as a blend of technology fair and rock music extravaganza. Did it live up to its advance billing?
Reviewed by Peter J . Favaro
Departments:
Concerning SoftSide Line Listings, SWAT and Media Versions
*PC/SIDE
Mark Pelczarski; Translation by Fred Condo
Now for the IBM PC – Developing Data Base gives PC users a convenient tool for keeping myriads of lists and data under control.
Ray Sato; Translation by Fred Condo and Kerry Shetline
Your mission – paralyze the alien power which threatens the earth by destroying their base on Mars and stealing their plans for a powerful defense shield.
Atari/Side:
Craig Chamberlain
This enhancement allows you to play music in the background while the BASIC program RUNS. Also – an exciting musical example.
David N. Plotkin
Avoid the hungry creatures determined to gobble you Up, as you try to devour a yellow dot. Will you be able to turn the tables on your pursuers?
H. E. Striepe
Enter the exciting world of FORTH through this interactive tutorial. Then, start programming with the language – included on the disk!
Reviewed by Sheldon Leemon
Reviewed by Jeannine M. Giffee
Apple/Side:
Michael Newman
The ancient civilization of Atlantis is under seige. As the gunner manning the neutralizers against the enemy’s weapons, the population’s survival depends on your steady hand.
Steven Wong
Use your powerful laser to destroy the attacking aliens before they break through the deflector screens protecting your planet.
Ronald Azuma
You man the last surviving fortress in the Mars defense line. The aliens are attacking! Can you hold your own against the marauding enemy?
Reviewed by Steve Birchall
Reviewed by Steve Birchall
Reviewed by Cary Bradley
TRS-80/Side:
Bruce Forstall and David Henderson
Space intruders threaten your planet. You must fight back with your steerable missiles,
Thomas Hanlin III
Are you the pursuer or the pursued? You’re never sure when the computer is going to turn the tables on you in this adaptation of a popular children ‘s game,
Phelps Gates
APL has been called the elegant computer language. You’lJ find out why with this implementation o f the language for both Models I and III. We’ ve even included a valuable series of lessons,
Reviewed by J. B. Harrell III
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 6, Number 4
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 6 No 04 / Issue 37
Date: January, 1983
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Pages: 132
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 6 No 04 [a] (1983)(SoftSide Publications)
Table of Contents
Front Runner:
Lance Micklus; Translations and modifications by the SoltSide Programming Staff
We present the checking account program of an impressive personal finance package in part one of two. It’s time to get control of where your money’s going.
Features:
Allen L. Wold
In Television – A Changing World, the author discusses the dynamic nature of television’s impact on our society.
Lance Micklus
This issue’s topic is a look at the intricacies of copyright law and their relevance to computer software.
David Peters
You can manage your household like a business with the general ledger created in this edition of Calc/Side.
Departments:
Concerning SoltSide Line Listings, S W A T and Media Versions
PC/Side:
Fred Condo; IBM translation by Fred Condo
Poster Maker is a new banner-making program which allows you to make posters with oversized words running the same way ordinary printing would.
Reviewed by Katherine Ackerman and Glen N. Ackerman, M.D.
TRS-80/Side:
Ron Potkin
You sit in front of a control console in Battle Headquarters. The enemy’s tanks are bent on destroying your tanks, and you must hit Enemy Headquarters to de-activate them.
Joseph Iwanski
This modification will allow ILIST to work with Modell’s with all upper case.
Charles Morrison
This article shows you how to save time with the tedious chore of cassette input/output.
Ernie Chapin
Planning a garage sale? This program provides a system for recording your sales transactions efficiently.
Reviewed by Tim Knight
Atari/Side:
Mike Westerfield; Atari translation by Brad Sagarin
With this disk editing utility, you can examine and alter sector data on any Atari disk.
Jonathan D. Youngwood
All the thrills and challenges of drag racing, without the hazards to life and limb, await you in this game.
Reviewed by Edward and Sharon Middlebrook
Reviewed by James V. Trunzo
Apple/Side:
Kerry Shetline
Give Applesoft new scope and power with this easy-to-use enhancement package. Here are most of the features you could only dream about before.
Reviewed by Steve Birchall
(A User’s Report on Apple’s Personal Finance Manager)
Edmund R. Malinowski
One to five players challenge the dealer in this card game based on the rules of the Atlantic City casinos.
Cary Bradley
How many times have you deleted a file from one of your disks, only to immediately discover that you want it back? With Recover, we offer you a method for retrieving those precious files.
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 6, Number 5
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 6 No 05 / Issue 38
Date: February, 1983
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Pages: 116
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 6 No 05 (1983)(SoftSide Publications)
Table of Contents
Front Runner:
Lance Micklus
In the second installment we present a budget program to help you manage your money more efficiently.
Features:
Lance Micklus
Everything you need to know about the Electronic Bulletin Board.
A report on the nation’s first electronic novel.
Tim Knight
Get into the world of computer data communications.
Fred D’Ignazio
Did you ever visit a haunted house? New technology, illustrated by the Epcot Center, may make the traditional attractions pale by comparison
Katherine Ackerman
Someday, in the near future, our offices may be our living rooms.
Roe R. Adams, III
If you love games, and own a modem, you can enjoy this exciting new field.
Steve Birchall
With this article, you’ll learn how to use your computer to personalize, beautify and streamline your correspondence.
Departments:
Concerning SoftSide Line Listings, SWAT and Media Versions
PC/Side:
David W. Durkee
You’ll enjoy matching wits with your computer in this game.
Reviewed by Steven Ringwood
Apple/Side:
Glenn Archer
If you enjoyed the television game show, you’ll love playing this memory challenging game on your Apple
Jeff Hurlburt
This fantasy-adventure game takes you into the 23rd century on a quest for the elusive Mega Crown.
Reviewed by Hartley G. Lesser
Reviewed by Cary W. Bradley
Reviewed by Fred Condo
TRS-80/Side:
Reviewed by Stuart Hawkinson
A Guide to the Operation of TRS-80 Microcomputers as Communication Devices
Reviewed by Mark E. Renne
by Sanford Deutsch
You’ll enjoy this challenging computer adaptation of a little puzzle of long ago.
by Lance Micklus
With ST80-DUC you can operate a computer in another room, or in another part of the country.
Atari/Side:
Craig Chamberlain and Harry Bratt
This third and final Pokey Player installment offers enhancements to the Editor program and ties up all the loose ends.
Jeff Wilkes
You are the sole defender of Earth against the ruthless Vahrenian spaceiiners. To reach and destroy the enemy, you must dodge deadly space mines and space creatures along the way. Good luck!
Reviewed by Arlan R. Levitan
Doug Tuttle
This set of three utility programs takes the drudgery out of dealing with program errors .
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 6, Number 6
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 6 No 06 / Issue 39
Date: March, 1983
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Pages: 88
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 6 No 06 (1983)(SoftSide Publications)
Table of Contents
Features:
Reviewed by Jay Marrone
Fred D’Ignazio
Explore the history and the wonder of EPCOT, the world’s premier theme park. The legacy of Walt Disney’s genius has brought entertainment technology to the brink of magic.
Peter J Favaro
What keeps us sitting at our computers for hours on end? Why can’t we fight that irresistible urge to press SYSTEM RESET one more time? Mr. Favaro discusses his theories here.
Tim Knight
Terminal software is hard to shop for. This time, we cover some of the more popular versions and offer a checklist for choosing the features you need.
David Peters
In this installment, we present a budgeting feature for VisiCalc which can save you from unpleasant surprises.
Reviewed by Harry Temple
Reviewed by V.S. Gavande
Departments:
PC/Side:
Reviewed by Robert C. Gray
Apple/Side:
Cary W Bradley
With CONV, the program for this installment, you simplify and speed up decimal/hexadecimal conversion.
Reviewed by Mike Shadick and Sallie Stephenson
Reviewed by Michael R. Sullivan
TRS-80/Side:
Reviewed by Mark E Renne
Reviewed by John Ratzlaff
Reviewed by Mark E Renne
Reviewed by David Plotkin
Reviewed by David Plotkin
by Alan J Zett
In this installment, you will explore the wonders and mysteries of the GTIA chip.
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 6, Number 7
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 6 No 07 / Issue 40
Date: April, 1983
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Pages: 96
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 6 No 07 (1983)(SoftSide Publications)
Table of Contents
Features:
by Fred D’Ignazio
Robots scurrying through your home, computerized TV gameshows and a boom in educational computer games are the author’s predictions for the not-so-distant future.
by T R Knight
In this installment, we take a look at the “little guys” of computer data communications – bulletin board systems.
Tom Flynn
Bridge the communication gap between television broadcasting and computer graphics.
Ame Choate Flynn
Publicizing their efforts and their upcoming activities has always been a headache for the non-profit, underbudgeted organization. An innovative new service utilizing computer graphics is 1 changing all that for non-profit groups in NYC.
Reviewed by Stephen G. Stone III
If the many dialects of BASIC confound you, you’ll appreciate this little book.
Reviewed by Peter J. Favaro
So you want your amputer to talk to you? The author reviews three of the most popular speech synthesizers on the market today,and suggests some practical applications for them, as well.
Michael L. Sanders
Writing your own software? This article is chock full of helpful hints for writing effective documentation.
Peter J. Favaro
The author reports on his trip to the American Toy Fair – a veritable blizzard of innovative games and entertainment systems for the younger generation.
Ame Choate Flynn
Small and friendly, this conference highlights microcomputer graphics and music.
Departments:
Apple/Side:
Reviewed by David Robitaille
Reviewed by Kenneth S. Close
Reviewed by Steve Birchall
PC/Side:
Reviewed by Jay Marrone
Atari/Side:
By Bill Williams
This article details the process of turning your Atari into an inexpensive oscilloscope.
by Sol Guber
This informative article explores the versatility of the Atari’s GRAPHICS 8 mode.
Alan J. Zett
More on the mysteries of the GTIA chip. In this installment, the author demonstrates the uses of the GTIA with Machine Language.
Reviewed by David Plotkin
Reviewed by David Plotkin
Reviewed by Rick Koenig
TRS-80/Side:
Reviewed by Tim Knight
Reviewed by Mark E. Renne
Reviewed by Andre Chen
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 6, Number 8
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 6 No 08 / Issue 41
Date: June, 1983
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Pages: 80
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 6 No 08 (1983)(SoftSide Publications)
Table of Contents
Features:
Tim Knight
Discover the many entertaining pastimes available on the large user networks.
David Peters
Learn how to merge VisiCalc models to compare sets of data.
Allen L. Wold
Library catalogues and book checkout systems, and books for the blind are among the myriad potential uses of the bar code.
Judy Neyhart
Society questions the influences of arcade games on today’s youth, but what about adventure games? Some important benefits include improving the children’s problem solving, imagination and reading skills.
Sheldon Leemon
If you’ve puzzled over the many joysticks on the market today, wondering which one’s right for you, take heart! This review will help to make a difficult choice easy.
J. M. Keynes
We welcome a new columnist, who (in the few odd moments he spends away from his yacht) shares his insights on using a computer to help build your personal fortune.
David De Long
Take a group of computer people, challenge them with hard questions about the role of computers in society, and you have the makings for spirited debate.
Departments:
PC/Side:
Kerry Shetline
Explore the mysteries and rewards of learning to write Machine Language for the IBM PC.
Reviewed by Steve Birchall
Apple/Side:
by Cary Bradley
Come along as we explore ASOFTCOMPARE, a debugging utility which finds differences between two versions of the same program.
Reviewed by Fred Condo
Reviewed by William Kubeck
TRS-80/Side:
Reviewed by Allen L. Wold
Reviewed by Chris Calwell
Charles M. Morrison
This tutorial shows you how to use INKEY$ to edit keyboard input effectively.
Atari/Side:
Alan J. Zett
Meet Atari’s Player/Missile Graphics – the lazy person’s way to create complex, animated game graphics.
Reviewed by Richard E. Herring
Reviewed by Richard E. Herring
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 6, Number 9
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 6 No 09 / Issue 42
Date: July, 1983
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Pages: 88
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 6 No 09 (1983)(SoftSide Publications)
Table of Contents
Features:
by Allen L. Wold
The kitchen of the future might include a robot chef and open on to a computer-controlled greenhouse. Imagine gourmet meals prepared by a different “guest chef” every night. Have your computer take a weekly inventory and automatically transmit your order to the supermarket, for delivery at your convenience.
by Tim Knight
Electronic mail enables you to send messages instantly, anywhere in the world – no waiting for the Postal Service to hand deliver a letter. Networks also give you group conversations, bulletin boards, and even group games.
Joe W. Rocke
Is your prose too flowery? Do long-winded sentences exhaust your readers? This utility helps you to check verbosity, before fog enshrouds your ideas.
Reviewed by Fred Condo
The latest update of the Apple II has an improved keyboard, upper and lower case, an optional 80-column card and up to 128K memory – everything you always wanted. Inside it has fewer chips, and generates less heat than previous models.
by J. M. Keynes
Convertible securities are a little-known but highly profitable investment medium today, and you’ll find out all about them in this installment.
by Steve Birchall
Life with an unpredictable and opinionated robot is an exercise in patience and perseverance.
Departments:
PC/Side:
Reviewed by Steve Birchall
Reviewed by Fred Condo
Apple/Side:
by Paul R. Taylor
If you never seem to have enough disk space when you need it try this utility. It frees space on your disk for programming.
Reviewed by Fred Condo
Reviewed by Jon Voskuil
TRS-80/Side:
Reviewed by Robert J. Hennessey
Reviewed by Vik Gavande
Atari/Side:
Reviewed by Richard E. Herring
Reviewed by Arlan Levitan
Reviewed by Robert Riggs
Reviewed by David Plotkin
by Alan J. Zett
Remember the short demo program at the end of our last installment? This time we’ll take it apart and see how it works.
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 6, Number 10
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 6 No 10 / Issue 43
Date: August, 1983
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Pages: 104
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 6 No 10 (1983)(SoftSide Publications)
Table of Contents
Features:
by David Peters
Visicalc’s powerful recalculation feature opens the door to the fun of “whatiffing.” You can see instantly the effects of substituting alternative sets of values for your variables.
Allen L. Wold
Computerized offices open the door to new working environments and lifestyles. Telecommuting is the next step in the evolution of the workplace.
Tim Knight
For the advanced network user, CompuServe� offers a variety of programming languages, powerful word processors, and even group games.
Peter J. Favaro
Computers can do more than drills and rote memorization exercises they can teach how to use ideas and make judgements.
Saul Bernstein
The controversy over the direction education has taken over the last twenty years is hotter than ever.
Steve Birchall
Many colleges are beginning to integrate personal computers into the curriculum. The applications in arts and humanities, as well as in science and engineering are surprising – and exciting.
Wes and Leslie Horlacher with Susan Kenney.
Creativity is distinctively human but computers lend themselves to automating the execution of creative ideas.
Arne Choate Flynn with Michael Callery and Tom F1ynn
Does computer literacy result from a course in BASIC or from a course in VisiCalc? Find out in this in depth discussion of computer literacy.
by Peter J. Favaro
See what Peter Favaro has to say about some important educational software, publications and materials for the new wave of microcomputers appearing in schools across the country.
Steve Birchall
The CES used to be an audio show. In 1983, everything took a back seat to computers at this enormous electronic extravaganza.
J. M. Keynes
Let the pigeons fall for the get-rich-quick pitches of the “rental scam” seminars. Your computer can help you examine the real potential of rental property.
Reviewed by Judy Neyhart
Parents and teachers are taking an ever closer look at where computers fit into the lives of children.
Departments:
Atari/Side:
by Alan J. Zett
Continuing the discussion of Player / Missile Graphics, Alan Zett shows how to make your displays come alive through animation.
Reviewed by Steven Oliver II
Reviewed by Carl Firman
Apple/Side:
Cary W. Bradley
This installment moves away from a semitechnical, utility orientation to tutor Apple users in how to use DOS and incorporate disk functions within your programs.
Reviewed by Steve Birchall
TRS-80/Side:
Reviewed by Mark Renne
Reviewed by Mark Renne
Reviewed by Robert Gray
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 6, Number 11
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 6 No 11 / Issue 44
Date: September, 1983
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Pages: 108
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 6 No 11 (1983)(SoftSide Publications)
Table of Contents
Features:
by Tim Knight
Technological crime is burgeoning in the microcomputer age. The source of the illness lies in the expanded capabilities the new technology offers, but so does the cure.
by Allen L. Wold
The telephone is a familiar device most of us use every day. Major changes are ahead which may affect our lives in significant ways as the simple phone evolves into a sophisticated communications tool for much more than voice transmission alone.
by Steve Birchall
A Doomsday Computer playing war games with a young computer freak takes the world to the brink of total destruction. In the process, they raise troubling questions about humanity permitting large arsenals of nuclear weapons to exist, and how wisely our military and political leaders control them.
by Peter J. Favaro
Adventure games can be much more exciting when you harness the power of fantasy to involve the player in the situation. Give him a scenario which stimulates him to act out his own role, and supply him with characters who have dramatic personalities.
by J. M. Keynes
You can succeed in the commodities markets. This program tracks price trends and accurately predicts major movements so you can optimize your profits – and avoid taking big losses.
by David Peters
Have fun with your spreadsheet. This adaptation of the old pencil and paper game of Battleship uses VisiCalc’s logic functions and grid system to hide stars in an imaginary universe.
by M, M. McClung
Have you ever asked yourself, “What kind of a mind would design such a twisted game?” Find out in this rollicking, free-form interview with two of the industry’s most creative game designers, Marc Blank and Mike Beriyn.
by Steve Birchall
It’s not easy being a robot. The oppression of our Silicon Citizens has reached intolerable levels, and Murphy bares his chips in this moving account of the widespread discrimination against robots.
Reviews:
Reviewed by Mark Renne
One of the most sophisticated and enjoyable adventure games, Zork I enables you to talk to the computer in complete, natural sentences. It also “understands” the implications of your actions and relates the command you just typed to previous actions.
Reviewed by Arlan Levitan
Cryogenically frozen, you must find a way to escape, using a corps of robots, each with specialized abilities. Meanwhile, the authorities have a couple of clones of yourself “frozen in butter sauce” so you’ll have to be careful.
Departments:
PC/Side:
Reviewed by Robert L. Gray
Apple/Side:
Reviewed by Cary W. Bradley
Reviewed by Jeff Hurlburt
by Edward E. Anuff
Atari/Side:
Reviewed by Carl M. Firman
Reviewed by John Ludtke
Reviewed by David Plotkin
Reviewed by David Plotkin
by Alan J . Zett
Manipulating Players and Missiles
TRS-80/Side:
Reviewed by Stuart Hawkinson
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 6, Number 12
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 6 No 12 / Issue 45
Date: November, 1983
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Pages: 112
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 6 No 12 (1983)(SoftSide Publications)
Table of Contents
Features:
Allen L. Wold
Packaging and transmitting information is one of the most pressing challenges of the future, and rapidly developing telephone technology will play a leading part in solving the intrinsic problems.
Tim Knight
Without a human operator (SYSOP) you have no BBS, and here are a few guidelines if you are thinking of starting your own BBS – equipment and software specifications, as well as responsibilities – the nuts and bolts of The World Connection.
Tyvek evening wear is only one of the hot, high-fashion ideas you’ll find in this informal interview with Paris designer, Elisabeth de Senneville. Haute couture and the computer meet and make friends.
More affordable systems, more colors, higher resolution, parallel processors, and improved software are the trends in computer graphics. Find out more in this engaging interview with Softside’s Special Projects Editor in graphics.
J. M. Keynes
PUT and CALL your way to untold riches. If the options market intrigues you, learn some important tricks of the trade in this installment, before you break out your bankroll.
David Peters
Spreadsheets are spreadsheets, as roses are roses – almost. This time “VisiClone” users will welcome the news that their software shares many important features with the Cadillac of spreadsheets, including the pivotal LOOKUP function.
Lisa Gillham
An artist views SIGGRAPH ’83, and paints vivid word portraits of recent computer art, proving that computers can enhance the development and execution of ideas.
Saul Bernstein and Arne Choate Flynn
Peeking through the computer’s magic window at the mental processes of the old masters, we can see how they brought their paintings to life from successive layers of sketches.
Arne Choate Flynn, Curator
Stroll through SoltSide’s First Computer Art Show and survey the broad range of styles and techniques artists are using in this new medium.
Reviews:
Reviewed by Robert Hennessey
Free yourself from the power line, and give yourself a truly portable computing tool, with this powerful but compact “Notebook” computer. It includes everything the traveling executive or working poet needs on the road.
Reviewed by Kenneth Close
How about a letter quality printer at a dot matrix price? A unique “AutoLoad” feature makes handling single sheets easy, and an optional attachment adds a tractor assembly if you need it.
Reviewed by Arne Choate Flynn
This state-of-the-art position-sensing device answers the need for a “humanistic” means of input for artists who prefer methods that emulate traditional artistic strokes.
Departments:
PC/Side:
Reviewed by Michael Callery
Reviewed by Michael Callery
Commodore/Side:
Reviewed by Sharon Aker
Reviewed by Andre Schklowsky
Reviewed by Roberta Schwartz
Reviewed by Tom Flynn
Reviewed by Roberta Schwartz
by Cary W. Bradley
Learn how to incorporate disk files into your programs.
Atari/Side:
Reviewed by Scott Berfield
Reviewed by Spyder Webb
Reviewed by Carl M. Firman
TRS-80/Side:
Reviewed by Robert C. Kyle
Reviewed by Mark Renne
Reviewed by Mark Renne
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 7, Number 01
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 7 No 01 / Issue 46
Date: January, 1984
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Pages: 88
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 7 No 01 (1984)(SoftSide Publications)
Table of Contents
Features:
Allen L. Wold
The size of the futurephone will playa large part in altering the way you use this homely tool. You may have to choose between the inconvenience of a la rge device in every room, or the convenience of a handset without full function.
Tim Knight
Though the WarGames film has a few plot holes, computer break-ins and related capers are too common to ignore. Learn what’s happening to curb abuse of computer technology.
Peter J. Favaro, Ph.D.
Do video games increase the level of hostility in players? Do they promote useful skills? Are video games more harmful than TV? Previously, the answers to these questions have been based on speculation, but pioneering scientific research has provided some surprising answers.
Randal L. Kottwitz
Interactive videodiscs provide a new entertainment and educational medium with capabilities never before possible. Solve a murder mystery by interviewing suspects, or searching rooms. Learn to cook like a French chef. Entertain the kids for hours on end with interactive games.
Steve Birchall
Plagued by headaches, bleary eyes or an aching back after a session at the computer? Most of it could be the result of poor posture and uncomfortable furniture . Human-engineered furniture can help.
Peter J. Favaro
Creating a machine with artificial intelligence is an area of intense competition, and at leads to heated discussions on what constitlltes intelligence. At this conference, scientists seemed intent on doing battle, rather than comparing notes.
Arthur Fink
In another response to the same conference, Arthur Fink expresses his disappointment that the social and philosophical issues, which were the announced topics, were ignored.
Harvey Bojarsky
If you’re worried abo ut how compulers are taking over, if you’ve always wanted to be the controller instead of the controll-ee, here are a few tongue-in-cheek tips on how your computer can help you create the climate.
J. M. Keynes
Learn how to set up your own IRA and maximize the investment return on it.
Reviewed by James V. Trunzo
Experience the flavor of the 30’s, as you solve the mystery in the second release of the Infocom Mystery Series.
David Peters
Create a VisiCalc utilities disk filled with templates, modules of models, formats and formulae, to save precious calc-time.
Gary M. Kaplan
Literary agents and software authors a rediscovering each other. Learn how this will affect the marketing and distribution of software – and the price.
Departments:
Commodore/Side:
Reviewed by Sharon Zardetto Aker
Reviewed by Sharon Zardetto Aker
TRS-80/Side:
Reviewed by Mark E . Renne
Reviewed by Mark E. Renne
Apple/Side:
Reviewed by Jeff Hurlburt
Reviewed by Jeff Hurlburt
Rev iewed by Jeff Hurlburt
Reviewed by J eff Hurlburt
Reviewed by Cary W. Bradley
Reviewed by Cary W. Bradley
Reviewed by Cary W. Bradley
Reviewed by Cary W . Bradley
Reviewed by Cary W. Bradley
Reviewed by Jeff Hurlburt
PC/Side:
Reviewed by Robert C. Gray
Reviewed by Kenneth Nichols
Reviewed by Robert C. Gray
Reviewed by Kenneth Nichols
Reviewed by Jordan Gold
Atari/Side:
Reviewed by Greg Kopp
Reviewed by Carl M. Firman
Reviewed by Carl M. Firman
Reviewed by David Plotkin
Reviewed by James V. Trunzo
Reviewed by David Plotkin
Reviewed by Richard Herring
Reviewed by David Plotkin
Reviewed by David Plotkin
SoftSide Magazine – Volume 7, Number 02
-(Softside-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Magazine
Issue: Vol 7 No 02 / Issue 47
Date: February, 1984
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Pages: 88
TOSEC: SoftSide Magazine Vol 7 No 02 (1984)(SoftSide Publications)
Table of Contents
Features:
Tim Knight
Small can be beautiful if your wallet is thin. Telecommunications is affordable and this installment will show you how.
Allen L. Wold
Optimistic writers sometimes overlook the awkward transition from a less technological to a more technological lifestyle. Here is a discussion of some of the obstacles to mass use of the futurephone.
David Peters
Regulating expenditures to prevent becoming over-extended can be difficult. Now is a good time to create your forecast for 1984 and here is a model to receive the monthly tracking on the actual receipts.
J. M. Keynes
Day trading the commodity market is tricky. This installment is a story and a dare to any brave computer/arithmetic mastermind who can extrapolate the magic formula from trading data. A $3,000 prize awaits the winning entry in this exciting contest.
A composer who learns to play the computer is to a composer who writes for performers, something like a film maker is to a playwright. Paul Lansky offers food for thought about music and modern musical tools for musicians and music lovers alike.
Steve Birchall
The music on a digital disc rises out of complete silence – no hiss, ticks, pops or other clues to tip you off that the record has started. This is only the beginning of the list of advantages the compact disc offers over analog recordings.
Learn how dramatic music (opera) meets technology in this in-depth interview with one of computer-music’s luminaries and authorities on the subject.
Reviewed by Andy Muson
The Soundchaser opened musical doors the author never imagined possible, and proved to be a catalyst to disk-overy, as you’ll learn in this enthusiastic review.
Rick Freidman
NEWCOMP gathers the high-tech and arts worlds together to explore the application of intelligent machinery to music and related arts. Otto Laske and Curt Roads, the founders, have a great idea.
Departments:
Apple/Side:
Cary W. Bradley
Learn how to locate a particular record in a random access file using a binary search
Reviewed by Jim Thompson
Reviewed by Jeff Hurlburt
Reviewed by Jeff Hurlburt
Atari/Side:
Reviewed by Richard Herring
Reviewed by Carl Firman
Reviewed by Carl M. Firman
Reviewed by Robb Murray
Reviewed by Robb Murray
Reviewed by David Plotkin
PC/Side:
Reviewed by Tim Knight
Reviewed by Robert C. Gray
Commodore/Side:
Reviewed by Sharon Zardetto Aker
Reviewed by Sharon Zardetto Aker
SoftSide Selections – Volume #40
.jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Selections Magazine
Issue: 40
Date: 1983
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Size: 3.3MB
Pages: 26
TOSEC: SoftSide Selections Number 40 (19xx)(SoftSide Publications)
Table of Contents
Front Runner:
Mitch Voth.
Play an exciting nine holes on the golf course with your computer and your friends without ever leaving your living room
DV Bonus Program:
Peter G. Johnson
Evil Proximans, preparing to attack the Sol System, have captured a plutonium mine on Jupiters moon, Io. Your mission: destroy the Proximan’s communications module at the mine’s lowest level, and save the Earth and her sister planets
Greg Schroeder; TRS-80 translation by John Landers
You must kill the menacing aliens to survive in this bizarre world
Adventure Disk and Cassette Bonus:
John Olsen.
Shipwrecked on a hostile tropical island, you must get a message to someone before the Island’s volcano explodes, without offending the natives!
SoftSide Selections – Volume #41
.jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: SoftSide Selections Magazine
Issue: 41
Date: 1983
Publisher: SoftSide Publications
Size: 3.3MB
Pages: 26
TOSEC: SoftSide Selections Number 41 (19xx)(SoftSide Publications)
Table of Contents
Front Runner:
Ron O’Laughlin and Bob Whitworth; TRS-80 version by Rich Bouchard
In this adaptation of the old poker solitaire game, the challenge is to find the optimum placement for both your good and bad cards.
DV Bonus Program:
Charles W. Scott; TRS-80 version by Paul Schifferli
This adaptation of the world famous board game pits you against the wily intelligence of your computer.
Rich Bouchard
Sharpen your memory skills tor this game,
Adventure Disk and Cassette Bonus:
Peter Kirsch
Your undersea explorations lead you to the long-hidden city of Atantis ruled by the evil King Retep. You’ll need all your wits about you to survive your encounter with this malevolent despot.
General:
SoftSide Selections – Volume #44
.jpg)
Issue Information:
Front Runner:
Robert Saturn
The roar of the crowd and the hum of the silicon chip are Irresistible attractions to the exciting world of the theatre
DV Bonus Program:
Leo Christopherson
In this arcade game without aliens, lasers and bombs, you playa bee locked in mortal combat with a spider – one of Nature’s timeless battles. Sometimes the bee wins, and sometimes the spider has bee steak for dinner
Al Ragsdale
Using only one K-byte of memory, this realistic light plane simulation lets you practice take-offs and landings, turns, rolls – even aerobatics.
Adventure Disk and Cassette Bonus:
Peter Kirsch
You find yourself committed to an insane asylum – by mistake. Guards patrol every entrance, lunatics stagger down the halls, and raving maniacs scream in the night
General:
Table of Contents
Front Runner:
Mitch Voth.
Play an exciting nine holes on the golf course with your computer and your friends without ever leaving your living room
DV Bonus Program:
Peter G. Johnson
Evil Proximans, preparing to attack the Sol System, have captured a plutonium mine on Jupiters moon, Io. Your mission: destroy the Proximan’s communications module at the mine’s lowest level, and save the Earth and her sister planets
Greg Schroeder; TRS-80 translation by John Landers
You must kill the menacing aliens to survive in this bizarre world
Adventure Disk and Cassette Bonus:
John Olsen.
Shipwrecked on a hostile tropical island, you must get a message to someone before the Island’s volcano explodes, without offending the natives!
PROG-80 – Issue 01
(SoftSide-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: PROG-80 Magazine
Issue: Issue 01
Date: March, 1979
Publisher: PROG-80 Publications
Size: 8.0MB
Pages: 48
TOSEC: PROG-80 Magazine Vol 01 No 01 (1979)(SoftSide Publications)
Status: AWFUL COPY
Table of Contents
In this Issue …
by Robert A. Wallace
by Lance Micklus
by John A. Millspaugh Jr.
by Rev George Blank
by Rev George Blank
by Lance Micklus
by Lance Micklus
PROG-80 – Issue 02
(SoftSide-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: PROG-80 Magazine
Issue: Issue 02
Date: May, 1979
Publisher: PROG-80 Publications
Size: 2.8MB
Pages: 72
TOSEC: PROG-80 Magazine Vol 01 No 02 (1979)(SoftSide Publications)
Status: AWFUL COPY
Table of Contents
In This Issue:
Lance Micklus
George Blank
Gary S. Breschini
Lance Micklus
James Garon
Frank B. Rowlett Jr and Garry W. Woodruff
Lance Micklus
Philip Brown
Bill Driscoll
George Mayer
PROG-80 – Issue 03
(SoftSide-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: PROG-80 Magazine
Issue: Issue 03
Date: July, 1979
Publisher: PROG-80 Publications
Size: 4.5MB
Pages: 80
TOSEC: PROG-80 Magazine Vol 01 No 03 (1979)(SoftSide Publications)
Status: AWFUL COPY
Table of Contents
In This Issue:
James Garon
Paul Johnson
George Blank
Gary S. Breschini
Lance Micklus
James E. Randall
John D. Eaton
George Blank
James Garon
PROG-80 – Issue 04
(SoftSide-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: PROG-80 Magazine
Issue: Issue 04
Date: September, 1979
Publisher: PROG-80 Publications
Size: 3.1MB
Pages: 56
TOSEC: PROG-80 Magazine Vol 01 No 04 (1979)(SoftSide Publications)
Status: AWFUL COPY
Table of Contents
Feature Articles:
Lance Micklus
Michael Potts
L. C. Chesbro
Rocky Smolin
Bill Everett
Lance Micklus
What’s New:
George Blank
George Blank
Craig Chesbro
Clayton E Schneider
George Blank
PROG-80 – Issue 05
(SoftSide-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: PROG-80 Magazine
Issue: Issue 05
Date: December, 1979
Publisher: PROG-80 Publications
Size: 4.8MB
Pages: 80
TOSEC: PROG-80 Magazine Vol 01 No 05 (1979)(SoftSide Publications)
Status: AWFUL COPY
Table of Contents
Software:
Robert P. Johnson
Lance Micklus
Lance Micklus
Bill Everett
James Garon
Jeff W Collins
George Blank
Robert Sours and Steve McKee
Hardware:
Robert Sours and Steve McKee
Donald W Delarnette
Wynne Keller
Lance Micklus
PROG-80 – Issue 06
(SoftSide-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: PROG-80 Magazine
Issue: Issue 06
Date: February, 1980
Publisher: PROG-80 Publications
Size: 6.4MB
Pages: 72
TOSEC: PROG-80 Magazine Vol 01 No 06 (1980)(SoftSide Publications)
Status: AWFUL COPY
Table of Contents
Feature Articles:
Richard Taylor and Mark Kirmayer
Richard Taylor
Frederick B Hager
James Garon
Review by Terri Li
Lance Micklus
John T. Phillipp M.D.
Marty Zwilling
Bob Cahill
PROG-80 – Issue 07
(SoftSide-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: PROG-80 Magazine
Issue: Issue 07
Date: April, 1980
Publisher: PROG-80 Publications
Size: 2.2MB
Pages: 80
TOSEC: PROG-80 Magazine Vol 01 No 07 (1980)(SoftSide Publications)
Status: AWFUL COPY
Table of Contents
BASIC:
Phelps Gates
George Blank
John Olson
Disk:
Clayton Schneider
Lance Micklus
Time Sharing:
Richard Taylor
Richard Taylor
Bits:
George Blank and John Hartford
James Garon
Garon’s Goodies
Timothy Smith
Frank Kaspar
PROG-80 – Issue 08
(SoftSide-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: PROG-80 Magazine
Issue: Issue 08
Date: June, 1980
Publisher: PROG-80 Publications
Size: 5.7MB
Pages: 88
TOSEC: PROG-80 Magazine Vol 01 No 08 (1980)(SoftSide Publications)
Status: AWFUL COPY
Table of Contents
BASIC:
C E Laidlaw
George Blank
Dr. Owen Gaede
Disk:
Will hagenbuch
Richard Taylor
James Garon
Garon’s Goodies
Byteing Off More …
Carl William KacKey
Phelps Gates
Jeff Brown
PROG-80 – Issue 09
(SoftSide-Publications).jpg)
Issue Information:
Name: PROG-80 Magazine
Issue: Issue 09
Date: August, 1980
Publisher: PROG-80 Publications
Size: 4.8MB
Pages: 64
TOSEC: PROG-80 Magazine Vol 01 No 09 (1980)(SoftSide Publications)
Status: AWFUL COPY
Table of Contents
Lance Micklus
Richard Taylor
James Garon
David Bohlke
Richard Taylor and Mark Kirmayer
Jeff Meyers
Charles C Edwards
David E White