K-Power (February 1984)

K-Power was a relatively short-lived computer magazine by scholastic published in the early/mid 1980s and designed to appeal to kids. It was pretty comprehensive, covering programming, games, tutorials, new products and more on a wide variety of platforms. The February 1985 issue includes the following:

Features

• A Networking Guide: Reach Out & Access Someone - How and where to hook up; the lowdown on the newest modems and the latest lingo. Plus, a behind-the-scenes look at how a bulletin-board system works.
• Pirates & Raiders - The computer-abuser subculture. In their own words: why they do it. Their peers say why they shouldn't.
• Konnect With The K-Net - A K-Power network hooked up by modem. Win your own modem and go on-line!
• 'Whiz Kids': Networking Goes Prime Time - Computing is cool in this TV hit (even when they fake it - you can run the computer "cheat" program they use on the show).
• For Dogs Only: Woof Ware - A spoof for computing canines.
• The Hy Brids - A new software breed is double the fun.

Programming

• Hacker Heaven - Programs for ADAM, Atari, Apple, Commodore 64 and VIC-20, IBM, TI, Timex, and TRS-80.
• Programs - You'll have to find out what the ?????? program does; we can tell you Symphony in 3D is the latest in electronic meditation.
• Pixel That! - Translate or improve our Word Twister puzzle and get a chance to WIN a Timex color 2068!!

Products

• Screening Room - Software reviews, strategy, and the latest in new products.
• Rating Game - Reviews and views on Flight Simulator, Zork III, Ultima II, Zaxxon, and Deadline.
• Strategy - 12 tips for tackling Archon.
• Rising Stars - Preview the Coleco ADAM and IBM PCjr.

Departments

• Editor's note
• Compuzine - The first edition of K-Power's mini-computer news magazine.
• Scrolling In Dough - Big bucks, limos, and clones: one teen's inside look at a software company.
• Silicon Alley - Ready for the hottest scoops from the Valley?
• Dr. Kursor's Klinic - How to hook up your own bulletin board; how a graphics tablet works.
• Contest - Name That Hacker and win a K-Power T-shirt!
• Graphics Gallery - K-Power's computer-generated centerfold poster.

...and more!