Computist (March 1987)

Computist (March 1987)


Computist (later Hardcore Computist) was a long running magazine for the Apple II line of computers. It was technically oriented and much of its coverage involved how to remove copy protection from commercial disks. The March 1987 issue includes: Softkeys

• The Periodic Table
• Gemstone Warrior
• Inferno
• Frogger

Features

• A two drive patch for Winter Games - Are you tired of always flipping the disk over with Winter Games? This article tells you how to beat Epyx at their own game.
• Customizing the speed of a Duodisk - This is an expansion of William Wingfield Jr.'s article which shows you how to easily and accurately adjust the speed of your duodisk.
• Roll the presses part two: Printshop Printer Drivers - Do you have a printer not supported by Printshop? Or, maybe you just want to know more about the inner workings of this program. If so, this article is for you.

Core

• The games of 1986 in review - This month, we look at the first half of the adventure games of 1986.

Departments

• Input
• Readers' Softkey & Copy Exchange
• Scholastic's Story Maker
• Codewriter's Adventure Writer
• Highlands' Mummy's Curse
• Datasoft's Zaxxon
• The Quest
• Activision's Pitfall II and H.E.R.O.

...and more!