RUN: The Home User’s Guide to Commodore Computing (April 1985)

RUN: The Home User’s Guide to Commodore Computing (April 1985)

RUN was one of the most popular and longest lasting Commodore 8-bit magazines in the U.S. For most of its life it covered the Commodore 64 and Commodore 128 but it also covered the VIC-20 in its earlier days. The April 1985 issue includes: Features

• Commodore Sundial - Learn how to make a sundial with the aid of your Commodore computer.
• Charting Your Future - Biorhythms can tell you a lot about your state of being. This program lets you chart them.
• Celestial Swami - Did you know that your C-64 can double as a fortune teller?
• The Plus/4's File Manager - A review of the Plus/4's built-in database program.
• Video Jukebox - Relax with this program of kaleidoscopic color and sound patterns for your C-64.
• Picking the Right Sounds - Tune your guitar with this program.
• Teacher's Pet - This educational program generates worksheets to help students practice basic arithmetic skills.
• Easy Assembly - Here's your chance to begin learning assembly language; the first installment of a new series.
• Let It Scroll! - Here's an easy-to-use subroutine that lets you scroll messages across your screen.
• Programming Briefs - A list of disk commands for easy reference.
• The Number Puzzle - It looks easy, but don't be so easily fooled.
• A First Lesson in Programming for Kids - the Basic Print and Goto statements can make a child's introduction to programming easy and enjoyable.
• Simon's Basic - A hard look at a version of Basic that adds 100 commands to your C-64 system.
• Making Boxes - Add a little punch to your programs - this short subroutine lets you box in your screen messages and menus with ease.
• Sound Sampler - Seventeen amusing, captivating and out-of-this-world sounds that you can add to your own programs.
• Graph Maker 64 - Create, save and print colorful vertical bar graphs for use in your programs.
• A User's Castle - A blueprint for building your own convenient computer sanctuary.
• Gateway to the World - This continuing series examines how to connect your Commodore to the outside world and gives you a small project for controlling the user port.
• Menu, Please - Here are routines that will add easy menu-handling to your Basic programs.

Departments

• RUNning Ruminations
• Magic - Hints and tricks that will let you perform computing wizardry.
• Software Gallery
• Gyruss
• NATO Commander
• Financial Cookbook
• Exodus: Ultima III
• Blue Moon
• Promal
• Computer Tutor - Educational software reviewed
• Coming Attractions
• Commodore Clinic - A questions-and-answers column to help your ailing computer.
• Book Gallery
• New Products RUNdown
• Mail RUN
• How to Type In Listings
• RUN Amok

...and more!