Compute!’s Gazette (September 1988)

Compute!’s Gazette (September 1988)

Features

• Exta! Extra! Write All About It! - A guide to desktop publishing on the Commodore 64 and 128 including an overview of some of the software available, including The Newsroom, geoPublish, Personal Newsletter, and Paperclip Publisher.


• Putting It to Work - Some examples of how Commodore user groups are using various desktop publishing software to create newsletters.

Reviews

• Deja Vu - A mystery themed text/graphics adventure by Mindscape that was originally written for the Mac.


• Ticket to Washington D.C. - An educational game in the same vein as Carmen Sandiego but with a focus on Washington D.C.


• X-15 Alpha Mission - A 3D arcade style shooter in which you are in the cockpit of an X-15 space craft (not to be confused with the research aircraft).

Games

• Lincoln Green - A type-in arcade style game in which you play a Robin Hood like character running through the forest protecting your treasure and dodging arrows.


• Boom and Bust - This type-in game combines Hangman with Circus Atari. Launch your clown to hit the balloon with the letter that you want to guess...

_{Table of Contents from the September 1988 issue of Compute!'s Gazette}

Programming

• BASIC for Beginners: The Pigeonhole Analogy - This BASIC tutorial teaches you all about arrays.


• The Programmer's Page: Did You Know That... - Various programming hints and tips, including PEEKing strings, undimensioned arrays, abbreviating BASIC, and more.


• Machine Language Programming: Debugging - Some tips on debugging machine language programming, including making the RUN/STOP key work and a specific debugging example.


• Pattern Fill - A type-in graphics utility that will fill areas with any rectangular pattern.


• Multicolor Graphics Dump - A type-in program for sending full screen graphics to a MPS-801, MPS-803, Commodore 1525 or compatible printer.
• Multicolor Graphics and Video Storage - A detailed article on how graphics are stored and accessed on the Commodore 64, including a programming example and instructions for how to print.

Departments

• The Editor's Note - An overview of some of what was shown at the Summer Consumer Electronics Show.


• Letters to the Editor - Some readers complain about defective Commodore 128Ds, a question about the Commodore PC10-1, and another about page numbering.
• Feedback - Questions about converting a 1702 monitor to a color TV, alphabetizing in SpeedScript, printing machine language listings, formatting and using double-side vs. single-sided disks on the 1571, and more.


• D'Iversions: Murder at Palenque - A look at a interactive videodisc software and the future of multimedia software.

_{Back cover of the September 1988 issue of Compute!'s Gazette}

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