| Happy
Birthday |
| Sing
along with us, having
first programmed your
64 with Jim Butterfield
to render the old
favourite in a version
that would not disgrace
a Mantovani arrangement.
Fun sounds and an
insight into 64 music
synthesis for our
first issue. |
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| Better
64 sound |
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and you could even
consider laying out
£50 to hear
it in hi-fi. We review
the Microtrading Hi-Res
Soundbox, a neat loudspeaker-plus-amplifier
that bypasses the
Dallas-quality sound
from your TV. |
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| Easyscript
Reviewed |
| The
64 looks like a good
machine for 'serious'
uses like word processing.
How serious is Commodore's
own WP package for
it? We start a ehole
series of 64 WP reviews
with Nigel Ruth's
assessment of Easyscript. |
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| Instant
joystick control |
| Running
a joystick on the
Vic requires a lot
of PEEKing and POKEing
unless you've got
an expander cartridge
- or unless you try
this instant add-on
that gives you a new
command, STick. Mark
Moore tells you all. |
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| The
Graphics Primer: Part
5 - |
| S-m-o-o-t-h
simulations |
| Fed
up with jerky aliens?
Do you want smooth
movement on the screen?
So does Kevin Smart,
who reveals how to
achieve that so desirable
goal as he winds up
his instant intro
to what you can do
with Vic graphics. |
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| Punter's
Progress: More reviews |
| Average
reader J D Collins
smiles bravely through
non-performance of
his new disk (he wasn't
closing the door properly)
and his new RAM pack
to return to a miscellany
of unexpanded Vic
offerings from tune
typers to Wordcraft. |
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| Todd's
Lore |
| Henceforth
Mike Todd's column
will be alternating
between Vic and 64
lore, but to kick
off he unfolds some
of the mysteries of
binary and logical
operations for both
Vic and 64. |
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| Visiting
Vic Video - Part 4 |
| The
homing pigeon from
Toronto arrived with
the final part of
Jim Butterfield's
indispensable insight
into video on the
chip. It turns out
to be indispensable. |
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| Instant
Assembler - Part 2 |
| David
Pinless continues
his easily-digested
insight into machine
code and 6502 assembler
programming with a
look at register. |
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| Vickit
versus Super Expander |
| Is
it worth paying £30
to add some graphics
commands to the Vic?
We think they should
have been there in
the first place, but
that's life. Mike
Todd puts the two
main contenders through
their paces. |
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| Routines |
| A
collection of useful
programming goodies
for the Vic or 64
- readers' contributions
all. |
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| Improve
your print |
| The
standard Commodore
printers are cheap,
but they're less than
wonderful in terms
of print quality.
Chris Durham looks
at a real printer,
the Epson FX-80, and
shows how to use it
with the Vic - including
reviews of interface
units. |
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| Book
Look |
| Book
reviewers have been
busy on our behalf.
Should you buy Vic
Graphics, the follow-up
to Vic Revealed? Plus
Ian Sinclair's Commodore
64 Computing, undoubtedly
the first of many. |
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| American
Friend |
| From
the land that brought
you film stars, presidents,
Jefferson Airplane
and the B52s, Cruise
missiles and the Woppa,
Mike Apsey starts
a regular report on
Commodore related
incidents, events
and opinions. |
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| Tommy's
Tips |
| Regular
pay-offs to the poor
bloke who has to make
it up the drive to
Tommy Towers with
bulging sacks of query
mail which continue
to provide useful
info for Tommy's column.
Your questions answered
- after a plea for
improved handwriting. |
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