Run Issue 89 1992 Jan Feb
Run Issue 89 1992 Jan Feb
Run Issue 89 1992 Jan Feb
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Another Year, Another CEO What kind
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ofyear
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sided as users appeared resigned to the company's move
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1991?
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SOil U C T S .SOLI S U P P O R
Magic
Learn how to speak like an executive, hide files in GEOS and reset your
64 without losing the Basic program that's loaded into memory.
Compiled by TIM WALSH
S5DD Buzzwords 64/128 this routine in your own programs, all but the most experi
enced programmers will he baffled by your programming
Listen carefully to government and business officials when prowess.
fi K U N ■ [ANUAROTEBRUARY 189B
keypad to control cursor movement 150 FOR I=25TO1 STEP -1 :REM*227
As any C-128 »sur knows, pressing numbers on the keypad 160 SYS EDIT,I,12,"BACKWARDS ":FORT^ITO!0:
will printjusi iliiir—numbers, li> make the G-128 more user- NEXT:NEXT :REM*219
frieiully to PC users, Cursor Keypad 128 redefines the keypad's
—I Ienrv !■;. .Shutwki t., Btmm:K, PA
numbers as follows:
8 = Cursor up
4 = Cursor [eft
6 = Cursor i ight S5E2 Dual-Screen 64
2 = Cursor down If you're ;i C-li-l programmer needing a second instruction
7 = Home screen. Dual Screen (i4 is for you. Incorporate this routine in
I = Insert your own programs to create a 1000-byte second screen that's
3 = Delete independent of your primary screen.
You can toggle between Cursor and Keypad mode by press After Dual Screen 64 is activated, you can toggle between
ing the shift-lock key. The 5 and 9 keys are disabled in Keypad screens by pressing the Fl key. If yon want to access the second
mode. screen from within a program, use the command POKE
788,G:POKE789,192,
0 REM CURSOR/NUMERIC 128 KEYPAD - JOHN CAM
PION :REM*64 0 REM DUAL SCREEN 64 - GREG HAVENER
10 FOR T=0 TO 88:POKE 6912+T,PEEK(64128+T) :REM*146
:NEXT :REM*211 10 PRINTCHR$(147}"PRESS PI TO TOGGLE BETWE
20 POKE 830,0:POKE 831,27 :REM*115 EN TWO SCREENS" :REM*222
30 S=6977:POKE S + 4,157:POKE S+3,17:POKE S+ 20 FOR T=0 TO 134:READ D:CK=CK+D:POKE 4915
12,29:POKE S,145:POKE S+6,148 :REM*36 2+T,D:NEXT :REM*158
40 POKE S+14,20:POKE S+5,19:POKE S+1,0:POK 30 IF CK <> 15217 THENPRINT"ERROR IN DATA"
E S+13,0 :REM*36 :END :REM*176
40 POKE 7B8,0:POKE 789,192:PRINT"PRESS Fl
—|oiln Campion, Randallbtown, Ml) TO TOGGLE" :REM*17
50 DATA 173,1,197,201,1,208,12,238,2,197,7
6,112,192,95,234,234,234,234 :REM*81
60 DATA 234,165,197,201,4,208,84,160,0,185
S5E1 Screen Edit 64
,0,4,141,0,198,185,0,193,153 :REM*251
Here's a shun machine language routine thai every C-fi4 70 DATA 0,4,173,0,198,153,0,193,185,0,5,14
owner can put to use. Screen i'.ilit (il lets you place text any 1,0,198,185,0,194,153,0,5,173 :REM*29
where on the screen and perform some fancy moves with 80 DATA 0,198,153,0,194,185,0,6,141,0,198,
screen characters as well, 185,0,195,153,0,6,173,0,198 :REM*236
The syntax lor Screen Edit (i-l is as follows: 90 DATA 153,0,195,185,0,7,141,0,198,185,0,
196,153,0,7,173,0,198,153,0 :REM*27
SYS EDIT, COLUMN, ROW, "(text}" 100 DATA 196,200,192,0,208,179,169,1,141,1
,197,76,49,234,173,2,197,201 :REM*43
The syntax is self-explanatory; just enter the SYS number,
110 DATA 32,208,246,169,0,141,1,197,169,0,
row and column, then the text enclosed within quotation
141,2,197,76,19,192,0,169,0 :REM*59
marks. A sample program is included a! the end of the routine
120 DATA 141,0,0,0 :REM*211
to show how messages can be moved ai lightning speed using
Screen Edit —c;kk; Havener, Bigfohk, mt
0 REM SCREEN EDIT 64 - HENRY SHOTWELL
:REM*29
10 SYS 58692:FOR T = 700 TO 726:READ D:CK=CK
+D:POKE T,D:NEXT :REM*177
S5E3 C-128 Video Switcheroo
20 IF CK<>3566 THEN PRINT"ERROR IN DATA ST I lore's how C-128 owners can watch video on their monitors
ATEMENTS...":END :REM*114 in 40-column mode, while at the same time going about com
30 EDIT=700 :REM*160 puting tholes in KO-columns.
40 PRINTCHR$(147)"SYNTAX:SYS EDIT,COL,ROW, First, collect your trusty old 1902 m 2(102 monitor (or newer
"CHR$(34)"TEXT"CHR$[34) :REM*2 2 10S-I); your (J-128; a 2-into-l, Y-type cable with RCA-type con
50 DATA 32,253,174,32,158,183,138,72
nectors; and a VCR or camcorder. Plug the single-end RCA
:REM*197
plug of the 2-into-1 cable into the Video Out connector on the
60 DATA 32,253,174,32,158,183,104,168
video source and the dual ends of the cable into the Chroma
:REM*24
and LutJUi inputs on the bmk ofthe monitor, (You can also run
70 DATA 24,32,240,255,32,253,174 :REM*174
a single audio cable from the video source to the Video in on
80 DATA 76,164,170,0 :REM»21
90 REM DEMO OF SCREEN EDIT 64 :REM*149 the monitor.) Plug the RGB t)m connector on the computer
100 SYS EDIT.1,1,CHRSf147) :REM*250 Into the k( >H In nl the monitor. Turn on voiii video sumce.
110 SYS EDIT,0,1,"TOP OF SCREEN" :REM*228 Now, you can watch cither video or cable television (sent
120 SYS EDIT,0,24,"BOTTOM OF SCREEN" through your VCR) in 40-co!umn mode, and during the com
:REM*73 mercials for scary parts) switch back to the 80-cohimn word
130 FOR I=1TO25 :REM*72 processor you're using to write that letter to Magic.
140 SYS EDIT,I,12," FORWARD ":FORT=1TO10:N
EXT:NEXT ;REM*131 —Tim Walsh, Peterborough, nii ■
C-64 Spreadsheet
MONTREAL, QUEBEC—Pankhurst
Programming continues its Gak spread
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Featuring enhancements sui h as window-
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proved in later matches, In singles play, displayed in bar-graph formal using Hi and deft eye-hand coordination, the
up to I ti players can participate; in dou option;)) colors. game has disiinclive appeal.
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Column or Row, Delete Column or Row, you lo the game's basic concept!,.
Making Music
and Erase Cell. Because < Ihip'g Challenge has so many
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Commodore Gamers Are #3
a RAM card. Separate program/combi the U.S. and Europe have dedicated
nation and sequence librarians are pro themselves to realizing Gibson's fictional WASHINGTON, DC—According to a
vided on the same disk. world. Cyberpunks are typically associat recent study by the Software Publishers
In addition, with Ml you tan: ed with computer bai king and piracy. uf America, Commodore computers arc
• Rearrange and copy programs and Cyberpunk, an "edutainment" video, the third largest platform for computer
combinations between hanks singly or in tills how this phenomenon began anil gamers, following IHM and Amiga. The
20-volce blocks. explores its implications. Included are report showed thai simulation games are
• Save hanks of programs and combina interviews with Gibson, faron Lanier, the most popular, representing :ili per
tions separately or together. Timothy Leaiy and Michael Synergy, in cent of sales, followed by role-plnying (26
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C-128 paint programs and GEOS soft by Noio Press. Unfortunately, a call la Nolo distributed by Triple Point Soflwart (Box 369,
ware. I actively use productivity software, Press revealed thai the program is no longer 253 Collete St., Toronto. ONT, Canada,
and 1 learned a greal deal more about it beingpublished. Copies might still fn avu'd- MST IRS). Unfortunately, we do not have
from that issue. tilile through software distributors. information regarding Voyager Mindtooh'
The article on sharing ASCII and —Editors other products.
graphics tiles between different com —Editors ■
puters was outstanding. I have access to
an IBM I'C and an Apple Macintosh at 1541/1571 Drive Alignment
work. I also belong to Q-Link and was in the ProTips section of the Septem Got something to say? Here's your place to
unaware of many of these graphics con ber/October RUN, there was a para stiy it. We always enjoy hearing from our
version programs. Now, using the C-ISS graph on 1541/1571 drive-alignment widen (even ij thiy'ir modal us!}. Smdyour
and the Mae, I have been able to ex problems, Ii did not, however, give the letters- to Mail RUN, do RUN Magazine, 80
change and laserprint GEOS and Basic exact name of the program or say where Elm St., IWrborough, NH 03458.
8 graphics. Sharing files with other com 10 purchase it. I would appreciate any in
puters will give my C-128 an unlimited formation you can give me about this
life span. program. Peripheral Vision
1 hope you plan on printing more pro —Andre Berube
ductivity and conversion articles in the Providence, Rl We have hail several requests for a
future and waste less space on games. list of software that supports the 1351
—William I.kcomtk lielieve it or not, the name of the program mouse, the 1581 disk drive and the
Burlington, ma you're interested in is "1541/1571 Drive I7xx series <ij REUi. Here is a list of
Alignment." It's from Flee Spirit Software tiurfavorite software that supports these
1 was recently asked to give a talk on and is availuhle through many distributors of peripherals, ifyou liave a favorite pro
how to construct a newsletter using Commodore products, including Software gram that you would like to add to the
geoPublish. On the day of my presen Support International and The Grapevine list, please write to Mail RUN, RUN
tation, someone showed me a copy 01 Croup (check our ads). Magazine, SO Elm St., Peterborough,
your August I'J!)1 Issue with the head —Editors NH 03458. Ptriodicaily we will pub
line "Publishing With GEOS." 1 had no lish an updated list.
idea thai you were coining out with an —Editors
edition that was almost entirely devoted I Paint Author Picks Nits
to geoPublish. I want to commend you and John
After my presentation I had a chance- Ryan for the review of 128 Paint pro Product Mouse 1581 REU
to read the issue, and I must say 1 really grams ("Paint Versus Runt," September/
enjoyed all three articles about using October '91). It concisely covered the 15K1 Toolkit •
geoPublish. main concerns of those buy inj," a graph Adv. OCP An Sluilio •
I commend all tlncc authors, Gerry ics package. However, as the author of Basic 8
Descoteaux, Robert Austin and Larry I Paint, please humor me while I nit- lilt Writer v2.0 •
McCoy. Each provided a different angle pick on a couple of points. uiblu Search •
and insight on what you need to do to Fust, I Faint offers virtually unlimited ISlji Blue Header •
produce a newsletter. As the founder fonts, not seven as reported. There are Cadpak •
and editor of a semi-annual newsletter eight font slots: seven permanent, one Dialogue 128 •
(ailed MA/Af £L (Sidereal Astrology and disk-loaded. Thus, you are limited only Fleel System 4 •
your Macrobiotic Health), I can appre by the number of fonts on disk(s), In ad Mini master !2H • •
ciate the time, effort and skill necessary dition, I Paint comes with a condensed GEOSv2.Q* ...
to put together a newsletter, brochure or file thai automatically expands into 11 I faint • • •
advertisement using a program like more font Hies and several printer JillyDOS
geol'ublish. drivers; and more are available through Maidstooe Quest •
More issues devoted to the capabilities such sources as Q-Link. I believe Master- Master Paint • •
of GEOS would be welcome. paint is similarly unlimited. Maverick vS * •
—SHEMU-AJL BEN-MOSHE Second, on large RI'Us. 1 Paint allows News Maker 128
both a RAMdisk and full-screen clip and PaperCUp 111 •
Philadelphia, i'A
safe areas, not just an either/or choice. IViikei 2 Series • •
This is ,t luxurious combination, offer I'bcketWriter 2/3 •
Do-it-yourself Will Kits ing something of Mr. Ryan's spare- Sketchpad 128 •
I want to offer some help to Sharon sci«en merge wish. Spectrum 12H • •
jayska (September/October Mail RUN). —Rick Kane Super 81 Utilities •
1 have a shareware program called Sim Minneapolis, mn Super Snapshot 5 • •
ple Will Kit that is a iill-in-tlie-blank se Supeibasc 3.0 •
quential file. I've used it mysell' and will Thai's not such a nit-pick! Thuuk-you, Iiix Command •
make ii available through '1'he Mailbag Rich, for clearing up the misundenUmding. The WriiL'Siufl • •
BBS (205-835-3807; 1200 baud). While we're on the subject, we have some in Ultratenn 111 •
sinuation about I Pnitd\ publisher, Voyager Vi/aWrhe v 1 ..i & up •
—Norman Morrison
Oxford, AL Mwdtools, Won! Writer •
It stems that the company is no longer in • ttlduda dakTbp. KiiteWay unit rrbited GEOS
Thanks, Norman! We also had a number business. SSI is currently distributing I liiint applications.
i>l kilns about a program called WffiMaker, (800-356-1 i TJ), and Dialogue 128 is being
IS K U N ■ JANUARY/FEBRUARY liliK!
Software Gallery
Dirt, dribbles, death and dough: Reviews ofSuper Off-Road, Dream Team, Iron Lord,
SEC Check Register and Golden Axe.
By JOHN RYAN
up die slack, [flron Lord is indicative of There's a lot to Iron Lord, and many
what we can expect from our European players may find one aspect more fun
cousins, then reports ofthe demise or the I ban I he others, 1 he graphics ait partic
C-64 software market may very well be ularly good, as is the sound, with high-
premature. Iron Lord is a medieval taii- resolution screens and a superb musical
lasy gameihai spin is « link' bii of every soundtrack. The game comes on a dou
thing, li is noi a Fantasy role-playing European imports tlko Iron Lord bodo wall ble-sided disk and the loading time be
game, yet there are elements <>l VRV for the luturo of C-64 gaming. tween scenes is tolerable.
throughout, li is noi an arcade game, Whether you like arcade, strategy or
nor is it wholly ;i strategy game, though range and the gambling hou.se. At the FRP games, I think you'll enjoy iron
certainly there are airade sequences, and archery range, you'll vie for respect with Lord, II deftly combines them all into a
strategy dimes into play as well. Iron displays of marksmanship. Kven though single story. To the programmer's credit,
Lord effectively combines all these gen the archery competition is one of the Iron Lord is one of the few all-in-one
res into one package. more entertaining aspects of the game, games that actually delivers.
As the iingotieii son of a dethroned you'll find that becoming proficient (UHI Soft/EUclwnkAHs, I'D Beat 7578,
king, you have returned home after five enough to qualify through the three Han Maieo, CA 94404; 800-2-15-4525.
years of fighting the Holy Wars. While rounds of competition will take a lot of C-64/$29.9S)
you weir away, your uncle seized power practice. At the gambling house, arm
and 'lie land fell, abject. Your lask: to wrestling and dice games will further
lake the kingdom back from the thieves, your reputation as well—if you're good Golden Axe A
assassins and spies who now rule. enough.
Solid gold arcade excitement
Hut il will noi he easy. The people's From time to time you'll find yourself
mistrust is so deep thai even you, the confronted by enemy knights. During for iron-clad gamers.
rightful prince, must prove your mettle battle, [he view changes to the first per
in the kingdom's jaded subjects. In order son: The enemy appears directly ahead Ready for some unabashed, slashing,
to light and win the war against the of you. Fighis are usually short and have cymbal-crashing arcade action? Tired of
Army of Chaos (thereby restoring your little influence with i he locals. Of course, l;RPs, Rl'Gs and colorless CRTS? Are you
throne) you musi persuade the inhabi getting hacked up is not conducive to the type who's gone through five tern-
tants t<i follow yon into battle. good health. pcred-stcel joysticks in the past three
Much of the action lakes place on a At some point during the game you'll months? II so, Sega's great coin-op Gold
high-resolution nrmp of the countryside, linally convince the populace to arm en Axe has been translated to the C-64
showing an overhead view of several themselves and follow you into battle. just for you. An ama/ing thing about this
towns, castles and interesting areas thai This "final" baitle occurs over a series of translation: It looks and plays greai—no
you can visit. You need only direct your small feal in this age of mass antiseptic
knight m ;i particular area and he 11 translations.
quickly gallop on horseback to that des Software Report Card The Death Adder and his minions
tination. Once in a town, the view switch have invaded tin1 land, impiisoucd (hi
es to show ihe local an/a, again with an Outstanding A king and his daughter, and pilfered the
overhead view. As you guide your knight legendary (.olden Axe. You musi defeat
Goad B
around a loivn, you'll find places tO visit the Adder and regain the throne. In the
such as inns, puhs and herb shops. Average C great tradition or arcade-game reality,
Since your first job is to convince the Below Average D being a hero means nothing less than
people that you're a prince with whom to hacking your way to victory.
Crummy F
reckon [true royalty always uses proper The vivid graphics and stirring sound
gi animal), you'll probably want to spend track of illu opening sequence really set
much of your time initially at the archery the mood. Golden Axe oilers vou die ■
(ANUARY/FEBRUAKV IBS2 ■ K U N 13
SOFTWARE GALLERY
chance to play one of three heroes, each ihe COSt of the machine. Recipe-filing
with different strengths and weaknesses. and checkbook balancing to the rescue!
I'Miin there, vou an' oil lo save the land. Looking back, I can sec bow ludicrous
The game offers EuD-screen scrolling these justifications must have seemed—
graphics as your character moves from even with a S2000 computer it was much
leit to right. During your travels, mon quicker lo balance a checkbook by band.
sters will advance li om either side of the This Stands as true today as it did
screen and attack. With your fingers back then, so I was surprised to see an
flunk' clenched to yourjoystick, you can other check-managing program on the
jump, kick, leap, head-butt or otherwise market. It's release is somewhat justi
slash your way through CH< li screen. fied, however, because Check Register
Successful strikes against a monster 128 does more than just balance your
slowly sap iis strength until it dies. Suc checkbook. It offers a complete check
cessful strikes against yuu will do the ing account manager, but also sports
same. If you manage to beat off each se Hey, no one said being a hero would be features that print checks and track
ries of attacks, you advance to the next easy—and in Golden Axe, it's not. loans anrl investments.
screen and, eventually, the next hoard. 'lite program requires a C-128 (with
Occasionally, small thieves scurry to and about with this game. There are no pre upgrade ROMs) or a 1281). It operates
fin across the screen. Kicking them will tenses here, mi grand claims or promis in HO-Column mode only and supports
dislodge little goodies thai yuu should es. It's arcade at don that plays smoothly the 1500 family ol disk drives.
pick up. These urchins often carry magic and quickly. Graphics and animation? Obviously, the bulk of Register 12K is
potions or food packets thai can increase Superb. Hen- (at last!) is a game that of designed to aid you in managing your
your strength or stamina. fers mindless entertainment without personal or small-business checking ac
The hoards grow successively more apology, counts. Although it's not revolutionary
difficult. The monsters gel bigger and (Sega/EkdnmicAriS, I'O Box 7578, San by any means, the software contains sev
Stronger, more difficult to beat. You'll Mateo, CA 94404; 800-245-4525. C-64/ eral interesting features For those of you
have to depend on your prowess with the $24.95) who have an active checking account.
joystick and, admittedly, sheer good The register can bold up to 730 en
luck. Along the way you'll find strange, tries. Once dial limit i.s Beached, it tan be
fire-breathing mounts to aid you. Of SEC Check Register saved to a history file on your work disk.
course, saving your magic potions for 128 B+ In addition, the program supports
just die light enemy is paramount You check printing and envelope address
have several lives to work with and, if you Exlms such as check printing set ing, and you C8H configure Register 12S
die, the game will allow you to continue to fit various check styles and formats.
this bookkeeping package apart
wlieir yon leli oil. I ley. no one said that Setting up die printer variables for do
being a hero would be easy—and in When I bought my first computer in ing so, however, lakes a bit of trial and
Golden Axe, it's not. 1979, I had to come up with some dam error. You'll need to save a definition file
It's hard to find anything to gripe good excuses lo quell my wife's alarm at for each check format, which involves
The Amazing
ing and activating switches that change
Spider-Man . the structure of the mom you're cur
rently seeing, and off-screen areas as
The arachnid hero's a mantel,
well. These tricky devices provide a
bul he's less than super stimulating tactical challenge.
The gr&phlCS, animation and con
Twice before, l"aragon Software suc trol system are good, but there are
cessfully brought Marvel comit: books problems with other elements of the
to the 0-64 with Dr. Doom's Revenge software. The sound leaves much to be
and The X-Men. However, 'Hie Amaz desired, with long periods of total si
ing Spider-Man, Marvel's latest, doesn't lence. The copy protection is excessive
quite live Up lo its predecessors. (you have io answer three questions),
This six-level game begins when Spi and there's no Save option, a much-
der-Man's wife is kidnapped by Myste- appreciated feature of the previous two
lio, a longtime Spidey foe skilled in Spider-Man isn't up tD its Marvelnus Paragon programs.
chemistry, hypnotism and magic. Mys- predecessors, but it's solid fun anyway. Even though it <ould be better, The
terio has ordered the famed wall- Amazing Spider-Man will appeal to
crawler to the old abandoned Rockwell Mary |ane—even .Spider-Man himself. many players, Its mental challenge and
Movie Studios, where he mnsl run an \bni main hope for survival lies with Spi world-famous title character should ai-
evil gaiUltlel to rescue his mate. der-Man's super powers, including his traci a large, enthusiastic audience,
With a joystick or keyboard, you'll incredible strength and his ability to (Fhragon Softwawt; distributed by Miav-
have to guide the brave wcbslhiger past climb walls. Also important, ofcourse, is prose, ISO Lakefnml Drive, Hunt Killrt,
Mystcrio's booby-traps. He'll face spikes, his web, which can live him from tight MD 21030, C-64fi29.95)m
electrified ceilings, gas, illusory Moors, situations.
and robots that can look like Mvsterio, A key feature of this program is find —Walt Latocha
telling the printer how many columns It nas a harbinger of the disappoint nul using the overhead ma]), it is dif
and lines to advance For each entry and ments to come when the game would nol ficult, at times, lo judge your position
what printer codes, if any, need to he hoot on my I USlJ in (Mil mode. I re relative to the pin.
seni id your partii ular printer 01 inter moved all of my peripherals, knowing More important, though, game play
face, I suggest thai you pnu lite I he setup thai sometimes games won't load with ilsell seems disjointed. The swing is not
using plain printer paper first. Checks these extras attached, but to no avail. I very smooth and the hall moves impos
(particularly the form-feed variety) are even tried booting rhe game on a sibly fast once it's bit. A 350-yard drive
too expensive to waste. friend's 1281); still no luck, finally, I dug lakes about as long as a 50-yard wedge
You can .set up recurring payee files oui my old "flat" C-128 and, yes, ii buoi- shot. I didn'i get the sensation that my
and addresses. Recurring entries (those ball was soaring up into the heavens and
items you musi pay regularly, including then falling to the fairway with a gentle
mortgages, payroll, cable TV, etc.) are bounce, I be bullet-fast Night ually de
tracked by reference numbers and han tracts from the simulation.
dled a bit differently within the register. On the cither hand, screen updates are
Vou can establish as many as 54 payee relatively fast as yon play through a hole.
records with their addresses, and print Since disk access occurs only when vou
out the checks and envelopes for the move from hole to hole. Shark Attack in-
payee. Debits are handled automatically i links two full courses and a roster of ten
here as well. predefined computer players, each with
Outside the checking program, a fi their own experience, stance, grip, swing
nancial calculator is available to help and litness factors, Plus, the roster can
vou determine the future value of in hold up to -HI additional user-defined
vestments and deposits. Ii will also cal players. The documentation is straight
culate loan information, including forward and includes tips from Mr. Nor
amortization (a record -.honing how fast Shark Attack utters a plethora at variahlcs, man, along with Strategies and handi
you will pay down the principle of your such as wind speed and ball effects. capping formulas.
loan). Ii I sound disappointed with Shai k At
Register I2f> is a solid package and ed line. I also tested the game on a C-fi-l, tack. I am. Tliis simulation does little, il
relatively Fast. The 12-page, staple- again without problem. (One editor back anything, io build upon advances made
bound documentation is basic, but it is at RUN HQ claims that it booted line by other golf simulations. In fact, in at
complete enough to help you through there on a 1281) in 61 mode. 1 think least the graphics and realism categories,
some of the more difficult areas of the she's jtisi bragging.) ii tails shori of earlier efforts.
program. A utility is included to help Being an avid duffer. I went into this (Virgin Mastertroii ia, I son I Cowan,
users of previous versions of iliis pro game wondering how it would measure Irvine, CA ')271-l. C-6-I/SIV.99)
gram convert theii files to the new for up m earlier golf simulations, such as
mat (vl.OS). l.eadei board and |ack Nkklaus's Great
If you've been looking for a checking est 18 Holes ofColE Sadly, Shark Attack Super Off-Road B
manager, then Check Register 128 may falls woefully short of both in both
bejust the program for you. [fyou're al graphics and payability. The simulation
It's like a demolition derby ami a
ready using a good diet kbonk program, is not terrible; it's just not as good as slot car ran; all rolled into one.
either public domain or commercial, other produc is currently available, espe
then SIX; Check Register probably WOIl'l cially if their "ultimate" claim is taken This cute coin-op translation gives you
give you anything new, seriously. a taste ol what il must be like to drive an
(Sparks Electronics Co., I'D Hax4475, St. Once you get past a rather long load oil-road race truck,
Joseph, MO 6-1504. C-128) ing period and password check, you're [ his is demolition derby on dirt. No
presented with a main screen and a sleek formula racers here, only jacked -
plethora of choices: You can set up wind up race trucks with reinforced cabs, roll
Greg Norman's Shark
and weather tailors, ball effects such as bars and super-Strong suspension sys
Attack! The Ultimate Golf back and side spin, ami have a caddy tems. Likewise, the drivers have little re
Simulator C help oui with club selection and course gard for safety as ihey push their vehi
play. Shark Attack has several unique cles to the limit ovei hills, gullies, water
Golfsimulation fans will be teed features that help make it realistic. Vou holes and hordes oi other treacherous
can, for example, design your own obslacles.
off by this disappointing game. swing by altering your swing arc. Vou In Super Off-Koad, you always face
can even open and close your club face three competitors. You can either play
If you don't know who (ireg Norman and adjust (he loll. against friends oi pit yourself against
is then you'll probably think this game Although Shark Attack incorporates [he computer. Von participate in a series
occurs in an ocean somewhere. "Shark many features standard in golt simula of "stadium" races, complete with haz
Attack" actually refers to the Australian tions (plus a li'w unique ones), il none ards. There are a total of lli truck con
golfer's nickname: The Great White theless suilei s in graphics and realism. figurations available, though you'll no!
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Are you tired of having the sand on the beach "leu h" data to and from the REU. Not surprisingly, few
ofcomputer respectability kit ked in your facer developers have been willing to spend time supporting
Have you had II up to herewith those uppities die minority ol REU-equipped Commodores oui there.
that relegate Commodores to i he ninety- As a result, REU users have had lew software choices,
pound weaklings of the PC set? Friend, maybe you need only (;EOS (which adds REU support to all of its pro
to go on a hardware RAM p;ii>c! grams through operating system routines) and a handful
Yes, your humble 64/12N can become :i computing of 64/128-mode applications. Thai is, until nw.
force [ulii'R'ikcuii'diiiih. Because> while mosi companies With the introduction nf'the RAMLink and RAM Drive
in iliis imirkei liavc thrown in the towel. Creative Mino REUs, the "software issue" is no longer an issue, like
Designs has held last to the vision thai Commodore Commodore's REUs, these products are essentially ex
owners should be able to walk down micro-mustie beach tra-last disk drives (there's no clearing thai initial 64K
with their duns up. And with RAMLink and RAMOrive, hurdle), but, unlike the Commodore REUs, they're sn-
CMD has put their money where their mouth is. cessedasaiiyoihtrdrivt.They hold files that can be load
ed, saved, snatched and renamed with the same DOS
From a Squeak to a Roar commands the 1541 and 1571 use.
RAM expansion on the C-64 lias always been hin In theory, any program thai can use a disk drive can
dered by ;i limitation ol the computer's "brain," the 6510 use RAMLink and RAMDrive instead. Even software
microprocessor 11 >< address bus—the pari of the micro written for a specific drive can [unction with these REUs,
processor that identifies which memory location the chip using 1541, 1371 or 1 ~»H 1 emulation modes.
would like to use—is only 10 bits wide, meaning thai it Plus, diere's another twist: 1 he contents of these RAM
can see only 65,536 bytes al a time. In short, the C-64 devices doesn't disappearwhen the computer is shut of],
already has all the memory ii can use. The same is true ftwer failures won'l dent their armor, and you can install
even foi the C-128, which is actually limited id 64K (al your main software library in RAM for near-instant use.
though ii finagles ;i second 64K by juggling different RAMDrive is battery-backed and can keep its memory
portions of memory around). lor up to several days. A similar option lor RAM I,ink is
The only alternative left to hardware developers has available with the purchase of a backup battery.
been cheating. RAM expanders such as Commodore's lioth RAMLink and RAMDrive conic with a portion
170U series don't actually boost the computer's 64 kilo of JiHyDOS—CMD's enhanced disk operating system
bytes, bw an more like high-speed disk drives. Programs lor the C-64/128—that includes a wedge and several new
use liit: KKl's in hoard code or data in a convenient commands. (This won't speed up drive access as much
cache until needed; then they load it into the "real" RAM as the complete JiHyDOS dues, however; that requires
for use. This may sound sluggish, hni it's really very JiHyDOS drive ROMs, available separately.}
fast—so l;isi thai, as far as the user is concerned, ihe ex
panded < ioramodore dues have more than (31K. RAMDrive
While these REUs may work like tlisk drives, ihcy cer RAMDrive bears CMD's label along with thai of its
tainly aren't as ejijiv to usi- limn ilie program's perspective. developer. Performance Peripherals. Ii comes in capac
Programmers musi write special routines to "swsli" and ities of 5I2K. 1 megabyte and 2 megabytes. The whole ■
By STEPHANE DIRSCHAUER
JANUARY/FEBRUARY ItWB ■ R V N 21
HARDWARE RAMPAGE
unit is slightly larger di iver, and the whole procedure takes minutes. The in-
than a deluxe TV remote strucdons accompanying the RAM drives are precise and
control, and fits snugly include dear illustrations.
into the C-64/ 128's ex
Up and Runninc;
pansion/cm tridge port.
The control panel lias Once the RAM drives arc honked up, the C-frl/128
154 I-like activity and er- displays ;i slightly altered power-up message indicating
ror indicator lights, plus iliat JiflyDOS is active. When that appears, you'll want
several unfamiliar fea to set up the device's RAM.
tures: u reset switch and a 'I "liu RAM drives organize data into partitions and sub
light thai indicates when directories, which are as necessary as they are conve
the device is properly set nient. A 4-megabytC RAMI.ink, alter all. can hold 16,000
up. files. (Apart from available memory, there's no limit to
The handy Swap hut- the total number ol filenames.)
ion lets you temporarily Because partitions must be given a fixed length and
change. KAM Drive's de emulation type when treated, they're must useful for di
vice number. Pushing viding the RAM inici large chunks thai can be further di
Swap the fiist time as vided using subdirectories. Native-mode partitions can
signs RAMDrive to device be of"any size, but the emulation modes are limited to
8 and reassigns the for the mimicked drive's real disk space. A 15-11 -mode par
mer device 8 to RAM- tition, for example, can contain only bill blocks. Parti
Drive's old number. A tions are selected with a new disk command. CP, or by
second press does [he preceding a filename with the partition number (1-32)
same with device 9, and a and a colon, as in 3:RUNPAINT.
third resets all device Subdirectories are a more flexible way t<> organize, data
numbers, fwo lights indi in a Native-mode pariilimi. They'll* creaied and modi
cate which devices have fied with a set of new DOS commands, and they appear
been swapped. This Fea in the directory listing as DIK files. Subdirectories can
ture comes into play be placed within subdirectories, ad infinilitm. Selecting
r is r.i'.i /ml looks like a regular when a program talks i hem is a matter ofentering the subdirectory name{s) be
disk drive Co your programs. only to device fi. (RAM- fore the filename (e.g.. APPLICATIONS/GRAPHICS/
Drive itself can he as run paint).
signed a default number between 8 and L'!J with a pro
gram that ionics on the accompanying utilities disk.) Using Software
In the best of all world-., every peripheral would func
RAM Link tion with every program. In reality this doesn't happen,
KAMI.ink is CMD's solution for those who already but RAMI.ink and RAMDrive come as close to being
have an older REU. li features two slots: the RAM port, completely compatible as any peripheral of their type.
which accommodates an REU (including RAMDrive), Thanks to die emulation modes, programs can be fooled
ami a pass-through port, which accepts anything that into thinking they'll- dealing will) a real disk drive, and
you've had in your expansion port before, such as a util a specific model, too.
ity cartridge. The main exception, ol < onrse, is copy-protected sou-
RAM Link's control panel sports all the features of ware. Unless you can remove any disk-b;ised copy pro
RAMDrive's, plus a Normal/Direci switi h. Ricking it to tection, you will be unable to copy such soliwaic to tlit:
Direct lets software use the pluggcd-in unil as a "vanilla" RAM (hives. Several solutions, however, are available:
REU without RAMI.ink's DOS. • In some cases, only one essential file, usually a boot
Inside the case is a connector for a RAMCard, a program, is copy-])role; ted. rims, it's possible to copy
C;MD board that adds extra RAM la the REUs—as the rest of the disk to the RAM drives and load just the
much as 16 megabytes'worth. A RAMCard holds up to boot program from the lloppy. The Swap switch can
four SIMM memory modules of either I megabyte or then be used to transfer control to the REU. For in
■1 illegal ivtes each. If your RAMCard comes with less stance, you may be able to put your role-playing game's
than foul SIMMs, you can add mole later if needed. data files in RAM, then svi itch when the main program
The memory in the RAMCard and the REU can work has been loaded.
together, or you can have a RAMCard-installed RAM- • In oilier situations you can use a copy program to peel
Link with no REU. the copy projection off the disk. This, naturally, requires
a copier and a special parameter file that tells the pro
Installation gram how to circumvent the particular protection. Alter
RAMDrive and RAMf.ink (I'll icier to them collec natively, if a program loads entirely into memory, the
tively as the RAM drives) slide into the expansion/car "snapshot" option of a utility cartridge can be used to
tridge port, and often that's all the installation needed. save an unprotected file to RAM.
However, some C-64s require a bit more. To correct a • Another alternative is simply avoiding software with
timing conflict between those computers and the REU, disk-based copy protection. Less restrictive forms of copy
RAM drive owners must hook up a jumper clip inside protection exist, such as asking you to enter a code word
lllclil. from the manual or a figure from a code wheel, and so
What's thai? You'd sooner operate on your dog than on. And. an increasing number of programs, usually util
your C-64? Dun't worry The only tool needed is a screw- ities, are not copy-protected at all.
Mahjong g
Call for take-out! This ancient Chinese game ofskill
promises (ale hours of addictive fun. 1DDDD
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By JOHN RYAN
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I clench my eyes to ease the stinging tile, then pick its match; they will auto you're watching. Of course, there's a
dryness. After a moment's pause I matically be removed from the hoard. [£ penalty lor help: 2:>:i points. You can
turn back to my (VI, mind racing, it is not a legal match, an error message press H as often as you like, but it may
With ;i burning stare I review the will appear not show you the best moves—and you
board; There was another nine some You tan pick ;i tile from any level, as could easily end up with a zero store! If
where, Oid I take it already? There! It's long as its right or left edge is free. For there are no more pairs available, the
blinked by a three—Where's the other instance, if there's a green tile between Help function will tell you so.
three? Got it! Back to die nines and I'vf two other green tiles, you can't take it, Type in and save Listings 1 and 2 us
opened u|) the whole row. I kimw (hf because it doesn't have a side free. (The ing the Checksum on page 57. To play
matches, remember where they are- top and bottom edges don't matter.) As Mali [ongg, simply load and run the
move quickly lor max points—clear the you play, remember thai these are solid boot program.
board—record store! layers, so uncle) neatli thai green tile is a This game lakes luck as well as skill.
white, ;i light gray ami a dark gray tile. Thai's wliat keeps me coming back. I've
Ancient Saying: "Maybe win, ..." With only fiO seconds to find a pair, it's just started my twelfth game of the night.
Mali |ongg's a simple game really. At easy to become frantic The numher of This one's going to be tough. I should
least the concept is fairly basic You just points you receive for making a pair quit right now. Maybe start again. Maybe
remove 133 tiles from the playing Held equals the number of seconds left on the go to bed. I just can't put my joystick
in matched pairs. The tilea are stacked in timer, so the faster you are, the higher down—it's gonna be a long night! fii
11 mi layers, like a pyramid. From the bot your score. If the timer runs oui, you
tom, the layers are dark gray, lighter won't get any points for the pair. John flwn it <sii air Imjjic control instruc
gray, white and green. Using a joystick When you're absolutely stumped, tor. He claims that handling a sky full of
you move the cursor over llic- u\n you press H for help. The Help function planes can be just as challenging as Mail
waul mid press the Ore-button, rick one Hashes a pair very briefly, so be sure Jongg. Hi' arm't tuns we believe him.
Listing 1. Mali Jongg boot program. (Alan available on the Jonuary/Fobrunry RoRUhl disk. To ardor, call BO0-343-0728.)
Listing 2. Man Jongg program. Ifltso available on the January/February HaHUN disk. To order, call BOO-343-072B.)
0 REM LISTING 2 CREATES [AND SH SCIHS1-55 :REM*85 85 L=VAL(LS):IF L$>"9" THEN L=A
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L ;REM*71 SC(LJ)-55 :REM'136 90 BY=H*16«L:PRINT*8,CHRS(BY)i
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6 CT=0:PRINT"(SHFT CLR)":REM*56 50 NEXT:GOTO 10 :REM*115 100 REM HEX DATA FOR MAJJONG
10 READ AS:IF AJ="-1" THEN CLOS 55 IF LEN(A$)<21 THEN B$=A$:GOT :REM*107
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MAH JONGG
I couldn't help it. The next thing I knew I was of each game. I pick matches from the long
playing Mah Jongg all the time—even when I rows at the top. bottom and center of the
nas supposed to be working. I would lie awake screen to reduce (he number of trapped tiles.
■it night picturing a giant Mah Jongg board on ■Keep the board balanced. Having tiles
the ceiling. I would forget to feed my rabbit. trapped in stacks is a? damaging as having
Nigel. Because ol my experience, I think I can them trapped in lows, so as you pull in the
help others. I've been there. long rows, also work on shortening the slacks. chance that the newly uneovorad tiles will lead
Start with the green tiles. Bv mid-game, v°u straight to another matcli. Check them out be
■There are two pairs of each tile. should have the top, bottom and center rows fore looking over the rest of the board.
■Spend a minuto roviewing the screen be pulled in even with the central square of the •Removing one pair of tiles may prevent ac
fore starting a gam«. You might lose a few pyramid, and have several ol Ihe green and cessing others later in the game; look for other
points initially, but looming the board and plan white tiles removed. matching tiles before you make the pick.
ning v°ur first lew moves will get you off to n •Manimizo the lave". Don't make Ihe mis •Toward the end ol Ihe game, keep the rows
good start and you will quickly recover any lost take of removing all of one layer. To keep as and stacks short.
points. many active tiles as possible, koep a variety ol •Don't ask for help until you think Ihe game
•Keep as many tiles active as possible. An levels. is over. It's better to stare al the board for ten
active tile has eithei its left or right side tree. •IF you have a choice, remove the tiles that minutes than to ask for help and lose an addi
Long lines of tries nre leaps that keep large sec will leave you with one or two new open tiles. tional 255 points.
tions of your boo'd inactive. At the beginning •When you make a pair, there's a good —Janice Greaves
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ByTONYBRANTNER
Life'snoi easy For EToppin' Clyde. over a rile turns ii nil again, and your two set Onds. Clyde loses a life each time
He used 10 really enjoy hop score is reduced by the same amount, he gels zapped or the timer runs out.
ping around an electronic grid, You have to light all o£ the tiles 10 ad Press the SHIFT-LOCK key to pause the
lighting up the tiles as lie went. vance to the next level. game and the RUN-STOP key to resume
Hut now a short circuit in the wiring Wfatt h out, though, because the deadly it. The colorful screen always shows
sends row electricity pulsing across the current pulses back and lonh along each Clyde's current life, the timer, your cur
grid, and has turned 'his once harmless mw of die grid, pausing only briefly at rent store and your high store For the
form oFentertainmen! into ;i real shoe k- the end of the row before moving hark session.
er. Keep Clyde oS the Bashing tiles, or again. Clyde can avoid the electric liles Type in Hip Hop Imm Listing 1, using
ZAP! Ik's toast. by either jumping aivay from them or RUN's Checksum program on page 57
Clyde siarts each game at a random jumping over them. Jumping over the to catch any typing errors. Then, the
spot 011 the grid. You simply move the hoi tiles lakes precise liming, so be ncxi time you're feeling bouncy—or
joystick to make him jump from die to careful. need a good jolt—load up, and Hip 1 iop
tile in any of the four primary directions. At the start of each game Clyde has to victory! El
When he lands on b dark tile, it lights up three lives, and the timer counts down
and you earn ten points multiplied by from Hl(l. With each succeeding level. Tony Brantner is plugged in <« RUN'i
the present game level. Backtracking he gets an extra life and the timer loses most prolific game writer of all time.
Listing 1. Hip Hop program. (Available on the Januarv/Fobruary RoRUN diak. To nrder, call 800-343-0738.1
0 HEM THIS LIST 1 CREATES (AND 0|.R TGHTS(hi,LBN(A$)- 4 2) A8502 38A966E5 :REM*104
SHOULD NOT BE CALLED) HIPHOP. 107 DATA 028D0E1020O30C20900C*A
ML :REM*111 70 FOR 1=1 TO LEN(BS)/2:REH«221 91DA00F204 40B20B00A'20360BA
5 OPEN 8,8,8,"HIPHOP.ML,P,W" 75 CS=MIDS(B$,{I*2)-1,2):HS=LEF D00DC290FC90F :REM*73
:REM-172 TS(CS,1 ) :LS = RIGIITJ(CS,1 I 108 DATA F0EAA20820FFE920E1FF*D
6 CT=0:PRINT"(SHFT CLR}":REM*56 :REM*140 0034C5708AD8D02C901'F0F9K60
10 READ A$:IF A$="-1" THEN CLOS 80 K»VAL(H$)lIF [I$>"9" THEN il = A 3A503291FD003 :REM*122
E8:PRINT:PRINT"ALL D0NE!":EN SC(H$)-55 :REM*56 109 DATA 20B00C203G0IS20000B20*B
D :REM'129 35 L=VAL(L$):IF LS>"9" THEN L=A 00A2 0A60920900CA212*A000C8D
12 PRINT"{HOME)READING LINE "+S SC[L$)-55 :REM«84 0FDCAD0FAAD3F :REM*153
TRS(CT):CT=CT*1 :REM*141 90 BY=H'16+L;PRINTrt8,CHRS(BY); 110 DATA 10D00520C30AB02FAD0D'!
15 IF LEN(AJ><62 THEN 55 :REM«148 0C93BF008AD0E1 0F023MCD808A
:REM25 95 NEXT:G0T0 10 :REH*160 2FFA90D20160C :REM*150
20 B$=MID$(AS,1,20)+MIDS(A$,22, 100 REM HEX DATA FOR HIP-HOP 111 DATA A406C8C0641300320C30C*A
20)t-MIDS(A$,43,20) :REM*242 :REM*88 40SC8C010B002840520*E90C4C6
25 FOR 1=1 TO 30 :REM*181 101 DATA eifl801i080A009E323336*3 308206D0CA906 :REM*140
30 C$=MIDS(B$,[I*2)-1,2):H$=LEF 112 DATA 8D03D4A90C0D05D4A941'8
T$(CS,1):L$=RIGHT$(CS,1) 0A95BA00E201E :REH»201 D04D4A03FA200A9009D'803F9DC
:REM*209 102 DATA ABA027A945991805A90C-9 03F9848A90220 :REM*227
35 H=VAL(HS):IF H$>"9" THEN H»A 918D9B810F3AD018D25'D08DTCD 113 DATA 880C20360B68Aa8A18e9*0
SC(i!J)-55 :REM*85 0A007A9019927 :REM*144 E293FAA8E01D48810DF*A236A90
40 L=VAL(LS):IF LS>"9" THEN L=A 103 DATA D0A9FD99F80738D0F3A9*0 E20160CA40688 :I!EH*57
SCILS1-55 :REM*136 38D27D0A9008D17D08D*1BD08D1 114 DATA 20C30CA506F0034C6B08*A
45 BY=H'16t DD08D26D0A901 :REM«16 5 935A00F20440B20360B'AD00DC2
104 DATA 850520DB0BA00320C30C*A 910D0EF20E90C :REM*22 4
50 NEXT:G0T0 10 :REM*115 9008D0D1020050DA900*A8990F1 115 DATA 4C5708AC3F10D035A203*A
55 IF LEN(A$)<21 THEN BS=A$:GOT 0CB1J0FAA000B9 :RKM"Z54 0
O 70 :REM'184 105 DATA 4E0F99403FC8C0BF90F5'2 08E371018AD2F :REM*60
60 IF LEN(AJ)<42 THEN B$=LEFT$< 06D0CAD1BD42 9011869*0380271 116 DATA 107DEF0DC907B0F1A818'A
AS,20)tRIGHTSI AS,(LENf AS)-21 0AD1BD429068D :REM'9 D27107DF3 0DC908B0E5*8C2F108
)J:GOTO 70 :REM*176 106 DATA 2F10A20020630B20DC0/\'A D271020FD0BA0 :REM'47
65 B$ = LEFTS(AS,20)t-MIDS(AS,22,2 50520D00C8CFC048DFD+0'5A5050 117 DATA 00A9FFC0049006C014B0*0
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By TIM WALSH
Printers are the greal equalizers of computing, be Commodore owners can generate some ol the best characters
cause you can't always tell if the computer used to and graphics possible from any dot-matrix machine. And,
make a printed page was a S150 Commodore or a thanks to the attractive—ifnol "clearinghouse"—prices Pana
$'25,000 Sun worksuilion. At the RUN editorial of sonic has assigned them, they offer an excellent choice even
fices we appreciate this (act, because, while we have more ex- for tho.se Commodore owners on a limited budget.
pensive computers on our desks, we also rely on our 1280s We'll take a look at both printers and let you decide if they
forgetting the winds we want to our venders. We know a good deliver all the goods you want and need, [.el's kick things oil
primer can make all the difference in the world. with an overview of the more conservative and budget-minded
With Panasonic's introduction of two new 21-pin printers, of the two, theKX-P1123.
Ra\asomc:KX-P1123
If you're a Commodore user who The Epson emulation surely ranks as the need only concern yourselfwith the dec
wants a 21-pin printer and you're not more important of the two, since many imal commands. .Since the manual states
anxious to spend a lot of money, you'd Com mod ore software packages thai siip- thai 27.52 turns on italics and 27,53
do well to lake a sennas look at the ver pon bit-mapped graphics also offer Ep turns il oil', you would enter the follow
satile KX-l'l 128. Its long list ofprint fea son printer drivers. Because the I ]2'.\ de ing command Eiom Basic to turn on the
tures is really only half the story; iis faults to Kpsoti mode, you just select an italiis mode:
greatest strength lies in its ability to pro Epson printer drivel from your software
OPEN 4,4,7 PRINT#4,CHR$|27);
duce some of the darkest, finely detailed and set your printer interface to either
CHRSI52) CLOSE 4
characters and graphics seen on any dot- Transpareni or Semi-transparent mode.
matrix printer. After that, you needn't give ii another To turn off italics, just substitute a 53
Unpacking die printer and gelling it thoughi. for die 52 in the above command. When
connected to your Commodore is a snap. Of course, if you're using a mm-graph- using software packages such as data
Remove the packing, pop the ribbon c;ir- ics program, such as the RUN Script bases and word processors, the process
ii idge in. thread the paper through, and word processor, you can still benefit from is actually easier, because then you send
you're almost ready to go. The last step the Epson mode. I used Epson-specific commands such as 27.52 directly to die
is lo plug in a Commodore-compatible commands sent through the software lo printer.
printer interlace, such as my personal fa change printer fonts and provide text
Fast Company
vorite, the Xetec Super Graphix. enhancements such as boid, italics and
When it comes to paper handling, the underlining. hi performance and features, the 1123
]\2'i has a few nicks up ils sleeve. If The Operating Instructions booklet won't disappoint even the nmsi discern
you're using continuous forms or labels, thai accompanies the printer is packed ing customer. In the speed department,
you can dlrecl them either through the with commands For selecting print op it prints up to 2111 characters per seeond
rear oftheprinteror the bottom feed be tions. Since the primer lacks Com- in Micron Draft mode, and slows to (>!i
neath. Two levers lei you control paper- modoi e-ccide compatibility, you have to cps when using the Letter Quality mode
Iced selection, paper-bail release, paper learn to decipher the instructions and with Elite characters. Overall, the 1 123
parking and head gap. By having the Convert them to a language that your is plenty fast for most home and small
levers on top and easy to access, the 11SS Commodore can understand. business demands.
is remarkably label- and envelope- "lliis process isn't nearly BScomplicated It has live basic character-per-inch set-
friendly. All loo often I classify printing asii sounds. Although EVe explained ii in lings: 1'ica (10 cpi), Elite, Micron, Com
envelopes a challenge at best, but 1 previous printer reviews, the conversion pressed and Elite Compressed. All of
found the 1123 handles them as easily as process bears repeating for new readers. these settings are also available in elou-
Tor demonstration purposes, on page gated mode, resulting in a total ol ten
continuous-form paper.
6-13 of the manual you'll find the Name. basic character settings. Fonts offered by
Emulation Station Decimal and Hexadecimal commands the 1123 include Program, Draft, Couri
'Hie 1123 has two emulation modes: needed lo turn italic printing on and oil'. er, Prestige, Bold PS and Script.
For the Commodore 01 and 128, you When il's operating in the default Kp-
Epson LQ-830and IBM PmprinterX24.
H L N ■ |ANUAIi\7l:HBKUAKY 1992
The KX-P1123 would be hard to boat in its price range, li. gives high- The KX-P1124i produces near-lascequality output. It's mare money,
quality output and is an excellent choice for the upgrade-minded. but has many more features, including a selection display window.
son mode, ihc printer has sis. prini den ns, however, require deciphering a mode on your Commodore.
sities in s-]iin mode, ranging from a matrix of lints and lights. In summary, it's tough to be objective
st;indaiil "f UN doi.% pel inch to a remark While sonii' newcomers might be when re\ iewing :i printer as good as the
ably dark 360 dpi. In 24-pin mode, ii has sligluly befuddled by this initially, don't 1 L23.There'salottoraveabout, noiihe
five prinl densities, again ranging from let the sighi lool you-—this printer is ac least of which being the features you get
fin to 360 dpi. tually quite simple to use in its clay-to-day for the price. Perhaps one of the most
At a glance, the 1123 appears to have operation. Owners of other Panasonic compelling reasons Lor buying the I 123
one ill ilie must complex control panels printers with a similar panel, such as the isn't the price, though; rather, it's thai
louiul on any consumer printer: No few KX-P1080, can testify to ibis. Anil, as I should you net a laptop or more power-
er than iivi-lvr l.l'l) lights and live func mentioned before, there is an alternative lul PC in the future, this printer would
tion buttons adorn the front panel. Some thai will allow you to bypass the control make il a pel feel companion also, even
ol these, such as the Quid hniion. ait panel: You can send commands to the if yon bought one of the most powerful
straightforward in their meaning, Other printer viii software or dirough Direct computers out there.
Panasonic KX-PH24i
One ol tin1 best-sellin« printers ol all user well-versed in deciphering the 1 I24i. I bis primer will stand up to your
time was Panasonic's KX-1'1121, intro llWs matrix of lines and LED lights, requirements, no matter what platform
duced several years ago to rave reviews. the I 12 li's display window is a welcome you might later use ii with.
The KX-l'l I24i is an improved version reliel for quickly selecting print options. The I lIMi provides some benefits not
ol that wildly successful printer. As good You jusi press the function Enter/Exit but mentioned in the manual. With lower
as the 1123 is, the 112 li is better. ton, the Menu button, the Item button, operating costs than any laser printer, it
then [hcSelei lion button. When YOU have is an excellent alternative to going thai
BlGGKK PKICK = Bt:tTEH OPTIONS
lilt1 proper selling in [he display window, route. And with a character resolution
If it's options you're after and you're yon press iheSet button to set it. All ofthe of-IH dois tall by 30 dots wide, its text
willing to spend a little more, the option- buttons air multifunctional, with the Set approaches laser quality. With its fast
laden 24-pm 112-li simply has more fea buiioii doubling as the Online/Offline speed iitid long ribbon life, il would
tures than any other dot-matrix printer button, the Selection button doubling as make a great addition to any busy small
you'll find anywhere at any price. Even the Load/I'ark button, and so on. business office.
the 1123 is no match for the 112-li. Ii has Unfortunately, this model probably
a fast print speed (300 cps draft/80 cps Upwardly Mobile Printer
won'i attract many followers among
LQ), 360x360 dpi graphics resolution, a When ii comes to paper handling, die Commodore users; iis price is jug| a bit
more sophisticated paper-handling sys 1121i is in a class by iisell. It'll do every too high. But, if you demand only the
tem and a display window for sending thing thai die 1123 does, only more eas best for your Commodore, you needn't
and monitoring printer commands. ily and conveniently. Need to prim on look any further; ■
Setting up and connecting this printer stationery or envelopes? Jusi pop open
to your Commodore differs linli- 1'rom the front of the printer, park the coniin- r other things, Tim Walsh ii RUNi
the 1123. And, if the 1123's control pan uous form-feed paper and put the en hardware hnnl piy. He writesfor RUN and
el seems complex, the 1124i's panel velopes in the front opening, Need to its sislsr publication, AmigaVtorld.
looks, and is, simple. Its panel lias two prim labels? Jusi Feed them into one of
more Function buttons, for a total of sev [he two tractoi feeds and vou'iv leadv.
en, f)iu ii offers something rarely seen What do 1 like most ahoul this primer? Panasonic
outside oflaser printers—die previously- The line print quality notwithstanding, "iwo Panasonic Way
mentioned display window thai explains perhaps ii's the printer's remarkable me Seeaucus, NJ 07094
all user-selectable settings. chanical quality, And the statement I KX-P1I23 Printer,
As with the I 123, you can send com made concerning the 1123's high poten KX-PU24J Printer, S'19".Ur>
mands in the I 124i through either the tial lor "upward mobility" can be made
control panel or software. Even to the with even greater emphasis regarding the
JANUARY/FEBRUARY IWi; ■ K U N 45
File Packer 64
When you're sending or storing files, this program will pack
them efficiently and keep them. safe.
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By STEVE F.MSLEY
One of the disadvantages <il or loading three or foui Bles, then com
dinary file compression pro pressing them, Kile I'ai ker requires load
grams is thai they create one ing jusi one. Also, because llie. load ad
big file, which you must load dress of each file is separate, the files can
and run to uncompress. Not Hie Ridker he packed in any order.
64—it's mil just another ordin;ny file Option 3 is for adding, or appending,
compression program. a tile lo an existing packed file. It asks for
Fill1 Packer li! not only lets you short ihe name of the file lo be added and the
en anil combine disk files, bin ii ;ilso U-ts name of ihe packed lile.
you compress individual files, or any < Iption 1 quits the program.
combination of lilts. Iti addition. It lets
Keys
you encode cadi compressed file with a
File Packer defines the following keys
different byte, or code, for protection
from unauthorized decompressing. to .serve special functions:
S changes the source device, should
Loading Instructions you want t<i use a second drive. Drives
lyjie in Listing I. Hie lacker (51, ami 8-11 are supporled.
save it to disk. Then, type in anil save Fl and F3 toggle the .source (read)
Listing 2. Use the Checksum program on and destination (write) drives.
page 57 to catch any typing errors yon F5 and F7 display directories of the
might nuike. Run Listing 2 to cieate source and destination disks, respectively.
Packer.ML, tlie machine language file abnns to the menu. Be certain lliat you These special keys are listed on the
that is loaded l>\ File Packer. enter die Basic program Bles first, since same screen as the menu.
Next, type in and save Listing S, which (lie program won't work il the last file
Loading Films
is an unpacking routine used lo write packed mtoa compressed lile is a Basic
lilcs lo disk as Hie A, File li. and so on. program. You have two choices for unpacking
Next, enter a number from tl to 258 as any of the compacted files. First, you can
Finally, type in and save Listing 1. then
run it to create Unpacker.ML. the ma an X( >K byte. File Packer encrypts the file use ihe Unpacker routine created by
chine language- file used by Listing 3. (including the load address) by exclusive Listing 1, which unpacks ihe files only in
"()King" with this number. A blank hen- the computer's RAM. L:se the statement
The Menu leaves iIh- lile unencoded. LQAD°UNMCKERH,8,1 lo load the unpack
File Packer's menu offers four op Because the encoding byte is stored in ing lile. To load a compacted file from
tions: Save Unpacker, I'ack Hle(s), Ap the lile and not the unpacking routine, Basic, use:
pend Filc(s) and End, each file can have a different encoding OPEN 8,D,2,"0:E'ILENftME":SYS
Option i saves to disk a lile i ailed Un number. Lite files are secure from lani-
LOCATION
packer. When selected, it asks fora mem peiing because they must then be loaded
with die unpacking routine. where D is die device number (usually 8),
ory location, "fry to choose a location thai
isn't needed for other things. I .ocatinns After the file is found. File I'acker dis and location is the location of the un-
327(58 anil 19132 seem t<i work best. play, tin- original load address for you lo pafkei routine.
After entering the memory location, change or keep. Pressing the left-arrow The screen border flickers to let you
places disk in the destination drive and key al [his point aliorls In ihe menu (as know when tile file is loading and slops
press any key to initiate the save. '1 lie will a disk error). when il's done. The packed tiles then re
[online is saved as :\ 1-block lile. Depending on the size of Ihe lile, the side in memory at ihe lexationsspecified
Option 3 compacts the individual files. encoding anil crunching lakes from one when packed.
to .several minutes. When it's done, you'll The second, and easier, way lo use
Knter the current filename and the new
filename m ihis point. Pressing RETURN have a chance to compact another lile. the program is to run Listing 8, then en
without an entry for either prompt other file compactors that require ter the name of the packed file al die <
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Regardless of wliich unpacking Basic programs can't be ibe last ones bandy any lime yon need lo compact
method yon ( boose, ilie packing routine packed. I bat is, yon must make either ;t and |iro!ect yoni' files. R
is based on repetition, so it works besi macliine language or text lilelasi. If you
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gram-formal word processing files, such repack them using different addresses or been writing C-64 programs since 1984.
Listing 1. Filo Packer 50 program. (Available on Che Janu.iry Fnlini.iry RcRUM disk. To order, call BDO-343-072B.)
140 POKE781 ,3:SYS65481 :REM*244 (CTRL 2(FILE NUMBER -ICOMD 190 SYSNN:OPEN9,3,1,FS:SVSWR
150 PRIBT"(H0MEH5 CRSH DNs}{2 :REM*217
CRSR RTs)(CTRL 2J5TART ADDR 170 PRINT"{CRSR DN)(2 CRSR HTs) 200 CLOSE9:IFPEEK(LB)THENCLOSE6
ESS - fCOMD 3)"PEEK{LL}t{25 (CTRL 2)BASIC FILE? - (COMD :PRINT"(SHFT CLR}":END
6*PEEK(LH})"(CRSR LF){3 SPA 3)"N$(iJi:EK(LB) ) :REM*18 :REM*24
CEs)" :REM*82 180 r$="FILE "+CHR$(FC):FC=FC+1 210 SYSAF:GOTO140 :REM*97
160 PRINT"(CRSR DNH2 CRSR RTs} ;REM*193
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geoWatch
AutoExecs aren't just found in mahogany-lined Detroit offices;
they live in your GEOS environment, too.
By STEVE VANDER ARK
A LOT OF THINGS HAPPEN when er peripherals you have in your system. At thai upgrades the GEOS DBGetFile rou
you boo! GEOS. One simple Horn com some point when you first used GEOS, tine, which lets you scroll through avail
mand sets into motion an elaborate se you ran Configure and told it what pe able files and select one lo open. With
quence of events thai transforms your ripherals you have <m your computer, the upgrade, the list of available files is
Commodore into a new machine. By Nun; whenever vou bool GEOS, Config no longer limited to If: filenames. He
the time you sue those icons spread ure runs automadi ally, reminding (iE( )S made his patch au autoexec, so it up
across the deskTop and the pointer how your system is set up. dates GEOS automatically when you
perched up in the corner, your comput Configure is a special type ol file I ailed hoot up. A text window appeals briefly
er has executed scads ofcommands and an autoexec, short for "automatic exe during the start-up sequence to lei you
run several fiics—without a single cute." During the hoot routine, GEOS know tliu program has done its job. I
prompl from you. checks the disk files, then opens and have the C-128 version, called DBCei-
An awful hit of information has to be runs any BUtOCxeCS il lincls in the order Filel28 v2.0.
transferred, digested and interpreted be they appear on the disk, just as if you'd One tedious job that autoexec's can do
fore you can go /.i]ijiiiiK around the double-clicked on them yourself! for you is load liles into HAM. Unless
mouscpad, so first GKOS supercharges Autoexec programs are perfect for do you have a RAM unil thai maintains
the boot drive with disk turbo code. ing those mundane tasks that you have power when your computer is oil, such
From then on, the rest of the GEOS op to dti eat li time you bool up (like config as the Quick Brown Box or KAMI.ink,
erating system can be stuffed into mem uring drives), and those clever GKOS you have to reload files even1 time you
ory prcliy darn quickly. In die process, programmers have written autoexecs for boot. While many of the files you choose
the built-in set of instructions that tell many ol them. Probably the most com will depend on your current project,
your Commodore how to do everything mon autoexec is the clock. Before the some files arc always needed—the desk-
(from reading the drives to understand deskTop is drawn, a dialog box appears Tbp, l<n instance—and an autoexec can
ing Basic) is replaced »itli a new sei »i asking you to enter the lime and date, load them for you.
rules, die CEOS operating system. and since there's no oilier way out of die One automatic loader is QWICK-
After loading the system, your comput box, you have to keep your clock updat S1ASI1 by John Howard. I he program's
er still lias a few jiihs to do before vou see ed (which is just great for forgetful peo customizing feature adds a little lime to
the deskibp. Since your hardware setup ple like me). There are a number of the boot procedure, but it requires no
is unique, with drives. RAM expanders iime-aud-d;ne autoexecs available: I use user input, making the whole process
and mi on, GEOS must gel these details Rick Koch'sAUTOCI.OCK. quite painless. QWICKSTASI1 works on
and tundily ilsell amiiilingly. (liuiliginv GEOS programmer Jean Major lias the C:-fi4 as well as the 128 (in 40-Col-
is tlit- file that knows the number and come up with a different use for autoex iinin mode).
types of drives, RAM expanders and oth ec files. He's created a patch program Whal makes a file an auliiej.ee is not
JANUAKY/FEBKUAKY 1993 ■ R V X 51
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special code or disk-access routines, as memory so you can boot directly into an disk. I found that autoexecs failed to
with :i ulusk accessory; iin autoexec's only application. When used to run Batch woik if pails ol them were stored on the
distinguishing feature is iis (He-type in- (lopicr, ;i file copier routine also by Jim back nl the disk.
dicator in the GEOS header. If you Collette, it will load predesignaieci files With these cautions in mind, you'll
chaiitrc anj CEOS file's type 10 autoex into your REU on hoot-up. find that autoexecs are remarkably
ec, it will run automatically when you As you combine various autoexecs on handy tools for setting up your GEOS
boot. While this might suggest ihe pos your disk, it's a good idea to tesi the environment. Whether you're n Holl~
sibility "I opening your system directly boot routine frequently to make sine painter, publisher, gamer or author,
into ;m application, in practice the lim your system will still boot properly. II autoexecs can handle the chores, letting
itations of the available memory gel in possible, always wink from a backup you jump righl into the real Inn! ■
the way. copy ofyour system disk. Using the orig
The code for an autoexec h placed in inal disk is mure than a little risky! An Steve Minder Ark is from Grand Rapids,
memory before the entire boot se other problem cropped up when I used Michigan, ant! is n (>KOS columnist for
quence runs, which means thai il the Maverick to create a double-sided hoot Compute's Gazette
code is larger than a few kilobytes, it's
going to overwrite essential operating
system code and crash the system. Also, Program Sources
the printer and inpul drivers won'i have
loaded yei. so those functions will be left AUTOCLOCK DBGelHle
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128 Mode
Pull your 1351 mouse out of its hole and put it to work
moving your cursor in 40-column mode.
By MARK JORDAN
UNLESS YOU USE GEOS, the 1351 Moving the mouse moves a pointer The Kscapk key sequence to do that is
mouse is probably a forgotten member around the screen, ami pressing ihe (:I1RS(27)+"Q". -Now, when I move my
of your Commodore family. Mine was. mouse button places tile cursor at the mouse pointer to a particulai location in
While the mouse on my Amiga has pointer's current location. If you hold an erroneous line and click, the rest of
logged many miles, my 1351 has hiber the left huiion down while moving the the line is deleted. Vciy handy!
nated in the back ofa desk drawer. mouse, the cursor dances alongwith you. You could define l-'H to place a pair of
Sure, the 135l's driver is easy enough The pointer is the I-beam type- (made quotes on the screen, move the cursor to
!o load and use, bill all it dues is move a famous by the Macintosh) tliat fits nicely the latter one, and kick the editor into
pointer the C-128 doesn't recognize. \bu between letters. The Mac's cursor also Insert mode. Then, whatever you typed
may point, you may click, and ifyour 128 EtS nicely between letters, but the C- would appear between quotes—great for
is in a good mood, it will ignore you; if it's 128's does not. It hinds on them. Thus, Daia and Print statements.
not, oif you go IB Monitorland. you'll find that the cursor and I-beam In short, anything you can do with a
I've changed all that by rewriting the don't always line up precisely. Fortunate (unction key you can do with B mouse,
135 l's driver program. Now you can use ly, iliis discrepancy serves more to show with the added convenience of last cursor
your mouse to move your cursor. The the difference between graphics- and placement
new driver operates in 40-column mode lext-based interlaces than to cause any One caveat: The C-128 (like the C-64)
and, like the original, it runs on inter practical difficulty. has a quirk in the way it leads joysticks,
rupts, so it functions invisibly while you So, what are the mouse cursor's appli mouse clicks and keyboards. Rapid click
go about your normal business. cations? I've starlet! using it while pro ing may print an unwanted character on
Type in the MouseCnrsor program in gramming. Sometimes it's faster to the screen. The hi-tech way to deal with
Listing 1. using the Checksum program grab Mr. Mouse and zip over the screen this is to access the system software, .study
on page ")7 to catch any typing mis I ban it is to use the Cursor keys. You can memory maps, interpret arcane machine
takes, and save it to disk. MouseCursor easily use the mouse cursor in a pro language code, and rewrite some rou
is a Basic program thai pokes the ma gram. Just install it wiih the BLOAD tines in machine language. The lo-lcch
chine language driver into place; saves and SYS mentioned above. way around ihe problem is lo click more
the driver to disk wiih the name Mouse- Here's an idea to work on. The coin- slowly. I'm a low-tech kind ofa guy; how
Cur.Bra; prepares a sprite pointer; and, puier sees the left mouse button as func aboul you? I thought so.
finally, starts the driver. tion key 8. My program blanks out F8 so I hope you try MouseCursor. You may
If you want to install the machine lan you don't gel the Monitor command find thai Mr. Mouse is also happier at
guage on other disks, simply load and Commodore assigned io YH every time your house plugged into your 128 than
run MouseCursor again. To use the you click. How ahuui redefining K8 so living in ihe hack ofa drawer, ft
mouse cursor, make sure your 185] is that a click initiates B whole sequence of
plugged into port 1, then just enter characters? Mark Jordan kreps hitsy as a high school
Bl.OAD "MOUSKCUR.BIN" followed A nifty definition I've used clears a English teacher. After homework, lie's a Com-
bySYS 6144. program line fiom the cursor forward. modon programmer and RUN columnist
Listing 1. MousuCursor program. (Also available on the January/February RcRUN dish. To ordor, call 800-343-0788.1
0 REM MOUSE CURSOR 128 - MARK J 130 DATA 138,105,0,41,1,77,230, 0,202,202,202 :REM*225
ORDAN :REM*4B 17,141,230,17,173,2e,212,17 190 DATA 202,224,0, 16,2,162,0,2
FORT=6144TO6410 :HEADA :POKET, 2,19,25,32,93,24 :REM*53 4,32,240,255,96 ,234,173,1,2
A:NEXT :REM*84 140 DATA 140,19,25,56,73,255,10 20,41,16,208,9 :REM*111
20 BSAVE"MOUSECUR. BIN",B 0,P6144 9,215,17,141,215,17,76,187, 200 DATA 32,159,205 ,32,136,24,3
TO P6411 : REM*171 24,140,21,35,141 :REM*161 2,111,205,108,1 6,25,234,162
30 SYS6144 ; REM*140 150 DATA 20,25,162,0,56,237,21, ,63,169,0,157,0 :REM*44
40 END REM*168 -
25,41,127,201,64,176,7,74,2 210 DATA 14,202,16, 250,169,27,1
100 DATA 32,207,24,201,24,240,2 40,18,172,20,25 :REM-145 41,41,14,141,62 ,14,169,4,14
5,8,120,173,20,3,141,16,25, 160 DATA 96,9,192,201,255,240,8 1 ,44,14,141 ,47 :REM-204
173,21,3,141,17 :REM"79 ,56,106,162,255,17 2,20,2 5,9 220 DATA 14,141,50, 14,141 ,53,1-1
110 DATA 25,169,33,141,20,3,169 6,169,0,96,234 :REM-4 ,141,56,14,141, 59,14,173,21
,24,141,21,3,40,96,216,173, 170 DATA 24,173,230,17,41,1,240 ,208,9,1,141,21 :REM*52
126,17,208,51 :REM-3 ,1,56,173,214,17,106,74,74, 230 DATA 208,169,1, 141,39,208,1
120 DATA 173,25,212,172,18,25,3 201 ,43,144,2,169 :REM*140 69,0,141,7,16,1 73,21,3,96
2,93,24,140,18,25,24,109,21 180 DATA 42,168,173,215,17,74,7 :REM*250
4,17,141,214,17 :REM*179 4,74,201,28,144,2,169,27,17
JANUAKY/FEBRl.'ARY IMP2 ■ K V N 53
Commodore Clinic
Gelling the right peripherals can be a challenge. This issue,
learn about printers, modems and CP/M cartridges.
By ELLEN RULE
Ql recently purchased a Star NX-I000C thai regular geometric shapes, such as A Commodore developed the CP/M
printer for im Commodore 64. When- circles and squares, appear more true cartridge for the (>4 id attract peo
everl print out a document with GEOS 2.0, than those printed at fiO dpi. ple using CP/M in business. Kven with
I lose the entin- right title t:fthe documatl. I Your printer manual will direct you re die portable SX-64, however, the C-64
am using the Slur 10OOC driver included garding the proper DIP switch settings System failed to break Into the business
with GEOS. I have looked through /lie printer on your printer for Epson mode. world Sufficiently to make the cartridges
manual awl [mind that the Slur WOOC run profitable. They are no longer being
print 80-dpi graphics, which is what I assume manufactured, but you mighl find one
I need. Why isn't my printer printing 80 dpi? QMy Commodore 1526 printer works per through a user's group, a computer llea
I have tried all ma n ner ofcombinations ofdip fectly, but I cannot find any graphics market or the used section at a Com
siritches and all kinds ofsettings, but nothing sofiwan to use with it. Why will it print letter) modore dealer.
seems lo help. Do 1 need to bus an interface no with my word processor but not graphics with Many 128 owners have enjoyed using
I can use the SO dpi" Is there any way to get programs such as Print Shop, GEOS and the CP/M. IfCP/M compatibility would be
around having lo buy an interface without OCP Art Studio? I was tohl that I could >r- useful lo you, you mighl wain to inves
sacrificing the right tide of Ike document} pluce the ROM chip to print graphics. Is then- tigate thai option. Most user's groups
a way to make this pi inter work like the MI'S have public domain (Il'/M libraries and
—Cameron Coble
801 or 803? CP/M users ihere could give you specific
Albuquerque, NM
—David Kornfeind details.
A Your NX-1000C is performing the German Valley, IL
way it was (it-signed to when ii is
plugged directly inlo the computer: It is A Different printers use different in QI hive u C-128 am! an AT&T 4000
emulating Commodore's direct-conneci ternal codes to produce the printed modem. Can I use this modem if I pur
printers. These are 60-dot-per*inch page. While Commodore gave the 1528 chase an Apmlek RS-232 interface, or is the
printers and will produce die name re and MI'S 802 printers the .same text AT&T incompatible with my computer?
sults as your printer using llie same soft codes as the 1525 and MI'S 801 printers, —Paul Grosikger
ware. A primed line on a 60-dpi printer they did not give them the same graph newfoundland, nj
will have up lo 480 dots (60 dots X 8 ics codes. Unfortunately, Commodore
inches), while an 50-dpi printer will have reverted back to their original system for A There are two compatibility issues
up to 640 dols (SO dois x 8 inches). subsequent printers. With an eye to max here: hardware and .software. In
When a program Rich as GEOS sends imizing profit, software developers nat general, an RS-2.12 interface can conned
,i lino of information lobe primed, a BO- urally aligned their products lo suit the moM any RS-232-type device (including
dpi printer will attempi lo print the total greatest installed base, lliat is, the 801/ modems) to your C-64- check theAT&T
□umber of dots ii has been instructed lo 1525-compatible pi inlets. 1000's manual to find oul whether it is
print (i.e., up to 640 dots), but it runs out However, many software companies an RS-232 device; many modems are.
of room on the 8-indl page at 480 dots. have recognized the needs of users like However, the modem could be phys
This is why the right side of the docu you. On the back side of the graphics ically compatible with the interface and
ment is "lost." disks. Print Shop has a separate set of still not understand your software's com
To print the document, GeoWbrks cus 2-block graphics that are made specifi mand set. Different modems under
tomer service advises die following: cally for use wilb the 802/1B26 printers. stand different command sets. Your
• In geoWrite, set llie margins to 1.2 In addition, check your .software manuals telecommunications software might use a
indies and (S-7.2. inches. for an "insiall printer" option, which is command set that is compatible with
• In geol"aint, fill only the left 7< «1 lilt- how you tell your software to use the Commodore's 1600, 1650 and 1670
page. 802/1520 graphics code.s. modems, or perhaps the Hayes brand of
• In geoPublish, set the right-hand Unfortunately, 1 do noi know of a chip modems, which follow die Commodore
guideline at fi inches. upgrade thai will make your primer 54/128 standards. Check your modem's
To get 80-dpi output, I'm afraid you'll 301/1525 compatible. manual tu see ifit is compatible with any
have to purchase a printer interface and of these.
run your printer in the Kpson-Compat- hoi your AT&T 4000 to work with
ihle mode, liiis will give you a denser Qi have heard that theie was a CP/M car your Cunnnodore and [lint interlace, the
printed image and a slight difference in tridge for tlie C-6-1. h it any good? Am modem has to: 1) be an RS-232 device;
the width-to-height ratio, called the "as then- any disk-based CP/M opera/ing systems 2) be able to understand one of the com
pect ratio." An image printed at SO dpi for the 64? mand sets listed above; and !i) have a ter
will appear narrower because the dots —Kkvin Galazen minal program that uses the .same com
are closer together, and you may find DuLiiru, MN mand set. ■
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Amazing Spiber-MaN: in the paper LIGHTNING is the answer to die rid there. Any attempt to take the false
plates from Man, you can jump ki the dle near the lighthouse, and YOUTH is sword will kill the character who touches
platform. To do so, stand on the edge. ihe solution to die riddle in the forest. it. If the part)' has received the Dragon
The platform will be about halfway up. —Wendy Cheng ("rein 1mm the diagou in the Lansk Un-
|uni[) at an angle and shoot a web. With deiriiy, il should go to the Dragon Valley.
Plymouth, MN
a link' | Hint ict-. you can make the jump While there, the party should gel several
each time. dragons' teeth and secure the Dragon
When you are in the bottom of Che Cakmen Sanuiego .skkies: Did you Queen as an ally.
mission control, you can skip about six lose the almanac that came with this —Tim Moriarity
levels by doing ihis: Kneel on the small game? Try using a set of encyclopedias! East Moline, IL
bump at the bottom. Push and hold in Use the F volume to look up flags, and
the right. When yon gel stuck between soon. It works greatl
the switch and the ceiling in the weigh Flight SIMULATOR: I lere'san easy way
—JeffJonsson
ing room, jump to the lefl and shoot a Surrey, British Columbia
to laud on the threshold al die stari of
wch into the upper-left corner. You'll the runway. First, line die direshold up
pass through the ceiling and several lev on the bottom center ofyour windscreen.
els as well! Casti.f.vania: ()n level 2, get the boom If il appears to move up ihe windscreen,
—Ryan RUEL
erang from one oFthe candles. It is more you arc descending too fast; add power
powerful than the dagger and if you slightly until the threshold seems to stay
Harrington, Nil
catch it, it gives your heart back. On tlie in one place. The plane will practically
lirsi screen of this level, break the two lly itself onto the runway.
Baai.: I lere are useful access codes: level bin. ks on top of the stairway, then walk As you enter the last leg of your ap
2, FWFJVVTEi level If, MWOLUSIM; lev in. A cmwn will appear on the screen. On proach, make sure your landing gear is
el 4, IWPFYSIO. Make sine you have at the second screen, stand on the EIrsi down. Keep an eye on ihe altimeter to
least Four Time W&rriors before going raised blocks you come to and wait. A make sure you have enough altitude. Be
into level 4. II'you don't have enough. chest will appear, worth about 2000 BUI* you are aimed directly at the run
just keep destroying monsters and refu points. way. When you're about 30 fed above the
eling to gain extra men. 1b destroy Baal, runway, slowly begin pulling back on the
—Steven Ocepek
just move TOUT Time Warriors as close to joystick. When the plain1 slows down and
Akron,Oil
it as possible and liiv al ii continuously. ils nose drops, pull back slightly on the
joystick. You'll have anoiher (or your
—Liang Yi
DBAGON WARS: The party should slay first) happy landing.
Broolkyn. NY
in Purgatory until they have armor and —Hai.isSantana
weapons from the Arena. They should Hkooklvn, NT
Back to the Future, Part II: You also get some scrolls from the Magic
can pass levels 2 and 4 by waiting milil Shop. When exploring an area it is usu
the lime mns our and selecting N( > when ally wise 10 check every square, because Gary KITCHEN'S CamkmAKKR: This is
you're asked if you want another game. there are many items that can be found a great program for making games, bin
The computer will load the next level. this way. In Mystic Wood, Enkidu can be don't overlook the fan thai it's also great
summoned by blowing his horn. A for making graphic presentations. Von
—Brian Smith
strong character should wrestle him to can connect your computer to a VCR
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gain Druid magic. and make introductions to your videos or
Magic boots can be earned by stop home movies. Since die Scene Maker and
Beyond Zork: To gain dexterih in die ping ;i mud How with a Create Wall spell all oilier programs can be accessed from
128 version of this game, squeeze die in the City of Yellow load. These boois within the editor, you tan make your pre-
moss in the wine cellar. Once you've can get the party onto ihe island in Mys senlalionswith a minimum i if unproduc
done that you can climb the crates to gel tic Wood. In the Smuggler's Cove, ;i tive fumbling.
the wine botlle. character must use liis or her bureaucra First, program your presentation to
To read the runes on the amulet, read cy skill (and some gold) to .see the pi wait for joystick movement before start
them through the wine botlle. The onion rates. 'I"he parly should kill the pirates, ing. That gives you control over the start
you get from the took can be used to because their boat is necessary for travel ing time, so you can gel your VCR ready.
blind thedornbeast; cutting it causes the to the outer islands. When assembling the presentation, de
beast's l>9 eyes to water, allowing you to In Ereeport. tlon'l bother trying to get cide on a basic idea, thi'ii experiment.
grab the sea cheat. the Sword of Freedom, because ii isn'l Draw ihe scene tor the backgit mud, then
{CTRL 1} —hold down the control key and press the 1 key. 150 POKESAt39,20:POKESA-H1 ,21:POKESA.123,205:POKESA.l2
■5,189
■{COM!) T}—hold down the Commodore logo key and press the
160 POKESA.4,INT(SA/256):SY5 SA:NEW
T key.
170 PI:1NT"YOU HAVE A DATA ERROR IN LINE ";LN j "1": END
{:> LB.s]—press the British pound key (£. not I) live times.
180 REM DO NOT CHANGE THESE DATA STATEMENTS!
Refer to the following paragraphs for any other Error messages
190 DATA 120,162,24,160,13,173,4,3,201,24,%&H
you get from running any program listing in RUN, 200 DATA 208,4,162,13,160,67,142,4,3,140,903
210 DATA 5,3,88,96,32,13,67,152,72,169,697
Other Error Messages
220 DATA 0,141,0,255,133,176,133,180,166,22,1206
Having heard from many users over the years about their difli- 230 DATA 164,23,134,167,132,168,170,189,0,2,1149
cnllies with typing in listings, we've identified a few recurring prob 2-10 DATA 240,58,201,48,144,7,201,58,176,3,1136
lems thai plague many people bin are easy to lix. So read on and 250 DATA 232,208,240,189,8,2,240,42,201,32,1386
see if you! problem is one of these. 260 DATA 206,4,164,160,240,31,201,34,208,6,1276
• Von get an "Oui of Data in Line xxx." message. This means thai 270 DATA 165,180,73,1,133,160,230,176,164,176,1478
a program line was reading bom Daia statements and reached the 2U DATA 165,167,24,125,0,2,133,167,165,168,1116
end of ihe data before ii was done reading. There are two possible 290 DATA 105,0,133,168,136,208,239,232,208,209,1638
problems. 300 DATA 169,42,32,210,255,165,167,69,168,170,1447
310 DATA 169,0,32,50,142,169,32,32,210,255,1091
One might be with the program line that reads the data, usually
320 DATA 32,210,255,169,13,32,210,255,104,168,1448
a For-Nexl loop. Make sure you have the proper values for the loop,
330 DATA 96,104,170,24,32,240,255,104,168,96,1239
because ii, fot example, (he listing has a loop ol 0 to 150. and vou've 340 DATA 56,32,240,255,138,72,152,72,24,162,1203
typed 0 to 160, you'll get the Out oi Data message. If the loop is 350 DATA 0,160,0,32,240,255,169,42,206,198,1304 ■
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