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Creating color this brilliant will ruffle the feathers of most printers. It demands 360x360 dot-per-inch resolution. Plus the ability to control both color density and saturation. Nou> you can have both. Affordably. Even when running Microsoft'^ Windows'". All you need is Citizen's new 24- wire GSX-140 PLUS printer and its exclusive, user- installed option, Color on Command"". With vivid bursts of color, your spreadsheets can be easier to read, your graphics easier to understand, and your presen tations all the more brilliant.

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VOLUME 14, NO, 3, ISSUE 139

APRIL 1992

FEATURES 6

PC JARGON MADE EASY

By Robert Bixby, Clifton

Karnes, and Joyce Sides

A guided tour ttirough the

essential PC terms.

18

TEST LAB

We test four 20-MHz 386SX

and seven 33-MHz

486DX desktop PCs,

64

ACCESS AND SECURITY

By Gregg Keizer

How to get

and protect information.

76

THE RHURN OF THE PEN

By Scott Leibs

Is pen computing thie

tectinology of the future?

92

SOUNDINGS

By Lamont Wood

How to choose a sound

investment,

COLUMNS 4

EDITORIAL LICENSE

By Clifton Karnes COMPUTE goes metric.

36

NEWS & NOTES

By Jill Champion Top computer news.

40

FEEDBACK

We answer our readers' questions.

44

POINT & CLICK

By Clifton Karnes Create real C-based Windows programs.

46

INTRODOS

By Tony Roberts

Get the most from

your hardware.

ARTS Otters

By Robert Bixby

More on real-world desktop

publishing.

discoverychoice

By Peter Scisco Operation Neptune.

Cover photo by Steve Krongard

48

PROGRAMMING POWER

By Tom Campbell PDQ BASIC.

52

TIPS & TOOLS

Compiled by Richard C. Leinecker Tips from our readers.

56

COMPUTE/NET

By Richard C. Leinecker Expand your horizons.

58

HARDWARE CLINIC

By Mark Minasi

How to select your laser

printer fonts.

62

SHAREPAK

By Bruce M. Bowden Three shareware gems.

136

LATE-BREAKING NEWS

By Jill Champion Hot off the press.

DEPARTMENTS 70

PRODUCTIVITY CHOICE

By Alfred Giovetti TurboTax for Windows.

72

PERSONAL PRODUCTIVITY

By Daniel Janal How to apply for credit.

PATHWAYS

By Steven Anzovin

Are computers intelligent

enough to follow your lead?

MULTIfflEDlA PC

By David English

Create instant multimedia

presentations,

GAMEPLAY

By Orson Scott Card

Games to keep hidden from

your mom.

ENTERTAIiImFNT CHOICE

By David Sears

The Adventures

of Willy Beamish.

REVIEWS

iPn

Ami Pro 2.0,

Panasonic KX-P2624,

Schueler's Home Medical

Advisor,

Publish-lt! 2.0.

Megafortress,

IdeaFlsher.

Tony LaRussa's Ultimate

Baseball,

Microsoft Press Computer

Dictionary,

Tandy DMP 202,

Personal Pro,

Kris Ivlaster,

GrandView 2.0,

Super Munchers

Midwinter,

Vengeance of Excalibur,

and more.

COMPUTE {ISSN 0194.357X) is published monthly in ihe Uniled States and Canada by COMPUTE Publications International Ltd., 1965 Broadway f>Jew York NY 10023-59^ Volume 14 Numbef 3, Issue 139. Copyright ® 1992 by COMPUTE Publicatrons Iniernalional Lia. All righls reserved Tel. (?12) 4c«-6100. COMPUTE is a registered trademark of COMPUTE Publications Intsmational Ltd, Printed in the USA and dislnOulod vmrMwide by Curtis Circulation Company, PO Box 9102. Pernsauken, NJ OB109 Second-class poslaqe paid at Now York NY and at additional mailing olficos, POSTMASTER: Send address changes to COMPUTE Magazine, PO. Box 32-15. Harlan, lA S1537-3(M1 Tel. (BOO) 727-6937 Entire conlenls copvriq'hted All nghls reserved Nothing may be reproduced in whole oi in part without written permission from the publisher. Sul)scriplions. US. AFO - $19.94 one year Canada and elsewhere -& 94 one year. Single copies $295 in US- The pubiishor disclaims all responsibility to return unsolicited matlsr. and all rigits in portions published thereof remain the sole property ol COMPUTE r.li E,?.„„"'V , ?;^'^?,T,? ^HL'-^''*'^ ^®"' '° COMPUTE or its editors become the property ol the magazine Editorial olfices are located at 324 W. Wendover Ave.. Sle, 200, Greensboro [\\j cfAuo. lei. (919)' ^75-9809. '

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I The Marines may look for a ten- J goixl men, bul anj- PC gaira.- plavcr Iwiil gUdly scitic for a ^iiiglf gooit I wmiid cinh one (hat pb)» iioili Srntnd I llhrsti-r .1ittt AdI.ib Mrorc^ one that [ (bKsn'l fiy yoiir other boartls one liiitr I never draws attenliou lo itself, one I thai deliver* all iKe sophiaticalcil I wnind fffcfW and miisie bundled into I the lateM batch <)f game «»fiwate. I Uvjk no ftirther; Suiind Blatter I'm (hwi it all, ;uid mon;. At 5209.93 it\ I not dicap, but neitlier arc its lealuna.

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In jiot two years, the Sound BUster has b«ome one of the the mofl widel)'.supponcd PC sound cstrdi. It's easy lo s«e uhy. The Sound j Blaster contains an 1 1 -voice FM syn- thi-isHT thai makes ii fully compatible nnh the popular Ad Lib Music Card. The day if hit store shelves, the Sound Blaster could be used with hufldred* of Ad Ijb compatible fames and edo- cational proframs. To add cs en more [ salue. the original Sound Blaster in- cluded a DAC (Di|ilal to Analog Con- vener) for diptind voice and sound cffecls. a microphone jack for voice inpuL a buili-in game port, a Iniih-in I 4-tt-3tt amplifier, and an optional MIDI inieriace.

. The built-in miier malics the Sound Blaster Pro fully compliant with Micfosoft's Multimedia Level I Eitcnsions to mndm-j, Muhimedia I software will be able to fade-in, fade- I out, and pan the various audio I sot>tc«i to create daborale sound I montages.

The Sound Blaster Pro includes a CD-ROM interface for either an intcr- ] nal or enternal CD-ROM player.

There's also an internal connector for CD-Audio. The MIDI interface is compatible with the original Sound Blaster's MIDI interface, but adds the MIDI time-stamp that's pan of Microsoft's new multimedia standard. All in all. the Sound Blaster Pro is chock-full of new features, yet it's fully compatible with its younger brother,

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he Sound Blaster has so many audio apphcaiions packed into one baif-sizol board that it abnott boggles the mind. First, it hax an 1 1-voice stereo music synthesizer that is fully compatible with die widely used AdLib sound fonnai. Older software that only supports die AdLib board will automatically turn on the AdLib mode — no adjustment by die user is necessary. A separate channel is exclusively for reproducing digitized speech. A microphone jack on the back of the card allows you to dighize your own input voices. With a 4-wait iieieo amplirter built in, you can run speakers or headphones directly from the card — no additional amplification is necessaiy. A Maodard joystick poet also douldes as a MIDI interface, allowing you to connect a syndwsizer or any other MIDI instrument. Combine diti widi an excellent library of software, and it is easy to see why the Sound Blaster has become so popular.

Blaster worth the Ipvesiment? Yes, ves. a thW!iaiid.tim;i veilV. When you hear how much the Sound | Blaster incteases the capabilities of your PC. you'll wonder how you ever 201 along wiihoui one. 4S^

Now you can get the number one sound card as part of our new Multimedia CREftTIVE UVBS Upgrade Kit, Which also comes with a MIDI kit, an interna! CD-ROM drive O fll I M f) and 5 CD-ROM titles, including Microsoft' Bookshelf- and Windows'" with S U U Pi IJ^ Multimedia Extensions. In all, $2,000 worth of goodies for just under $850, ~

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EDITORIAL LICENSE

Clifton Karnes

Tfie international

organization

MISERY has recently

adopted

improved metric

equivalents for

common computer

measurements.

Last month, I talked about some of the changes taking place here at COMPUTE. The biggest change, of course, Is that OM- NI has moved to Greensboro. We at COMPUTE were look- ing forward to working closer with OMNI, and we're already seeing the first fruits of our new relationship.

As you probably know, OM- NI is a top science magazine. The staff are experts at report- ing scientific information, and they're crusaders for a scien- tific approach to measure- ment. In just one month, they've convinced us to adopt the metric system as our stan- dard. So, beginning with the May 1992 issue, COMPUTE will be 100-percent metric.

What does this mean for you? Well, in some areas there will be no change, be- cause we're using metric measures already. For exam- ple, famiitar quantities such as ms (millisecond, or one- thousandth of a second), K (kilobyte, or 1024 bytes), MB (megabyte, or 1024K), and MHz (megahertz, or 1 million hertz) are metric already, so they'll stay the same.

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The first change you'll no- tice with the meitric shift is the way we express the sizes of floppy disks. What used to be called 3!/?- and 5'/4-inch disks will now be 8.89-cm and 13.335-cm, respectively. Soon the old 8.89-cm disk will be as familiar as the old- fashioned inch one.

Just as the metric system's centimeter is an improvement over the inch, the world-wide committee on metric stan- dards, Metric International for Systems, Engir>eering, Rela- tions, and Yields, or MISERY for short, has recently adopt- ed improved metric equiva- lents for common computer measurements.

The first measure to fall un- der MISERY'S a;< was the pop- ular pixel, the smallest ad- dressable dot on a computer screen. MISERY isn't the first to propose a pixelary alterna- tive. Recently, Microsoft start- ed using TWIP, a device-inde- pendent measure, for screen size (nobody knows what 7W/P stands for), MISERY sug- gests JVJ\1, which does stand for something: Tall and Wide but Independent of TWIPs. One TWIT is worth .76459 pixels, so an 800 x 600 display is, using that met- ric equivalent, 611.672 x 458,754, Much more accu- rate, and clearly better.

in the same spirit that gave us the TWIT, MISERY has proposed a new metric measure for money, replac- ing our U.S. dollar with an in- ternational currency called Monetary Organization for Original Legal Access, or MOOLA, for short. One dollar is worth 3.141592654, or pi, MOOLAs. So a software prod- uct with a price of $39.95 will cost 125.5066265 MOOLAs,

With large computer sys- tems, the MOOLA measure- ment gets really exciting. For example, a new 486 with all the trimmings sells for

$2,999.95. That's an impres- sive 9,424.620881 MOOLAs. Now that's a number worthy of such a machine!

The good metric stuff doesn't end there. Software version numbers are being im- proved by the adoption of MIS- ERY'S Bipartisan Universal Gra- dient, or BUG, for short. A BUG is a simple measure. To get it, you multiply a con- stant^.00321— by the cur- rent version number. For exam- ple, DOS 5.0 is now DOS .01605 BUGS. With this ingen- ious system, most products will never get their BUGs to version 1.0.

Last, but certainly not least, we've proposed our own metric standard for num- bering magazine issues. MIS- ERY has responded favorably to this and plans to adopt it in its next MISERY version .00963 BUGs. Here's how it works.

The numbering system mul- tiplies the year by .0001 and then multiplies that product by the number of the month. So the April 1992 issue you hold in your hands is in reali- ty issue .7968 ((.0001 x 1992) X 4).

Going along with the new numbering system, there will be 10.3904 issues in 1992, but 10.3916 issues in 1993. We haven't given a name to this system yet. Any ideas?

That's it. Beginning in May, you'll see the drab software ref- erences in the magazine re- placed with something like this: MISERY-DOS, version .98342 BUGs, 611.672 x 458.754 TWITs supported, available on 8.89- and 13.335- cm disks, for 125.5066265 MOOLAs.

It's true that you'll need a computer to calculate and re- calculate all these metric equiv- alents, but if you love comput- ers the way we think you do, you'll find the work a joy. Oh, yeah — April Fools'. □

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OF THE ESSENTIAL PC TERMS.

PC JARGON MADE EASY

GENERAL TERMS

ASCII, American Standard Code lor In- formation Interchange. ASCI! is a stan- dard for relating numbers to alptianu- meric cfiaracters and symbols. Stan- dard ASCII is a 7-bit code, wtiich means there are 128 possible values. The first 128 symbols in ttie PC's char- acter set are standard ASCII. The next 1 28 characters are specific to the PC and are often referred to as the extended character set.

bandwidth. Allhiough this is technical- ly the frequency range of a communi- cations channel, it Is often used as a relative measure of a channel's capac- ity to transfer information. The great- er the capacity, (he greater the band- width. For example, a 16-bit bus has greater bandwidth than an 8-bit bus.

choice for sound recording, and they're fast becoming an important me- dium for storage for computers. Al- though the CD's optical technology doesn't easily lend itself to erasing and rewriting, its huge capacity (about 600MB) makes it invaluable for storing large amounts of data.

command line. The DOS command line is the familiar A> prompt. When you type commands at the prompt, the command interpreter, COM- MAND.COM, executes them or tells you their syntax is incorrect.

compiler. A compiler translates an en- tire file of source code into pure ma- chine language. When you run a com- piled program, the entire program loads into memory and executes.

CD-ROM. Compact Disc-Read Only CPU. Central Processing Unit. This is Memory. CDs have been popular for the computer's brain, which controls several years as the medium of the machine's resources and manag-

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es calculations, tn the PC, the CPU is a microprocessor chip from, the Intel 80a86 famiiy, which includes the 8088. 8086, 80286, 80386, and 80486. CPU is also used to refer to a PC's system box (the part of the machine that hous- es the CPU, memory, and disk drives).

DOS. Disk Operating System. Although it does much more than just manage disks, that's DOS's pnmary job. There are several varieties oi DOS for PCs. in- cluding MS-DOS (Microsoft), PC-DOS (IBf\/1), and DR DOS (Digital Research).

interpreter. An interpreter translates one line of source code at a time and executes it. BASIC is the most popular interpreted language, though modern BASICS can be compiled.

K. Kilobyte. A kilobyte is 1024 bytes. Early PCs came with 4K or less. The standard for 80B8-based PCs is now 64GK, for 80286s it's 1MB, and for 80386s it's 2MB or more. As with mon- ey, you can never have enough RAM,

MB. Megabyte. A megabyte is equal to 1,048,576 bytes, or 1,024K. Memory on large systems and storage for most hard disks are measured in megabytes.

MHz. Megahertz. A megahertz is 1,000,000 cycles per second. Mega- hertz is used as the measure of a mi- croprocessor's speed. The first IBM PC ran at 4.77 MHz. The new 80386 and 80486 chips run at 33 MHz or faster.

multitasking. In modern parlance, mul- titasking means running two or more programs at the same time. On the PC, the Intel 286, 386, and 486 processors can multitask in protected mode. Win- dows 3.0, OS/2, GeoWorl<s Ensemble. DESOview, and Unix are examples of PC multitasking operating systems and operating system extensions.

RAM. Random Access Memory. Al- though this kind of memory can be ac- cessed randomly, a better name would be read-write memory because you can both read from and write to any RAM memory location.

RAM disk. A RAM disk is an area of memory that functions just like a disk drive, except that it's lightning fast. To install a RAM disk on your PC, you put a command like DEVICE=RAMDRIVE in your CONFIG.SYS file.

ROM. Read Only Memory. Computer memory that can be read from but can't be changed or written to. In the PC, the BIOS (Basic Input/Output Sys- tem) is ROM.

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TSR. Terminate and Stay Resicient. This is the name for a large class of ap- plications that remain in your PC's mem- ory and are called with hot keys. TSRs take advantage of hvo important DOS at- tributes. You can run a program but leave it in memory, and you can redirect system routines to your own code. The most popular early TSR was probably Sidel<icl<. Recent superstar TSRs include PC Tools Deluxe Desktop.

MEMORY

address space. This is the amount of RAM a CPU can "see." An 8088 can ad- dress as much as 1MB. an 80286 as much as 16MB, and an 80386 as much as 4096MB of memory.

conventional memory. Conventional memory is simply the first 640K of mem- ory. The 384K of memory between the 640K barrier and 1MB (ceiled UMB, or upper memory) is reserved for DOS, but a portion of this memory can be ac- cessed as expanded memory with the appropriate hardware.

EMS. Expanded Memory Specification. This is a specification developed by Lo- tus. Intel, and Microsoft (LIM) to break the 640K barrier by accessing up to 32MB of expanded memory. EMS maps a 64K page divided into four 16K windows in DOS's upper memory area (the 384K above 640K). Until the release of LIM version 4.0, multitasking was not available through the EMS standard.

expanded memory. Introduced in 1985 by the consortium of Lotus, Intel and Microsoft, expanded memory is a way to expand a PC or AT beyond 1 MB of memory. The memory manager (a chip set that supervises expanded memory access) is given a handle by a program to tell it where some informa- tion lies in the memory above 1MB, When the request is made, the memo- ry manager maps that portion of mem- ory to four 16K regions in high memo- ry for easy program access. The sys- tem works a little like a RAM disk with a maximum capacity of 8MB (with LIM, EMS 3.2) or 32MB (with LIM EMS 4.0).

extended memory. Technically, extend- ed memory is any memory beyond the base 1MB of memory accessible by the 80286 and the 80386 operating in real mode. An AT can access memory above 1MB directly through the use of a RAM disk. DOS provides the means of creating a RAM disk with device driv- ers such as VDISK.SYS and RAMDRIVE.SYS. Other uses for extend- ed memory include disk caching and ex- panded memory emulation. Windows 3.0 directly accesses this memory.

HMA. High Memory Area. High mem- ory i.s the first 64K of extended memo- ry. By a quirk in the design of 80286 and 80386 processors, this memory is directly accessible in real mode.

LIM. Lotus-tntel-Microsoft. LIM is the ac- ronym that stands for the developers of EMS (Expanded Memory Specifica- tion), which can allow any PC or AT op- erating in real mode to access up to 32MB of memory.

protected mode. Protected mode is a special multitasking feature of 80286, 80386, and higher CPUs. In this mode, your PC can run Windows 3.0, and it "sees" as much as 16MB of mem- ory at a time, all of which is accessible. Protected mode also allows the 80286 and 80386 machines to access the hard disk as if it were RAM DOS runs in real mode, not protected mode.

real mode. Real mode is the default for the 8088 and 8086 CPUs. The 80286 and 80386 CPUs are able lo run as a fast 8088 chip (real mode) or as a multi- tasking 16-bit chip (protected mode). As an 8088-emulating chip, the 80286 and 80386 have the same memory lim- itations (1MB) as the 8088.

UMB. Upper Memory Block. The upper memory area is located between 640K and 1MB. IBM used to call this area re- served memory. Expanded memory managers and programs such as 0£/W/Wand 386MAX use this area, di^ viding it into blocks into which you can load TSRs and device drivers high.

XMS. extended Memory Specification. XMS provides a way of managing ex- tended memory in much the same way as EMS 4.0 provides a way to manage expanded memory, It also allows ac- cess to the HMA. To use XMS, you need to install a device driver called HIMEM.SYS in your CONFIG.SYS file.

DISKS

cache. A cache is a special program that uses part of your PC's RAM to store the information your disk uses most often. With a cache, when the sys- tem requests data from a disk, there's a good chance the data (or part of it) will be in the cache. Since RAM ac- cess is much, much faster than disk ac- cess, a cache can make disk-intensive applications fly.

cluster. The File Allocation Table maps groups of sectors called clus- ters. A cluster is the minimum amount of storage space a file can use. For this reason, each file on a disk takes up at least one cluster. On 360K flop-

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documents are daz/.ling! And I did it all myself in a few minutes on my first day with GeoWorks Writer.

Hard to belie\c? Well, GeoWorks Writer is the complete word processor thai comes with over 45 templates for evctythinj^ from business forms to resumes to newsletters. Just customize one of (hem for j'owr busi- ness, that's all /did. I dropped in the words, and bingo. Beautiful. It wis even WYSIWG so there was no tinie-wiisting surprises. What I sa\^' on my screen was what came out in laser-quality, on my little printer.

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py disks, a cluster is two sectors or IK. On an average hard disk, a cluster is four sectors or 2K.

FAT. File Allocation Table, The FAT is an area on a DOS disk that comes di- rectly after the boot record. It contains information on all the sectors on the disk, and it maps the location of every file on the disk.

file attributes. Each file on a disk is marked as Read Only, Hidden, Sys- tem, Archive, or a combination of these. These file attributes are located with the other file information in the di- rectory With DOS's ATTRIB command, you can alter a file's attributes.

floppy. Floppy disks are thin, round, flex- ible disks housed inside a 5Vi-inch flat plastic housing. The sturdier 3V2-inch disks are also referred to as floppies.

ms. Millisecond, fvlilliseconds are com- monly used to measure the speed of hard disk drives. Common speeds are 65 ms for a 20MB drive, 28 ms for a 40MB, and 14 ms for a 110MB. The smaller the number, the faster the drive.

partition. Hard disks are divided log- ically into one or more areas called par- titions. Prior to DOS 4.0, if you had a hard disk larger than 32MB, you had to partition your drive with the DOS FDISK command. After partitioning, your drive will act as if it were two or more drives. The partition table is locat- ed on track 0 directly in front of the disk's boot sector.

root directory. After a disk's File Alloca- tion Table comes the root directory The root directory is like the table of con- tents. It stores the filenames, time and date stamp of latest update, starting clus- ter number, file size, and file attributes.

sector. Disks are divided in concentric circles called tracks, and each track is further divided into wedges called sec- tors. Sectors can be identified by the side of the disk they're located on, their track number, and the sector num- ber within the track. Although sectors can be any size, on PCs they're almost always 512K.

subdirectory. Before the introduction of DOS 2.0, all the files on the disk had to reside in the root directory The ability to create subdirectories solved this problem and made it possible to organ- ize a disk. The root directory is like a drawer containing folders. The folders are subdirectories, which contain oth- er folders or individual files.

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track. Tracks form concentric circles be- ginning with track 0 at the outer edge of the disk. The denser the medium (that is. the more information it can hold), the closer the tracks are togeth- er. A 5V4-inch floppy disk has a den- sity of 48 tracks per inch, or tpi; 3V2- inch floppies weigh in at 135 tpi.

volume label. When you format a disk, you have the option of giving it a name— a volume label. To give a flop- py disk a volume label, use the N op- tion when you format.

wildcards. Wildcards are special char- acters that stand for other characters, DOS uses the question mark C) and as- terisk (■) as wildcards. The asterisk stands for any number of characters of any kind, and the question mark stands for one character of any kind. Wildcard patterns can be useful when you want to execute a DOS command on several files at once. To copy all the files on a disk or in a current directory to a hard drive or another disk, enter COPY '." drive: at the DOS prompt.

VIDEO

CGA. Color Graphics Adapter. IBM in- troduced the CGA card as a way to bring color graphics to the PC. For its 320 X 200 pixel graphics screen, it add- ed pink and powder blue to the al- ready perfected black-and-white. CGA also provides a 640 x 200 pixel high- resolution graphics screen in black- and-white and text in 16 colors against a background that can be displayed in 8 colors.

EGA. Enhanced Graphics Adapter. A marked improvement over the CGA adapter, EGA can display 16 colors on a graphics screen of 320 x 200, 640 x 200, or 640 x 350 pixels, Although orig- inally released in a conliguration that on- ly provided 16 colors on a 320 x 200 pix- el screen, this limitation was overcome in response to consumer demands.

8514/A. The 8514/A graphics card, in- troduced in 1987 with the PS/2 l:ne of computers, provides an interlaced screen with a resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels. At this resolution, it provides 256 colors. Currently, it is only cne of many ultra VGA designs trying to estab- lish themselves as standards. Since the 8514/A hardware is expensive and very few programs make use of it, most users have been content wiih the various flavors of Super VGA.

EPS. Encapsulated PostScript, This ob- ject-oriented graphics format contains all the code necessary to print a graph- ics file on a PostScript printing device.

GIF. Graphic Interchange Format. This graphic standard was developed by CompuServe to provide a standard graphics format for online services. It is a compressed bitmapped format.

Hercules Graphics Adapter. The Hercu- les Graphics Adapter, also known as the HGA, is a modification of the MDA standard that allowed the card to dis- play very clean monochrome graphics at a resolution of 720 x 348 pixels as well as the crisp, clear character set of the MDA. This adapter dates from 1982. Interestingly, the Hercules Graph- ic Adapter was developed by Van Suwannukul so that he could write his doctoral thesis with the Thai alphabet.

IFF. Interchangeable File Format. IFF is a bitmapped format that's the standard graphics format on the Amiga and is al- so used on the PC by DeluxePaint.

interlaced. An interlaced screen is drawn twice. First it's drawn in one po- sition, and then it's shifted about half a pixel and redrawn. Using this tech- nique, it's possible to multiply the res- olution of a monitor. In comiputers, the interlaced screen appears to jump slightly, as if it has the jitters. This makes it unacceptable for word proc- essing and other detail work.

MCGA, Multi-Color Graphics Array. The MCGA was introduced to provide a col- orful graphics display for the low-end PS/ 2 machines. It's capable of producing graphics of 320 x 200 pixels in 256 col- ors from a palette of 262,144 colors.

MDA. Monochrome Display Adapter. In- troduced with the PC in 1981, this dis- play adapter could only display text, though the text it displayed was very clear. The reasoning behind this deci- sion was that the PC was aimed at busi- ness users and business persons were not interested in displaying graph- ics. It failed to revolutionize computer graphics and was quickly supplanted by the Hercules Graphics Adapter as the monochrome adapter of choice. If it had been capable of displaying graphics, it would have displayed 720 X 350 pixels.

PCX. This is a standard bitmapped graphics format for the PC, developed by Z-Soft. Most PC paint programs sup- port PCX, as do almost all bitmapped graphics applications. According to Z- Soft, PCX doesn't stand for anything, though Picture Exchange seems an ob- vious origin.

pixel. Picture element. A pixel is the smallest dot of color your video card

Before

GeoWorks

Designer.

After

GeoWorks

Designer.

' ' I can't believe how easy it was

10 look ihis ffwd. You see, before I dis- covered (ieoWorlvs Designer,'" my postei's were pathetic. But now, wow! Evenlliiiig 1 do looks gorgeous. It has style! Eiierjjy! it's red hot, a whole new me. Xnd 1 did it

all myself on my first day with GeoWorks Designer.

Skeptical? Well, GeoWorks Designer comes with over 70 templates for every- thing from hanners to flyers, greeting cards to newsletters. .'\nd it includes scads of clip an! Believe me. I'm no artist. All I did wa,s pop mv words into a template. Then, voila. C'est tres chic!! It was even WTSIWYG so there was no time-wasting surprises. What I saw on my screen was what came out looking !a.ser printed on my little dot matrix printer Witli no tigly jaggies!

Yes, GeoWorks Designer is the graphics program for people who want more than a Print Shop.'" It makes fast work of small

projects, but has all the features you need to get fancy. . . even its own award-winning* graphical environment that makes using it as easy as clicking a mouse. ,\nd if you think it's super alone, just wait until you see it working with the rest of the Personal Office Series team.

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can manage. Screens are defined by their dimensions in pixels.

resolution. Resolution refers to the num- ber of pixels available to reproduce an image on the screen. The higher the res- olution, the more pixels there are avail- able. Curves produced in a low resolu- tion like 320 X 200 have a stairstep appearance. They are obviously formed of short straight lines. A curve on a high-resolution screen will appear much smoother. Resolution is also used to describe printer dot density. Most laser printers can reproduce 300 dpi (dots per inch), making very smooth curves with only a few jaggies. A 300-dpi laser printer provides 90.000 dots per square inch. A 400-dpi laser printer can provide 160,000 dots per square inch, providing still higher reso- lution and smoother cur\/es,

Super VGA. Super Video Graphics Ar- ray. This was an enhancement of the standard VGA that allowed an 800 x 600 pixel screen displaying 16 colors

from a palette of 256. But barely was the standard set before manufacturers began to depart from it. Now virtually any board with capabilities beyond VGA might be called Super VGA.

TIFF. Tagged Interchangeable File For- mat. This bitmapped graphics stan- dard is rapidly becoming the graphics equivalent of ASCII. Nearly all high- end graphics programs can export and import TIFF files.

VGA. Video Graphics Array. This ad- vanced graphics adapter was intro- duced by IBM with its PS/2 iine of per- sonal computers. It's compatible with CGA, EGA, and MCGA. The adapter provides a wide assortment of display options, some of which are undocu- mented- Its highest resolution is 640 x 480 pixels, with 16 colors from a pal- ette of 262,144.

PRINTERS

dot-matrix. A dot-matrix printer is one that produces printouts by driving tiny

PC SLANG

bells and whistles. Features, often of lim- ited value, that are indiscriminately added to a program.

bogus. Somettiing that's fafse or doesn't work correctly. A false person is a bogon.

brain-damaged. Programs that behave rudely or strangely are brain-damaged,

bug. Something tfiat causes a program to crash or hang. The first bug was a real bug — a moth— that caused an early mod- el computer to act strangely.

bum. To enhance code by making it small- er This is unfortunately a lost art.

crash and burn. To fail or hang in a spec- tacular way.

feature. Often used sarcastically to refer to bugs in a program that can't be fixed. For example, "Oh, yeah, that screen of gar- bage is a feature,"

flaky. Said of programs and people. If they're erratic, they're flaky.

flame. To talk endlessly, and usually bof- ingly about something.

foo. From foobar, which is a corruption of fubar, a World War II acronym for Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition, or a slight var- iation thereof. Foo and Harare traditional programming variable names.

try. Synonym for crash and bum.

glitch. A bug.

grok. To understand in a deep way. From Heinlein's book Stranger in a Strange Land.

hacker. The word comes from the Tech tvlodel Railroad Club at MIT in the 1950s. A neat addition to a railroad was a hack. The term moved to computer jargon, where a neat programming feat was a hack. A hacker creates hacks. Hacker is used incorrectly by the popular press to mean people who break into computer sys- tems via telephone.

jock. This term used to signify someone who employed brute-force methods to solve programming problems. Today, a jock is an expert programmer.

kludge. Pronounced "klooj," this is a soft- ware or hardware patch that works but is conceptually (and sometimes physically) ugly.

nerd. Synonyms are weenie, techno-wee- nie. and dweeb. Computer jocks are often called nerds by noncomputer people. This is a mistake. Because of the pooular misconception, however, power users of- ten jokingly refer to themselves as nerds. Real nerds never know they are nerds, but you can usually spot them by their pocket protectors.

tweak. A small improvement that enhanc- es a program,

vaporware. Software that is publicized but which never appears.

—CLIFTON KARNES

hammers (called pins) against an in- ked cloth ribbon, leaving little dots on the paper beneath, from which graph- ics or text is formed on the page.

dpi. Dots Per Inch. This term is used to express the resolution of a printout from a laser printer. (VSost laser printers are able to print 300 dpi, though en- hancements are driving high-end laser printers up against the lower limits of typesetting machines (1200 dpi). DPI is also used to describe the sensftivity of a mouse to movement. See also ppi.

DTP. DeskTop Publishing. Desktop pub- lishing is a term coined by Paul Brain- erd at Aldus to describe the ability of an individual to create a typeset page at his or her desk, thus marrying the jobs of editor, typesetter, layout artist, and printer. With so many responsibili- ties, the desktop publisher must have multiple skills because amateur efforts in any of these areas stand out even to the untrained eye.

font. Technically, a font is an individual typeface in a particular style and of a par- ticular size. An example of a font is Times-Roman 12-point bold oblique. In computer and desktop publishing par- lance, Times-Roman is often called a font. Owing to the magic of scalable out- line fonts, an individual character can be changed almost infinitely m size from about 4 points to something in the hun- dreds of points, allowing variations of tenths or hundredths of points in be- tween. Italic (or oblique) type, boldface, underscore, and several other variations are called typestyles. Purists are disdain- ful of these corruptions of the ancient lan- guage of typesetters.

ink-jet. Ink-jet printers spray an image on paper in tiny droplets of water-solu- ble ink. Though they are billed as pro- ducing printouts indistinguishable from those of laser printers, the tenden- cy for the ink-jet nozzles to become clogged often results in telltale horizon- tal white lines through the image. Anoth- er drawback of ink-jet printers is the fact that the ink is susceptible to dam- age from moisture.

laser. Laser is an acronym standing for Light Amplification through Stimulated Emissions of Radiation. It's a very dense, concentrated light beam capa- ble of crossing great distances with lit- tle degradation of power. Lasers are at the heart of much of the most exciting computer technology, and they may soon drive computers themselves. They are the power behind bar code readers that have affected our daily lives from the checkout counter at su-

12 COt^PUTE APRIL 1992

Before GeoWorks Desktop^

After GeoWo Desktop.

■Si^ T*

I can't believe how easy it was to

get my hard disk, my plioiie numbers, my business. . .yes, my whole life organized. You see, before GeoWorks Desktop" I was a mess. Now, life is great! Everything's organized and in my computer Appoint-

ments, addresses, the works. GeoWorks Desktop makes using a computer so exsy, even/ can do it. So of course, my wife and kids have no trouble at all.

Impossible? Well, GeoWorks Desktop replaces that cryptic DOS C> prompt with an award-wiuiiing* grapiiical environment of menus and buttons diat you just point at with a mouse to get things done. For exam- ple, one click launches Lotus or any DOS program. And because it turns DOS direc- tories into pictures of file folders, Geo- Works Desktop can organize your hard disk in a flash. Just delete files you don't need by placing them in a "wastebasket," and organize the rest in neat, eai^-to-see »—— folders.

Yes, now I can find addresses, notes, appointments, and phone numbers fast. Because GeoWorks Desktop comes with a computerized calendar, notepad, address book and more. All of which are easier, faster, and smarter than my old paper ver- sions. And if you think it's easy alone, just wait until you see it working with the rest of the Personal Office Series team.

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VISTAPRO

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IS ROCKET FUEL FOR YOUR IMAGINATION!

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permarkets to the recordkeeping tech- nology at hospitals. Lasers have even been put to use in optical mice, laser printers, and hand scanners for import- ing graphic images. Laser printers use the laser beam to charge a light-sensi- tive coating on a drum in a manner sim- ilar to that of a photocopier. The drum is then exposed to charged toner par- ticles that cling to the drum. Paper with an even greater electrical charge is moved past the drum, and the parti- cles leap from the drum to the paper, which is then heated to a temperature high enough to melt and bond the ton- er particles to the paper.

PostScript. PostScript is an interpreted computer language from Adobe Sys- tems specially designed to make up pages, and thus it's known as a page- description language. When a page is created with PostScript, it's sent to the printer, not as a series of byte values to describe individual points on the page (which is how most graphics informa- tion is sent to printers), but as defini- tions of lines to be drawn, fonts to be used, and text to be printed in the spec- ified fonts, These instructions are then interpreted by the pnnter and, through the liardware of a laser printer or type- setter, turned into a printed page.

14 COMPUTE APRIL 1992

ppi. Points Per Inch. Dissatisfied with the standard means of expressing a mouse's sensitivity to movement in terms of dots per inch (dpi), Microsoft invented points per inch. It means ex- actly the same thing: the number of dis- crete positions that the optical sensors inside the mouse can count through a mouse movement of an inch.

typeface. Technically, a typeface de- scribes the appearance of a set of char- acters regardless of their size. Times- Roman 12-point and Times-Roman 14- point are different fonts in the same typeface. In computer and desktop piib- lishing parlance, typeface and fonfare often used to refer to the same thing. The two most popular typefaces are Times Roman and Helvetica.

typestyle. Typestyle is a new expres- sion created by desktop publishers to further describe the appearance of a font. Italic, boldface, shadow, outline, underline, super- and subscript, grayed, strikeout, and plain are the stan- dard typestyles.

COMMUNICATIONS AND PERIPH^ALS

AUX. Auxiliary. AUX is another way in DOS to refer to communications port 1 orCOf\/l1.

baud. Baud is a measure of the speed at which bits of information are sent or received over communications lines such as those used with a modem. Al- though the two don't mean the same thing, baud and bits per second (bps) are used interchangeably.

BBS. Bulletin Board System. A BBS of- fers a convenient way to communicate with fellow computer enthusiasts and ac- quire copies of programs, picture files, and so on via a modem. The pro- grams available on BBSs are usually shareware, which means you can try a program before you buy it.

COM. Connmuntcatjons. This is a DOS device name used in connection with serial ports and is usually reserved for communications with a modem. There are, however, serial printers, for exam- ple, that must be connected to the com- puter through a serial port. To connect a serial printer to the computer, the MODE command is used to tell the sys- tem where to find the printer. With DOS 3.3 or higher, four communications de- vices may be specified on one system, C0M1 through COM4.

CON. Console. CON refers to the key- board and monitor. When you're using

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CON for input, it refers to the key- board. For example, COPY CON > MYFILE.TXT copies everything you type at the keyboard up until a Ctrt-Z and writes it to the file MYFILE.TXT When used as output, CON refers to the screen. If you want to view the file you just created, you could view it with COPY MYFILE.TXT CON.

device. Any peripheral connected to a PC such as a mouse, printer, print buff- ers/spoolers, expanded memory boards, and so on can be called a de- vice. You usually tell your PC's system about devices by installing device driv- ers in your CONFIG.SYS file.

device driver. Device drivers are essential- ly special TSRs that handle the input and output between peripherals such as print- I ers or mice and the CPU of a computer. The standard device drivers include driv- ers for the keyboard, serial and parallel ports, and disk drives. You can install de- vice drivers in your CONFIG.SYS file with lines that begin DEVICE=.

game port. Game ports are for joys- ticks, and joysticks are most beneficial when used with arcade games. The game port may allow the use of one or more joysticks. Some cards come equipped with a game port, Most game ports are the 15-pin variety.

LPT. Line PrinTer. This DOS device name specifies which port is used to connect a parallel printer to the comput- er, As many as three line printers can be installed on one system: LPT1, LPT2, and LPT3.

modem. MOdulator-DEModulator. A mo- dem converts digital data to signals that can be transferred over audio trans- mission lines, most commonly phone lines. There are two types of modems, internal and external. An external mo- dem must be connected to a serial port. An internal modem is a serial port and a modem combined.

mouse. A mouse is an input device that supplements the keyboard and was first used as a pointer in CAD, paint programs, and other graphics applications. The mouse's power and flexibility soon warranted its use in oth- er environments such as database, spreadsheet, telecommunications, and desktop publishing. Most mice can be programmed for use with nonmouse applications.

NUL. Null. This is a DOS device used to hide output that usually appears on the screen. It can also be used with the CTTY command to hide all stan-

dard screen output during the execu- tion of a batch file.

parallel port. Parallel ports allow your computer to connect to devices such as printers that use parallel interfacing. Usually, parallel ports send information from the computer to an attached de- vice but don't receive information. A sys- tem with one paraltel port recognizes the port as LPT1. Information is proc- essed over eight wires, and each sig- nal arrives at the printer at the same time (that is, in parallel).

PRN. Printer. This is another DOS de- vice name used to refer to the printer connection. PRN can usually be used interchangeably with LPT.

RS-232. In 1969, the EIA (Electronic In- dustries Association) established a stan- dard of communications between com- puters known as RS-232. Under this standard, an interface can have up to 25 wires connecting two devices. Most of the pins or wires have been as- signed a function by the EIA standard. RS-232 is a serial standard, which means data bits are sent one after an- other. Devices that are connected with an RS-232 cable include external modems, mice, and serial printers.

serial port. A serial port lets you con- nect devices that communicate via a serial interface. Printers using an RS- 232 cable are one example. Other se- rial devices include modems, mice, and optical character readers. Unlike parallel ports, serial ports normally send and receive information. One sig- nal at a time is sent through the serial port, and the information is reassem- bled on the receiving end. O

WHERE TO FIND

MORE JARGON

Here are three sources that offer a wealth of computer-related words for those who want to learn even more jargon.

Computer Dictionary JoAnne Woodcock and others Microsoft Press 392 pages $19.95

Computer Glossary Alan Freedman Anacom 776 pages $24.95

The New Hacker's Dictionary Eric Raymond (editor) fillT Press 433 pages $10.95

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TEST LAB

It seems like only yesterday that computer mavens were oohing and aahing over the wonders of the IBM PC and computerizing their bookkeeping as easy as 1-2-3. Now we have more power, speed, and applica- tions on the desktop than we could've imagined, and the origi- nal IBM PC crawls compared to today's speed demons. (Remem- ber waiting for the old 4.77-MH2 IBM PCs to boot?)

Now the question isn't really whether you can afford a power desktop computer; its how much power you need and how you want it configured.

This month's Test Lab looks at 11 desktop computers — some of them 386SX systems running at 20 MHz, the rest 486DX ma- chines humming along at 33 MHz. Why these two groups? Be- cause 20-MHz 386SXS and 33- MHz 486DXS are, respectively, the new entry-level and state-of- the-art systems.

While everyone would prefer to buy the bigger, faster, more pow- erful systems, your pocketbook and needs will dictate the choice of a desktop. This month's Test Lab gives you reviews, bench- marks, and other relevant informa- tion to help you understand the technology and make an in- formed decision,

ALR POWERFLEX 20SX

It's a fact of life: Advances in new computer technology go hand in hand with obsolescence of the old. How do you combat comput- er obsolescence? ALR has taken a unique approach by creating a modular PC, and the ALR Power- Flex 20SX is a good example of this modular approach.

With a footprint of only 14% inches wide by 16y2 inches deep by 6V^ inches high, the PowerFiex 20SX offers lots of expansion room in this baby-AT case, A single SVa-inch high-den-

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The system includes five 16- bil expansion slots and one 8-bit slot, but since the VGA video card occupies one of the 16-bit slots, only four are available. Three megabytes of RAM was the configuration the review unit came supplied with, and this is ex- pandable to a maximum of SMB. The memory arrangement on the ALR PowerFiex is unique; The base memory of the motherboard is 1MB, which is composed of eight 256K x 4 DRAM chips. The additional 2MB of RAM comes in the form of 1MB SIMMs installed in two of the four SIMM sockets. By adding two more 1MB SIMfvls in the vacant sockets, you can reach the maximum configuration of SMB.

The intermixing of DRAMs and SIMMs is certainly an unconven- tional method of configuring RAM. but there is an explanation for it. The PowerFiex motherboard is, in reality, a 286 motherboard, which accounts for the DRAM mem- ory configuration. When the CPU is upgraded to a 386 in the com- puter's modular architecture, the SIMM sockets provide a conven- ient, economical, and space-sav- ing means of adding additional RAM to the base 1MB. ■

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ble through CPU module up- grades are the SX PowerFiex (386SX/16MHZ), the PowerFiex 20SX {the model reviewed here), the PowerFiex 20CSX (the 20SX with an additional 32K static cache RAM), and the PowerFiex 486ASX (a 486ASX/20MHz mod- ule with BK static cache RAM).

The documentation is good, al- though it attempts to cover all of the various configurations availa- ble for the PowerFiex in one main document, An Auxiliary System Configuration Guide covers your particular configuration.

MS-DOS 5,0 comes preloaded on the hard drive, and the system disks and manuals are also pack- ed with the system, as well as a utilities disk providing video driv- ers and other useful system files. A Super VGA FlexView 2X moni- tor, which came as part of the en- semble, provided comfortable viewing with good color satura- tion and image resolution.

While this modular approach may make good sense from an economic and manufacturing point of view, the PowerFiex 20SX's performance was consid- erably less than spectacular,

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The COMPAQ 386s/20N is a tiny desktop computer tliat packs a lot of power.

Like many computers on the market today, the COMPAQ has an all-in-one motherboard; the disk controller and other cards that would otherwise take up slots and add to the demands on the power supply are built into the motherboard of this COMPAQ. Consequently, COMPAQ can pack more computer compo- nents into a small area, and you can save on desk space. This model has one serial port, one par- allel port, and one VGA video port. If you find that your CAD pro- grams or large spreadsheets be- gin running a little slow, this com- puter supports an 80387 math coprocessor, which should help speed things up a little bit.

The 386S/20N comes with 2MB of RAM and can take up to 8MB using SIMMs (Single In-line Mem- ory Modules); just about any nov- ice should be able to expand the memory.

The case is very small — prob- ably the smallest case I've ever seen for a desktop mode!. With on- ly two expansion slots and one of them used by the modem shipped with this computer, you're left with only one open slot. These 16-bit slots should be able to handle just about any

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The video control adapter is ca- pable of providing 256 colors in 640 X 480 mode, which is pretty much standard these days. COM- PAQ includes a TSR program, ADAPT, that allows you to change a variety of video attributes from contrast to cursor size, all with the touch of a couple of keys.

The COMPAQ Video Graphics Color (VGC) monitor that came with this review system offers graphics resolution of up to 640 X 480 pixels and is capable of dis- playing up to 256 colors. It also

offers a VGA-compatible text res- olution of 720 X 400 pixels. On the front you'll find conveniently located controls, one for contrast and the other for brightness. While this review system came with a VGA monitor, I recommend a Super VGA monitor to take full advantage of the video control- ler's capabilities.

The basic 2400-baud modem that comes with this computer seems to be compatible with most communications software. I checked the computer with Pro- comm and Aladdin, for example, and the modem worked fine.

The keyboard feels heavy-duty; the keypress is somewhere be- tween a soft touch and a click. With a complement of 101 keys, this standard keyboard should meet the needs of most users.

If your computer needs are modest and you feel more com- fortable buying from a well- known manufacturer with a repu- tation for quality, this COMPAQ could be an excellent choice. And if you're interested in a work- station for your company net- work, the 386S/20N is, again, an excellent candidate.

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386/486 TEST

To test this montti's systems, the lab used C0f\;1PUTE's own benchmark program.

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color "washes" within outlined forms. Since the gradients must be calculated on the fly, this test is par- ticularly indicative of the system's float- ing-point calculation capabilities. The Windows tests time how long it takes to load a Windows application and a Windows-based paint applica- tion graphic from within Windows.

To guarantee accuracy and fair- ness to all systems tested, we ran each test three times, totally shutting down and rebooting each system in between each test pass to ensure that any on-board caching would not affect the results. We averaged the results of the three test passes and used the averaged figures for our reports.

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CUMULUS GLC 486DX/33

I'm partial to products manufac- tured right here in the good old U.S.A. — provided they measure up to their foreign-manufactured counterparts in quality and price. I'm delighted to report that the Cumulus GLC 486DX/33 not only measured up to but even sur- passed my somewhat jaded expectations!

Upon unpacking the box con- taining the CPU, I found a small American flag and a certificate which bore the signatures of the Cumulus personnel responsible for assembling, testing, perform- ing quality assurance checks, and packing the system. The signed certificate proclaimed that the GLC was "proudly de- signed, built, and tested in the U.S.A." So we were off to a good start, and the deeper I dug into the box, the better it got.

The GLC's low-profile CPU cab- inet (less than 4V2 inches tall) looks small but offers a surprising amount of expansion space thanks to excellent integration of the system board and essential I/O components. Four 16^bit ex- pansion slots (two full-length and two %-length) accommodate your peripheral boards. How

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MS-DOS 5.0 and Windows 3.0 are both supplied with the sys- tem, along with a Logitech two- button serial mouse. To handle input and output chores, the GLC comes equipped with a single par- allel port and dual serial ports in addition to a 512K VGA video card. An excellent 101-key key- board with a light but firm touch comes as standard equipment with the Cumulus GLC 486DX/ 33. The keyboard features audi- ble key click; 12 function keys; and illuminated Num, Caps, and

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Scroll lock indicators.

Both 5%-inch 1.2MB and BYa- inch 1.44IViB floppy drives are buitt into the unit, with an 84fv1B IDE hard drive handling the mass- storage requirements. No addition- al bays are available to accept ad- ditional drives, although a secon- dary 3y2-inch hard drive could conceivably be mounted within the cabinet.

The performance of the GLC is truly excellent, as evidenced by a Norton computing index rating of 72. The Intel 80486DX CPU is responsible for this blazing speed, and the chip's integrated math coprocessor handles even the most demanding number- crunching or CAD applications without a whimper. With 4MB of RAM, the GLC is armed and ready to do battle with the best of them.

An optional VGA monitor with .28-mm dot pitch was supplied with the system, and it was a pleas- ure to use. Colors were rich and vibrant, the screen's resolution was tight, and there was no color bleed— eye fatigue is not a proo- lem with the Cumulus monitor.

I found everything about the Cumulus GLC to be excellent; the qualify and care show through in every detail. The manuals sup- plied with the computer exempli- fy this in their organization and thoroughness. If you're thinking of moving up to a 486 machine, the Cumulus GLC is definitely worth your sehous consideration.

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Dell has a sterling reputation for producing high-performance, high-quality, dependable person- al computers, and the Dell 486D/ 33 is a prime example of why Dell has this reputation.

The 486D/33 uses a baby-AT case, measuring 6 inches tall by 16 inches deep by 16 inches wide. The excellent design and layout of the machine still provide plenty of room for expansion in this small-footprint case, however. Dell uses the 3yj-inch drive as A and the S'A-lnch drive as B, which is not the usual drive arrange- ment. A quick (14-ms average seek time) 82MB IDE hard drive Is mounted internally in the Dell ad- jacent to the power supply

The review unit came equipped with DOS 5.0 already installed on the hard drive; the Mi- crosoft manual and a rich assort- ment of excellent documentation also came packed with the sys- tem unit. Rather than packing the floppy disks containing DOS 5.0 with the system, however, Dell in- cluded a utility called Dell Disk- ette Librarian on the hard drive. It facilitates making the three 3/?- inch 720K backup disks for the DOS system and ui ty files.

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4MB of RAM, expandable to 64MB via four SIMM sockets on the motherboard. Dell offers real innovation in memory expansion, since only four SIMM sockets are provided but 1 fVlB, 4MB, or 16MB SIMMs can be used in any com- bination to provide configurations of4, 5, 6. 8, 9, 10, 12, 16, 17, 18, 20, 24, 32. 33, 34, 36, 40, 48, or 64 megabytes.

The heart of the Dell 4860/33 is the Intel i486DX CPU. which zips along at 33 megahertz and tallies a Norton computing index rat- ing of 71.2, The i486 has its own internal math coprocessor, which really speeds up number-crunch- ing and other math-intensive appli- cations like CAD, Dell doesn't pro- vide a socket for a Weitek 4167

math processor, but since this chip is usually used only to speed up intensive floating-point calcula- tions, it won't be missed by the vast majority of users.

A Dell 14-inch UitraScan Super VGA monitor came with the PC, and its crisp, well-defined images and colors make it one of the nicest VGA monitors supplied for review here.

Dell offers probably the best and most complete documenta- tion I've encountered with any PC system. Exceptionally well-written and thorough, it also provides an index that gets you to the exact section you need in a minimum amount of time. In addition to the main User's Guide, the other sup- plied documents Include a Diag- nostics and Troubleshooting Guide, a Getting Started booklet, a booklet on the hard disk, and booklets entitled Documentation Update, Dell-Installed Software Us- er's Guide, and Software Support Utilities. While these documents provide invaluable technical infor- mation, they are accessible and unintlmidating — written in lan- guage that even a novice user will find understandable.

Quality, clarity, and support make the Dell 486D/33 a real con- tender. I give it my highest rating.

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GATEWAY 33MHZ 486

With a 200MB hard drive, 8MB of RAM, and a Super VGA monitor, the Gateway 33MH2 486 is a pow- erhouse. Better still, it offers you plenty of room to grow.

The review unit from Gateway came with a Micronics mother- board and a Phoenix BIOS. I've never run into any compatibility problems with Micronics mother- boards, and the five available 16- bit expansion slots (out of seven) should be more than adequate for the expansion needs of most users. Although floating-point math calcuiation capabilities are built right into the 486 processor, there's a slot available for a Weitek math coprocessor if your number-crunching needs are tru- ly enormous and you decide to get one later. Most users will never need that option.

Looking for lots of memory? You can expand the computer's standard 8MB of RAM up to 32MB on the system board — even more with a 32-bit memory expansion slot.

The huge case on the Gate- way 486 reminds me of the old full-size cases of yesteryear. Three of its bays are exposed, al- lowing for two floppy drives and one other drive requiring front ac- cess. This Gateway sports a

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The keyboard has function keys both across the top and down the left-hand side of the key- board, and it offers other program- mable functions.

Gateway's Crystal Scan 1024NI noninterlaced Super VGA monitor provides quick screen re- freshes with very little or no flick- er, and this monitor compares fa- vorably with other Super VGA monitors I've looked at.

The video card that comes with the Gateway 486 is a Speed- Star with a Tseng Labs video con- troller. The one meg of RAM on

the video card allows you to throw 256 colors at one time up on the screen with no problems in Super VGA mode.

One thing many people seem to overlook when they buy com- puters is serviceability With this computer, if any one component goes, you can easily replace the part yourself, or your local serv- ice center can replace the part for you.

The Gateway 486 comes with Microsoft Windows 3,0 and MS- DOS 5.0 — enough to get you up and running. While that's not as much software as other packag- es offer, by the time you pur- chase a 486-based machine, chances are you're experienced with computers and either have just the applications you need or know precisely what you'd like to buy.

This computer would make an excellent choice as a networl^ file server. Another good use would be as a stand-alone in a CAD en- vironment. With the power of the 486 Micronics board and the stor- age capacity of the 200MB hard drive, drawings should come up in no time. With all it has to offer, this computer should please any power-hungry user looking for a high-performance system.

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KRIS SYSTEM 48E-3

If you like powerful PCs with plen- ty of room for adding drives and peripheral cards, then you're bound to [ove the KRIS SYSTEM 48E-3 provided for this review.

This KRIS system gives you EI- SA (Extended Industry Standard Architecture) rather than ISA{lndus- try Standard Architecture). The full 32-bit EISA bus can accommo- date standard 8-bit and 16-bit pe- ripheral cards as well as dedicat- ed 32-bit EISA cards. EISA is the hardware platform of tomorrow that is fast becoming a favorite to- day, since it offers much faster bus- processing speeds and expan- sion significantly beyond what is possible with ISA motherboards.

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The RAM cache is an extremely use- ful feature in today's 386- and 486- based PCs that, unfortunately, is fre- quently misunderstood-

A cache is a section of memory separate from the main system mem- ory It works by intercepting repeti- tive tasks and data and holding them for immediate access when needed. As your computer process- es information, going to the cache is much faster than going to the disk. So in addition to reducing the amount of hard drive access re- quired to fetch this data, the cache greatly increases a system's overall information-processing speed.

Many vendors offer external cach- es on their higher-end 386 models, and cache sizes typically range from 32K up to 256K. Separate memory chips (usually DRAMs) are required for populating the cache sockets, and the cost per kilobyte of RAtVI with these can be rather expensive compared to the cost of SIMtvls (Sin- gle In-Line Memory modules).

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The 486 systems have a giant head start over 386 systems, since there's a built-in 8K RAM cache inte- grated right into the i486 CPU itself and almost every 486 system pro- vides sockets for additional external caching as well. While the 8K cache doesn't sound tremendous, in reali- ty the i486's built-in 8K cache has the same power and capacity as a 32K external cache. The reason is that Intel's i486 chip uses four-way set-associative architecture.

Here's how the chip architecture works. Typical 32K external caches are usually two-way set-associative, which means that they do compara- tive data associations (comparing the data stored In RAM with that cur- rently being requested by the user or program at that instant) using bid- irectional processes, as opposed to the i486's quad-process method. In practical terms this means that the i486 can find and use RAM-cached data faster and more efficiently— on a consistent basis— than external

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A 1MB VGA video card in the review machine was connected to a 14-inch Super VGA monitor. I found the display bright and easy to view for extended peri- ods; the colors were rich and vi- brant, and the screen's resolution was quite good.

A single parallel port and dual serial ports are provided for the I/O functions, and again the KRIS Tower surprised me. I ex- pected to find 9-pin serial ports (the usual configuration used on 286 and higher machines), but in- stead I found the older 25-pin D connectors for the serial ports. This necessitated using a 25-pin to 9-pin adapter to connect my trusty Microsoft mouse for use dur- ing the review.

The KRIS SYSTEM 48E-3 has a lot going for it, especially its Ex- tended Industry Standard Archi- tecture. It would certainly provide a good starting point for anyone looking for a machine that won't be obsolete for many years to come and that offers plenty of room for future expansion,

TOM BENFORD

Circle Reader Service Number 31)6

28 COMPUTE APRIL 1992

LUCKY 486/33

The Lucky 486-33 has a rather iarge AT-style case (21 inches wide X 16% inches deep x 6'/2 inches high) with plenty of room for drives and other peripherals.

The review unit was outfitted with both 3'/2-inch and 5'/i-inch high-density floppy drives as well as a 122MB IDE hard drive. An additional half-height drive bay is accessible from the front of the machine, and another half- height drive bay is available in- side the system for mounting an additional hard drive. The five- bay configuration is the accept- ed standard format for full-size AT- style cases like this one.

There are eight 16-bit expan- sion slots built into the mother- board, but only six of these slots are vacant, since the I/O board and video board occupy two of them. Four of the six available can handle full-length cards, while the other two can accommo- date only half-length cards.

A 1MB Super VGA card pro- vides plenty of video power for the ViewSonic 6 Super VGA col- or monitor supplied with the sys- tem, and color rendition is excel- lent. Video resolution on the .28- mm dot pitch display is crisp with no ghosting or image lag.

You can expand RAM to a max- imum of 16MB using 1MB SIMMs or up to 64MB using 4MB SIMMs in the motherboard's 16SIMMsock- ets. A socket is also provided for

a Weitek floating-point math coprocessor on the motherboard, but the 1486 CPU's on-board math coprocessor should prove to be more than adequate in the vast ma- jority of applications.

MS-DOS 5.0 came already load- ed on this review system's 124MB Maxtor IDE hard drive, which posted an average seek time of 15.21 milliseconds but a disappointing data transfer rate of only 321,6 kilobytes per sec- ond. While the system itself is a very fast performer (clocking in with a Norton computing index val- ue of 71 .2), the drive brought the Norton overail performance index down to 48.9; a faster drive would undoubtedly improve the overall performance, especially with disk-intensive applications.

The only real weak spot in this Lucky package is documenta- tion. Individual manuals were sup- plied for the Micronics 486 moth- erboard, the IDE-BUS Multi I/O card, the Micro Labs Ultimate VGA card, and the monitor itself. Lucky's generic user manual, Get- ting Started with Your LSI Comput- er, provides very general informa- tion which could apply to virtuaily any PC rather than specifically to the Lucky 486-33. While the ded- icated manuals are excellent in pro- viding very technical information about the specific components they apply to, they probably won't be too helpful to novice users.

On the plus side, the Lucky seems to be a well-built unit which should give you many years of trouble-free service while providing plenty of room for expansion as your needs grow.

TOM BENFORD

Circle Reader Service Number 3D7

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A minitower case measuring 7% inches wide by 16 inches tall by 16 inches deep houses the re- view system. It's about the same size as a baby-AT case turned on its side.

The review unit came config- ured with 5'/4-inch and S'/s-inch high-density drives, an 84MB IDE hard drive, and a Super VGA card with 256K on board (expand- able to 1MB), A DigiView HR- 1428 high-resolution Super VGA monitor with .28-mm dot pitch was also provided, along with a Z-Nix two-button serial mouse, MS-DOS 5.0, and Windows 3.0.

The minitower case provides lots of room for expansion with two half-height 5'A-inch drive bays and a 3 '/2-inch drive bay available. Of the six bus slots, four 16-bit expansion slots were vacant, and the mu!ti-l/0 and video cards occupied the other

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The Micro Generation system turned in consistently good limes for all the test applications. The CPU earned a 14 on the Norton computing index while the 84MB Western Digital IDE hard disk re- ally flew along. This drive was a real surprise with an average seek time of 12.55 milliseconds and a data transfer rate of 642 ki- lobytes per second. The combi- nation of fast CPU, 4MB of RAM, and this superquick drive makes it perform more like a 25-MHz DX machine than an SX/20. If you need — or want — more computing power, you can expand the RAM up to a maximum of 16MB direct- ly on the motherboard using 256K. 1MB, or 4MB SIMMs,

Because each system is built

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to customer specs from various components, no standardized us- er's manual comes with the Micro Generation systems; instead, the dedicated manuals (or booklets) for the various components are provided. While this isn't the best way to supply documentation (es- pecially for novice users), the in- formation contained in these doc- uments is generally complete.

The minitower case features an illuminated display on its front pan- el with a dual-digit LED display of the CPU speed (20MHz/10MHz), which you can select either via the keyboard or by depressing the Tur- bo button located just below the dis- play Also included on this display panel are lights signifying power- on and turbo-on status. A smoked plastic pull-down dust cover pro- tects the drive compartments when they aren't in use.

If you're looking for a 20-MHz 386 desktop computer that has everything you need for today and gives you room to grow for to- morrow, investigate this system from Micro Generation.

TOM BENFORD

Circle Reader Service Number 308

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NEC POWERMATE SX/20i

There are plenty of 20-MHz 386SX desktops on the market, but this one gives you quality com- ponents and a graphics coproces- sor for speedier graphics.

The NEC PowerMate SX/20i comes with a Phoenix BIOS, Tseng Labs video controller, and Western Digital chip set. To meet your expansion needs, it also comes with four 16-bit expansion slots and an 80387 math coprocessor socket. The stan- dard 4MB RAM (expandable to 26MB) and 65MB hard disk should be adequate for most us- ers. If the system's one 3'/s-inch floppy drive isn't enough, there are two more drive bays where you could add another floppy drive, a tape backup system, or a CD-ROM drive.

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standard 8 MHz of most cards. As a result, you can operate in Su- per VGA mode and display 256 colors without sacrificing perform- ance. At the same time, since this new technology takes some of the heat off the main proces- sor, your whole system should op- erate faster.

With this system, you also get software— DOS 5.0, Windows 3,0, and PFS: Windows Worlds, which includes a word processor, spreadsheet, database, and more. Realize, however, that al- though you get the Windov/ Works software, you do not get Spinnaker's printed documenta- tion; for that, you must send in $35.00, However, NEC does in- clude its own brief documentation, and there is documentation built in- to the software itself. Whether you need to spend the extra money on Spinnaker's manual depends on how much experience you have with this kind of software.

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The microprocessor may be the "brains" of a computer, but it lakes more than brains to move and manip- ulate information. That's why comput- ers with identical microprocessors can turn in quite different performances. Lesson: It pays to understand how the parts of a com- puter affect overall performance.

A hard drive, for example, can af- fect performance in a dramatic way. Slow read/write access times can keep an otherwise speedy comput- er from working up to its full poten- tial, Thai's why the industry offers all kinds of ways to keep the drive from slowing down the flow of informa- tion. For example, optimization soft- ware reorganizes disk information in- to contiguous areas so that the read/ write heads don't waste time search- ing out the contents of a file, and disk caches hold the most frequent- ly accessed information in memory

FACTORS

so that you avoid accessing the disk more often than is necessary.

RAf\4 speed can also affect per- formance; that's why you often find the speed of the RAM listed among the system specs. Static RAM offers a faster cache than the more con- ventional DRAM. If you run Windows, you should find that extra RAM speeds your applications along.

A coprocessor can provide con- siderable speed gains in calculation- intensive applications by allowing the microprocessor to work on oth- er tasks. One advantage of the 486DX is that this extra number- crunching capability is built right in- to the 486 chip.

The bottom line: Compare the benchmark performances, and think carefully about what applica- tions you'll be using and how much speed you'll actually need.

-MIKE HUDNALL

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WYSE DECISION 486/33

The Wyse Decision 486/33 is based on the Intel i486 CPU, which has an integrated math coprocessor. This muscular CPU. when coupled to other quality com- ponents, leaves little to be de- sired in computing performance.

The Decision has a standard desktop case approximately 17 inches wide by ^6V2 inches deep by 6 inches tall, so it doesn't take up an inordinate amount of space on your desk- top. This case provides plenty of room for internal expansion op- tions, and that's important for us- ers who intend to add peripher- als and accessories as needed in the future. With the video and I/O cards in place, there are still six full-length expansion slots avail- able— four 16-bit and two 8-bit.

A socket for an optional Weitek 4167 floating-point math coprocessor is also provided on

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the motherboard, although the built-in coprocessing power of the 486 should be pienty for most users. The standard configuration for the system consists of 2MB RAM. It can be ex- panded to a maximum of 16MB directly on the mother- board using either 1 MB or 4MB SIMMs. A 128K static RAM cache augments the internal BK cache built into the i486 CPU, which operates at either 33~MHz or 8-MHz clock speeds,

The review unit came with a 210MB hard disk that performed admirably, yielding an average seek time of 16.5 milliseconds and a data transfer rate of over 700 ki- lobytes per second. This very fast hard drive perfectly complements the i486 chip, which is no slouch in the performance department — the Norton computing index for the Decision 486 is a blistehng 72.1. One 3y2-inch 1.44MB floppy drive came with the Decision 486

I reviewed. There are two front- access half-height drive bays, so you can install an additional drive — floppy, hard, or CD-ROM.

MS-DOS 5.0 is the operating system supplied with the Wyse De- cision 486, and the software was preinstalled on the hard disk as received. The complete DOS man- uals and disks are also packed with the unit as well as a setup/ test/utilities disk for changing sys- tem parameters and options.

The documentation provided with the Decision 486 is excellent in its scope and organization. A thorough index makes locating specific sections in the manual easy, and the text is written in an easy-to-understand style.

The 14-inch color monitor sup- plied with my review unit, the Wyse Model WY-670, offers crisp resolution and bright colors with no image lag or ghosting. Since the video card had only 51 2K RAM on it {it can be expanded to 1MB), it wasn't possible to run the video in Super VGA (1024 x 768) mode.

While there are some areas that could be improved or en- hanced (like adding more video RAM and a second floppy drive), overall the Wyse Decision 486 is a well-constructed machine that provides excellent performance.

TOM BENFOHD

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TEST LAB

ZEOS 486-33

This ZEOS 486-33 really zooms. It packs enough power and expan- sion capability to meet the de- mands of just about any comput- er user, and you have the comfort of knowing it's a ZEOS.

With this 486 review system, I got 4MB of RAM, an 88MB hard drive, Lotus 1-2-3 for Windows, Windows 3.0, DOS 5.0, and Ami Pro. ZEOS offers a variety of op- tions with its systems, so be sure to check with the manufacturer to see how you might configure your system.

Opening the case on this com- puter reveals a spacious interior with drive bays galore. This is the way i like to see a computer. There really isn't any way you could outgrow the case. This com- puter is expandable up to 32MB of RAM and offers seven expan- sion slots, one of which is a stan- dard 8-bit slot.

The serial ports are built into the motherboard; I really prefer a separate I/O card for easier re- pairs in case of problems. In this particular system, however, the in- tegration of the ports into the sys- tem board is not a problem — if one of the on-board ports fails, all you have to do is install a $45 I/O card, and you still have six slots left. Although I haven't had a lot

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of experience with Award BI- OS, I would have to assume that if ZEOS is going to use it on a high-end system, it will work. There's no math coprocessor socket, but the 486 chip has its own copro- cessor built right in. On the hot- test of days, the centrally located power supply should keep this ma- chine running cool, and its 300 watts should handle any and all devices you could install.

Having Super VGA and a SpeedSTAR VGA card really speeds up graphics-intensive soft- ware packages like Windows an6 the rest of the software packaged with the ZEOS 486-33 computer. This SpeedSTAR VGA board has a VGA controller manufactured by Tseng Labs, one of the lead- ing VGA controller manufactur- ers, and you should find that it pro- vides trouble-free operation with few, if any, software compatibility problems. With its 1MB of RAM, the adapter is capable of support-

ing 256 colors m 1024 X 768 mode.

The monitor that came with this ZEOS 486-33 review system is a 14-inch noninterlaced Super VGA with a .28 dot pitch, which is fast becoming the standard in moni- tors today, If you spend much of your day staring at your computer screen and need to give your eyes a break, I recommend this dot pitch; it's easy on the eyes. As I pushed the monitor to the limit, there was nary a flicker. The con- trols of this CTX monitor are con- veniently located on the front.

The ZEOS 486-33 appears to be a well-manufactured machine offering the best of everything to the purchaser who spends the few extra dollars to buy a quality machine. If you need a high-pow- ered system backed by a quality company, take a close look at this computer. With its ease of serviceability and expansion ca- pabilities, the power-hungry should not outgrow this machine for some time to come.

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High fashion has finally trick- led down to the world of per- sonal computing. Now you can have your computer's cov- erings— including those of the monitor, mouse, and key- board—tailored to your person- al specifications. Advertising its products as "the cure for the common clone," Personal Enclosures of Phoenix, Arizo- na, says designer PCs, the ul- timate in conspicuous con- sumption, are the wave of the future — so the company builds customized casings for computers and peripherals.

Whether you want a mahog- any slimline, a dark maple desktop, or a stark white futur- istic model. Personal Enclo- sures says it can customize casings to almost any specifi- cations using a variety of ma- terials and colors. For deal- ers, three predesigned mod- els are currently available: Stealth Biack, Natural Oak, and Southwestern Copper.

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Collector Series Software

Deciding which computer to buy when there are so many choices is difficult enough for a lot of home PC users. Add to that the time and energy re- quired to thoroughly research and decide upon software, and choosing a PC system be- comes a major undertaking.

Leading Technology is hop- ing to lighten the task of choos- ing software by offering its cus- tomers packages of best-sell- ing software bundled accord- ing to theme — children's edu- cational software, for exam- ple— and with significant sav- ings over v/hat the programs would retail for individually

Collector Series Software features six separate subti- tles: Pre-School Learning, Grammar School Learning, High School Learning. Enter- tainment. Personal Home Man- ager, and Business Manager. Each package features six best-selling programs. For in- stance, the Grammar School Learning package includes Su- per Spellicopter and Designa- sauras //from Britannica Soft- ware, 2nd Math and PCcray- on from Stone & Associates, The Spy's Adventures in North America from fvlerit Soft- ware, and Once upon a Time from Compu-Teach,

Collector Series Soft- ware packages are avail- able Vifherever Leading Technology computers are sold. For more infor- mation, contact Lead- ing Technology, 10430 SW Fifth Street. Beaver- ton, Oregon _3 97005-3447; (800) 999- 5323 or (503) 646-3424.

The Radio Shack House

With crime statistics soaring in even the sleepiest ail-Amer- ican towns, home security is much on people's minds. And what better tool to keep your home secure than your PC? What's more, buying the nec- essary software is now as easy as visiting your local Ra- dio Shack store.

Radio Shack has simplified home security with its Automat- ic House Companion soft- ware, which is designed for home PC users to set and con- trol home lights, appliances, and security devices.

The software includes Ra- dio Shack's Plug 'n Power computer interface, which works with individual Plug 'n Power remote modules, wire- less devices like motion detec- tors, door sensors, window sensors, and appliance con- trols that physically carry out instructions from the software. Automatic House Companion can be programmed to con- trol up to 128 separate timer events for up to 256 modules.

The program runs on any Tandy or DOS-compatible PC and requires Des!<Mate ver- sion 3.0 or higher, Desl<Mate. Tandy's graphical interface for PCs, guides the user through the three main func- tions of the Automatic House Companion software: Floor Plan, Routine Maker, and Schedule f\/lanager.

Floor Plan allows you to cre- ate an onscreen floor plan of your house on which you po- sition icons representing elec- trical devices in various rooms. Each icon and its cor- responding remote module is assigned a combination letter and number code.

Routine Maker allows you to group together events you want to occur on a daily ba- sis— for example turning on the lights and the television set in the den before you ar- rive home from work in the eve-

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Schedule Manager sched- ules days, times, and actions for individual devices or for rou- tines set up with Routine Mak- er. Schedule Manager also fea- tures a security mode that var- ies on-off times by as much as 30 minutes — on a random basis — to make your home ap- pear occupied at all times.

One very convenient fea- ture of the Plug 'n Power inter- face is that once it has been programmed, you can detach it from your computer and op-

erate it independently, freeing your PC for other tasks.

The Automatic House Com- panion application software (which comes packaged with the Plug 'n Power computer interface) is available through Radio Shack's Consumer Mail Center for $69.99. Plug 'n Power remote modules can also be purchased through the Center. You can order these and any other items available from the Consumer Mail Center through your local Radio Shaci<; store.

Step into My Virtual Parlor

The folks at Spectrum HoloBy- te have entered into an agree- ment with W Industries of Lei- cester, England, and Horizon Entertainment of St. Louis, Mis- souri, to create software for W's Virtuality entertainment sys- tem. Horizon is the system's U.S. distributor. The newly

formed enterprise, called Cy- berStudio, will have exclusive rights to develop and distrib- ute software for Virtuality sys- tems in the U.S. and Mexico. And what better company to tackle such an endeavor than Spectrum HoloByte? It's the simulation software devel- oper that continues to pro- duce topnotch entertainment packages like Falcon 3.0 and Flight of the Intruder.

Virtuality is actually more than an entertainment sys- tem. A better description would be a type of holodeck — one step be- yond the Brain- storm head- sets that took Natalie Wood and Christo- pher Walken to the outer lim- its yet much less sophisti- cated than the holodeck seen on the Enter- prise in the TV program "Star Trek: The Next Generation."

Still, Virtuality makes regu- lar computer games look prim- itive by comparison. Accord- ing to Spectrum HoloByte CEO Gilman Louie, "Virtuality represents a quantum leap in entertainment technology and should be considered the rec- reation vehicle of the 1990s and beyond. With this sys- tem, any world or fantasy can be created to totally immerse the user in an extraordinary sensual experience." Horizon president Andy Newman agrees, "Virtual reality is the ul- timate entertainment adven- ture. Anything that can be imagined is possible. Once the Virtuality units are in place, videogame playing will never be the same."

If all this sounds pretty heady, it is. Equipped with special headsets, gloves, and joysticks, players either sit or

stand inside the Virtuality deck, where they're thrust into a 3-D computer-generated world that tricks the senses through stereoscopic depth vi- sion, full-color visuals, quadra- phonic sound, and 360-de- gree action. The expehence is so real that, according to one player, "the line between reali- ty and illusion is dissolved."

While Cybervision will first modify and enhance some cur- rent Virtuality titles, the compa- ny will develop original titles as well, the first of which should be ready by early 1993. Also, Spectrum HoloBy- te's entire Electronic Battle- field series will be converted to Virtuality, beginning with the Falcon 3.0 flight simulator.

Virtuality systems were scheduled to iSegin appear- ing in malls last December. Game time costs a dollar per minute, with most games tak- ing about three minutes to play. As the technology be- comes more commonplace, the price will probably go down, but this is as ctose as most of us can get to true 3- D virtual reality today.

Since virtual reality is still in its infancy you can expect to see some pretty fantastic up- shots from this system once it's firmly grounded in the mall- arcade landscape. Expect to be able to star in your own in- teractive movie someday or to take a walk through time for a true history lesson. Talk about escapism!

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38 COMPUTE APRIL 1992

In Br0derbiind's Living Books, you meet the most animated characters.

Click on the chimney and it puffs out smo!<e.

ClicIt on this window and wat(e up Grandma's dog.

Ciick on the mailbox and see what comes out!

Click on Little Critter and he talks to Grandma.

Click on Grandma's magic purse and hear what's inside.

Click on this flower and a bee buzzes out to bug Little Critter.

id you ever wish you could step into your favoiite childhood story? With Br0derbund's Living Boo/cs, your children can. And Qiey'U discover a fresh new way to read.

Living Books activate the power of your CD-ROM player: Lively anima- tions, talking characters, sound effects

Click on the page number to go back to the beginning

and music all combine to bring stories \'ibrantly to life. What's more, many Uving Books will contain foreign language transla- tions, as well as the English version.

Exploring the text as well as the pictures, children learn words, phrases and complete sentences. Instead of listening pas- sively, they become acUve participants in the story.

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Just Grandma and Me

from [/te book by Mercer Mayer Little Critter and his Grandma go to the beach and have a series of acK'enturtjs. Little Critter rides a wind-blown umbrella, meeLs same talented starfish, goes snorkeling, and much more! Includes English, Spanish and Japanese. For Macintosh. MPC version available 111 April 1992.

Click on the nest and wake the baby bird.

Click on the tree and a bluebird flies down to scare the cow.

Click on the cow and il moos.

Click here and the fence comes alive.

Click on the ball and the sentence is read aloud.

Click on any word and hear it pronounced.

Click on the page turn and the bus comes to pick up Grandma and Little Critter to take them to the next page.

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My wife works out of our home for a local newspaper. She would like to take on more work with them, taking informa- tion for ads in the paper.

We would like to be able to communicate with the system there via modem. We've been told by several sources within the company that this would not be possible. These same people can't tell us what an Atex is. They asked us to bring in our computer so they could use some of our data files. We don't have a modem currently and don't know what is involved in us- ing one.

Could you enlighten us as to what an Atex is and wheth- er it's possible to work from our home via modem?

PETER CACOPARDO GEBMANTOWN. MD

Atex is a hardware/software combination for professional typesetting. COMPUTE recent- ly abandoned Atex in favor of a PC-based system, so we 're all very familiar with Atex. Many of us worked from hiome via modem after fiours or wtien inclement weailier prevented us from getting to work.

Atex is based on a minicom- puter, but it works with ASCII files just like your personal computer All the paper would need to do is install a modem to let you communi- cate with Atex. A modem is a very useful thing for a paper to have, it allows reporters to file stories instantly from re- mote locations and free- lancers to work from their homes.

Installing a modem and tel- ecommunications software shouldn't cost you more than $200 and could cost less than $tOO. See your dealer

The modem that attaches to Atex — and the software to support it — would come from

Atex Corporation, the compa- ny that makes and maintains Atex. and might cost consid- erably more. (Ours cost $3,000 and required that a technician come to Greens- boro to install it.)

Incidentally if the paper is interested in purchasing some Atex terminals and oth- er hardware, have them give us a call. We might be able to v/ork out a good price.

Cold Hord Disk

When I first turn on my comput- er, I get a message that says HARD DISK FAILURE PRESS F1. When I press F1, nothing happens, If I leave the comput- er on for 15 minutes and then reboot, it will come up and work normally. When I turn it off long enough to cool down, it again requires a 15- minute warmup, The drive has been high- and low-level formatted since the problem started. It won't even boot from a floppy until it has warmed up.

CHARLKSW GRAHAM HAIvlPTOM. VA

The first recommendation would be to low-level format the drive on the theory that the tracks and the heads ar- en't in proper alignment until the disk has a chance to warm and expand slightly Since you've already tned that and since your computer won't boot from a floppy, it's likely that one or more of your chips has begun to fall, either on the controller or on your motherboard.

If you have a friend with a similar drive, you might try swapping another controller board in to see whether that clears up the problem. If not, it would be a good idea to take the machine in to a com- petent repair facility

tvleanwhile, consider run- ning the machine continuous- ly. If you leave the machine

on and shut off the monitor, the computer uses very little power, and you'll always have access to it.

More Education

t liked your articfe about ed- ucation via computer confer- encing (September 1991) and plan to contact some of the listed organizations. I'm currently taking classes through the American Open University. I've also taken classes through the Electron- ic University Network {EUN} lo- cated in San Francisco. EUN is associated with a number of institutions throughout the U.S. including Edison College in New Jersey.

NEIL SERDINSKY MILFORD CT

Mystery Driver

I've heard of ANSI. SYS, but what's TANSI.SYS, which my system uses? Also, how do I copy disks on my 1 .2MB high- density disk drive so my friends can read them on their 360K drives?

RAYMOND ROBIDOUX CORNWALL. ON. CANADA

ANSI. SYS is a device driver that makes your screen be- have in a standard manner so that programmers don't have to worry about inconsisten- cies in displays. This driver is named for the American Na- tional Standards Institute, which had a hand In develop- ing this generic terminal-con- trol language.

Device drivers such as TAN- SI.SYS or FANSISYS are en- hancements that take AN- SI. SYS a few steps further These drivers, which often come with video hardware, do everything that ANSI.SYS does, plus they tap into the ex- tended features of the hard- ware. For example. ANSI.SYS can handle text-mode dis- plays of up to 80 characters per line. Some hardware, how-

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ever, is capable of 132-character lines, and the extended ANSI driver sup- plied with that hardware would ad- dress problems related to that extend- ed capability.

For Information about exactly what the TANSI.SYS driver does In your sys- tem, consult the documentation for your video board.

Getting data from high-density drives to low-density disks is possible, but it doesn't always work well. IHigh- denslty drives use more power, allow- ing them to read and write narrower tracks of data. For example, a 5'A-inch high-capacity drive writes 80 tracks (di- vided into 15 sectors each) of Informa- tion on a disk while a double-density drive writes only 40 tracks of 9 sectors each.

It's possible to format a disk on a high-capacity drive with only 40 tracks using the/4 switch in the FORMAT com- mand. The resulting disk, however, has 40 narrow tracks. A standard 360K disk drive, which has a less powerful read/write mechanism, may or may not be able to read the information on those narrow tracks.

Therefore, to copy files for your friends, be sure to use disks formatted with only 40 tracks. Once your friends have the flies, encourage them to copy them again to disks formatted on their machines. That way they'll have the infor- mation stored safely in the wide-track for- mat that their disk drives prefer

It's in the Script

Writing television and movie scripts with- out paying a bundle for complex software is relatively simple. For me, the key was a Samsung One Page 15- inch monitor, which permits editing and polishing a full page of script with- out having to scroll around the screen, a procedure which I find an- noying.

However, by mere chance, I was us- ing Galaxy 2.0, the only word proces- sor I've been able to find that's com- patible with the monitor. Incredibly, the new version — Galaxy 3.0 — works only with 25-line screens.

Is there any other software compati- ble with full-page monitors? Local ex- perts say no.

CLEMENT G SCERBACK SEMINOLE, FL

42 COMPUTE APBtL 1992

Your local experts must have neglect- ed to call Samsung. A call to (800) 446- 0262 would have informed them that there 's a long list of word processors and other programs supported in the full-page format.

They include AuloCAD, AutoSketch, AutoShade, DOS, GEM 3.0, Lotus 1-2- 3, Symphony, Microsoft Windows, Page- Maker, Ventura Publisher, WordStar, Co- relDRAW!, Microsoft Word, and WordPerfect.

Rather than have each software prod- uct provide a myriad of drivers for eve- ry conceivable computer-monitor com- bination, most special-purpose monitor makers provide drivers custom-made for their monitors. Note that among the products listed are GEM and Windows.

That means most products that oper- ate within these environments can also make use of the special monitor, which multiplies your software choices. Don't stop considering software pack- ages until you've looked over Ami Pro, WordPerfect for Windows, Describe, and Word for Windows. If you're con- cerned about whether or not any indi- vidual product will work with your moni- tor call the company and ask.

Call the number listed above to re- quest that a disk of special drivers be sent to you. Or if you have a modem, call to get the number for the Samsung bulletin board, from which you can download the drivers.

One question: If you're happy with Galaxy 2.0, why upgrade? Just be- cause a new version of a product comes out, that doesn 't mean the old one is no good anymore. We know of at least one professional writer who stuck with WordStar 4.0, for example, and WordPerfect 5.0 offers almost ex- actly the same package as 5.1, with the exception of mouse support.

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Clifton Karnes

If you know

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It's true that Windows C pro- gramming is more difficult thian DOS C programming, but it's not that much more dif- ficult, and nothing makes tfiis point more strongly tfian Micro- soft's QuickC for Windows.

You still have to learn the Windows API and message- based way of doing business, but with QuickC for Windows, intermediate to advanced DOS programmers can write re- al Windows apps.

QC/Win offers an almost ide- al environment for program de- velopment. The editor is fully

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The editing environment is the most customizable I've ev- er seen. It even puts some Win- dows-based word processors to shame. For starters, you can choose your default font. Included is the fixed system font, which is ideal for program- ming. Next you have a choice of colors for the background and foreground text. If you want a deep blue background with a white foreground, for ex-

ample, it's easy to set up.

Perhaps the best feature of this color control, however, is that QCfWin lets you specify colors for just about every- thing. You can put C key- words in one color, comments in another, errors in another, and so on. This may not sound exciting at first, but care- ful use of this feature will make your programs much eas- ier to create and edit.

IVIicrosoft is famous for its on- line help, and the help with QC/ Win is excellent. The entire Win- dows N?\ is documented, and it's easier to use than a manu- al. The explanations of the func- tions are very good, but I'd like to see more examples.

QC/Win comes with several ad- ditional mod- ules to aid pro- gram develop- ment. Includ- ed is a dialog editor, which al- lows you to draw a dialog box Visual Ba- sic style; a bitmap editor, for creating and altering icons and oth- er bitmaps; and Quicl<- CASE:W, an excellent inter- face design tool and code generator.

Now, to create a program. Getting back to the Windows- programming-is-difficult issue, you've probably heard that even a "Helio, world" program takes hundreds of lines of code. Well, that's true, be- cause creating a window in- volves a lot of overhead But there are many useful pro- grams that don't require that you create a window.

My first OC/Win program was one of these. It's a utility that I used every day for months. You probably know that most Windows applica- tions start v^ith a window size

that seems chosen at random. Since I like to run most of my applications maximized, I wrote a simple program that does just that. The code is just the following single line.

return WinExec(lpCmdLme, SW.SHOWMAXIMIZED);

The command line syntax for this program is RUNMAX pro- gramname [parameters]. It sim- ply accepts the name of the program you want to run along with any parameters, ex- ecutes the program with Win- Exec, and specifies SW_SHOW- MAXIMIZED, which says to run the program maximized.

It's fast and useful, and it us- es little more than one line of code. In addition to the main file, QC/Win requires that each program include a defi- nition file and a make file. The definition file contains house- keeping info for Windows. For this program, both are short.

To create a make file with QC/Win. you simply use a browser to select the files your program uses. RUNMAX uses just two files: RUN- MAX.C and RUNMAX.DEF,

After using this program for a while, I decided I wanted it to do more. Specifically, I want- ed to be able to specify wheth- er the program would run min- imized, maximized, hidden, or optimized (an optimized win- dow fills the screen except for a band at the bottom to dis- play your icons). This program, WinRunner, took a little more work, but I completed it in a couple of hours. If you sub- scribe to PC Disii, you'll find it on next issue's installment.

The point is this: If you know some C and you're famil- iar with Windows as a user, you have the background to get started with QC/Win. You won't be creating a killer data- base right away, but you can write neat, useful applications almost right off the bat. D

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INTRODOS

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One of the secrets to getting ttie most out ol your hardware is to take advantage of sup- port services offered by ven- dors. Although many vendors provide phone numbers that you can call for information, it can be difficult to get a straight answer from someone by telephone. Fortunately, there are alternatives.

The bulletin board systems operated by many hardware and software manufacturers can be a real gold mine for an- yone who has a modem. On these systems, you'll usually find the latest information about a product, as well as no- tices about bug fixes, worka- rounds, and upgrades.

Not long ago I purchased a new Super VGA adapter. I or- dered it from a supplier who bought it from a distributor who got it from who knows where. Although my supplier tries to keep up-to-date, I know he doesn't always have the latest information on every piece of equipment he sells.

So after I installed the video board, I called the manufactur- er's BBS and checked out the message base and the files available for downloading. I dis- covered that the ROM for the board recently had been up- graded, giving the board ad- ditional capabilities.

When I tested my board, I found that I had the old ROM and called the company about getting an update. There was nothing to it. I gave the receptionist my name and address, and three days later I had the new chip. It took a lit- tie work, but in the end I re- ceived all the capability I'd paid for. If I hadn't investigat- ed, I might never have learned about the upgrade.

In addition to picking up the news about the new BIOS

chip, I also located a couple of interesting video utilities that demonstrated the capabil- ities of my new board.

Many manufacturers have fo- rums on GEnie and Compu- Serve in addition to separate company-based bulletin boards. These forums are great places to discover wheth- er or not anyone else has al- ready unscrambled the prob- lem that's vexing you.

Don't overlook these BBS systems as a way to get the most out of your equipment. In many cases, these systems are maintained by the program- mers and designers who cre- ated the products you're ask- ing about. What better source of information could there be?

Manufacturers also can be of assistance in helping you re- claim castoff parts. Many offic- es accumulate boxes of mem- ory boards, modems, and input/ output cards that have become separated from their documen- tation. These mystery boards could be of value if only some- one knew how to set the dip switches and jumpers. With a little detective work, you may be able to enhance your sys- tem with some of these rejects.

First try to determine wheth- er the hardware is in the junk box because it doesn't work (is it burned, broken, or miss- ing chips?) or because no one knows how to make it work.

If you find a board that ap- pears to be in good shape, check its markings for either the name or initials of the man- ufacturer. Sometimes these will appear as part of a copy- right notice. Also, make note of the board's serial number, and if it has a revision number, ma)<e note of it, too.

Next, determine exactly how you want to use the hard- ware. In the case of an I/O card you might want to config- ure its parallel port as LPT2 and its serial port as COM3. Dig up the phone number of

the manufacturer and place a call to technical support.

If you have good informa- tion on the board s markings and serial number and if you know exactly how you want to use it, chances are you can get the help you need to re- turn the board to service. Al- so, ask technical support how you can get a copy of the per- tinent documentation so you can change the configuration again later if necessary.

Unfortunately, this mystery hardware is all over the place. In some cases, documenta- tion for these boards was lost or thrown out: but in many cas- es, documentation was never provided. Some vendors fail to give you the booklet for the vid- eo adapter, the internal mo- dem, or the I/O card when they build a system for you.

Perhaps they assume that if you get the system home and it works, you'll be happy forev- er. Sorry, but that doesn't suit me. Computer boards are mod- ular— designed for mix and match— and in an office envi- ronment there's value in mov- ing hardware to the station where it'll do the most good.

In addition, more and more homes are housing multiple computers, and being able to swap components is essential. You may want to let your chil- dren use an older system for their schoolwork and game- play, but you may want to keep that system's I/O card for your new computer. Without the doc- umentation, you have a prob- lem. If you have easy access to the switch and jumper settings, reconfiguration is pretty simple.

Keep this in mind as you shop for computers and de- mand adequate documenta- tion for every component you purchase. I've had computer dealers tell me 1 didn't need any documentation. My reply has been that I may not need it, but I want it because I mighl need it later on. □

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MAKE BASIC RUN PDQ

This month we'll look at soft- ware and a book by the same author, and we'll examine a pro- gram that requires a commer- cial toolkit.

Ethan Winer, a widely pub- lished BASIC columnist, has re- leased a superb S29.95 Ziff- Davis Press book-and-disk combination, BASIC Tech- niques and Utilities, that should find its way onto the shelf of anyone who wants to go beyond the QuickBASIC and PDS 7 manuals.

This is one of the few books available for the serious BA- SIC programmer who's ad- vanced beyond the fundamen- tals, and it hits every target in the bull's-eye.

The example code is al- ways useful: random access files with indexing, reading and writing dBASEiWes, soun- dex pattern matching, directo- ry searching with DOS servic- es, and quite a bit more. One of my favorites is a section on sorting files — that is, quantities of data that won't fit into mem- ory. Most authors shy away from this subject because it's just too difficult, but Winer makes short shrift of it. That's one of his strongest points; in fact, he's made a lucrative ca- reer giving away valuable infor- mation by the boatload.

The file-sorting program is a good example of the scope of Winer's code; the book and disk are crammed with eminent- ly usable routines wrapped in effective demo programs.

Winer doesn't blink at dis- cussing ways to make use of undocumented Ou;'c/(B/4S/C in- ternals or making expiicit the secrets he uses to write his own software, and his lucid writ- ing is a remarkable contribu- tion to BASIC literature.

There are always a few more topics you could cram in-

to a book like this — I would've appreciated help on dealing with pointers to BASIC'S com- pound data types in MASM and debugging such code un- der Codel//ew^-yet in no way is the technical content of this excellent book incomplete.

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Winer also happens to be foun- der of Crescent Software (203- 438-5300), a BASIC tools ven- dor. This month we'll take a look at Crescent's PDQ. a $149 toolkit that lets you cre- ate BASIC memory-resident programs almost effortlessly, reduces the size of BASIC EXE files dramatically by re- placing the BASIC runtime li- brary, and offers scores of rou- tines from Sort to StuffBuf.

PDQ works this magic at the cost of some compatibili- ty but the differences are ex- plained in complete and forth- right detail at the front of the manual, and they're ail solid decisions (limited but quite adequate support for floating- point numbers, background PLAYs eliminated, arrays lim- ited to only 32K elements per dimension, fewer runtime er- rors, case preserved in COM- MANDS, and so on).

The upshot of it is that you can create very useful TSRs in 10 or 12K, and a version due to be out soon will also support swapping TSRs.

PDQ is also the ideal prod- uct for those unfortunate souls who are still using very early versions of the IBM BA- SIC compiler {which can es- sentially do nothing more than compile GW-BASIC) in or- der to keep code size down to the barest minimum. The ex- tra routines (such as Sort, which Quicksorts string ar- rays, and StuffBuf, which writes directly to the keyboard buffer} aren't meant to form a coherent body; i regard them as bonuses to an already tre- mendous value.

There are lots of great exam- ple programs on the disk, and the manual explains eve- rything beautifully, but it lacks an index and needs more example programs.

PDQ in Action

This month's example pre- sents a rather personal pro- ject of mine, a TSR that lets you draw, move, and resize a box onscreen, pnnting the co- ordinates so that you can ex- periment with the box before writing a DrawBox statement. I can't count the times I've had to recompile programs solely because of one changed parameter in a box- drawing routine or the times I've wished for such a TSR. Since I didn't have time to write one in assembly, I did without. PDQ let me write one in almost no time.

To understand how PDQ does what it does and to come to terms with the very few limitations it places on your BASIC programming, you may need a short review of compiler theory and BASIC itself. Some BASICs translate to inline assembly. For exam- ple, assigning a value of 1 to the integer variable CurrRow, like this:

CurrRow = 1

translates into this modest amount of assembly code.

MOV AX, 1 MOV_CurrRow,AX

But more often than not, BA- SIC'S simplicity as a language belies an incredibly complicat- ed group of subroutines to handle even many apparently simple operations. For exam- ple, you've probably already guessed that at the heart of such statements as CIRCLE, DRAW, and INPUT# are pag- es upon pages of assembly code. And you're right. Take

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this program as an unlikely il- lustration of the iceberg prin- ciple (90 percent of an ice- berg lies unseen beneath the surface of the water).

' Use integers by default.

DEFINT A-Z

' Allow user to enter two integers

' separated by a comma.

INPUT X, Y

' Divide them and print

' the quotient.

PRINT X/Y

This program, compiled as a stand-alone EXE file without debugging, requires a huge 29K. That's because QuickBA SIC is making a lot of the de- cisions for you when it links in the runtime code, and a lot of unnecessary routines wind up in the EXE.

The subroutines that make up such statements as DRAW, INPUT#. and so on are called the runtime library. If you linked all these routines in by hand, you could com- pile smaller programs.

BASIC also assumes your in- put will be bad in some cas- es. For example, if you en- tered a value of 0 for Y in the short program above, BASIC would issue a runtime error and quit the program. Sounds bad, but if you did the same thing in a C pro- gram, the operating system would print Divide error, and your system woutd hang! So if you eliminated some of the error checking or streamlined the existing error checking, you^d save even more space. That's just what Crescent did with PDQ. I easily reduced the EXE size of the program above to 6K using PDQ.

BOX.BAS shows how I used PDQ to write that box- drawing program. (Note that you need PDQ to compile this program.) PDQ is an astound- ing product, and it makes things possible in BASIC that you couldn't do before. D

' DOXl -- TSR to dCAW a box, thowln? itt coordlnatat, by too. Cds()b«ll.

' R«qul.r«R FDO and t^lichBASIC or 9D3 T .

' To ccmplJa:

* BC flOXl /S/0;

' LIHK /NOD /NOE *1 STR002Si _HOBEAD JIOVAL _LOCATE, , NTJL, BASIC7 SHALLDOS PDQ;

DEFINT A-Z

DECLAK£ 5lJB DrAuBox (ACRorwt, AcColt, AcHfllghtl, AtWldthl. FruAS. Forat, &ack%)

DECLARE FUNCTIOH GalKiy* ()

'SINCLUDE: 'PDQDECL + BAS' * ForwAird dac!LArAtion> lor PDQ routlnas.

coi4^ £«c " 27, ::crlU > 21 ' Values of kevA r«cuz-nad by G«zRttyk ().

COMST PlglitArro« - -T* L«(tArrow a -75, UpArrow = -72. DownAxrow = -60

COMST PgOpKay - -73, PgDnKsy ■ -81, Koo*K»y ^ -71. EndKay = -79

COUST Whita a 7, BUck > 0 ' Valu«a for Vid«o colors.

COMST MlnWldth ■ 9, HlnKalght > 1 ' KLnimua vldth an<S haighi o£ boxev.

CONST UpLeft - 1, UpRight - 2. LowL»Et - 3, Ln^wPlgtlt - 4. Horll - 5. V»rC > '

CurrHftlqhc and currWidch ara currant valu«B for Cha box baLrtg drawn. Curranc origin tuppar lafc) of box. Fa«<*d to OtawBox (tty your own fram*!;).

2G1, 1&7, 2QC, IBB, 205, IB6 hl«o p«««*d. zo arnoa box. IE w« hava a monochrouiA i&onlcor, than vldao aa^inant. is BOOOh-

orh«tvlaa, 1i-b B&OOh.

* P*«k In lov BIOS R<M at lagnant 0.

" Thli byta holds Vldth of taxt «ct««n.

' Thli byta hold* nijinb«r of taxt lino*, i?ut

3 2i' ttjtam oldar KDAt r*tufii 0. cor£«ct Cor

* thoaa patholo^rlCAlly ttrAnga CAV«f, 2 ' Allocata Chi* tnich to aava acroan.

* Cat lUS, not BtrinQ nwn, to sava Ic.

* Unique Idantifier for thlt pio^ran. ' Display vhan user loads program.

' Check to Boe if it'i already lrkfitall«<3«

thank you.'

' Ka>ce gura uro'r* not already ln«talled.

' Install and sat hot ksY ta Ctrl-Alt-B. This Una la ra<julrad after PopUpHera. Save underlying icrean in DOS mefpory,

Saw Undarlyirbc cursor. Go to bottoo of Bcraan

and print tiajp.

curtKalalic m HltiH^ighc

currwldtii - Mlnwidth

CurcRow ■ 10 : CurrCol ■ 1

FraiMi$ ■ ■+ + »*-! '

' ASCII ccxlas (or FranaS ax*, in crdar

Qt^tyPiansS ■ * '

IF PDQKOnltor < 3 THEN

ScnSeg > faHBOOO ELSE

ScnSag > bHBdOO EWDIF

DEP SBO - 0

ScreanCalE > p^EKtbHiU) ScrnnHows - PEQC{t>H4e4]i IW SetaanRows < 0 THEN SCraanRoMS v 2i ScraenRows * ScraanTLowa *■ 1 ScnSlxa w ScraanCol* * SCz»mtiR<y^t* ' 2 BUFSEG ■ All0CH*m%[5cnSlZ«) IDS - 'Ptaaa ctrl-Alc-B to ui* BOX." PRIHT IDS; IF TSRInstalledtriDS} TKQI

PRIHT -BOX is already Installsd

EKD ENDIF

CALL PopUpHarafbHOCJO. ID$) GOTO Endlt

BlockCopy Scn£eg, 0. BUFSEa, 0, ScnSlze' SavaCsrA ■ CuraorSavab

LOCATE ScraanRouB -1,1 __

PRINT 'Artciw hay* mova b^ix. i^tm and PgUp to grow/ihrink vartically

PRICTT 'End and Home to grow/shrink horizontally .* ;

DrawBox CurrRo«. CurrCol, CurrHelght, CurrWidthj Prao*S. Wnita, Slack

LOCATE currRow, currcol + 1 " Draw initial box.

PSltTT "R' : CurrRow; ■ c*; CurrColj ' Draw row and colinwi coordinstea.

LOCATE CurrRow + CurrHaight, curtCol + 1 ' Then bOK width and height values.

PKIHT -W: CurrWidrh; ' H"; CurrHaight;

DO UflTIL MaxtXay > Esc * Dispatch kaystrokas until usar prassas

NaxtKey - CecKay * Esc. Traat excendcrd key* aa normal,

' Draw tha box with an wnpty Crani* to araie the icieen or previous box. DrawBoic CurrRcrw, CurrCol, CurrHaight, CurrUldth, EbptyFraSieS, Black, Slack SELECT CASE NexcKey * Extended key* *ra nagatlva integer

CASE LaftArrow ' valu«ii *a« colJsT daclaratloni ^

IF CurrCol > I THEM CurrCol a CurrCoJ, - 1 ■ Hove box left if not too fax. CASE RlghtArrow • Hove right It not too far,

IF CurrCol + CurrWldth < SccaenCola THEi CurrCol = CurtCOl + 1 CASE DoWTiArrow ' Hove box down If not too far.

IF CurrRow ■•■ CurrHaight •: SCreenSows THB{ CurrRow = CutrRow + 1 CASE UpArrow ' Hove box up It not at top.

IF (CurrRow ♦ cucrHalght > MlnHaighc) and icurrnow > 1} THEH CurrRow=CurrRow-l CASE HOftfcftKey ' Shrink box horizontally.

IF currwidth > MlnWidth THEN CurrHldth - currwidth - 1 case EndKey ' widen box t( not too fit.

IF CurrCol * currWidth < ScreenCola THEN CurrWldch - CurrWldth * 1 CASE PgDnKey ' Lengthen box if ponBlble.

IF CutrRow * CurrHaight < ScreenRows THEN CurrHaight - CurrHaight + 1 CASE PgUpKey ' Shrink box Vertically.

IT CurrHelght > HlnHeioht THEM CurrHeight = CurxHBight - 1 CASE CtilU ' Deinatall the prnagtain and

Okay M PopDeln«Eall(0, 1DS> ' raoova it from mwwry.

IF l»T Okay THEM ' Ptint Ei»fl if uiiabla to.

HjagS « " Sorry. Can't deinstall BOX. ' LOCATE ScreenRowt / 2, CScreanWidth - LOftHagSH / 2 PRINT HvgS; ELSE

5LOCKCOPY BUFSEG, 0, 5cns*g, 0, scnsixe ' Restore video screen^ CALL curaorRaatfSaveCsrt) ' And attoe.

CALL PopDowi ' Return Eo foreground app.

ENDIF E«0 SELECT

■ After each keystroke, draw tha box wich iCB new coordinacas and size. DrawBox CurrRow. CurrCol, CurrHaight, CurrHldth, FravaS, white. Black LOCATE CurrRow, CurrCol + 1 PRIWT 'R': CurrRow; • C'j CurrCol; LOCATE CurrRt>w * CurrHaight, CurrCol * 1 PBIW "W*; CurrWldth; ' K' ; CurrHeight; LOOP

■ After ESC has been pressed, return to Che foreground app. BlockCopy BUFSEG, 0, SonSeg, 0, ScnSiza ' Restore Vid*d acre*n.

CALL curaorRaat (Sav«CBr&) ' And curaor.

CALL PopDown ■ Return to app.

SUB DrauBox (AtRow, AtCol, AtHeight, AtWldth, FrajDe$, Fore, BaCJt] colore . (Pora AMD 161 * & * ( (B«c>c AND 7> • 16] + {Pora AHD IS) FOR EachHorlz a AtCol TO Atcol + AtWidch * Top crossbar.

CALL PDOPrint {HlDSfFrameS, HorU, IJ , AtRow. EatrhHoriz, Colors) KEXT

CALL PDQPrintmiDSIPrameS. UpLatt. 1), AtRow. ACCol, colors) " Tap corners. CALL PDQPrint(KIDSIFrameS. UpHight, 1), ACKQW, ACCol + AtWidCh, ColorfiJ FDR EachKorlz = AtCol TO ACCol * AtWldCh ■ Botton crossbar.

CALL FDQPtint !HlD£(Fra»aS, Horiz, 1>, AtRow * AtHeight. EachHorlz, Color*) NEXT FOR Ea£;hside - AcRou « 1 TO AtRow * AtKelght - 1

' Draw left and right Vertical*.

CALL PDQPrint (HIDStFranwS, Vert, 1), EachSlda, AtCol, Colors)

CALL PDQPrlntlMIDS (Frames, Vert. 1), EachSlda, AtCol + AtWldth, Colors) ITEXT EachSlda ' Draw lower cornera.

CALL PDQPrinC [MIDS (Frames, LowLeft, 1), AtRow + AtHeight. AtCoX, Colors) CALL PDOPrlnt [HIDS (Frames, LoWRight, 1), AtRow + AtHfllght, AtCol + AtWidth, Colors) EHD SUB

More oftM than not, BASIC'S simplicity Holies an incredibly complicated group of subroutines.

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LOOP

GetKey ^ KeyHit END FUNCTIOM

Await a keystroke.

If it's an extended keyptroke, auch as hoijia or End, return the extended value as a negative number.

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DEFINT A-Z ' $INCLUDE QB.BI DECLARE SUB HIDEtWOUSE () DECLARE SUB SHOWMOUSE() DECLARE SUB GETMOUSECORD (K%, K3%, M4%)

DECLARE SUB STARTMOUSE () DIM SHARED Inregs AS RegType, Dutregs AS RegType

STARTMOUSE SHOWMOUSE

DO

GETMOUSECORD K, X, Y

LOCATE 1, 1

PRINT X, Y, K LOOP WHILE K=Q

HiDEhflOUSE END

SUB GETMOUSECORD (K%, M3%,

M4%)

Inregs. ax% = 3 CALL INTERRUPT(&H33, Inregs,

Outregs)

M3% = Outregs.cx%/8 + 1 IVI4% = Oulregs.dx%/8 + 1 K% = Outregs. bx% END SUB

SUB HIDEMOUSE lnregs.ax% = 2

CALL !NT£RRUPT{&H33, Inregs, Outregs) END SUB

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CALL INTERRUPT(&H33, Inregs, Outregs) END SUB

SUB STARTMOUSE tnregs.ax% = D

CALL INTERRUPT(&H33, Inregs, Outregs)

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Formatting with Style

Editing and formatting text in desktop publishing programs can be excruciatingly slow. I al- ways try to do as much of the work in my word processing software as possible before im- porting the text file into Page- Maker or Ventura Publisher. De- pending on the compatibility between your word processor and page-layout program, many text attributes — bolds, ital- ics, fonts, tabs — can be import-

ed directly from one program to another. Another helpful op- tion is tags.

Tags are codes you can em- bed in your text with your word processor to tell the desk- top publishing software what styles lo apply to the text, A style is a set of predefined instructions that include font, indent, alignment, and other formatting information, Styles can be applied to a block of text with just a few keystrokes or the click of a mouse.

To use style tags you should first define a style sheet for your PageMaker or Ventura document. Each pro- gram has a set of default styles containing designated choices for headlines, body text, subheads, and so on. You can use the default styles, modify them, or create your own. PagelV!aker uses De- fine Styles, located on the Text menu, to define styles. In Ventura you define styles by assigning attributes to para- graphs and then giving the style a tag name. Defining styles is discussed thorough- ly in your desktop publishing software manual.

Embedding codes in your word processor files is similar for both PageMaker and Ven- tura. PageMaker uses < > sym- bols, and Ventura uses @=. For example, if I wanted to for- mat the above paragraph as body text in PageMaker, I would use this tag:

<BDdy lext>To use style tags, you define a style sheet.

Ventura would understand this tag:

@Body text = To use style tags, you define a style sheet.

I would have to select the Read Tags box in the Import dialog box for PageMaker to use the tags. Ventura would read them automatically.

Both programs would assign all the style information to the block of text. Both programs would continue to format all the following paragraphs as body text until encountering a different style tag.

Often, you can preformat en- tire documents this way, sav- ing time in the layout process.

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There's a short cut for cop- ying files to a parent directo- ry, too. You can use . . in- stead of typing the full destina- tion path. If you're in C:\WORK\TEMP\STUFF and you want to copy all the EXE files to the TEMP directory, which is the parent of STUFF, you'd just type COPY *.EXE . . and press Enter, You can copy files two directories back, in this case the WORK di- rectory, by typing COPY '.EXE . . \ - . and pressing Enter.

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Last time, we got started with tiie basics of using tine Hewlett- Packard Printer Control Lan- guage (HPPCL). We created a couple of useful batch files to force the printer to do a page eject and to reset the printer.

This month, we'll see how to shift the printer from the usual 1 2-point Courier to the smaller Lineprinter typeface, allowing us to print wide spreadsheets or files.

To do that, we'll have to un- derstand how to choose la- ser fonts — that's our goal for this month. First, we'll get some terminology out of the way, take a look at the rele- vant PCL commands, and then build the batch file.

Courier Isn't a Font

My friend Jane Mitchell, the Las- erJet expert, says "You can al- ways tell a LaserJet novice. She calls Courier a font" Cou- rier isn't a font, (Jane is a print- er snob.) It's a typeface, at least in HP terminology. Sup- pose you've printed a docu- ment using the Courier, err, typeface — that's all just one font, right? Wrong. You change the font if you use bold- face, italics, different sizes, or go to landscape mode, to name just a few possibilities.

Fonts are described by eight attributes: orientation (por- trait or landscape), symbol set (don't worry about this one just yet), spacing (fixed or pro- portional), pitch (width of char- acters), points (hieight of char- acters), style (uphght vs italic), stroke weight (light, normal, boldface), and typeface (Cou- rier. Times Roman, and so on).

Orientation just refers to whether the text prints across the width of the page (as with the text that you're reading now), called portrait mode, or up the length of the page.

called landscape mode, Orien- tation is selected with the <ESC>&l#0 code sequence, where # equals 0 for portrait or 1 for landscape, (I'll use <ESC> as my shorthand for the ESCAPE code in this arti- cle.) Note that's an amper- sand followed by a lowercase L. not the numeral 1 . The end- ing character is an upper- case letter O. not a zero.

Symbol set dictates how particular computer (ASCII) codes relate to particular let- ters, For example, the ASCII code for A is 65. But what if the printer were to print Greek or Japanese? Then be- ing able to print an A would be of no value, so 65 would correspond to some other character. That's what symbol sets describe. In most cases, you'll choose the IBM-US sym- bol set, also known as PC-8. This symbol set includes the IBM box-drawing characters.

A symbol set is selected in software with the sequence <ESC>(### sequence, where ### is the symbol set ID. The IDs for Roman-8 and IBM-US are 8U and 10U, respectively. Check your font documenta- tion for the symbol sets of the fonts that you've purchased. You can also find out the sym- bol sets on an LaserJet II by taking the printer offline and typing PRINT FONTS/TEST

Spacing allows you to spec- ify either fixed spacing, as in a typewriter's printing, or propor- tional spacing, as in this text where smaller characters take up less space than larger char- acters. In fixed spacing, all characters take up the same amount of space, which must be the amount required by the largest character in the charac- ter set. The escape se- quence is <ESC>(s#P, where # equals 0 for fixed, and 1 for proportional.

Pitch is the width of a char- acter. Note that pitch is only used for fixed-spaced fonts—

you'd never specify pitch when selecting a proportional- ly spaced font, Pitch is meas- ured in characters per inch. Courier typefaces are typically 10 or 12 pitch, line printer fac- es usually have a pitch of 15 or 16.6. Pitch is selected with the <ESC>(s##.##H se- quence, where ##.## is the pitch. To select a 16.6-pitch font, use <ESC>(sl6.6H. The common 10-pitch Courier could be selected with <FSC>(s10H. When specify- ing decimal values, don't use more than two decimal places.

Height is sometimes called the font's points because height is measured in points, A point is 1/72 of an inch. Height is reported in the font phntout as point size. It's selected with the <ESC>(s####V se- quence. For example, the 10- point type used in this text could be selected with the <ESC>(s10V sequence.

Style indicates whether the font is upright or italic. <ESC>(s#S sets this, where # is 0 for uphght or 1 for italic. Note that this doesn't direct the printer to italicize an exist- ing upright font — the printer isn't capable of that. I make that point because people get confused about it. These commands can't change exist- ing fonts — they only select fonts that are already in the phnter. If no font matches the criteria — tough. Beginners of- ten think that the series II print- ers will make a font with an up- right style into a font with an italic style; they don't realize that you must create (or buy) a font that has an italic style. Only then, once it's been downloaded to the printer, can you issue a font-select command that includes a re- quest for italic style,

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Typeface describes how the typeface is drawn. Times Roman text is shaped differently from Helvetica, which in turn looks different from Courier, and so on. Typefaces are selected with the <ESC>(s#T command; # refers to the typeface number. You can look up the typeface numbers in your HP documen- tation, but the most common ones are 0 (Lineprinter), 3 (Courier), 4 (Helvetica), and 5 (Times Roman).

Using Font Attributes

Now you understand the eight attrib- utes (seven if you're talking proportion- al— recall that there's no width num- ber). You understand that a particular font is a particular combination of these eight attributes. So how do you select a particular font?

Suppose you want to select a font with the following attributes: portrait orientation, IBM-US symbol set, propor- tionally spaced, 12 point height, up- right, normal weight, and Times Roman typeface.

Now we match up the attributes with commands.

Portrait orientation <ESC>&IOO IBM-US symbol set <ESC>(10U

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String them all together, and you get the following: <ESC>&IOO<ESC> (10U<ESC>(s1P<ESC>(s12V<ESC> (sOS<ESC>(sOB<ESC>(s5T

Now, this'll work, but there's no rea- son to type all that if it's not necessary. That's where LaserJet Shortcut #1 comes in handy. It says; When issuing several Escape commands, all of which begin with the same two-char- acter string, you can omit the Escape and the two characters on commands after the first command.

However, you must indicate that the shortened command is part of a series of commands by ending it with a lower- case letter rather than the uppercase let- ter used in the manual. The last com- mand in the string should retain the uppercase letter. For example, rather than <ESC>(sOX<ESC>(sOB<ESC> (s5T use <ESC>(s0x0b5T

Apply LaserJet Shortcut #1 to the previous string, and it becomes <ESC>&IOO<ESC>(10U<ESC>(s1p12 vOsObST

We then can apply LaserJet Short-

cut #2: When a numeric parameter's val- ue is zero, you can omit the number. That'll let us remove the two Os from OsOb; <ESC>&IOO<ESC>(10U<ESC> (s1pl2vsb5T

f^or some reason, you can't remove the 0 from the first part of the command.

Understanding tlie Process

Once people start using font-selection commands, they get hung up at some point because they haven't made an im- portant intellectual leap. They must un- derstand that they aren't controlling fonts — they're merely selecting fonts.

Asking for a boldface font when there isn't one already one in the print- er won't get a boldface font — it'll get the closest thing that's already in the printer. You see, choosing fonts in a laser printer is kind of like horse- shoes and hand grenades — almost counts.

For example, suppose the printer contains only two fonts in its memory at the moment; a landscape Courier and a portrait Lineprinter. You request a por- trait Courier. What do you get? The print- er basically has to say, "Which is clos- er to portrait Courier, landscape Couri- er or portrait Lineprinter?"

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So the laser has a choice — it can match orientation and miss typeface {that's the portrait Lineprinter), or it can match typeface and miss orientation (that's the landscape Courier). As orien- tation is more important, it'll give you the portrait Lineprinter.

IID and later Printers

The series IID and later printers have an extra feature that the series II doesn't— they can rotate fonts. You needn't worry about whether a font is landscape or portrait. Just specify whether you want portrait or landscape.

You need to understand the differ- ence. The series II uses orientation as a means to narrow down which printer font to use. The IIP and IID use this information as a command about wheth-

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IF INFORMATION

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_^>_ BY GREGG KEIZER

It all comes down to this — information is the current currency. If you rake in information, power, control, and influence will follow. Let it slip through your fingers, and you're suddenly an Informa- tion Age pauper. Worse yet, if you let others take what's yours, you might as well put money in their pockets.

It's no surprise, then, that someone like Michael Milken, major- domo of the junk bond business and one of America's most auda- cious white collar criminals, made hundreds of millions on illegal inside information.

A digital tsunami has already hit business, government, and the sciences, scouring the institutions that couldn't make sense of the new volumes of information and rewarding those that could. The deluge will pour into the home this decade— already you can accumulate an extraordinary amount of data with your household computer. And if they're to survive, schools, too. will have to digest vast quantities of information.

Data tidal waves may put images in your mind of immense amounts of information free for the asking and of an unrestricted

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freedom to use that information any way you see fit. Tfiose images are not entirely accurate.

Information may be more plentiful to- day than it was ten years ago, near tfie time of thie birtfi of the PC, but it's any- thing but free. It's not somethiing to toss around thoughtlessly. How will information be cfianneled into the home? How will we pay for it? And how will we protect It?

Tap the Phone

Almost all of the digital information rush- ing into your home is carried in on a disk or over the phone line- Disks work well in delivering large amounts of information that isn't time- critical. Computer software — applica- tions, games, educational programs — is delivered on magnetic media. When you bring work home, you probably throw a floppy in your briefcase or stick a disk in your pocket.

Smaller, more timely chunks of con- sumable information come in on the phone lines, courtesy of online servic- es like Prodigy, CompuServe, GEnie, America Ontine, and others. News, stock quotes, sports scores, and weath- er predictions trundle across your screen when you have a modem hooked to your PC.

Data delivery methods are unlikely to change, even though the quantities involved wili multiply. Rather than re- ceive noncritical information on dozens of floppy disks, for instance, you'll be- gin to work with CD-ROfvls that hold as much as 660IV1B of data.

More timely information will keep com- ing over the phone. In fact, a recent Su- preme Court decision cleared the way for communications companies to be- come providers, not just conveyers, of information. And last fall, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposed that local telephone compa- nies be allowed to compete with cable companies in transmitting TV program- ming over fiber-optic cables.

The general movement to fiber op- tics— bundles of glass threads theoret- ically capable of carrying hundreds of video channels, as well as multiple voice, fax, and data lines — means wider information conduits and offers up the possibility of even greater vol- umes of data for the home.

Pay the Piper

Information doesn't come cheap. Like cable television, most information pro- viders assess a flat fee — from $4.95 to $12.95 per month — and often tack on additional charges for special services. Almost any data you receive in a digi- tal form costs more than similar informa- tion on paper. CD-ROM-based referenc-

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es, for example, can cost several times what you'd spend to put identical works on a bookshelf.

Because bringing information home costs so much, it's no surprise that a majority of home computer users do without. Freedom of information is only available to those who can pay for it.

Hints of economy do exist. Compe- tition among information providers has fueled a minor price war among online services; if the telephone companies themselves enter the fray, that trend may continue. And lower prices for CD- ROM drives have sparked the recent in- terest in home CD-ROfVl and multime- dia. A few CD-ROMs actually cost less than the paper versions they replace.

Still, since estimates for replacing the country's existing communications network with fiber-optic lines range as high as $250 billion and since those lines are virtually a prerequisite for more extensive information access, it's unlikely that you'll soon be reading the equivalent of your morning paper for the price you now pay your carrier. (That didn't stop the Newspaper Pub- lishers Association from attempting to block the Baby Bells from beginning to provide information, though.)

Home office and home business workers can most easily absorb the costs by pegging them to increased productivity and by carrying them as a business tax deduction. The rest of us won't necessarily get left with a dry da- ta well; we just have to watch the infor- mation calories we consume.

Four Steps to a Data Diet

Wading through the Information Age takes time and, unfortunately for any- one not hooked up to a corporate budg- et, too much money.

You might be able to skimp on pa- per clips, even pens, by hitting the of- fice discount stores. But information is never discounted.

One of the best data sources for the home and home office computer user is CompuServe, the monolithic online service. Forget about the scads of shareware software and the fragment- ed special interest groups — though both are places of unparalleled informa- tion— and head directly to the refer- ence section on CompuServe by typ- ing GO REFERENCE.

It's here that you can search through the back issues of several hun- dred publications or hit more special- ized databases like Medline, the medi- cal profession's information collection. Ringing up online research charges is all too easy, though. You need some money-saving strategies.

• Know what you're after. Before you trip the online meter, plan your quest

for information. Narrow the search by focusing your efforts and cut down on- line time. If you're casting your data net for information on Pan Am's financial cri- ses, for instance, use a keyword search like PAN AM & FINANCIAL.

• Know where to look. CompuServe keeps online copy from 48 newspa- pers— a much better resource on break- ing information than magazines, which labor under a two- to three-month lag time. Some papers are better than oth- ers. The San Jose Mercury News, for ex- ample, excels at technology reporting. Turn first to the Washington Post for news on government shenanigans.

• Know what it's going to cost. Bal- ance the need for immediate informa- tion against the price you'll pay. Even the slickest searches — where you quick- ly find what you're looking for — rarely run less than $5. A ten-minute look- see at three newspaper articles rings up as $14.

• Know when to quit. Don't flog a dead horse. If you come up empty- handed after a search and one alter- nate, drop it. Although you may want to continue — at any cost — just to get that one tidbit of information, resist the temp- tation. You can spend staggering amounts if you're not careful. Recon- sider your need for the information, or head for the local library Instead.

Apply these tactics to any information quest — they're general enough to work anywhere — and you're guaranteed to spend less time— and less money.

How to Keep What's Yours, Yours

With all the tiazards to your information and the high price you pay for it, you have to put a high value on the data you accumulate. Here are just a few ways to make the world safer for your files.

1. Buy a tape backup drive if your PC's hard drive is larger than 40MB. You're much more likely to back up your data — and ensure its survival — if you can simply stick a tape in the drive and sit back, rather than feed floppies to the computer for an hour or two.

2. If you can't afford a tape backup drive, go ahead and back up to flop- pies using Fastbacl< or some other backup utility. But back up only your document, file, and work directories — forget about the applications. Re-creat- ing the entire hard disk will be a head- ache (when isn't it?), but you can al- ways reinstall applications and games.

3. At home, lock up your PC to keep unwanted hands off the machine. Some PCs include a literal lock — just pocket the key. For those that don't, consider somettning like MenuV\forks Advanced, which demands a password before it lets you get to the computer's contents.

4. Viruses are vastly overrated — for

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now. But some particularly nasty bugs may migrate from Europe, where they're raising Cain. Do what you can by using an antivirus package like Viru- cide (see the product and service list at the end of this article).

5. Taking work home? Why not take the hard drive with you? Removable hard drives or cartridge drives at both locations let you take the entire con- tents of your drive with you, wherever you work.

6. Encrypt sensitive files. PC Tools 7.1 lets you scramble data files — even directories — and then decode them on- ly with the right password.

7. Those people hanging around the fax machine know your business be- fore you do. Invest in a fax board for your office PC — Intel's Satisfaxtion is rel- atively foolproof — and receive faxes at your desktop rather than at the commu- nal information trough.

8. If you compute remotely from the road with your home or office PC, se- cure the host by using passwords, re- stricted calling lists, or any other secu- rity features the remote software offers.

9. Walk around with your computing world under your arm. A notebook com- puter is never more than a briefcase lock away. At home or the office, you can quickly connect it to an adult- sized monitor and keyboard for door-to- door security.

10. The paperless office Is a myth. Play like the CfA and shred sensitive documents and printouts. A personal paper shredder that fits over the top of a wastebasket costs less than $200.

Don't Get Paranoid, But . . .

The information glut has a dark side, one that hits closer to home than you might think. In a world where digital re- cords are de rigueur, electronic data- bases track our Social Security pay- ments, driver's license numbers, credit histories, and nearly everything else that makes up modern life. When re- cords that extensive exist, so does the potential for mistakes. And worse — abuse.

Hackers and viruses may grab the biggest headlines when they invade computer networks and crash systems, but a more invisible invasion occurs eve- ry day. Computer databases contain- ing data on consumers — you and me — are a prime information source for com- panies eager for new customers, banks considering loan applications, and even private investigators hoping to hunt down missing persons.

The trouble is that it's impossible, dif- ficult, or expensive for individuals even to check the validity of those records. Because they're so often used— before a home loan is approved or a credit

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card issued — credit reports have drawn the most attention. Last year, the consumer research group Consum- er Union released the startling informa- tion that nearly half of the reports it pulled from the country's major credit bureaus contained some errors.

In fact, one of the Big Three credit re- port companies, TRW, recently bowed to the critics and said that it would pro- vide consumers free copies of their cred- it reports on request. But with two other companies of similar size — each of which owns around 150 million records — and hundreds of smaller companies, it's impossible to check every file.

Take My Number? No Way!

Mailing lists and junk mail are nothing new. If you subscribe to almost any magazine, if you've ever returned a product registration or warranty card, or if you just happen to live in an area with the right ZIP code, you already re- ceive a ton of unsolicited mail.

What has some of us scared is how easy it's becoming for almost anyone to get those mailing lists. Last year, Lo- tus scrapped a CD-based database that spotlighted names, addresses, and even spending habits of 120 mil- lion consumers. Marketplace: House- holds would've made it much easier and more economical for small busi- nesses to pinpoint customers. Over 30,000 people requested that their names be removed from the list; after taking a negative publicity bath, Lotus junked the idea.

Marketplace: Households may be dead, but your name's on lots of other lists. It's virtually impossible to expunge your name from every one, but you can begin by writing the Direct Marketing Association, 1101 17th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20036, A phone call won't do; you've got to write a letter. Ask that your name be removed from the Association's lists: It passes along such requests to DMA-member mailing list and electronic database makers.

Is Anybody Listening?

You probably dash off electronic mail messages to coworkers across the of- fice or to friends across the country with- out thinking about security. After all, who'd want to read what you write?

Perhaps plenty of people. !n Spring- field, Oregon, city hall's intraoffice elec- tronic mail is now made available to the public on paper. Accusations by the mayor that a trio of conservative city councilmen conspired over E-mail to eliminate a human rights commis- sion led to the public airing of private messages. Prodigy, the Sears- and IBM-backed online service, recently weathered yet another E-mail storm

when the recipient of a private mes- sage that spouted anti-Semitic senti- ments attempted to post it to one of the service's public bulletin boards. (Prodigy refused to post the original message or a rebuttal to it in a public area and drew the ire of the Anti-Defa- mation League.)

E-mail may be as quick and conven- ient as the phone, but it's not the same. For one thing, it's much easier to capture, reproduce, and repeat an elec- tronic message than it is to do the same with a telephone conversation. In essence, that's what makes possible the ongoing, constantly changing dis- cussions that set E-mail apart. Messag- es can remain on bulletin boards for days; if someone saves your message to disk, it may never disappear.

What can you do about it? Plenty. • Never send something you wouldn't have the nerve to say. It's easy to let your emotions run rampant v/hen you can hide behind the impersonal nature of E-mail. If you wouldn't dare say some- thing to someone face to face or on the phone, why say it in a form that's far more permanent?

• Assume that someone is Sistening. With the exception of Prodigy, which screens messages before they're post- ed, online and E-mail services promise privacy. Still, if you're sending sensitive information, don't take risks. While the transmitting service may not eaves- drop, it's possible that critical informa- tion transmitted via computer could fall into the wrong hands once it reach- es its destination.

• Request a receipt. Most E-mail serv- ices— MCI Mail and CompuServe, for in- stance— will, on request, send you a re- ceipt when your message is received and read. Note the time and date the message was read — it's your proof that the message arrived, and it docu- ments who read it.

• Protect your password. Guard any E-mail passwords carefully and change them frequently If someone un- covers your password and account in- formation, they can assume your elec- tronic identity. That's asking for trouble.

• Consider extraordinary precau- tions. In some situations, you may not want to transmit "in the clear." For the ultimate in security, put the information in a file, encrypt that file with a data- security program, and then send it.

From the common sense to the clan- destine, these E-mail security tech- niques could save you from embarrass- ment or even save your job.

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It took me only about five minutes to install TurboTax for Windows, using Windows 3.0, and that included running the H'/nc'oivs-based printer instal- lation procedure with the soft fonts. You may also install the program via DOS If you prefer. Once you've installed the pro- gram, you can execute it from DOS or Windows.

With TurboTax for Win- dows, basically you have a tax form on your screen that looks like the IRS paper form. As you fill in the information, line- sensitive instructions, help, and cross-linking to other rel- evant forms and summaries are available. Or you can use the interactive method called Interview with TurboTax, which asks you basic income- tax questions much as a tax preparer interviews a client. Your answers fill check boxes with yes, no, or numerals and open up new schedules that need to be prepared. Another helpful feature is Logical Next Step, which is a set of pop-up windows that help you decide what to do next.

You may answer questions In any order, and when you're ready to save the forms, you simply access a pull-down menu or press F3 from any lo- cation in the program. Double- clicking on the text portion of any line in the official forms gives you access to the official IRS instructions for that line. Clicking on the consult button of the onscreen status bar or the help bar gives you access to additional instructions and explanations of the tax code. The cross-reference button of the help bar immediately pops up the form or schedule where the number originates. Numbers and answers to ques- tions are automatically carried to the appropriate blocks or lines in all other applicable forms. Double-clicking on any line or block will open an item- ization or the related form that develops the figure, allowing you to prepare that form; or schedule immediately.

Several interesting features make tax preparation with Tur- boTax for Windows a real joy. (Well , maybe not exactly a joy; after all, this is tax prepara- tion.) Immediately after they've been entered, conflicting an- swers are pointed out by a pop-

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Once you've finished enter- ing all of your data, TurboTax for Windows helps you check your forms for completeness, review them for audit potential, and make a final check before printing out the return. Also, once you've finished your fed- eral return, you can transfer the data to one or more of the 15 available state income tax packages. The state forms show the same smooth linking of forms and schedules, all ac- cessible by double-clicking on the appropriate numeric field.

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TurboTax for Windows has a slew of new features for its 1991 version, but the one that I like the most will be a real time- saver for users of the 1 990 Tur- boTax. You can now import the repetitive data from last year's TurboTax Personal 1040 into the new program. Names, addresses, bank ac- count numbers, and other such constant data will be transferred to this year's sched- ules, leaving only the amounts blank for you to fill in. This fea- ture is standard on profession- al tax-preparation packages but unique among personal packages.

TurboTax for Windows is the only true Windows-based tax-preparation program on the market today. Other Win- cfows-oriented tax-preparation programs are strictly charac- ter-based ports of DOS pro- grams. The true Windows ap- plication gives this program the unique features of Win- dows. The screen looks like the IRS forms, and the printout looks like the IRS forms. Turbo- Tax for Windows is the only pro- gram I know of that prints all the IRS forms that it supports in true WYSIWYG fashion. What you see on the screen is what actually prints, whether it be a 9-pin, 24-pin, or laser print- er that controls the output. The dot-matrix forms are so close to the IRS forms that the (RS accepts them as official forms, not as facsimiles.

With 55 forms and sched- ules, TurboTax for Windows

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TurboTax for Windows is not perfect. There's still room for improvement. My wish list in- cludes an automated error- checking routine that would give a printable listing of pos- sible problems. In addition to pop-up supporting schedules that merely add up a list of num- bers, pop-up minispread- sheets and notepads would

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PERSONAL PRODUCTIVITY

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Designers, consultants.

professlonais, and

publishers who use

their computers

to work at home need

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DON'T GO HOME WITHOUT IT.

Don't start a business without it. "It" is a bank's merctiant card account tliat allows busi- nesses to accept credit cards for purchases. Consultants, professionals, designers, desk- top publishers, and others who use their computers to work at home can benefit from merchant cards, too. These accounts can be used to ring up quick sales instead of waiting for checks to arrive in the mail. Credit cards work. Commercial banks have tradi- tionally looked down their nos- es at home-based businesses, however. A misguided folklore at banks says that home busi- nesses are fraught with fraud and abuse that will cost banks millions, so they give preference to businesses with storefronts. As a result of this questionable stereotype, many home-based business- es are being unfairly denied ac- cess to merchant cards.

I was lucky and got a card from my bank— but I had to jump through many hoops and find a bank officer willing to fight for me. I submitted a three-page business plan that outlined my company's goal; its successes in deaiing with high-profile clients over five years; and my biography, which included profiles in USA Today and Success Maga- zine. (If you need help writing a business plan, use Biz Plan Builder, software from JIAN Tools for Sales). The business- plan method worked well for me. In the end. I was issued the card.

Others, like Bill Goodman of Cycles, a San Francisco- based shareware company, ha- ven't been so lucky. He had a merchant account in another state but ran into obstacles when he moved to California.

"I spent about two weeks working with the vice presi- dent at my branch trying to get a merchant account. She was very enthusiastic and seemed convinced I was a good cred- it risk. She argued with the board at length trying to get them to accept my applica- tion," said Goodman, a share- ware author of a Macintosh data compression program called Compact Pro. "I took in statements showing large as- sets for the company, no debt, offered to put up $15,000 in a security account, showed them a year's worth of statements from my previous VISA account {with one chargeback for the year), and sf/7/ they didn't think I was ac- ceptable. I am convinced that this bank officer did her best to get me approved — in fact, I went ahead and opened my business accounts there later because I was impressed with her attitude."

He isn't giving up so easily. "I don't think it's impossible — it just takes time. The last time I Qot an account it took me

about four months of going to different banks."

Where there is a need, vul- tures surely follow. The credit card industry is no exception. Small ads in business journals around the country say they can provide merchant card ac- cess. I called one company and found that I qualified for such service — if I paid a $200 application fee, paid a 5-per- cent charge on orders, and leased an electronic terminal to verify purchases for $79 a month — for four years! This is highway robbery to say the least. Unless you are doing a landslide business, you won't make money.

Here are tips you might find useful in applying for a mer- chant card.

• Don't emphasize the red flags of "home business" or "mail order." If you sell your product at seminars, conven- tions, or face to face, accentu- ate those dealings.

• Indicate that your busi- ness doesn't have large sales and its customers aren't likely to be fraudulent.

• Offer to provide a security deposit. The bank will hold this money in an interest-bear- ing certificate of deposit.

• Check with your profession- al associations to see if they have affiliations that can se- cure a card for you. For exam- ple, the American Bar Associ- ation can provide details for its members.

• Ask your peers where they received their accounts. At one time, seven out of ten new businesses failed. Howev- er, since the advent of the home-based business, that fig- ure has dropped to three in ten. Obviously, home-based businesses have had a lot to do with the success of Ameri- can enterprise. It's time for the banks to wake up to this fact and make it easier for home- based businesses to obtain merchant status. D

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Last month we took a practical look at putting together one of the simpler desktop publish- ing projects— a brief saddle- stitched booklet often called a chapbook in literary circles. This same inexpensive design is perfect for advertising mate- rial, catalogs, self-help book- lets, instruction manuals, reci- pe books, and so on. The sim- plicity of the binding is w/hat makes it so attractive. There is no more professional-looking binding that can be had for such a low cost.

I have all of my printing done by photocopying at Kinko's, a nationv\/ide chain of copy shops. If you have a col- lege or university in your town, you're likely to have a Kinko's, too. But there are many lesser- known companies that pro- vide the same services. Though your pricing will prob- ably vary, I've found that fold- ing costs $0.03 per fold. If a

book is 40 pages long, that means I've used ten sheets of paper and the folding will cost $0.30 per book. Stapling costs $0.05 per staple, or $0.10 per book. When you fold a saddle-stitched book in half, the inner pages — the ones nearest the center — will poke out a short distance from the ones nearer the cov- er. (Take a dozen sheets of pa- per and fold them in half to see what I mean.) Many peo- ple can live with tiiis irregular- ity, but for a professional look, I prefer to have the edges trimmed, which costs $0.50 per book. For a grand total of $1 .35 per book, you'll turn ten sheets of paper into a profes- sional-looking bound volume.

If I have one complaint about Kinko's, it has to do with the limited paper selec- tion. If you don't like the doz- en or so types and colors of bond paper available, you'd be better off going to a printer instead of a copy shop, but you'll pay more for everything.

There are even less expen- sive ways to do things. A sad- dle-stitch stapler only costs about $50, for example. If you intend to do 500 or more books, it will pay for itself in the savings over having the copy shop staple your books for you. You can also fold your books by hand, but my expe- rience in this area has been that hand folding is a hit-or- miss affair. You'll often find your- self making a crooked fold. Trimming is one thing you won't be able to do adequate- ly at home without a large in- vestment in machinery.

So far we've talked a great deal about the production as- pects of your publication: get- ting it on paper and binding it. But before you walk through the front door of the copy shop, you should make sure that your booklet is perfect. This involves more than simply proofreading it carefully. It al-

so means that you need to work on the design.

Last month we talked about getting the body of the text on paper, but if you open a book — even a simple chap- book — you'll find that there's more to a book than its body. There's a cover, usually with the title and author on the right side (the front is on the right when the cover lies flat) and the blurbs, author bio, price, ISBN, and author photo on the left side.

You might want to have a blank sheet just inside the cov- er, or to save weight and mon- ey, you might want to have the inside front cover next. This will list the title of the book and the author, and if you are start- ing a publishing company, you might want to put your col- ophon on this page. A colo- phon is a symbol, like the little house Random House uses or Knopf's borzoi. I usually put the copyright page right on the back of the inside front cov- er, but many people would pre- fer to leave the back of this page blank. Other pages that you might want to put in the front include a table of con- tents (which should begin on a right page), a table of fig- ures, acknowledgments, and a dedication (which should ap- pear on a right page).

If you have a book whose de- sign you admire, use it as a guide. If not, invest in The Chi- cago Manual of Style, which has guidelines for putting a book together, as well as hun- dreds of pages of detailed in- structions on formatting and proofreading.

So far, I haven't found a way to include color economi- cally. Most copy shops with col- or copiers charge up to $2 per page for color copies. The tech- nology has to come down in price before you can start mass-producing with it. For ec- onomical color, seek out a print- er with a four-color press. G

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The key to the next generation of computers is the writing instru- nnent that started it all 5000 years ago, when the burgeoning Sumeri- an harvest surpluses were tracked by making cuneiform marks in gobs of wet clay. The instrument was the stylus. But the technology is as new as tomorrow. Pen-based computers have been her- alded for months as the Next Big Thing. Lightweight, portable, and cer- tainly easy to use, they're touted as great second computers for mobile professionals — a reliable way for fore- men and quality control technicians to keep track of conditions at multiple points on an assembly line or in a proc- essing plant, and a way for foot patrols to make use of station computers. And they're the first computers designed to welcome computerphobic consumers who blanch at the sight of a keyboard. The machines are designed to be held in one hand and written on by the other, The computer translates hand- printed text into computer-based char- acters. The computer can also be trained to recognize a number of typi- cal gestures — for example, drawing a line through text erases it. Applications software for pen-based portables often features boxes that can be checked and menus that can be pulled down, al-

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BY SCOTT LEIBS

lowing the user to enter data with a flick of the wrist. In fact, despite the im- age most people have of writing with a pen on a computer, actual applications for these machines are designed to min- imize text input, to make it a matter of checking boxes and following menus. The skepticism many have about a pen operating system being respon- sive and flexible enough to cope with real-world handwriting has led to a se- ries of manufacturers waffling on the whole pen concept. Instead, they offer computers with a touch-sensitive screen for graphics and fili-in-the- blank operations and a keyboard for straight entry of text. First among these computers was Momenta, a pow- erhouse laptop with a prophetary "pen- top" environment in conjunction with MS-DOS. Recently Momenta was joined by DFM Systems' "multimodel PC" called the TraveLite. It uses Eazy- Touch. a database product specifical- ly designed for use with a touchscreen. The software is DOS-based and is com- patible with databases written in C, C-H-, Clipper, and Foxbase.

Handwriting on the Wall

Despite the flurry of excitement, there are relatively few pen-based comput- ers available today and very little in the

way of off-the-shelf software for them. The models that are available are ex- pensive, and they're aimed at large corporations, particularly at those with employees out in the field gathering da- ta from policyholders, hospital patients, or electric meters.

Industry watchers say, however, that high demand for those uses will drive down prices and inspire a range of software specifically aimed at con- sumers and small business owners. "This is the first PC technology that could get a computer into the hands of everybody," says Tim Bajarin, execu- tive vice president of Creative Strate- gies International, a research and con- sulting organization based in Santa Clara, California. Bajarin believes sales of pen-based portables, which now number only in the tens of thou- sands per year, will reach 2 million per year by 1995. Other predictions from Forrester Research in Cambridge, Mas- sachusetts, and BIS Strategic Deci- sions in Norwell, Massachusetts, esti- mate sales at about half of that figure. But even the more conservative figures suggest that the pen-based computer will find mainstream acceptance very quickly. Bajarin believes that by 1995, over 40 percent of all portable PCs sold will be pen-based.

Dataquest states that in 1990 there were about 8,000 pen-based comput- ers shipped in the U.S. Dataquest ex- pects the figures to be about 41,000 units in 1991 and anticipates that in 1995 about 3,000,000 pen-based com- puters will be shipped in the U.S. That would be 14 percent of all PCs and 30 percent of all portable PCs.

The Theory of Evolution

Observers generally agree about how these computers will evolve. Pen- based portables are already being used in a number of industries where workers fill out forms — on loading docks, in realtors' offices, and in a host of similar places. It's a fairly easy task to design software that resembles a form and can transfer data entered by a stylus into a centralized database. A little further down the road— just over the horizon, in fact — is the ma- chine that will interpret both printed let- ters and script, include wireless mo- dems and other peripheral devices, weigh only a pound or so, use long- life batteries, and carry a price tag well below the daunting $3,000-$5,000 average cost of today's machines.

GRID Systems (owned by Tandy), the first to offer a true pen-based com- puter, is one manufacturer that plans to pursue the technology wherever it leads, from large corporations to home users. While Microsoft and GO have squabbled over whether the stan- dard for pen environments should be based on a proprietary operating sys-

Connect to radio LANs.

tem (GO) or the heavy equipment re- quirements of Windows (Microsoft), GRID has sold pen-based computers by the thousands that use nothing sex- ier than MS-DOS operating on an 8088 CPU. Exciting changes are afoot, how- ever. New GRiDPADs have been add-

ed to the line that provide for radio link- age to local area networks, 386 micro- processors, and hard disi^s. GRID is al- so licensing its PenRight! application de- velopment environment to third-party software vendors so GRID will be able to offer a selection of applications for its successful pen computers. While most of its sales have been to major American corporations (including Kel- loggs and Philips Petroleum) and the U.S. Army, it is activeiy pursuing dis- tribution to the individual computer us- er, and GRiDPADs may soon appear on the shelves of Tandy's new retail arm, the Computer City stores.

Ken Dulaney director of marketing for portable computers at GRID, says, "We draw a distinction between pen- based hand-held computers, which is what we are marketing today to busi- ness, and tablet computers, which we think will hit the home market in a big way about 1993-1994." Dulaney says the home market will require durable machines priced under $1,000 for which plenty of basic software — word processors, spreadsheets, and the like — is available. WordPerfect. Lotus, and others are already planning pen-

Two words you often hear in discussions

of pen-based computing are horizontal and vertical. Vertical computing refers to programs written for a particular applica- tion, such as a database form specifically designed to mimic the forms used by an Insurance or shipping company. Horizon- tal applications include things like word processors and graphics packages that can be used by anyone. Naturally, the em- phasis in pen-based computing has been on the vertical applications because get- ting the computer into the hands of sales- men and shipping clerks is the key to gel- ting the industry off the ground. However, this market is highly volatile, and it makes sal^s of thousands of machines or adop- tion of a particular operating system hos- tage to a few hundred or a few thousand MIS (t^/lanagement Information System) di- rectors at giant companies across the coun- try. Initial success must depend on the im- mediate usefulness of ttie pen-based com- puter for electronically gathering the same information now gathered on paper forms. The future is a different story.

Where do you think the PC would be if schools, small businesses, and individuals hadn't seen It as essential to their work? It would be a curiosity seen only in a few cor- porate offices, and it most likely would've been replaced by terminals — dumb or oth- erwise—hooked to mainframes. The suc- cess of nearly ali consumer electronics is based on acceptance by individuals. There- fore, the real question oi whether pen- based computing will succeed or be anoth- er footnote in computer history will be

TAKING PEN IN HAND

decided by those of us who use comput- ers in our own lives. How will you decide which technology is for you?

f^/licrosoft, developer of Windows with Pen Computing, is pinning its hopes on the fact that Windows is already almost uni- versally installed. Only minor modifications would be necessary for a Windows pro- gram to be pen-based, and dozens ol applications now in use could be pen- driven with no modifications at all. Micro- soft doesn't see any significant disadvan- tage in the relatively rigorous hardware requirements necessary to run Windows be- cause GO'S PenPoint also requires a 386 CPU and GRID is also offering a unit with PenPoint and Windows witti Pen Comput- ing capability.

In contrast to Microsoft's entry, PenPoint from GO is targeted at new users. Seeing that there has been very little penetration of the microcomputer into the workplace be- yond the personal computers on the desks of white-collar workers, GO intends to win the competition for new users based on its good looks and charm.

Anyone who has attempted to use Win- dows with a light pen has discovered that this operating environment, designed around the mouse, is awkward to use with a pen, PenPoint hopes to sidestep the as- sumptions built into Windows with a new ap- proach based on the pen and paper met- aphor, which new users tend to find more comfortable. GO describes PenPoint as a leading edge graphical user interface, sim- ilar to the Macintosh interface and pre- ferred by many Macintosh users.

Because the PenPoint operating system has such a complete library of routines, development costs are reduced, and ap- plications are very small; although the op- erating system is expected to top out at 4MB, programs will average 200K, Further- more, unlike Windows, PenPoint won't be processor- or hardware-depondenl. It could be ported to any 32-bit device.

So far, PenPoint software development has been split evenly between job-specif- ic and general applications, GO sees this as a sign of health because, after corpora- tions and early adopters (individuals attract- ed to new technology for its novelty as much as its usefulness) have had their fill, pen-based computer makers and the soft- ware writers sen/ing them will nave to de- pend on individuals for sales.

What individuals? People who've worked with computers for years and see the new pen-based computers as an im- provement over what they've used in the past. But also — and more importantly — people who've never bought a computer and like the pen-and-paper metaphor. "Your mother will have one," one industry spokesperson told me. Well, maybe. But / certainly will, and on that machine HI want a word processor and a graphics package and a complete selection of support soft- ware. I'll want the computer to fit in my brief- case or jacket pocket, and I'll want it to be taster, friendlier, and more powerful than the behemoths that fiti up my desktop to- day And, if the industry oracles are correct, I won't be disappointed.

—ROBERT BIXBY

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TOLKffiN'S EPIC MIDDLE'EARTH TRILOGY CONTINUES!

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You, the player, control a parry of benevolent characters in this captivating, role-playing adventure as they battle ores, trolls, wargs, ghosts, and oliphaunts.

You'll travel through the dark and mysterious Forest of Fangom, over treacherous mountain passes, past the great fortress cave complex, through the ghastly marsh of the eternal spirits and, ultimately, come face to face with the mysterious two towers.

All the color and imagery of Middle-earth comes to life with state- of-the-art, 256 color VGA graphics, a new and enhanced interface, full musical score, digitized speech, and colorful animations.

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Dulaney also says GRID intends to of- fer machines that support the two best- known operating systems designed spe- cifically for pen-based computers: GO'S PenPoint and Microsoft's Windows with Pen Computing (more commonly called Pen Windows). Other hardware vendors, including IBM and NCR, have made similar pledges.

In Search of the Right GUI

You might wonder why a special pen operating system is necessary in light of the fact that GRiD and others have already demonstrated models that are DOS compatible. The new operating systems tap the power of the pen. Vern Raburn, chairman of Slate (a

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Slate makes a product called Pen- Apps. a software tool set that makes it easier for application developers to de- velop software for pen-based ma- chines. The idea is to give the user as much freedom as possible, "You don't have to stay within the lines when you write something, for example," Raburn

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Not all pen-based computing is following ttie GRiD/Microsoft/GO model. There are a couple of very interesting sidelights, or penlights, in pen computing. Data Entry Systems^ a pioneering company in the field, offers Scriptwriter, a machine that uses actual paper and pen with a touch- sensitive pad underneath to capture the input for a computer.

Superscript offers a pen-input device called the Superscript II. It attaches to a desktop machine via the VGA cable and accepts pen input for use with database software. Using existing hardware keeps the cost low, but it doesn't do a lot for portability. Special software called Pen- Sieve uses artificial intelligence tech- niques involving context and pattern matching to determine the meaning of oth- erwise indecipherable handwriting. The Superscript II device is like an LCD graphics tablet, providing pen-based desktop compuling.

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add notes or search for text within the book but can't actually edit it. This is intended for creating easily carried edi- tions of technical manuals and other kinds of guides that might be better stored in electronic form.

says, "and the macliine can know what you mean in different contexts. Some- times a circle can be an edit mark, oth- er times a graphic, and other times sim- ply the number 0 or the letter O."

The main advantage of pen-based computers over other portables is their ability to recognize handwriting. To- day's machines only read printed text, but tlie ability to read script is only a few years away. Observers say that it's vital if the machines are to fulfill their promise of feeling as natural to users as pen and paper.

Today machines employ a number of different techniques to recognize the user's printing. Pattern-recognition — matching the user's scrawl against a known set of letters and numbers — is one way. Typically, it accounts for about 35 percent of the job. Another technique is heuristics, a set of rules, such as "/ before E except after C," that help the machine narrow the likely options. Pen-based computers also cap- ture dynamic stroke information, such as the direction, speed, and intensity of a stroke, which can be useful in differentiating a l/from a check mark.

Users of pen-based machines that em- ploy the f^enPoint operating system from GO spend about an hour to 90 min- utes in training mode, during which the machine essentially gets to know the handwriting of its user. As Raburn says, "It becomes the most personal of com- puters." Experts predict that in a few years this process will happen online and will be invisible to the user.

Slate has also announced PenBook, which turns a book in PostScript format into a virtual book that can be read on a pen-based computer. The user can

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Like others in the industry, Raburn says that while the near-term market for pen-based portables is the busi- ness world, a much bigger market is just around the corner. "Today we're selling PCs mainly to people who al- ready have one and are upgrading. There's a large percentage of people who have said, 'Thanks, but no thanks,' to PCs. This technology will re- fuel the industry with a whole set of new users."

The potential of pen-based ma- chines hasn't escaped the notice of in-

ternational computer makers, fvlore than a dozen Japanese companies are already developing machines. But Ra- burn predicts that most Japanese com- panies will focus their efforts on their do- mestic market, giving U.S. companies a rare opportunity to get the upper hand in a rapidly emerging technology.

A Canadian company, fvlicroSlate, has a line of Datellite "Pen 'N Touch" computers specially hardened to meet NATO military specs (you can drop them, from waist level to the pavement without damaging them). MicroSlate claims to have had the first pen-based computer on the market but has been delayed in its bid for FCC approval to sell its machines in the U.S. Now the machines are available, and they've al- ready started to make inroads into the market, particularly where the ability to resist damage is crucial (such as in emergency medical services). For just under $6,000 they offer 4;MB of RAfvl and a 60fv1B hard disk. They're ready to run Windows with Pen Computing when Microsoft begins marketing it.

Given all the activity in this field, it's clear that many U.S. firms are ready to face the challenge. However the pen- based market plays out, computer us- ers are certain to see the prices of pen- based portables drop and the features improve at a dizzying pace. n

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Battle strange life forms in ttie depths of the ocean in this math-powered submarine game.

Peter Scisco

OPERATION NEPTUNE

Your mission: to recover the wreckage and solve the mys- tery of a secret space mission gone awry.

Data canisters containing the logtaool< and observations of the crew on the space mis- sion were spread throughout inhospitable undersea terrain when they were jettisoned back to earth from beyond the solar system. Once you've col- lected the canisters and bro- ken their security codes, you not only will reveal the discov- eries made by the scientists and astronauts on the space mission but may also learn whether the toxins at the crash site are linked to the canisters or are just a coincidence.

This ecologically correct sce- nario forms the backdrop for the educationally sound Oper- ation Neptune, one of the most ambitious programs to emerge from The Learning Company. Designed for kids age 10 and up, Operation Nep- tune combines fast-paced ar- cade action and great graph- ics presentation with well- grounded mathematical princi- ples. The result is a game that's as addictive as any vid- eogame you're likely to buy. You and your children will have so much fun playing it that you might not realize you're getting a refresher course in math.

This is a key point in The Learning Company's strategy: to design educational software that teaches subtly, if not sur- reptitiously. Operation Neptune succeeds by presenting math problems in a thoroughly enter- taining way, Few kids will be able to resist playing it all the way to the end.

The arcade portion places you in command of the Wep- tune, a small deep-sea subma- rine equipped with a sophisti- cated on-board computer and the capability of grabbing small objects from the ocean floor.

To make progress, you must solve any number of equa- tions and problems — applied math that tests your abilities to deal with fractions, decimals, and whole numbers in several different contexts. You might, for example, have to indicate the distance your sub has trav- eled, given its rate of speed and time in the water. Or you might have to compute the square kilometers left to search in a given sector. It's more than a little challenging,

Kids, of course, are less en- thralled with the educational el- ements of such programs than they are captivated by the entertainment, and Oper- ation Neptune captivates. You must maneuver your small ship through treacherous un- derwater trenches and can- yons, avoiding obstacles such as outcroppings of rock,

coral reefs, and the like. These arcade elements prevent Oper- ation Neptune from evaporat- ing under the pressure of solv- ing malh problems.

Moving the submarine is not overly difficult, but precise movements aren't easily exe- cuted. Occasionally, your craft will be tossed by under- sea currents. Part of the chal- lenge in piloting the Neptune is in using these currents to slip past obstacles and re- trieve parts of the wreckage.

As if maneuvering your sub weren't enough to keep you oc- cupied, you must also deal with a deadly mix of strange sea creatures. These odd ani- mals aren't just the fantasies of a back-room game designer; they're modeled after actual creatures that you might en- counter in the second world be- neath the ocean's surface.

You and your kids will have hours of fun trying to avoid these undersea inhabitants, which range from angelfish to anemones, puffer fish to octo- puses. The Learning Compa-

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ny takes some license in tine name of entertainment — some fisli throw rocks, for example. But what fun would it be to dodge these creatures if they were no more dangerous than goldfish in an aquarium?

You have a supply of weap- ons to get you through espe- cially tricky parts. The Learn- ing Company gets good marks here for keeping the game's underwater theme in mind when designing its defen- sive system: ink pellets. When faced with a menace, you can temporarily surround it with dark ink, allowing you and your sub to slip past.

The rest of the game also of- fers attractive, carefully de- signed graphics, The undenwa- ter environment is rendered in brilliant pastels in a sea of blue hues, fish and other creatures you meet during your explora- tions are well designed and presented, and the animation is smooth and fun to watch.

The game's universe is quite large, so your kids will be able to enjoy playing for many hours. Five separate zones, which increase in difficulty, are each divided into three sec- tors. Combine that with the cus- tomization options, and Oper- ation Neptune offers plenty of gamepiay.

If all this talk about arcade action and gamepiay makes you uneasy, don't fret — Oper- ation Neptune provides plen- ty of mathematical challenges. You can customize it along four levels: Whoie Numbers On- ly; Fractions and Whole Num- bers; Decimals and Whole Numbers: or Decimals, Frac- tions, and Whole Numbers.

The math problems range from simple addition and sub- traction to more advanced problems involving compass headings, volumes, area, per-

centages, and sequence pat- terns. To help you, a calcufa- tor is available. Not all of the problems allow you to use it, however. And there's an option for turning off the calculator — great for parents who want their children to have more prac- tice in solving problems with pencil and paper,

The game doesn't use timed questions, thus eliminat- ing unnecessary and artificial pressures. Instead, you start each sector with three full ox- ygen tanks, each containing four units of oxygen. Crashing into a sea wall or the floor, in- correctly answering a prob- lem, or getting attacked by a sea creature costs you one unit of oxygen. Keep your eyes peeled for Zoom, the friendly dolphin that's trained to bring you more oxygen tanks.

Although you're penalized for incorrect answers, Opera- tion Wepfune teaches you how to solve problems. After the first incorrect answer, it offers a hint as it prompts you to try again. If you miss again, anoth- er unit of oxygen is used up, and the program explains how to solve the problem.

The short-term goals of mak- ing it though three sectors and then through a zone are en- hanced by the underlying prem- ise of the game — solving the rid- dle of the data canisters. If you're able to break the code that grants access to its con- tents, each canister provides a short entry to the space crew's logbook. Placing these entries together lets you slowly unravel the mystery behind the secret space voyage.

Only a few small technical improvements could make Op- eration Neptune better. An option to start a new game with- out completely exiting the pro-

gram would be useful for fam- ilies with children at different skill levels. Also, given the game's arcade quality, joystick support is conspicu- ously absent. My only other complaint is the startup se- quence, which calls for you to type the letters on to launch the game. I prefer something more memorable, like nep- tune. These are small quib- bles, hov/ever, in an otherwise excellent piece of work.

Once considered not much more than electronic flash- cards, learning programs to- day are hardly recognizable as educational. Now they rival videogames for arcade excite- ment and simulations for spe- cial effects. And the best edu- cational software retains the ability to teach, to excite, and to maintain an interest in learn- ing. Operation Neptune sets sail in grand fashion.

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PATHWAYS

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The advent of MIDI (Musical In- strument Digital Interface), an interface that lets electronic instruments talk to a comput- er, has revolutionized music composition. With a computer and a few MIDI-controlled in- struments, one composer can write and perform what in the preelectronic era required an entire orchestra. But live per- formers who sit in on the jam have to follow the computer, since the computer is unable to follow them. That stifles a hu- man performer's style and makes for mechanical-sound- ing music.

In a new research project called AlCP (Artificially Intelli- gent Computer Performer), ar- tificial intelligence (Al) research- er and amateur violist Bridget Baird is trying to reverse that situation — to create a comput- er system that can listen to and follow along with one or more live performers.

AlCP exists only in the for-

mer whaling town of New London in a lab at tiny Connecti- cut College, where Baird is a professor. (Baird's address is Department of Mathematics, Connecticut College, Mohegan Avenue, New London, Connect- icut 06320. Her E-mail address is bbbai@conncoll.bitnet.)

Three years ago, Baird, fel- low mathematician Donald Bievins, and music professor Noel Zahler came up with the idea of a program that could play a synthesizer to accompa- ny MIDI input from an instru- ment played by a live musi- cian. Similar projects have been undertaken at MIT and Carnegie-Mellon.

By last year, AlCP could ex- pertly follow one human play- er— as long as tie or she played only a string of single notes. The program, running on a Macintosh equipped with a MIDI interface, "listens" to a person playing another MIDI instrument — for exam- ple, a keyboard or a MIDI- miked violin — and uses artifi- cially intelligent rules to figure out how to stick to the score while keeping up with the live performer. If the live performer changes tempo or key in a way not specified in the score, AlCP can still follow along without missing a beat. AlCP does depend on a score, so improvisation isn't within its capabilities. Yet.

Last summer, Baird snagged a National Science Foundation grant to enhance AlCP to follow multiple play- ers. "Usually the NSF tosses any proposal right into the trash can if it has the words art or music in it," says Baird, "but to my surprise, they gave us the money." Since no single processor could handle the in- put, Baird turned to parallel processing. She installed sev- eral Inmos Transputer boards in the Mac, one to handle MIDI from each live performer, there- by obtaining the processing

power of a mainframe for a few thousand dollars (though the temperamental inmosand Mac operating systems crash each other daily). Three stu- dents— Miriam Fendel, who is a bassoonist and psychology major; Chris Amorossi, who did the coding; and Dave McClen- don, who designed the inter- face— got AlCP to respond to as many as eight players.

AlCP raises larger phi- losophical questions. "The main challenge," says Baird, "is to figure out what people are really doing when they make music together." For ex- ample, Fendel, the psycholo- gy major, is trying to figure out how musicians choose be- tween conflicting inputs — whether to follow the first violin, who might be off-tempo, or the first flute, who might be off-key. AlCP must learn to make the same decisions. Baird notes, "As programmers we have to verbalize what we are doing as musicians and then crystallize that into computer code."

Down the road, it should be possible to turn AlCP into a mu- sic tutor, a professional-level accompanist, or maybe even a French horn in a first-rank or- chestra. It should even be pos- sible to make an AlCP-con- trolled instrument sound like it's being played by a famous virtuoso — keyboard by Vladi- mir Horowitz or Jerry Lee Le- wis— whose style could be re- duced to an algorithm. So far, there's nothing like AlCP in the world of consumer music soft- ware. Baird says she'd like to see AlCP become a commer- cial product someday, but with- out more money (her NSF grant will run out at the end of the summer of 1 992), that's un- likely to happen. For now, string trios looking for a fourth will just have to hire a real live person, Given the current dearth of jobs for human mu- sicians, maybe that's not such a bad thing. D

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If you want to create a self- contained multimedia applica- tion, your best bet is probably Asymetrix's Multimedia Re- source Kit, which adds sup- port for CD-ROM, laser disc players, animation software, au- dio- and overlay-video cards, and MIDI synthesizers to Asymetrix ToolBook 1 .5. But if you want to create a presen- tation—much like the kind you can produce with Microsoft PowerPoint, Aldus Persuasion, or Harvard Graphics, with ex- tensive animation and digitized sound — take a good look at MacroMind Action! (MacroMind, 600 Townsend Street, Suite 310W, San Francisco, California 94103; 415-442-0200; $495).

MacroMind is best known for its Macintosh program, Mac- roMind Director, which is cur- rently the best program on any platform for creating multime- dia applications. While officials from the company have hinted that we'll eventually see a ver- sion of Director for Windows, MacroMind's first PC program is actually a traditional presen- tation program — though one that offers a surprisingly large number of D/rector-like fea- tures. Like its older brother, Ac- tion! lets you quickly combine sound, motion, text, and graph- ics and even make the whole thing interactive. The programs are so similar that you can use Action! to play back D/rec- tor files on your PC— though im- ported files do lose their inter- activeness.

Like Direc- tor, Action! of- fers a variety of tools in float- ing windows that let you view and alter the objects in your presentation. The Tool Pal- ette window has the usual draw- ing program tools (pointer, text, circle, oval, and so on) as well as some unique multime- dia tools, The multimedia tools include an Action tool for applying movement, duration, and special effects to an ob- ject; a Sound tool for attaching a WAV-format digitized sound or CD-audio sound to an ob- ject; and a Link tool for creat- ing interactive buttons or link- ing an object so that it oper- ates like a button.

The other floating windows include a VCR-like Control Pan- el with play. stop, rewind, fast forward, half-second-fonward, and half-second-back but- tons; a Timeline panel that lets you quickly view and shift objects over a linear time line;

a Scene Sorter that lets you re- arrange the order of your scenes and select each scene's duration, color pal- ette, template, and transition; and a Content List that pro- vides yet another view of the structure of your presenta- tion— this time as an outline. If you have a NTSC video card, you can use the Print to Video option to copy your presentation to a videotape recorder.

Fortunateiy, all this is laid out so you only have to deal with the tools and controls that you need at the moment. In addition, the package in- cludes more than 100 profes- sionally designed templates; a ClipMedia Library of sounds, graphics, and animations; and Adobe Type Manager for smooth type in any size. In many cases, you can simply load a template, edit the text and graphics, and create an instant presentation. You can also use the Windows clip- board to import graphics and charts (in DIB and BMP for- mats) from other applications. You could scan your compa- ny's logo, import it into Action!, and have it zip across the screen to the sound of a speed- ing rocket.

MacroMind has billed Ac- tion! as "instant multimedia presentation software." On the one hand, this is marketing hype— don't expect to be able to learn this program complete- ly in an hour or two. There are just too many elements in- volved. On tfie other hand, once you do learn it, you can put together an impressive presentation in just 15 or 20 minutes. MacroMind Action! comes as close to a cut-and- paste multimedia construction kit as we've seen on the PC. The fact that a program this powerful is so easy to use means we're likely to see more great things from the fer- tile minds of MacroMind. D

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GAMEPLAY

Orson Scott Card

FOR (IM)IViATURE AUDIENCES ONLY

The stereotype of a computer programmer is a permanent melvin who has never had a date. The stereotype isn't true. Programming attracts no more nerds than any other brain-intensive profession. And yet some games make you wonder if their game- wrights have complexes linger- ing from junior high.

When Crime Wave came out, Access had a state-of-the- art mystery game with all of the ingredients: a hard-boiled detective in the Raymond Chandler mode, a high-tech near-future underworld where life is cheap and greed is king, and sex as casual as a cup of coffee.

Access does games right, providing multiple named saves at any point; a built-in hint system; and a quick, cfean exit from the game. And when you're given a choice of dialogue, it makes a differ- ence which questions you choose — maybe you'll get in- formation from another char- acter, and maybe you won't.

There's humor in the story and good writing throughout. The visuals are a stunning mix of recorded video and drawn animation, so that reality blends in with unreality.

But that's where we get into trouble, too. Crime Wave be- gins with a scanned video of the president's daughter be- ing kidnapped. Later, we see her struggling in the grip of a thug. The image is of an attrac- tive actress in a red spaghetti- strap gown. It's set off as a spe- cial moment of reality in the underlying unreality. It's dis- turbing that the sexiest image is of a woman struggling to re- sist being abducted by a stronger male figure.

At another point in the game, the player accesses a da-

tabase in which the images of several characters are stored for reference. The president's daughter is apparently nude, but you can only see her upper chest. As you watch, her image is smoothly rotated in video. But the database listing for a man shows him wearing a shirt, and nothing is shown be- low the collar. And instead of a lovingly transferred video, you flip from front to profile to one- quarter views. The implication is clear: Women are sex ob- jects; men are people.

If the president's daughter were Jessica Rabbit, an exag- gerated carica- ture of a wom- an, there would be a great dis- tance between the scene on the screen and reality

She isn't Jes- sica Rabbit, however. And so we're back to the image of computer pro- grammers as guys who can't get a date.

Martian Memorandum is per- haps less disturbing, but con- sidering that there is no warn- ing on the package, I wonder how happy many parents would be to know that one of the experiences their teen- agers might have during the playing of the game is a sexu- al encounter with the charac- ter Rhonda. The gamewrights aren't taking themselves all that seriously. They video- taped Rhonda pressing her lips against a glass screen in order to suggest that she's kissing the player, which looks silly and gets a laugh. And they certainly weren't try- ing to be pornograph- ic— when Rhonda gets you to her room, she undresses only to her underwear, and then you skip to seeing her in bed

afterward. Nor does the game flow force you to go through this encounter — in- deed, the game seems to steer you away from it. But it's there for any player to find. Access is hardly the only com- pany engaging in this behav- ior. Rise of the Dragon (Dy- namix) is in the same league as the Access games, and be- cause it's a cyberpunk game, it also takes us through some lowlife expe- riences. Dragon isn't video- taped; it's drawn. The artists did a good job at thcky mo- ments (the Pleasure Dome,

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While parents can preview a videotape or movie or read a book before giving it to their kids, they can't possibly preplay a difficult computer game and be sure they've seen every scene that their kids might end up seeing.

It's time for game develop- ers to do some serious think- ing about who their audience is — and how they're affecting that audience with their R-rat- ed computer games. □

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ENTERTAINMENT CHOICE

Rediscover lazy summer days,

tree forts, and pranks as a nine-year-old boy

in this fun, satirical adventure game.

David Sears

THE ADVENTURES OF WILLY BEAMISH

Consider average nine-year- olds: Tiney play videogames, hunt for trouble, and, most im- portant, have fun. Burdened with careers and carpools, adults can forget what sum- mer vacation means. (Remem- ber lazy days spent in tree forts and staying up late on weeknights?} Adults may con- sider their lives to be pretty im- portant, but given the oppor- tunity, how many wouldn't trade places with a kid for a few days? Wouldn't you at- tempt to recapture the exuber- ance lost to responsibility? Wouldn't you try to rediscover the feeling that you can do anything, given a few close friends and three summer months?

The creative minds at Dy- namix must know what lost childhood means to us grown- ups. Certainly only the young at heart could produce the ju- venile wonderland of The Ad- ventures of Willy Beamish with such mature wit and style.

You say you've never cared much for adventure games? Forget creeping around dun- geons or conquering the uni- verse for a while. Instead, imag- ine yourself holding the title of regional Nintari videogame champ and try to figure out a way for your pet frog to win the annual frog-jumping contest. The grand prize of $25,000 will see you to the Nintari cham- pionships in style, but even sec- ond prize gives you a shot. As Willy Beamish, nothing could please you more than the na- tional Nintari title. But alas! Born with a predilection for trouble and possessing yup-

pie parents all too willing to ship you off to military school, you have to stay on your best behavior. Even kids can have serious problems.

On the last day of school be- fore summer vacation, you'll find yourself locked in a battle of Wilis with both your crabby teacher and your despised PE instructor. Escape detention, and you must contend with a towering bully fvlake your way home, and you'll find that a not- so-good report card has pre- ceded you.

Should you take it from the mail slot and hope Dad never asks to see it, or should you leave it for him to find? Should you swing your little sister so high that she goes into orbit? Should you feed the dog at the table? fvloral dilemmas such as these will plague you, and depending on how you want to play your preteen al- ter ego, you'll sway from angel- ic to downright malicious.

Occasionally, the ghost of Grandpa Beamish will material- ize and offer counsel, but you can't always depend on his ad- vice to be lots of fun. Besides, whether you prefer to play Wil- ly as brash or timid, you must still defeat a gang of local toughs, worm your way inside a seedy bar, and thwart the wick-

ed plans of the despicable Le- ona Humpford— rather unsa- vory assignments.

Veterans of Rise of [tie Drag- on and Heart of China will find the interface of The Adven- tures of Willy Beamish familiar but perhaps somewhat more evolved. Like its predeces- sors, this Dynamix adventure runs just fine without a parser — all actions result from pointing and clicking with the mouse or, more rarely from keyboard controls. To pick up an object, just move the mouse pointer un- til an arrow appears and points to whatever you want to grab. Click the left mouse but- ton, and you have the merchan- dise. If you want to place the goods in Willy's knapsack, click on Willy. Want to take something out for inspection? Click on Willy again; an inven- tory screen appears, com- plete v/ith selectable images of all the objects that are in his possession.

Willy walks almiost every- where in his hometown of Frumpton. Whether he wants to have pizza at The Slice of Life or meet his friends Perry and Dana at the tree fort, he'll travel there on foot. To send Willy on

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his way, you just move the mouse pointer over the on- screen location you want him to visit. When the pointer chang- es to EXIT, you can click the left mouse button, and Willy will trot off.

Instead of the now passe first-person perspective of many adventure games, Willy Beamish puts the main charac- ter on the screen with the rest of the cast. Paired with the point-and-manipulate mentali- ty of the interface, Willy can move through his world at a frantic pace — one approach- ing real life. On a 40-MHz 386 machine, Willy seems hyper- kinetic; at only 20 MHz. you want to offer the sluggish boy a Slam Dunk Cota.

Dynamix outdoes itself with the backgrounds in this one. Each screen, first painted by brush and then scanned by col- or scanner, shows what 256- color VGA can do for a game. Disney or Hanna Barbera ani- mation fans might recognize the work of some talented art- ists here. For instance, Rene Garcia, who painted the gloomy visual environment for Ursula in The Little Mermaid, does an equally fine job here for the stills of Leona Humpford's mansion.

Solving all the puzzles, locat- ing all the essential objects, and winning the frog-jumping contest require more than a bit of trial and error. Fortunately, you have a suitable sound- track to accompany you in your endeavors — one that mi- raculously never grows tire- some or threatens your sanity. Sure, some parts repeat too fre- quently— in movies, these rep- etitious melodies are called themes — but at worst you'll just walk around humming the music from the introduction. Sound effects are prominent.

and the Dynamix team coaxes some surprisingly appropriate noises out of even the most ba- sic Ad Lib card.

Characters communicate via pop-up panels and thought balloons. Designer Jeff Tunnell envisioned Willy Beamish as an interactive car- toon—a goal not beyond the reach of modern PCs — but the clear digitized speech neces- sary for a complete cartoon ef- fect comes at a premium. With all the words the charac- ters in Willy Beamish bandy about, most of a PC's resourc- es would go toward playing back samples. Instead, more like a comic strip than an ani- mated feature, Willy Beamish makes extensive use of text.

Willy's possible responses to other characters' statements can at times prove infuriating, especially if they don't jibe with your concept of Willy. Some- times the little guy might seem too precocious for your tastes. Still, we can forgive a nine-year- old for many indiscretions, and you must remember that when you play Willy, you play a child — a cartoon child at that. Willy Beamish offers you the chance to laugh at adults and the adu It wo rid without real ly suf- fering the consequences.

Take time to examine the im- movable objects scattered throughout the game as well; a tour of Frumpton should evoke more than a few laughs as you uncover the history and hilarity behind almost every- thing in sight.

Younger players might miss some of the rampant in- nuendo, but most world-wea- ry adults can't miss the run- ning commentary on crime, pollution, and the evil of artifi- cial sweeteners.

In almost every regard a de- light. The Adventures of Willy

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Beamish delivers a managea- ble challenge with astounding replay value. Puzzles, neatly paired with multiple clues, won't cause any protracted, hair-putling frenzies after your bedtime, but the gnawing mys- tery of what happens at the Nin- tari championships won't let you rest, either. With 20 save- game slots available, you real- ly can't help but make some pro- gress in every gaming session. Adnnittedly, Willy Beamish re- lies heavily on animated inter- ludes to relate much of the in- formation that makes the game a story as well as a se- ries of puzzles. You might over- look this flaw for the sheer charm of the segues them- selves, but, more likely, you'll forgive it for the second chance at youth it offers. No one can resurrect lost sum- mers, but thanks to Dynamix, now you can have a second childhood — Willy's.

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Two items typify recent changes in sound: the introduction of inexpensive single-purpose boards for gameplay and the movement to more expensive cards that rival studio-quality synthesiz- ers of only a few years ago. The new sound boards may have input jacks for microphones or recording devices and often (since they're intended for use with games) joystick ports.

The Great Divide

There are several types of computer au- dio, but the main split is between wave- form and MIDI (Musical Instrument Dig- ital Interface). Waveform, also called digitized sound, involves encoding and storing sound in digital format by sam- pling it many times a second. Output can be almost indistinguishable from in- put. The quality varies according to the sampling rate, which can run from 4,000 to 44,000 times a second. Since these sample rates are so high, even compressed waveform files can be huge, straining even CD-ROMs.

MIDI files, meanwhile, can be dramat- ically smaller, with bytes representing musical notes rather than fragments of sound waves, However, the MIDI de- vice must be able to synthesize each instrument the music calls for, and a "saxophone" being played by one MIDI device may sound more or less realistic than a "saxophone" on anoth- er MIDI device.

Aside from this variability, the main drawback of the MIDI standard is that there's no entirely satisfactory way of producing the human voice with it. Sound boards used for Windows with Multimedia, for instance, are required to offer both MIDI and waveform circuit- ry so they can provide hardware sup- port for music and speech.

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For this feature article I looked at PC sound boards from the leading ven- dors— Creative Labs, Ad Lib, Covox, and ATI. All offer both MIDI and wave- form support, The waveform files can sound remarkably life-like, depending on the quality of the speakers being used. (You'll find that large, powered speakers provide better reproduction from any sound card.)

The MIDI files sound about the same, regardless of the card, because the eight-bit cards all use the same ba- sic Yamaha synthesizer chips, which can play 11 instruments at a time. Whether that quality of music is accept- able or exceptional depends entirely on your expectations.

If you're used to beeps and boops from your PC or if you've grown accus- tomed to the sound quality of Nintendo games, you'll be pleasantly surprised.

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REALLY INEXPENSIVE: ACCESS REALS'

Amidst subdued bird noises, you address the ball, tiear the swoosh of the club, and watch the golf ball sail over the landscape. And when it flies into a tree, you can hear the shredding of leaves.

"Looks like he hit a tree, Jim," says the robot sports commentator, as monotonic and vacuous as his real-life counterparts.

Yet, these noises, part of Links from Ac- cess Software, are produced without any special equipment. They come out of your system's internal speaker— an item generally limited to making warning beeps. Spokesman Steve Witzel explained that Access has developed ReatSound as

a way to send pulses to the PC's speaker to make it produce speech. Unfortunately because of the quality of the hardware, the speech is of the quality of a voice on a long-distance telephone connection — eve- rything is comprehensible, but you wouldn't confuse it with ttie real thing, On- ly digitized sound is handled— there's no fvllDl music synthesizer And the piezoelec- tric speakers used in some laptops tend to be faint.

About 65 other software vendors have licensed RealSound technology so far, most for the creation of sound effects, theme music, and narration.

REALLY HIGH QUALITY: ROLAND LAPC-1

Take heart— you can have professional- quality sound from your PC. You just have to pay for it, You can, for instance, get the $595 U\PC-1 from Roland.

The same fvllDI files were played with the boards reviewed above. Then they were played on the stereo LAPC-i using Stie same speakers at the same settings. The results were memorably different. The music sounded like an electric guitar with live orchestral backup. The effect is the re- sult of using sophisticated custom synthe- sizer chips instead of the standard Yama- ha chips. Windows with Multimedia has a driver to support it.

Besides the price, there are other draw-

backs. No software comes with it — you're expected to run it with a game or acquire music composition software separately And waveform audio isn't supported— if you want voice narration as well, you'll have to get a separate board.

Meanwhile, the LAPC-1 is slated for eventual replacement by the new Roland SCC-1 board at the same price. This new Roland board is touted as offering even bet- ter sound quality but the main difference 1 noted is that it's smaller and uses fewer chips. The other differences are that you can't create new instruments as you can with the LAPG-1 and the SCC-1 comes with more external connectors.

REALLY ENTERTAINING: DISNEY'S SOUND SOURCE

It used to be that if you were out of expan- sion slots or you used a laptop that had no expansion slots to begin with, you could ei- ther use RealSound or suffer in silence.

But now there's the Sound Source from Disney Software. It's a simple $39 box (it only costs $20 when purchased bundled with Disney software packages) about the size of a business telephone. The Sound Source connects with your PC's parallel port. What if you need to use your printer? The parallel plug has both a male and a fe- male end so that you can plug your print- er in and still use the Sound Source. (But if the printer is connected, you have to turn it on for the Sound Source to work cor- rectly) The Sound Source itself is powered

by a standard nine-volt battery

The main drawback is that parallel ports aren't as standardized as you might think. The Sound Source relies on a cou- ple of pins in the connector that are rarely used, and some board makers save a few cents by leaving them disconnected. The Sound Source won't work with those boards at all.

Windows witli tyluttimedia drivers are available, and you're likely to encounter Sound Source circuitry more and more in the future, since Phoenix Technologies has licensed it for use in the ROM BfOS chips it makes for PC clones. This should lead to broader support and might result in a long-awaitsd PC sound standard.

Yet the music doesn't measure up to your home stereo, unless you've pur- chased an expensive MIDI synthesizer as your output device.

But even if you find the sound itself similar, nothing else is — software sup- port, auxiliary inputs and outputs, and other options differ greatly from board to board. (Incidentally, because of space limitations, all of the sound boards use '/a-inch miniature jacks on their ports.) Some offer stereo output, although a MIDI file has to have been recorded in stereo in order to be repro- duced in stereo. Some boards offer joystick ports that could also be used

to interface to an external MID! synthe- sizer for those PC users who are se- rious about music reproduction.

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Creative Labs undoubtedly offers the most diversity. For $849,95 you get not just a sound card but a whole upgrade kit to turn your PC into an MPC (Multi- media PC). This includes a Creative Labs Sound Blaster Pro sound card which also controls an internal CD- ROM drive, Windows witti Multimedia on CD, and four other CD titles; Micro- soft Bookshelf {6on'{ miss the animat- ed encyclopedia entries), a game, a col-

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stereo F/X ATI Technologies 3761 Victoria Park Ave. Scarborough, ON Canada M1W 3S2 (416) 756-0718	S199.00	yes	1	11	yes
Sound Master li Covox 675 Conger St. Eugene, OR 97402 (503) 342-1271	$229.95	yes	2	11	no
Sound Blaster Pro Creative Labs 2050 Duane Ave. Santa Clara, CA 95054 (406) 986-1461	$299.95 ($849.95 MFC kit)	yes	2	22 (11 stereo)	yes
Ad Lib MSC Ad Ub Gold AdLib 220 GrandeAllee East #850 Quebec. PO Canada GIR 2J1 (4181 529-9676	5119,95 $293.95	no yes	no 1	11 20	no yes
LAPC-1 Roland 7200 Dominion Cir. Los Angeles, CA 90050-0911 (213) 685-5141	$595.00	yes	no	32	yes
Sound Source Walt Disney Computer Software 500 S. Bue,na Vista Burbank, CA 91521 (818) 841-3326	S39.00	no	no	n/a	no

lection of sound effects, and a soft- ware sampler. By itself, Sound Blaster Pro sells for S299.95.

The Windows CD includes several utilities geared to tfie Sound Blaster, including Chatterbox to play waveform files, Jukebox to play MIDI files (al- thoughi both types can be played by the standard Media Player multimedia utility from Microsoft), and a sound mix- er. The CD also has a collection of mu- sic files and sound effects you can use with the Multimedia Alarm Clock — the car-crash effect is sure to rouse you.

Other DOS software bundled with the Sound Blaster includes a voice ed- itor that lets you edit waveform files, complete with an oscilloscopelike dis- play that lets you cut and paste; fvllDI music composition software: and soft- ware to integrate Sound Blaster sound with existing onscreen animations. There's also a voice synthesizer that will read ASCII files aloud. (Predictably, the output can be quite stilted; if, for in- stance, it encounters a page divider of 60 equal signs, it will pronounce "equal sign" 60 times.)

Trump Card

At the opposite end of the feature spec- trum is the Ad Lib MSC (Music Synthe- sizer Card), which is intended to be

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plugged in and used by the applica- tion software without much user involve- ment. There are no settings or jumpers or drivers to worry about — you tell your game software to use Ad Lib, and suddenly you have sound.

For $119.95 you get the card itself and a utility called Jukebox that plays music files in Ad Lib's own ROL format. Ad Lib does additionally offer musical composition software called Visual Com- poser thai represents the notes in play- er-piano format (that is, as holes in a sliding display adjacent to piano keys) rather than in the musical staff. {Visual Composer, bundled with the board, costs $199.95.)

The only outputs on the board are the speaker jack and the volume con- trol— ^there is no jack provided for micro- phone input

As this was being written, Ad Lib was readying its Ad Lib Gold card, a $299.95 package that will offer higher- quality MIDI, stereo output, micro- phone input jacks, Windows with Mul- timedia drivers, and other auxiliary features. The Ad Lib Goid Card won't use the standard Yamaha chips. For PC users who are seeking the illusion of being in a concert hall, a Surround Sound add-on module is available to add the appropriate reverb.

To Master Sound

Meanwhile, there's the $229.95 Sound Master II from Covox. It's fully compat- ible with the Ad Lib card, but it has many more features — as you'd expect from looking at the price.

The board has two microphone in- puts (for powered and unpowered mikes), a joystick/Ml Dl connector, and a volume control. The unit comes with two small, unpowered speakers; how- ever, if quality sound reproduction is of high importance to you, you would get better-quality sound using almost any set of headphones or powered speakers.

Notable among the provided soft- ware is what might be called a voice- command utility. It lets you speak a phrase up to 1 Vz seconds long into the microphone, You repeat the phrase three times and tell the system that the phrase equals a particular keyboard in- put. Thereafter, when you say the phrase, your computer will execute the keyboard input. This feature could be used as an attention-getting gimmick at a presentation, allowing you to com- mand your computer to change slides or sum a column of figures just by speaking to it.

Sound Master II also comes with a music composition program called Lyra (which produces staff notation) and a waveform editor, Windows with Multimedia drivers for Sound Master II are reportedly in the works.

Special F/X

Meanwhile, the $199 Stereo F/X card from ATI Technologies offers both Ad Lib and Sound Blaster emulation. The board has stereo input and output jacks, a volume control, and a MIDI,/ joystick interface, DOS and Windows with Multimedia drivers, MIDI players, waveform editors, and animation syn- chronization software are provided, but the board isn't shipped with any music composition software as such.

All of these boards will launch you fairly painlessly into the brave new world of PC sound. But sound is a big world, and MIDI constitutes a whole in- dustry unto itself. Before getting in- volved, you might want to consider the alternatives discussed in the accompa- nying sidebar.

Whatever sound decision you make, you'll find that many of your ac- tion and adventure games — most games now support sound cards — are more enjoyable when you can hear them. And who knows? Once you be- come familiar with some of the MIDI mu- sic-composition software available on the market, you might discover that you or someone else in your family is a budding musical genius. □

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Tom Netsel

WJ hen was the last time you saw an ad for the 64 on televi- sion? If you live in Eng land.you probably saw a ten- second spot tacked on the end of an Amiga ad that ran during the Christmas season.

Commodore started its im- portant before-Christmas ad campaign in early Novem- ber, pushing the Amiga, CDTV, and the 64, spend- ing about £4.5 million on the TV spots. This marked the first time the 64 has made a television appear- ance in the United Kingdom since the mid-1980s.

In Germany last year, sales were the highest ever for the 64, with more than 400,000 of them making their way into German homes. Commodore claims there are more than 3 million 64s in Germany now.

It appears that not everyone has written off the plucky little 8-bitter. Too bad interest isn't as great in North America. Take the ninth annual World of Com- modore in Toronto, for exam- ple. It was a lack luster show for 64/128 owners. There were no 64s on dis- play at the huge Commo- dore Canada booth, and this was the first year the company didn't hire Jim But- terfield to conduct seminars.

One of the tew bright spots of 64 activity came from Free Spirit Software. It announced a new series of education titles from Satche! Software in Australia, Prices weren't firm then, but the following products should be available by this time,

Picture Book lets stu- dents create stories with words and pictures. Dr. Speilingstein helps with spell-

ing when he's not too busy combining body parts in his lab with laser beams.

Granny's Garden is a structured adventure game for grades 1-4, and Math Booster allows elementary school children to improve number skills by playing an exciting arcade-style game,

Flowers of Crystal is a graphic adventure game in which players must face burning deserts, rugged mountains, and other danger- ous areas with spells and magic. The teaching activi- ties associated with the pro- gram cover most areas in an elementary school curric- ulum. It comes with teach- er's guide, audio cassette, map, and storybook. Drag- on World is another adven- ture game that provides a range of resources,

In The Lost World, the theme of dinosaurs provides a springboard for develop- ing a wide range of problem- solving skills in language, math, science, social stud- ies, and more. Another pack- age with a theme is Jara Tava — The Isle of Fire. Stu- dents must cross shark-infest- ed waters, avoid pitfalls, ex- plore dank caverns, and try hang gliding to solve this graphic adventure game.

Creative fylicro Design offi- cials at the show were excit- ed about a German product they plan to distribute. They didn't have samples at the show, but be on the lookout a new GEOS program called Perfect Print LO. This enhancement package pro- vides near laser quality from dot-matrix printers. It of- fers more than 50 fonts and is capable of 360 x 360 dpi on a 24-pin printer and 240 X 216 dpi on a 9-pin, D

GAZETTE 64/128 VIEW G-1 New 64 software was scarce at the World of Commodore, but products from abroad are trickling in. By Tom Netsel.
FEEDBACK Questions and comments from our readers.	G-2
AN UPDATED GUIDE TO COMMODORE USER GROUPS Here's an update to the user group listing that we published last summer. Edited by Dana Stoll.	G-5
REVIEWS Tony LaRussa 's Ultimate Baseball, /Medieval Lords, and The Write Stuff.	G-10
MACHINE LANGUAGE Putting a hex on your output. By Jim: Butterfield.	G-1 8
GEOS GEOS tidbits, nuggets, and odds and ends. By Steve Vander Ark.	G-20
DIVERSIONS Winners of the Design-a-Robot Contest. By Ered D'Ignazio.	G-22
BEGINNER BASIC Learn about the keyboard buffer. By Larry Cotton.	G-23
PROGRAMMER'S PAGE Peek the SID chip's registers. By Randy Thompson.	G-24
PROGRAMS Graphos The Cube geoLynx HAG Pegman Bug-Swatter	G-25 G-27 G.28 G-33 G-36 G-39

APRIL 1992 COMPUTE G-1

FEEDBACK

Questions

and answers about

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diflerent model

64s, drive

belts, magnetic

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Bug-Swatter

A couple of readers noted that syntax errors occur in lines 580 and 585 of CoilCalc {June 1991). Author Robert Marcus offers these correc- tions to the program.

580 IN=.2*VAL(CD$)T2* (TN(GA)*VAL{CL$))TZ

585 IH=IN/((3*VAL{CDS))+{9*VAL (CL$)))

590 IN=INT(100'IN+.5)/100

Disk of Ages

For how many years will data written on a disk by the 1541 drive be accessible? Some disks have lengthy warran- ties, but does the information stored on them eventually fade to the point of illegibility? Should you copy all your disks periodically?

DOREEN HORNE BRISBANE. QUEENSLAND AUSTRALIA

It's always a good idea to back up important disks, but the reason isn't degradation of the medium per se. In fact, with care, floppies can be ex- pected to hold their data in readable form for decades. Data loss usually results from handling, when disks are ex- posed to magnetic fields, air- borne pollutants, grime, and deformation. Since there is no way to avoid handling your disks, make backups!

Different A/lode!

What is the difference be- tween the Commodore 64 and 64C computers? Are all peripherals and software for the two models compatible?

MILES NOON AN TINLEY PARK. IL

All peripherals and software which work with the 64 will work with the 64C. The rea- son for this is that the 64C is functionally identical to the 64 on the inside. The only notice- able differences between the two models are cosmetic.

Side by Side

When I bought a refurbished 1581 disk drive and put it next to my 1571, GEOS 128 2.0 would crash every time I clicked on the 1581 icon. All I could get was a disk error message. I tried every tip friends could offer, but noth- ing worked. I even sent the disk drive back to the mail- order company for repair. When I got it back, the prob- lem persisted.

The drive sat unused for months until I decided to take it to a local technician. To my shock and surprise, when I got to his shop, there was nothing wrong with the drive, and GEOS worked per- fectly. Why had it worked in the shop and not on my desk? The drives were sepa- rated at the shop, and they worked fine. When I took them home and put the 1581 to the left of the 1571, I had the same problem again.

I think it must be some sort of magnetic interference. When the drives are separat- ed, they work fine. They even worked when ! switched them around and put the 1581 on the right and the 1571 on the left. No more prob- lem, fvlaybe this information will help others who may expe- rience a similar problem.

JIM KVARNBERG EDMONTON. AB CANADA

Thanks for sharing that infor- mation, Jim. Perhaps it will help someone else.

Blue Chip Drive

I am in desperate need of a drive belt for a Blue Chip (BXD 5.25) disk drive. If any reader knows where I can ac- quire one or knows of anyone who repairs those drives, I would greatly appreciate be- ing contacted.

DAVID R, STEELE P.O. BOX 75 VERNON, Ml 48476

Long Printouts

When I use geoPaint and print out the results, I always get a page-and-a-half print- out. I have the same problem with geoWrite and geoPub- lish. I use a 64, a Super Gra- phix Jr. interface, a Panason- ic KX-P1123 printer, and GEOS. SpeedScript doesn't give me this problem, only GEOS programs. Do you know why 1 keep wasting pa- per with these programs?

LARRY NESSRALLAH LAVAL. PO CANADA

It sounds like the trouble is your printer driver You didn't mention which driver you've placed first on your boot disk, but if you're using a driv- er designed for an 8- or 9-pin printer, the result will be an elongated printout just as you describe. GeoWorks recom- mends the N8-15 driver from your system disk for your 24- pin printer, although it will print a reduced image.

There are better drivers available for 24-pin printers. GeoVltorks (2150 Shattuck Av- enue, Berkeley California 94704) has released one called LQ- 1500, which is avail- able on its Printer Driver Disk ($10). On QuantumLink you can download a number of good printer drivers for 24-pin printers written by George Wells. His EPSON24PIN is an excellent regular driver, one called EPSON24PIN90DPI ri- vals laser printing for quality, and his EPS0N24PIN DRAFT allows for a much faster print- out at the expense of print quality These public domain drivers are also available on BBS Post at (616) 534-1346. This BBS is in Michigan, and the sysop allows first-time call- ers to download programs.

By the way, while you are at it, check the DIP switches on your printer interface. These switches should be set

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FEEDBACK

Problems with

spaces in

BASiC, detecting

modes of

operation, and

comments

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Pen Pal Wanted

I like computers a lot. i would like to have pen friends who are interested in computers. I know BASIC and machine lan- guage. If you would like me as a pen friend, write to the fol- lowing address.

XAVIER JOHN P.O, BOX 838 BOROKO, N.CD. PAPUA. NEW GUINEA (via) AUSTRALIA

XOR or X OR?

When I run Fraction Practice

II (November 1987) on my 128. I get a syntax error in line 150. What gives?

JOHN E. POTTER NEW LEXINGTON. OH

r/ie program line in question reads tike this.

15Q A=FNC(Z1):IFA=X0RA=Y THEN15Q

This is a classic example of a problem often encountered when programming in Commo- dore BASIC. Because the op- erating system doesn't strictly require spaces between com- mands, keywords, or varia- bles, many programmer like to save time and space by run- ning everything together. To a human, it's obvious that when spaces are added, the line is meant to be read as follows.

150 A=FNC{Z1):IFA=X0RA=Y THEN 150

The 128, however, has an XOR command. When the in- terpreter looks at the same line, the first part of the code presents no problem. The problem occurs when it tries to execute the IF statement. It reads it this way.

IF A=XOR A=Y THEN 150

The syntax of the XOR func-

tion is XOR(r^^, nZ). So the com- puter interpretation balks not only at the fact that there are two comparisons run together (A^XOR and A=Y) but also be- cause the XOR function has no arguments. This is where the syntax error comes from. Another common syntax er- ror comes from using an AND comparison after the variable T and running the two togeth- er. The computer misinter- prets the code as a TAN func- tion. The specific solution to this problem, then, is to enter the line as a human would read it — with spaces. The way to avoid similar problems cropping up in your own code is to take the time to sep- arate the components of a pro- gram instruction with spaces. It may save you a lot of debug- ging time later

Mode Detection

I am writing a text adventure game that is supposed to work in both 128 mode and 64 mode. How can I check to see if a 128 is running in 64 or 128 mode and if it's in 40- or 80-column mode? Then, how can I make the program switch automatically to 40- or 80-column mode?

HENRY WILLIAMS COALDALE. AB CANADA

There's a difference between the 64 and the 128 in the way system memory is laid out. This fact can be utilized to de- termine which mode a pro- gram is running in. Some pro- grammers will simply poke a value into the memory range from 16384 ($4000) to 40969 ($9FFF) and try to read it back. Since this is an area of free FtAM in 64 mode but it's overlaid with BASIC ROM in 128 mode, the test is whether or not the value being poked can be peeked again. The fol- lowing code fragment utilizes this principle.

10 V=PEEK(40000): POKE 4DO0D,V+1: PRINT 64*(V- PEEK(40000)+Z)"1VIODE"

If you don't want to take chanc- es with BASIC RAM memory, use the fact that the contents of the zero page vary be- tween modes. For example, on both the 64 and the 128, addresses 768 and 769 form a vector to the BASIC error- handling routine. On the 64, the address being vectored is 58251 (SE38B), but on the 128, the address is 19910 ($4DC6). Peeking the ad- dress carried within this vec- tor will tell your program what mode IS being used.

To check whether your 128 is using 40- or 80-column mode, peek address 215, the active screen flag. Try this.

10 IF PEEK(215> AND 128 THEN PRINT "80-COLUMN MODE": ELSE PRINT "40-COLUIVlN MODE"

To switch between 40- and 80-column screens, use the fol- lowing line.

PRINT CHR$(27)"X"

Printing CHR$(27) is like press- ing the Esc key.

Format Feedback

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HUGH F. SAUTTER PERRYSBUHG, OH

I am disappointed in your "re- placement" magazine. Good- bye, Gazette. It was sure fun white it lasted.

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G-4 COMPUTE APRIL 1992

AN UPDATED GUIDE TO

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EDITED BY DANA STOLL

Last August and September, we pub- lished a two-part list of Commo- dore user groups across the United States, Canada, and the rest of the world. Since then, we have updated our list, adding more than 90 additional groups. Under each state heading, the groups are listed accord- ing to ZIP code.

User groups offer Commodore 64 and 128 owners a great deal of sup- port and information. If there is a group near you, we hardily recom- mend that you attend a meeting and of- fer your support in return.

If your group was not listed last sum- mer and it does not appear in this up- date, send your club name, address, and bulletin board telephone number (if available) to this address.

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Your group will be listed in an update in a future issue.

ALABAMA

H.A.C.K.S,, P.O. Box 14356. Huntsville, AL 35815 (BBS#s 205-859-9316 for 300- 1200 baud, and 205-851-9827 for 1200- 2400 baud)

Coosa Valley Commodore Club (C.V.C.C), P.O. Box 1893. Gadsden, AL 35902- 1893

Amiga/Commodore Club of Mobile, 3968- H Rue Maison, Mobile, AL 36608

ARIZONA

Commodore Club South, P.O. Box 324. Pin- son, A2 85126

Thunder Mountain User's Group, P.O. Box 1796, Sierra Vista. AZ 85636

Catallna Commodore Computer Club, PC. Box 32548, Tucson, AZ 85751

ARKANSAS

Pine Bluff Users Group (PBUG), PO. Box

1083, Pine Bluff, AR 71613 (BBSS 501- 536-5915) Commodore Computer Club, PO. Box

6000. Fort Smith, AR 72906

CALIFORNIA

Commodore 64 West User Group, 2306 W. 180 St., Torrance, CA 90504

Southern California Commodore Users Group (SCUG), 11018 E. Rosecrans Ave.. Ste. 203, Norwalk, CA 90650 (BBS# 213-927-5016)

Los Angeles County Commodore Club, 5947 Reno Ave.. Temple City, CA 91780

K-North, 1616 Wagon Wheel Dr.. Ocean- side. CA 92057

Commodore Users Group of Riverside (CUGR), RO. Box 8085, Riverside, CA 92515

FOG International User's Group, PO. Box 3474. Costa Mesa, CA 92628 (Postal group)

North Orange County Computer Club,

P.O. Box 3616. Orange, CA 92665 Fairfield Commodore User's Group, P.O.

Box 2778, Fairfield, CA 94533 North Bay User's Group, RO. Box 7156,

Vallejo, CA 94590 Lake County Computer Users, P.O. Box

385, Clearlake. CA 95422

COLORADO

Fort Collins C2, PO. Box 2051, Ft. Collins. CO 80522

CONNECTICUT

Fairfield County C=UG, PO. Box 212.

Danbury. CT 06813 Stamford Area Commodore Society, RO.

Box 2122, Stamford, CT 06906

FLORIDA

Commodore Computer Club, 6956

fvlaudin Ln., Jacksonville, FL 32244 Fort Walton Beach Commodore Users

Group (FWBCUG), P.O. Box 3, Sinalimar,

FL 32579 (BBS#s 904-862-8229 for 300-

1200 baud and 904-862-8830 for 2400-

9600 baud) El-Shift-Oh Commodore User's Group,

RO. Box 361348, tvlelbourne, FL 32836-

1348 Big One Group, Erick Rodriguez, 4271 NW

S-TAIvl CNL Dr. 205, Miami, FL 33126 M.I.C.E., 11110 Bird Rd., Miami, FL 33165 Tampa Commodore Users Group, P.O.

Box 271471, Tampa. FL 33688 Charlotte County Commodore Ciub

(CCCC), PO. Box 512103, Punta Gorda.

FL 33951-2103 Commodore User Group of Venice, PO.

Box 3325, Venice. FL 34293 Commodore Country Ciub, 9125 U.S. 19

N, Pinellas Park, FL 34666 Lake/Sumter Commodore Users Group,

RO. Box 416, Leesburg, FL 34749

ILLINOIS

U.N.C.L.E., 533 N. 4th Ave., Des Plaines, IL

60016 Fox Vaiiey 64 User Group, 833 Prospect,

Elgin. IL 60120 S.W.R.A.P. User's Group, PO. Box 342,

Bedford Parl<, IL 60449 Peoria Area Commodore Users Group

(PACUG), 2508 N. Rockwood Rd., Peo- ria, IL 61604.2216 Decatur Commodore Computer Club,

PO, Box 2752, Decatur. IL 62526-2752 Jacksonville Area Commodore Users, 4

Purcell St, PO. Box 135. Murrayville. IL

62668

INDIANA

Anderson Computer User's Group, 830 Ha- rold St.. Anderson, IN 46013

C'H*U*G BBS and Club (Commodore Hard- w/are Users Group), P.O. Box 40745, Indianapolis, IN 46240

IOWA

Product Engineering Center Commodore

Users, 319 Ivanhoe Rd.. Waterloo, lA

50701 Cedar Vaiiey Commodore User's Group,

PO. Box 2254, Waterloo, lA 50704 Clinton Commodore User's Group, RO.

Box 743, Clinton, lA 52732

KANSAS

Salt City Commodore Club, P.O. Box 2644. Hutchinson, KS 67501

LOUISIANA

Northwest Louisiana PC Users Group,

945 Dudley Dr., Shreveporl, LA 71104- 4815

MARYLAND

Gaithersburg Commodore User's Group,

PO. Box 2033, Gaithersburg. MD 20886 Columbia Commodore User Group, 455

Joetta Dr., Elkridge, MD 21227 Westinghouse Commodore User's Group, PO. Box 8756, Baltimore. MD 21240 Hagerstown User's Group, 953 W. Wash- ington St., Hagerstown, MD 21740

MASSACHUSETTS

Worcester Area Com-Rades, 35 Hilltop Ave., Jefferson, MA 01522

MICHIGAN

Commodore Operators of Marysvliie/Pt.

Huron, 4579 Lake Shore Rd., Fort Gra-

toite Tpk,, Pt. Huron, Ml 48060 Computer Users of Lexington, RO. Box

482. Lexington, Ml 48450-0482 Lansing Area Commodore Club, RO. Box

1065, E. Lansing, Ml 48826 (BBS# 517-

339-0618) Lenawee Commodore User's Group, 210

Chestnut St., Adrian, Ml 49221 West IVIichigan Commodore Users Group

(WMCUG), 1334 Riley Hudsonville. Ml

49426

MONTANA

Missoula Commodore User's Group, P.O. Box 331, Missoula, MT 59806

NEBRASKA

Lincoln Commodore User's Group, 5742

Saylor, Lincoln, NE 68124 Alliance Commodore Computer Club, 607

Toluca, Alliance, NE 69301 Panhandle Computer User Group, 1122 Ave. L, Scottsbluff. NE 69361 (BBS# 308- 635-7244 andTDD# 308-635-7244)

NEW MEXICO

Deming Commodore User's Group, 1400 Mallery St.. Deming. NM 88C30

NEW YORK

Bronx User's Group, RO. Box 523, Bronx,

NY 10475 Morrisonville Commodore User's Group,

Rt. 1. Box 61, Morrisonville, NY 12962 Triple Cities Commodore Society, P.O. Box 476, Binghampton, NY 13902

NORTH CAROLINA

Mayodan Commodore Users Group, 707

Virginia St., Mayodan, NC 27027 (BBS# 919-623-8900) Greater Onsiow Commodore Users Group (GOCUG), RO. Box 1644, Jacksonville, NC 28541

OHIO

Commodore Computer Ciub of Toledo,

PO. Box 8909, Toledo, OH 43623 COM-NET, c/o Gladys Reinhardt, PO. Box

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Recently, there's been a wave of sports games for home computers released with celebrity endorsements. From Joe fvlontana to Jack Nicklaus, famous sports fig- ures are lending their names to computer sports titles, some excellent and some on- ly average.

The Oakland A's Tony LaRussa is the latest base- ball manager to put his name on a game. The result, Tony LaRussa's Ultimate Baseball, has smooth graph- ics and simple gameplay. It's a whole lot of fun, but I'm not sure the word ultimate fits well in the title. That's be- cause no game has every- thing that players want, but Ultimate Baseball is definite- ly one of the best baseball games out for the 64/128.

The game's interface is easy to learn. The main screen shows the bases and a little bit of the outfield, and the view shifts when neces- sary, During a pitch, a closeup of the pitcher and batter appears in the center of the main screen. The view is from behind the batter. When the ball is hit, the view tracks the flight of the ball. The statistics (score, runs, balls, strikes, and outs) are displayed beneath the main playing screen. Also, Ulti- mate Baseball displays the pitcher's name and average and the batter's name and batting average. Importantly, in the center of the strip along the bottom is a radar view with a black dot that rep- resents each runner. This lets you keep track of the men on base when the view shifts into the outfield and bas- es are no longer visible.

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Action begins after a short setup phase. Players se- lect the difficulty level first. The Pro difficulty level re- quires the player to do eve- rything. In the Rookie level, the computer fields the ball but doesn't throw it to the right plate. Also in the Rook-

When your team is field- ing, there are more options. You can bring in a new pitch- er; change your infield de- fense strategy; and play the outfield deep, shallow, or nor- mal. These manager options require only a push of the joys- tick and allow complete con-

Smooth graphics and simple gameplay, mai<e Tony LaRussas Ultimate Baseball a whole lot of fun.

ie level, when the player turns pitching over to the com- puter, it always tries to throw a strike. The difficulty option allows newcomers to Ulti- mate Baseball to jump right in and have a fighting chance. Next, players choose the starting lineup and batting order. Then the real fun begins!

Ultimate Baseball has a lot of features that make play- ing the game effortless, with all of the attention placed on the game itself. The feature that separates this game from other baseball simula- tions is the manager option. At any time in the game, you can interrupt the current play and make a managerial decision or turn control over to the computer. If your team is at bat, the manager options are pinch hit, pinch run, and bullpen (to warm up a relief pitcher).

trol of your team's strategy. You make your selections and all other choices in Ulti- mate Baseball by moving the joystick.

Graphically, Ultimate Base- ball is very nice. The stadium is big, and it takes a good wal- lop to knock a ball out of the park. The animation is very good, especially in the closeup view of the pitcher and batter. Their movements are realistic. Also, if there's a runner on second base, you can see him shifting back and forth in the background.

Ultimate Baseball pans the view to follow the ball quickly. This is important for close plays. The radar view completes the graphics infor- mation both players need. Overall, Ultimate Baseball \s a slick-looking game with a well-organized screen. Play- ers can focus on the game and not have to worry about

finding the right view.

Expansion disks are on the way to complete the Ulti- mate Baseball playing envi- ronment. The teams that come with the game have the best players from the his- tory of baseball on each team. From Ivlike Schmidt and Nolan Ryan to Wade Boggs and the infamous Pe- te Rose, players are repre- sented by their average ca- reer stats. Future expansion disks include the greatest teams from 1901 to 1968, the greatest teams from 1969 to 1989, and the 1990 teams. These disks will add more excitement to the game, but nothing beats head-to-head play in Ulti- mate Baseball. The game al- lows single- and two-player games and even lets you place both teams under com- puter control so you can sit back and watch the action.

Although 64/128 owners miss out on some features found in other versions of the game, this one is still quick moving and a lot of fun. Un- like some other baseball games I've played, batting doesn't require unforgiving accuracy. This is important in the heat of a battle on the dirt diamond. The sound ef- fects are nice, and the open- ing theme gets you in the mood. If you're looking for a fun, expandable baseball game for your home comput- er. Ultimate Baseball makes a strong argument for your adding it to your library.

Tony LaRussa should be happy to have his name on Ultimate Baseball. Play ball!

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MEDIEVAL LORDS

War games set in modern limes sometimes contain too mucti detail to be fun. Witii the availability of so many tanks, planes, ships, other ve- hicles, and weapons in your electronic arsenal, there's no limit to scenarios or focus.

Medieval Lords takes the player back to a time where such machines didn't exist. It puts the emphasis on the power of soldiers to win bat- tles. With the feel of the con- quest board game Risk and enough pseudohistorical events to make the game more realistic. Medieval Lords is a challenging romp through the fvliddle Ages in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.

Your role in Medieval Lords is that of an adviser to a leader (king, emperor, sul- tan, or duke) of a number of provinces. Each group of provinces is a domain. The goal of the game is to help ex- pand your lord's domain through diplomacy, politics, economics, and battles. Points earned throughout the game determine your overall success.

The game system is flexi- ble and lets you alter the com- puter player's skill level, game length, portion of map used, and number of actions per turn. Medieval Lords al- lows as many as ten players, with up to six computer play- ers. Each turn phase in Me- dieval Lords represents one game year. With six scenari- os in the game and variable game length, players can en- joy simple ten-year challeng- es or undertake century- long conquests.

Medieval Lords starts the player with only a few prov- inces in a domain, It takes on- ly a few moves to get used to the game's interface. From then, you'll be building

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empires of which Napoleon himself would be proud. The game is controlled entirely by joystick. You enter com- mands by making selections from various menus. A map of nearby provinces takes up almost the entire screen, with room left on the bottom for the current command menu. The map scrolls and shows only a small portion of the overall game map,

Each turn in Medieval Lords consists of three phas- es: an events/tax collection phase, an action phase, and an end year phase. The first phase is largely information- al. It itemizes any significant events and tells you how much money you'll take in that year.

One of the setup options at the beginning of the game concerns display mode. The choices are to dis- play all actions, war actions only actions affecting play- ers only, and actions affect- ing humans only. You will in- itially notice the differences in display mode in the events/ tax collection phase,

You can waste a lot of time reading messages in Me- dieval Lords. To speed game- play, I would suggest setting the display mode to actions affecting players only to elimi- nate extra information that may not affect the game. Af- ter the events/tax collection phase, you'll know how you stand financially as well as po- litically. Deaths, births, cru- sades, plagues, and inva- sions are all revealed during this phase. Note each event and use that information to guide your actions in the next phase of the game.

You make all your deci- sions and important moves in the action phase. You can perform as many minor ac- tions and information re- quests as you want, but only as many major actions as

you selected during game set- up. Major actions include rais- ing armies, subverting no- bles, building castles, and supporting towns, fvlinor ac- tions include moving armies, declaring war, and propos- ing an alliance.

You'll quickly learn the best approach to some situ- ations. If you make the wrong decisions, you have an- other chance to better your position during the next year. The first phase sets up the situation, and the action phase lets you react. The ac- tion phase is the fun part of the game.

The end year phase in- forms you of your financial sit- uation and updates your score. You quickly learn whether or not you've made the right moves in the action phase. In the first few turns of the game, you'll probably fall into debt. If you go into debt beyond double your in- come for that year, you have to correct your status in this phase. A deficit strategy menu pops up from which you may choose such ac- tions as bluffing it out or de- priving forces by not paying soldiers.

Medieval Lords is set up logically, and gameplay goes smoothly. The variety of conditions under which you may play increases the game's replay value. The manual is well organized, and a reference section takes up half of the text.

fvlartin Campion, a profes- sor of history designed the game and brought his profes- sional expertise into the gameplay. Events like the Black Plague, nomadic inva- sions, and the influential pres- ence of a Pope make Medie- val Lords more historically accurate. Campion's goal was to design a game in which you can take an active part in the Middle Ages

through your advice to a pow- erful ruler, He succeeds in this goal and provides us with a game tha:'s fun and challenging as well as infor- mative and dynamic.

Instructors can easily use Medieval Lords as an effec- tive teaching tool. It would cer- tainly make a history class more interesting. Graphics are nothing special in Medi- eval Lords. The map con- sists of rough shapes to rep- resent provinces. It does its job and nothing more.

There's no sound in the game. The strength of Medi- eval Lords is in its detail and successful attempt to bring the fvliddle Ages to life. Me- dieval times have always fas- cinated me. Life was simple by today's standards, but people who lived then had to be tough to survive.

Medieval Lords is perfect for anyone either interested in this time pehod or looking for a dynamic game of con- quest that puts the action back in the hands of players.

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A child can easily use this program with its onscreen menus. The keys that invoke various commands and func- tions are logical, and learn- ing them requires little help from the manual. On the oth- er hand, a seasoned writer can really put this word proc- essor through its paces in command mode with the pro- gram's macros and other ad- vanced features.

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ORA #$30 CMP #S3A BCC GOTDIG ADC #SD6 GOTDIG. ...

The program adds S30. If the value exceeds $3B, it adds $07 more. It looks as if we're adding $06, but the set carry bit makes a total of S07.

The method described us- es eight bytes of code and does the job well. You might occasionally see an interest- ing alternative method which uses the computer's decima! mode. Decimal mode for hex calculations? Read on. Deci- mal mode operates only on the ADC (Add with Carry) and SBC (Subtract) commands. In decimal mode, the normal bi- nary add or subtract is per- formed; then the computer in- spects the result to see if it needs decimal adjustment. Thus, binary $08 plus binary $07 would add to produce bi- nary SOF; in decimal mode, the computer would say, "I'll

adjust that to hex $15, since F is not a valid decimal digit." Consider what would happen if we added 0 in decimal mode to a nybble value in the range from 0 to 15. Decimal mode performs the addition: 0 to 9 remain unchanged, but value 10 to 15 (hex A to F) are adjusted to new values of $10 to $15. We've added six to those numbers — without a program test!

There's stil) a piece miss- ing. We wish to add seven, not six, to these high values. Can we do it? Yes, if we use a trick. Instead of adding 30 to your original nybble, we'll use two additions to add a to- tal of 130 — in decimal mode, of course. The extra hun- dreds digit wiil disappear. It's a carry that we'll never use,

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ADC #S90 ADC #$40 CLD

This month's program will read any program file you name and print out the first two bytes as a hexadecimal address. If the load address is $0801, the program file is likely from a 64, A vaiue of $1C01 signals a 128, and $0401 will spot a program that's load-compatible with the early PET/CBM type com- puters. Addresses from the VIC-20 will vary, depending on how much memory has been fitted.

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language programs loaded with LOAD "filename'.QA.

The machine language pro- gram is poked into addresses $2000 to S2040. When it's called by the BASIC program, the selected file will already be open as logical file num- ber 1. Our program connects to this file, grabs two bytes, and puts them into addresses $2200 and $2201. Then it prints a dollar sign. It calls a subroutine at $202A to con- vert to hexadecimal and print. A carriage return is print- ed to wind up the job neatly; then control is passed back to BASIC.

The subroutine at $202A splits the value it finds in the A register into two pieces of data (a high nybble and a low nybble). At $2035, it converts each nybble to a printable hex digit and prints it. The decimal mode method is used.

BASIC pokes the machine language program into place, asks for the filename, opens the file, calls the ma- chine language program, then closes the file. The file could have been opened and closed within the miachine lan- guage program, but it's often more convenient to do a job like this in BASIC.

100 DATA 162,1,32,198,255 110 DATA 32,228,255,141,0,34 120 DATA 32,228,255,141,1,34 130 DATA 169,36,32,210,255,162 140 DATA 1,189,0,34,32,42,32 150 DATA 202,16,247,32,204,255 160 DATA 169,13,32,210,255,96 170 DATA 72,74,74,74,74,32,53 180 DATA 32,104,41,15,120,248 190 DATA 24,105,144,105,64,216 200 DATA 88,76,210,255 300 FOR J=8192 TO 8256:READ X 310P0KEJ,X:T=T+X:NEXTJ 400 INPUT "FILENAIVIE";F$ 410 OPEN 15,8,15:0PEN1,a,3,FS 420 INPUT#15,E,E$,E1,E2 430 IF EoD THEN PRINT

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Some of this information has been sent in by readers, some I've picked up on Q- Link, and some has come from chatting with people like Jim Collette {geoProgrammer extraordinaire) and Doug Cot- ton (chief something-or-other at Creative Micro Designs). I figure we can't go wrong with a column like this once in a while. I gain mouse-space on my desk, and you get a few gems of geoKnowledge to im- prove your work with GEOS.

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In my the August 1991 col- umn, I discussed graphics util- ities. I mentioned Scrapit, which clips large photo scraps from geoPaint pages. Several readers have written or sent me E-mail to suggest other useful graphics utilities.

Dick Estel of Fresno. Califor- nia, recommends another util- ity called Scrapit! — same name but with an exclamation

point. This program has the added feature of being able to import oversized scraps into geoPaint, not just geoPublish. Scrapit! is by Michael W. Sch- ell. It's shareware, with the fee to be donated to the Cystic Fi- brosis Foundation.

Scrapit! is also a graphics conversion program, translat- ing Doodle and even Koala files with colors pretty much in- tact. Now that's quite a trick! You can download Scrapit! from Q-Link, The files you need are SCRAPITSDA64 and SCRAPITDOC.SDA, uploaded by MichaelS30. I'll al- so put copies in BBS Post's GEOS section. Its telephone number is (616) 534-1346),

Also in the August column I mentioned Screen Grabber, which allows you to clip any section of the screen into a pho- to scrap. A similar program called geoFetch appeared on Lodestar disk #65. Back is- sues of Lodestar disks are avail- able for $1 4.95 plus $1 .50 ship- ping and handling from Softdisk Publishing, PC. Box 30008, Shreveport, Louisiana 71130-0008. Make sure you re- quest the disk by number.

I was getting very frustrated the other day trying to get a new AUTO.EXEC file to run on my boot disk. I called Jim Col- lette, the program's author, and he assured me that it should work, even with geoRAM, which occasionally causes troubles. As it turned out, the culprit wasn't the pro- gram but my boot disk. I had created a double-sided boot disk using Maverick so that I could put more files on it. I use a routine to load my RAM au- tomatically as 1 boot, so I want- ed geoWrite and some asso- ciated files on the boot disk. The AUTO.EXEC wouldn't run.

When I mentioned this prob- lem to Collette. who has writ- ten plenty of AUTO.EXEC pro- grams {geoWizard for exam- ple), he told me that the Mav-

erick routine for creating a dou- ble-sided boot disk has a bug in it. ft makes the disk's boot routine forget that its double- sided during the boot proc- ess. By the time the boot is over everything is back to nor- mal, but if an AUTO.EXEC file is stored even panially on the back side of the disk, it will be inaccessable during the boot. Obviously, this would prevent the AUTO.EXEC from running.

A partial solution to this prob- lem is lo put your AUTO.EXEC files onto a new double-sided boot disk, before filling the disk with other files, This will en- sure that the program is stored entirely on the front of the disk. Unfortunately, if your AUTO, EXEC is a file copier, as mine was, the files it'll be try- ing to copy might also be in- visible on the back of the disk. As if that weren't enough, there's another possible prob- lem. If you're booting in 80 col- umns, an AUTO.EXEC written only for 40 columns will be ig- nored during the boot routine. It simply won't run.

If you bought your geoPub- lish when it was first released, you probably received the one- disk version. This program is currently shipped m a two- disk version which has fixed several niggling little bugs. The version is still 1,0, al- though I'm told some files cre- ated with the second version difficult for the earlier version to read. The second disk is a clip art disk. If you want the up- graded version of geoPubiish, send your old disk and a $7 up- grade fee to BSW Replace- ment Department, 2150 Shat- tuck Avenue, Berkeley, Califor- nia 94704. Include a note re- questing the free upgrade/fix.

There! My desk is some- what cleaner, but feel free to help me add to the clutter. Write to me in care of this col- umn or send me E-mail on QuantumLink {SteveV14), I'll pass the word along, O

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DESIGN-A-ROBOT CONTEST WINNERS

The winners of the Design-a- Robot Contest have been se- lected, and here they are.

Grand Prize Winner

GOLMER

By Gordon H. Smith

Kenosha, Wl

According to the judges, "Golmer embodies a unique ro- bot-rental idea. He demon- strates extensive design plans with additional ideas in the works. Here are some great thoughts about what a ro- bot can be!"

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CAT

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CRAMBOT 64 By Colin Wiebe Guernsey, Saskatchewan Canada

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Additional runners-up include Gary Croll of Moreno Valley, California; R.W. Hansen of Cheyenne, Wyoming; Ray- mond Ellsworth of Charlotte, North Carolina; Randall Slink- ard of San Diego, California; and Anthony Dannoifo of Whi- testone. New York.

Judges' Summary

As a judging team we were first impressed with the varie- ty of responses. Each design- er clearly created a robot of his or her own imagining. The robots' functions ranged from home security to mainte- nance of a golf ball driving range. In all, the most favora- ble entries were those which, more than supercomputers, fit the definition of a robot as a reprogrammable, multifunction- al manipulator with mobility and sensory capabilities as de- fined by job needs. Further- more, the contest winners demonstrated extensive think- ing in the areas of creative ap- plications, design concepts, electronic applications, and fu- ture plans.

With these parameters, nei- ther the age of the designer nor the actuality of the design

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Julie Thomas is an ele- mentary teacher who caught the robot bug from her stu- dents. She has been recog- nized by US West, the Coo- per Foundation, and the Na- tional Science Teachers Asso- ciation for her work m teach- ing robot classes for teachers and kids in Nebraska. Tho- mas is a graduate teaching assistant at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln while working on a doctorate in sci- ence education. Thomas has an art teacher husband and two teenage daughters.

Edward Radanovich was our other judge. He is a math teacher, computer science teacher, and computer special- ist at Omaha South High School in Nebraska. Radanovi- ch became interested in the use of robots in education while teaching at South High. During the last five years he has included units on robot- ics in his computer literacy classes. He and his classes have programmed the RB5X robot and have assembled several of the MOVIT robots like those offered as prizes in the contest.

Prizes for the contest in- clude a CompuBot robot, a Capsela 2000 robot, and MOVIT robots.

1 want to thank everyone for your delightful, humorous, and ingenious robots! They were a pleasure to review, and they've given the judges and me hope that the robot revolution may one day still happen.

In my column next month, we'll take an in-depth look at the grand prize-winning ro- bot, Golmer, and its design- er, Gordon H. Smith. O

G-22 COI^PUTE APRIL 1992

BEGINNER BASIC

Larry Cotton

THE KEYBOARD BUFFER

This month I'll present a short program that makes use of the 64's keyboard buffer. For those who are unfamiliar with the buffer, it's a ten-byte long area in the 64's memory, from 631 to 640, which stores key- strokes until the computer has time to process them. There's also a memory location, 198, which contains the number of bytes currently stored in the keyboard buffer. We'll touch on that as well.

You may have noticed the buffer in action when you out- type SpeedScriptor some oth- er word processor. When you pause, the buffer gets its chance to spew its contents. You can also see its effect by listing a BASIC program and then, while it's listing, entering RtJN and pressing Return.

To test the effects of the key- board buffer in the immediate mode, enter a fairly long FOR- NEXT loop and then type a few (ten or less) keys while the loop is running. Make sure your loop is long enough to give yourself enough time to en- ter several numbers or letters. After the loop ends, the char- acters you typed will be dis- played on the screen. Those characters were stored in mem- ory locations 631-640, while the total number of characters entered was stored in memo- ry location 198.

This type of buffer is known as FIFO. That stands for First In, First Out. This lets you en- ter characters or text faster than the computer can print them, without losing charac- ters. The first character you type will be the first one the computer prints. Characters en- tered after the buffer is full will be ignored.

You can use this little buffer in an unusual way to simulate keystrokes. That is, you can

trick the 64 into thinking that you have typed characters, when in fact they were poked in. Tricking the computer in this way is called using the dynamic keyboard technique. The below program illustrates this technique.

COLORULC

EA 10

SM 20

GF 30

ME 40

HB 50

DD 60

BQ 70

TO DO SQRCX) PER XT (1/2) ?=CHR5(175) :D5

AK 8 0 BP 90

BK 10

BD 11

GJ 12

AH 13 CS 14 MR 15 MH 16 BB 17

EQ 18

PJ 19

MQ 23

XX 21

BH 220

MC 2 3 KG 24

JC 25 CG 26

REM NTEF

C$=CHR^(175) :DS=CH R5(20) :E$=CHRS (61) POKE214,13:PRINT:P RINT"(GRN)PRESS AN Y KEY. . . P0KE214,16:PRINT:P RINT"C6 SPACES}" GETAS:IFA$=""THEN5 0

PRINTCHR${147) : POK E532B0,1:POKE53281 ,1

POKE214,7:PRINT:PR INT"{RED}ENTER NUM BERS AND SIGNS, TH EN PRESS ={DOWN} {BLUl

GOSUB150:XS=BS PRrKT"{WHT)PRlNT"X $ 0 PRINT"{3 DOWN}RUN

{BLU}

FORT=631T0637:POK

ET,145;NEXT

POKE638,13:POKE63

9,13

POKE198,9

END

BS="":L»0

PRINTCS;

GETASMFAS = ""THEN

170

IFAS=DSTHENG0SUB2

40:GOTO160

IFRS=E$THENPRINTD

$AS: RETURN

IFA5=CHRS (94)THEN

220

IFAS<CHRS{40)ORAS

>CHR$(57)ORA5=CHR

${44)THEN170

PRINTDSAS; :BS=B$+

AS:L=L+1:IFL=39TH

ENEND

GOTO160

ifl=0thenprintdS;

: RETURN

PRINTD$A$; :L=L-1: B$=LEFTS(B$,L) RETURN

This is a program that con- verts your 64 into a calculator. You may enter any string of numbers and signs, and the computer will process them in

the correct mathematical or- der. (This simple program will not accept trigonometric func- tions or scientific notation, but it will accept parentheses and exponents.)

Briefly, here's how it works. The calculation line, as it's en- tered, is stored as B$ (line 220). Illegal characters are screened out, except for the In- st/Del key. When the user presses the equal sign, X$ be- comes B$ (line 80). The tricky part is line 90, where the word PRINT and X$ get print- ed in the same color as the screen. Since that color is white, you can'l see it, but it's there.

Then the cursor moves down three lines and prints the word RUN — again in white — so it's hidden from the user. Now it's simply a matter of bringing the cursor up to the line which contains PRINT and simulating a press of the Return key. This is where the dynamic key- board comes in. Line 110 pokes seven cursor-ups into the keyboard buffer, while line 120 pokes CHR$(13) twice. Line 130 pokes the num- ber of keystrokes to memory register 198. Meanwhile, the cursor has been changed from white back to blue (end of line 100), so the answer is printed in blue on a white background — quite readable. The second carriage return is strategically placed on the line where RUN has been en- tered and is waiting for a new caiculation, which effectively starts the program from the be- ginning again. If you'd like to see what's happening — albe- it rather quickly— POKE 53280 and 53281 with a 0 in line 60.

Next month we'll write a handy little program that will print amortization schedules. It can be of use to anyone who is buying a home and has a mortgage. O

Tlie 64's keyboard buffer holds keystrokes until the CPU Is ready to process them.

APRIL 1992 COMPUTE G-23

PROGRAMMER'S PAGE

Randy Thompson

Here's a way

to peek

the SID diip's first

25 registers

to determine what

values have

been poked there.

PEEKABLE POKES

I remember how frustrating It was when 1 wrote my first BA- SIC sound program. Poking the proper numbers Into the 64's SID chip registers was dif- ficult enough, but every time I peeked those registers to ma- nipulate the values stored there, all I got was a 0. Noth- ing seemed to work.

No doubt you veteran 64 pro- grammers out there know what I was doing wrong. As most of us have already learned, all but the last four SID chip registers are write- only. In other words, they can be poked but not peeked. Peeking any one of the SID chip's first 25 registers returns a value of 0, no matter what val- ue that register actually con- tains. When trying to create and edit sounds, this limitation can be quite irritating.

A few years ago I solved this problem with a little ma- chine language routine I call Peekabte Pokes. As the title suggests, this program allows you to peek the SID chip reg- isters (locations 54272- 54300) and receive the value of the last number poked there. For example, to find your 64's volume setting, all you have to do is peek loca- tion 54296.

Peekable Pokes is listed be- low in the form of a BASIC sub- routine. When executed, this subroutine stores Peekable Potes'machine code in mem- ory at locations 49152-49295 and then installs the routine with a SYS command. You can include this subroutine in your own programs and exe- cute a GOSUB 1000 to acti- vate Peekable Pokes. Of course, you may change the subroutine's line numbers if you need to. Line 1030 returns you to your main program.

Peekable Pokes works by in- tercepting the computer's nor- mal PEEK and POKE routines.

When one of these two BASIC commands is used, Peekable Pokes is called instead. At this point, Peekable Pokes de- termines whether or not the memory location being ac- cessed is a SID chip register. If not, control is given back to the normal ROM routines. If it is, one of two things happens, depending on whether the statement intercepted is a PEEK or a POKE.

In the case of a POKE, the value being poked is stored in {vjo places. Not only is it placed in the appropriate SID chip register, but it is also placed in a special storage buffer located in memory at lo- cations 49295-49323. By plac- ing this number into normal RAM, we can peek it iater.

The way this new PEEK rou- tine works is simple. Instead of fruitlessly peeking the speci- fied SID chip register (as the BASIC command would do), Peekable Pokes retrieves the corresponding value from its storage buffer.

When using Peekable Pokes, keep in mind that you must install the machine code before you poke any values in- to the SID chip. And unless you have previously poked a number into a register, you can- not reliably read that register via PEEK.

Speaking of the SID chip, this music and sound effects generator gives the 64 impres- sive audio capabilities. Each of its three separate voices has 16-bit frequency resolu- tion, waveform control, enve- lope shaping, oscillator syn- cftronization, and ring modula- tion. When you add high-pass, low-pass, and band-pass fil- ters, it's no wonder program- mers can make the 64 talk.

How about sending me some small sound programs for possible publication here in "Programmer's Page." What I'm lookng for are crazy sound effects — no songs, just

some good honest weird nois- es. I'd like to build a collection of laser zaps, engine roars, squeals, blips, kabloooeees, and so on. If your sound is pub- lished, you'll receive our usual monetary compensation.

So, please, mail in those sound effects. Send your pro- gramming tips and tricks to Programmer's Page, COM- PUTE'S Gazette, 324 West Wendover Avenue, Suite 200, Greensboro. North Carolina 27408. We pay $25-$50 for each tip we use.

POKES

REM PEEKABLE POK

ES

FOR 1=49152 TO 4

9295:READ D:CK=C

K+D:POKE I,D:NEX

T

IF CK015281 THE

N PRINT "** ERRO

R IN DATA STATEM

ENTS **":END

SYS 49152:RETURN

DATA 169,21,141,

8,3,169,192,141

DATA 9,3,169,70,

141,10,3,169

DATA 192,141,11,

3,96,32,115,0

DATA 32,30,192,7

6,174,167,208,1

DATA 96,233,128,

144,7,2CI1,23,240

DATA 6,7 6,24 3,16

7,76,165,169,32

DATA 115,0,32,23

5,183,32,132,192

DATA 208,9,32,39

,184,164,20,153

DATA 143,192,96,

76,39,184,169,0

DATA 133,13,32,1

15,0,201,194,240

DATA 6,32,121,0,

76,141,174,32

DATA 115,0,32,24

1,174,169,107,13

3

DATA 85,169,192,

133,86, 32,84,0

DATA 76,141,173,

165,21,72,165,20

DATA 72, 32,247,1

83,32,132,192,20

QK 1190 DATA 8,164,20,18 5,143,192,76,26

FQ 1200 DATA 184,76,22,1 84,165,20,201,24

JE 1210 DATA 176,4,165,2 1,201,212,96,0 □

PEEKABLE
CK	1000
MB	1010
ED	1020
JD	1030
HA	1040
GG	1050
RK	1060
FP	1070
FF	1080
BD	1090
GR	1100
XR	1110
DC	1120
KR	1130
KJ	1140
GO	1150
RR	1160
JM	1170
KE	1180

6-24 COMPUTE APRIL 1992

PROGRAMS

GRAPHOS For 0 a^

By Frank Gordon

Certain aspects of math and science can be difficult to comprehend in a purely thie- oreticai presentation. For many people, it helps to fiave such material presented in the form of a graph. That's where Gra- phos comes in.

Graphos (graph operating system) is a graphics tool for studying math and sci- ence formulas. It serves as electronic graph paper, enabling a student to rap- idly explore and plot different math and science equations.

Typing It In

Graphos is written entirely in machine language, but it loads and runs like a BASIC program. To enter it, use MLX, our machine language entry program; see "Typing Aids" elsewhere in this sec- tion. When MLX prompts you, respond with the values given below.

Starting address: 0BD1 Ending address: OBEO

Be sure to save a copy of the program before you exit MLX.

Graphos installs a modified copy of BASIC in RAM, giving you four new pro- gramming commands.

SCREEN1 turns the hi-res screen on, and SCREENO turns it off.

HUE0,1 provides for a plot of black lines on a white bacl<ground. HUE1,0 would print white on black. Use any of the 64's 16 colors for the combination of your choice.

WIPE rapidiy clears the hi-res screen.

PLOTx,y(or other defined variables) graphs a function.

Since Graphos operates with a mod- ified BASIC in RAM, certain error con- ditions and pressing the Run/Stop-Re- store keys will cause the original ROM to reappear. To reengage Graphos, en- ter POKE 1,54. These new functions are illustrated in the demonstration pro- grams Axis and Vibration.

Using the Program

When you load and run Graphos. it sets up the graph operating system with its new BASIC commands. You can then load and run your own BASIC plotting programs such as Axis, which

serves as a demonstration program.	0859	:1D	A0	A9	82	80	30	A0	A9	95
Let's take a look at Axis to examine	0861	:C4	8D	31	A0	A9	35	80	40	E4
some useful features. Because the x-	0369	:A0	A9	C4	30	41	A0	A9	0B	90
axls prints differently to the screen and	0871 0879	:8D :A9	36 4C	A0 80	A9 3A	C4 A4	80 A9	37 00	A0 80	EF 20
printer, line 110 gives you a choice be-	0881	:3B	A4	A9	C4	80	3C	A4	A0	21
tween the two. The default is S. For ei-	0889	:EA	84	FB	A9	08	85	FO	A0	3B
ther the screen or printer, the con-	0891	:0a	84	FD	A9	04	85	FE	A0	F7
stants Z, Z1 , and Z2 are set to give an undistorted graph. The position of the	0899	:00	Bl	FB	91	FD	C8	D0	F9	50
08A1 08A9	:E6 ■.cs	FC C0	E6 31	FE 00	Bl F7	FB A0	91 IB	FD 84	CF 7E
coordinate system is controlled by the	08B1	:FB	A9	0A	85	FC	A0	00	84	B2
variables XT YT XS, and YS in line	08B9	:FD	A9	CC	85	FB	A0	00	Bl	51
155. These establish the position of the	0801	:fb	91	FD	08	D0	F9	E6	FC	B9
X- and y-axes and their starting posi-	0809	E6	FE	Bl	FB	91	FD	08	00	09
tions. Then EX and EY expand or	08D1 0809	■C5 43	D0 55	F7 C5	A9 50	36 4C	85 4F	01 04	60 53	BC BD
scale the graph. Setting these varia-	08E1	■43	52	45	45	CE	57	49	50	DB
bles in line 155 means that you can rap-	03E9	C5	20	18	04	8A	0A	AA	4C	52
idly change the axis positions. For ex-	08F1	3D	A4	50	46	53	20	9E	B7	48
ample, list Axis and change a few of	08F9	E0	01	90	05	F0	13	4C	48	Dl
the variables. Here are three different	0901 0909	B2 3D	A9 18	IB 00	80 A9	11 97	D0 3D	a9 00	15 DD	47 60
versions you may want to try. The first	0911	60	A9	3B	8D	11	00	A9	08	25
changes only line 155; then a few ad-	0919	8D	18	00	A9	94	00	EE	A2	15
ditional changes are added.	0921	20	A9	E0	85	FC	A0	00	84	11
	0929	FB	98	91	FB	C8	00	FB	E6	B9
155 XT=159: YT=10: XS=Z1: YS=10: EX=5*Z:	0931	FC	CA	00	F6	60	20	7B	C4	3D
EY=2	0939	8A	0A	0A	0A	0A	85	02	20	7F
0941	FD	AE	20	7B	C4	8A	05	02	16
	0949	A0	00	84	FC	A0	00	84	FB	46
155 XT=Z2: YT=10: XS=Z2: YS=10: EX=20*Z:	0951	A2	02	91	FB	C8	D0	FB	E6	8F
EY=2	0959	FC	CA	10	F6	91	FB	08	00	DC
250 FOR X=0 TO 8 STEP .GS	0961	E8	90	F9	60	20	9E	B7	E0	ID
	0969	10	B0	11	60	20	EB	B7	86	7E
	0971	02	A9	C7	38	E5	02	85	02	AF
155 XT=Z2: YT=100: XS=Z2: YS=0: EX=3*Z:	0979	C9	C8	90	03	40	46	B2	A5	73
EY=10	0981	15	F0	0A	C9	01	D0	F5	A5	15
250 FOR Y=-B TO 8 STEP .05	0989	14	C9	40	B0	EF	A9	00	85	06
260 X=Y*Y 270 X1=EX*X+XT: Y1=EY*Y+YT: PL0TX1,Y1:	0991	FB	A9	E0	85	FC	AS	14	29	50
0999 09A1	F8 65	18 FC	65 85	FB FC	85 A5	FB 02	A5 29	15 07	17 B4
NEXTY	09A9	IB	65	FB	85	FB	90	02	E6	06
	89B1	FC	A5	02	4A	4A	4A	0A	AA	CA
Once the x-axis and y-axis have been	09B9	BD	F7	C4	18	65	FB	85	FB	E4
set, the program can be used as a tem- plate for others.	09C1	BD	P8	C4	65	FC	85	FC	A5	70
0 9C9 09D1	14 34	29 85	07 01	AA Bl	A0 FB	00 10	78 29	A9 05	5B 07
Vibration is another sample pro-	09D9	91	FB	A9	36	35	01	58	60	8D
gram, it illustrates a common curve	09E1	00	00	40	01	80	02	C0	03	9C
found in science. The vibration is	09E9	00	05	40	06	30	07	C0	08	4F
damped by friction or some other out-	09F1	00	0A	40	0B	80	0C	C0	00	02
side force, such as a shock absorber.	09F9 0A01	00 00	0F 14	40 40	10 15	30 80	11 16	C0 C0	12 17	B4 68
Change variable DF to modify the de-	0A09	00	19	40	lA	30	IB	00	IC	IB
gree of damping. ,	0A11	00	IE	80	40	20	10	08	04	16
	0A19	02	01	AD	00	00	29	03	4 9	07
GRAPHOS	0A21	03	A0	06	BA	88	D0	FC	8D	4F
	0A29	84	03	AD	18	00	29	08	F0	A3
I3B01:0C 08 0A 00 9E 20 32 30 £4	0A31	09	13	A9	20	60	84	03	8D	18
0B09:36 32 00 00 00 A0 00 84 C7	0A39	84	03	A9	00	20	BD	FF	A9	27
0811:61 A9 A0 85 62 Bl 61 91 D6	0A41	04	AA	A0	FF	20	BA	FF	20	22
0819:61 C8 D0 F9 E6 62 A5 62 34	0A49	C0	FF	A2	04	20	C9	FF	B0	2B
0821:C9 C0 D0 Fl A0 02 B9 D9 D9	0A51	03	40	3D	CO	4C	20	CD	A9	96
0829:08 99 BE A0 88 10 F7 A0 9A	0A59-	03	20	02	FF	A9	00	20	D2	68
0831:33 B9 DC 08 99 E5 A0 88 7B	0A61	FF	A2	00	A9	01	80	C6	CD	52
0839:10 F7 A2 05 BD E0 08 9D 13	0A69:	A9	00	BD	C7	CD	A9	00	8D	23
0841;F1 A0 CA 10 F7 A2 03 BD DA	0A71.	C8	CD	A9	C7	3D	09	OD	20	5E
0849:E6 08 9D 09 Al CA 10 F7 63	0A79:	El	FF	00	03	4C	20	CD	8A	Dl
0851 :A9 4B 80 IC A0 A9 C4 80 3F	0A31:	48	98	48	20	29	CD	68	A8	E4

APRIL 1992 COMPUTE G-25

PROGRAMS

0A89 0A91 0fl99

0Aft9 0AB1 0AB9 0AC1 0AC9 0AD1 0AD9 0AE1 0AE9 0AF1 0AF9 0B01 0839 0B11 0B19 0B21 0B29 0B31 0B39 0B41 0B49 0B51 0B59 0B61 0B69 0B71 0B79 0B31 0BS9 0B91 0B99 0BA1 0BA9 0BB1 0BB9 0BC1 0BC9 0BD1 0BD9:

AXIS

QA 100 CE 105 QH 110

KB 115

BE 120 SC 125

QJ 130 BE 135 FJ 140

:68 AA AD :F0 0C AD :8D CA CD :CD 49 FF ;CD 0E C6 :S<3 F0 14 ;01 8D C7 :00 8D ca ;CA CD 09 ;AD CA CD tCA CD 8E :CE CD AB :CE CD D0 :01 3D C6 ;CD 38 AD ;C7 CD AD ;Ce CD CE ;C9 FF F0 ;2D B0 IF 107 8D C7 ;00 8D C8 ;C9 CD A9 ; 5D CC A9 ;E7 FF 60 ;8D CC CD t4A AS ;AC CD !CC CD I 85 FC r85 FC 107 A8 :D0 FC ;CD 65 FC :29 F8 AS :86 01 Bl :58 A8 68 iSD CD CD

B9 85 85 18 AD C8 8D

00 40 00 40 00 40 02 03 0C 0D 0F 16 17 19

80 80 80 05

CD CD CA CD 4C 8F

2D CA CD AD 18 AD CD AD CD 4C 30 E0 29 IF CF CD 20 D2 F6 AE CD A9 C7 CD C8 CD C9 CD 03 4C 18 AD CD AD CD E8 0D 20 0D 20 AD C9 AD C9 92 CD FC 18 FB A5 AD 8 4 C7 CD A9 00 CB CD 8 5 FC 8A 48 FB A2 AA 98 60 00 C0 00 Ca 00 C0 00 06 07 10 11 TA IB

2D CB 0D 06

CC AD CD 8D C6 CD C7 CD C8 CD 5D CC 2D 90 09 80 A6 02 FF 98 CF CD 00 8D E9 06 E9 00 AD C9 5D CC C7 CD C8 CD A9 C7 D2 FF D2 FF CD 29 CD 4A 8 5 FB A5 FB FC 69 03 65 29 07 38 2A 18 AD AD C7 78 A2 36 86 2D CB 40 80 40 80 40 80 40 00 03 0A 12 14 IC IE

CD 97 CD 81 C6 77 CA 3 5 C9 CB 69 D7 69 ID AD 4E 0A C6 8D 67 8E 31 CE 7E A9 5C CA D2 8D E4 8D 54 CD F3 E0 AC 69 E8 69 89 8D A3 4C 3E 20 A3 07 11 4A 52 B9 4D 6D 76

00 B5 FC 57 49 26 88 AE C8 A0 CD D3 34 D5

01 25 CD A4 C0 7C C0 B6 C0 BE 01 06 0B lA 15 22 IF 2A

REM — AXIS — PRINT "{CLR}" PRINT "OUTPUT TO SCREEN {SPACEJOR PRINTER (S/P) (4 SPACES}S{3 LEFT)"; :I NPUTAS

IF A$="S" THEN Z=1.33:Z 1=0:Z2=26.4:GOTO130:REM VALUES FOR SCREEN OUTP UT

IF AS<>"P" THEmi0 Z>'1.208:Z1 = 2.01:Z2 = 38.2 4: REM VALUES FOR PRINTS R OUTPUT SCREEN 1:HUE0,1 WIPE REM — SET UP CONSTANTS

EX 155

GX 160

HH 165

KJ 170

JF 175

BP 180

XH 185

XE 190

AE 195

JB 200

KP 205

BX 210

RH 215

EB 220

FG 225

BS 249

SQ 250

HP 260

GX 270

PQ 999

GE 1000

JK 1010

RF 102 0

PANS ION FACTORS FOR X A

ND Y COORDINATES.

XT=159:VT=100:XS=Z1:YS=

0:EX=5*Z:EY=1

REM — CALIBRATE X COOR

DINATES —

FORX=XS T0319 STEP5*Z

Y = YT : PLOTX , Y : NE XTX

FORX=XS T0319 STEP10*Z

F0RY=YT-1 TO YT+1:PL0TX

, Y:NEXTY'.NEXTX

FORX=Z2T0319 STEP50*Z

F0RY=YT-2 TO YT+2: PLOTX

, Y:NEXTY:NEXTX

REM — CALIBRATE Y COOR

DINATES —

FOR Y=YST0199 STEP5

X=XT : PLOTX , Y : NEXT Y

FOR Y=YS TO 199 STEP 10

FOR X=XT-1 TO XT+1;PL0T

X,Y:NEXTX:NEXTY

FOR Y=YS TO 199 STEP50

FOR X=XT-3 TO XT+3:PL0T

X,Y:NEXTX:NEXTY

HS 145 REM -- XT AND YT SET X CSPACE}AND Y AXES. XS A ND YS SET START OF X AN D Y AXES.

DG 150 REM — EX AND EY ARE EX

G-26 COMPUTE APRIL 1992

REM — AXIS.l GRAPH — FOR X=-8 TO 8 STEP .05 Y=X*X

Xl=EX*X+XT: Y1=EY*Y+YT: P L0TX1,Y1:NEXTX REM — SCREEN OR HARDCO PY -- GET AS: IF AS="" THEN10 00

PRINT "{CLR}":SCREEN 0 IPRINTCHRS (14) PRINT"HARDCOPV (Y/N) {4 SPACES3n{3 LEFT}";: INPUTAS: IFA$="N" THENl 080 JR 1030 IFAS<>"Y"THEN1010 GF 1040 PRINT"SINGLE OR DOUBLE WIDTH (S/D) {4 SPACES} S{3 LEFT}"; : INPUT AS XB 1050 IFA5="S" THEN POKE 2, I:

GOTO1070 KS 1360 POKE2,2:IPA$<>"D"THENl

040 CR 1070 SCREEN 1;SYS52224 KS 1080 SCREEN 0 : PRINTCHR? ( 14 ) :LIST

VIBRATION

BA 100 REM — DAMPED VIBRATION

CE 105 PRINT" (CLR}"

QH 110 PRINT"OUTPUT TO SCREEN

{SPACE}OR PRINTER (S/P)

(4 SPACSS}S{3 LEFT}";:I

NPUTAS KB 115 IF A$="S" THEN Z=1.33:Z

1=0:Z2=26.4:GOTO130:REM VALUES FOR SCREEN OUTP

UT BE 120 IF AS<>"P" THEN110 SC 125 Z = 1.208;Zl=2. 01:32 = 38. 2

4: REM VALUES FOR PRINTE

R OUTPUT

QJ 130 SCREEN 1:HUE«,1

BE 135 WIPE

FJ 140 REM — SET UP CONSTANTS

HS 14 5 REM — XT AND YT SET X

{SPACE} AND Y AXES. XS A

ND YS SET START OF X AN

D Y AXES. DG 150 REM — EX AND EY ARE EX

PANSION FACTORS FOR X A

ND Y COORDINATES, KB 155 XT=Z2:YT=100:XS=Z2:YS=0

:EX=ia*Z:EY=l GX 160 REM — CALIBRATE X COOR

DINATES — HM 165 FORX=XS TO 319 STEP 5*Z KJ 170 Y=YT:PLOTX,Y:NEXTX JF 175 FORX=XS TO 319 STEP 10*

Z BP 180 F0RY=YT-1 TO YT+1: PLOTX

,Y:NEXTY:NEXTX XH 185 F0RX=Z2 TO 319 STEP 50*

Z XE 190 F0RY=YT-2 TO YT+2: PLOTX

, Y : NEXT Y:NE XTX AE 195 REM — CALIBRATE Y COOR

DINATES — JB 200 FOR Y=yS TO 199 STEP 5 KP 205 X=XT:PLOTX,Y:NEXTY BX 210 FOR Y=YS TO 199 STEP 10 RH 215 FOR X=XT-1 TO XT+1:PL0T

X,Y:NEXTX:NEXTY EB 220 FOR Y=YS TO 199 STEP 50 FG 225 FOR X=XT-3 TO XT+3:PL0T

X,Y:NEXTX:NEXTY AD 249 DF=5:REM DAMPING FA

CTOR — CK 250 FOR X=.001 TO 20 STEP .

05 QB 260 Y-a0*SIN(3*X)*EXP(-X/DF

) MJ 270 X1=EX*X+Z2;Y1=EY*Y+YT:P

L0TX1,Y1:NEXTX PQ 999 REM — SCREEN OR HARDCO

PY — GE 1000 GET A$:IF A$="" THEN10 00 ' JK 1010 PRINT "{CLR}":SCREEN 0 :PRINTCHRS (14) RF 1020 PRINT"HARDCOPY (Y/N)

{4 SPACES}N{3 LEFT}";: INPUTAS:IFA$="N" THENl 080 JR 1030 IFA$<>"Y"THEN1010 GF 1040 PRINT"SINGLE OR DOUBLE WIDTH (S/D) {4 SPACES) S{3 LEFT}"; : I NPUTAS XB 1050 IFAS="S" THEN P0KE2,1:

GOTO1070 KS 1060 POKE2,2:IFAS<>"D"THENl

040 CR 1070 SCREEN 1:SYS52224 KS 1080 SCREEN 0:PRINTCHR$(14) :LIST

Frank Gordon lives in Orono, Maine.

THE CUBE

By Michael J. Pope Jr.

If you like mind games, you'll love The Cube. The object of this simple but per- plexing game is to move the 15 colored blocks to create the shape shown in the upper right-hand part of the screen.

Gettmg Started

The Cube is written entirely in BASIC. To avoid typing errors, use The Automat- ic Proofreader; see "Typing Aids" else- where in this section. Be sure to save a copy of the program before you exit Proofreader,

Playing the Game

When the game begins, you'll see four rows of colored blocks. All but one of the rows will contain four blocks. One row will contain a blank space. You'll see a gray frame around the first block; this frame represents your cur- sor. Use the cursor keys to move the frame from block to block.

To move the colored blocks around the screen, place your cursor on any block adjacent to the blank space and press f1. That block will move into the space that formerly was blank. (Diago- nal moves are not allowed.) By moving blocks around in this fashion, you can eventually re-create the shape shown in the corner. To check your progress during the game, press f7. Press f7 at the end to see how many moves it took you to complete the puzzle.

THE CUBE

LR

REM COPYRIGHT 1992 - COM PUTE PUBLICATIONS INTL L TD - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PRINT" {CLR}":POKE53281,l :POKE53280,1 R=0:PRINT"{8 SPACES}THE {SPACE) CUBE " A=1133:B=55410:FORK=1TO4 :READG:F0RT=1T04:P0KE A, 160:POKEB,G:A=A+1:B=B+1 NEXTT:A=A+36:B=B+36:NEXT K:P0KE1141,32 DIM Al (16) :B1=1:TR=0 R=R+1:K=INT (RND (0)*16+1 ) :IF A1(K) =0THEN T=T: {4 SPACES }READL:A1(K)=-L :GOTO230 R=R-1:GOTO210 IF RO16THEN210 A=1105:C=55377:Z=1

AS	0 C
EQ	10
CQ	60
GR	70
DQ	80

MG 90

RD 100 AG 210

QQ 220 BX 230

RF 235

JH	240	F0RM=Z TOZ+3 ;B-A:D-C			B1=14THEN620
QS	250	F0RK=1 T04;FORT=1 T06:P	JE	525	GOTO320
		0KED,A1(M) ;POKEB,160:B=	BX	530	IF B1=10ORB1=7ORB1=12OR
		B+1:D=D+1			B1=15THEN620
CX	260	NEXT T:B=B+34:D=D+34:NE	QF	535	GOTO320
		XT K;A=A+7 :C=C+ 7:NEXT	GO	540	IF B1=110RB1=8 0RB1=16T
		M:A=B+19:C=D+19			HEN620
SE	270	IFB>1690THENPRINT"	AF	545	GOTO320
		{3 UP}":GOTO30a	BA	550	IF Bl=9 ORB1=14THEN630
SK	280	Z=Z+4:GOTO240	EG	555	GOTO320
BB	300	V=5324 8:POKE2040,13:FOR S=83 2T0832+62:READGtPOK	QF	560	IF Bl=13ORBl=10ORBl=15T HEN630
		ES,G:NEXT	JH	56 5	GOTO 3 20
EF	310	POKEV+2 1 , 1 : POKE V+39 , 15 : POKEV,32:POKEV+1,60 : PO	XB	57 0	IF Bl=140RBl=110RBl=16T HEN630
		KEV+23,l;P0KEV+29,l:X=3	QJ	575	GOTO 3 20
		2:Y=60	EQ	580	IF Bl=15ORBl=12THEN630
JS	320	GET A$:IF A$="(UP}"AND	AJ	585	GOTO 3 20
		{SPACEjY>=100THEN Y=y-4	JB	600	IF G=l THEN B=1105:D=55
		0:POKEV+l,Y:Bl=Bl-4: GO			377;GOTO 640
		TO320	MM	601	IF G=2 THEN B=1112:D=55
KR	330	IP A$="{ DOWN) "AND Y<=14			384:GOTO 640
		0THEN Y=Y+40:POKEV+1,Y:	XB	602	IF G=3 THEN B=1119:D=55
		Bl=Bl+4: GOTO320			391:GOTO 640
DH	340	IF A$="[RIGHT}"AND X<=1 44THEN X=X+56:P0KEV	RP	603	IF G=4 THEN B=1126:D=55 398:GOTO 640
		{2 SPACES}, X:B1=B1+I: G	FK	610	IF G=5 THEN B=1305:D=55
		OTO320			577:GOTO 640
MM	350	IF AS="{LEFTl"AND X>=88 THEN X=X-56:P0KEV	GO	611	IF G=6 THEN B=1312:D=^5 584:GOTO 640
		{2 SPACES}, X:B1=B1-1:G0	MK	612	IF G=7 THEN B=1319:0=55
		TO320			591:GOTO 640
GD	360	IF A$="{F1}" THEN 400	KD	613	IF G=8 THEN B=1326:D=55
GX	370	IF A$="fF7}" THEN 760			598:GOTO 640
XP	380	GOTO 32 0	BB	620	IF G=9 THEN B=1505;D=55
GP	400	F0RG=1T016:IF A1(G)=1TH			777:GOTO 640
		ES 420	SH	621	IF G=10THEN B=1512:D=55
EM	410	NEXT			784:GOTO 640
DE	420	ON G GOTO 430,440,450,4 60,470,480,490,500,510,	JR	622	IF G=11THEK B=1519:D=55 791:GOTO 640
		520.,530,540,550,560,570	RH	623	IF G=12THEN B=1526;D=55
		,580			798:GOTO 640
CE	430	IF Bl=2 OR Bl=5 THEN600	CC	630	IF G=13THEN B=I705:D=55
AS	435	GOTO320			977:GOTO 640
SP	440	IF Bl=l OR Bl=3 OR Bl=6 THEN600	DX	631	IF G=14THEN B=1712:D=55 984:GOT0 640
EX	445	GOTO320	QF	632	IF G=15THEN B=1719:D=55
CH	450	IF Bl=2 OR Bl=4 OR Bl=7			991:GOTO 640
		THEN600	CX	633	IF G=16THEN B=1726:D-55
KA	455	GOTO320			998:GOTO 640
JS	460	IF Bl=3 ORBl=a THEN600	HP	635	GOTO 320
RB	465	GOTO320	SS	640	J=0:TR=TR+1
AS	470	IF Bl=l 0RB1=6 0RB1=9 T HEN610	QS	650	J=J+1:F0RT*1 T06:POKED, Al(Bl): POKES, 160 :B-B+1:
BB	475	GOTO320			D=D+l:NEXTT
ES	480	IF Bl=5 0RB1=2 0RB1=70R BI=10THEN610	XM	660	B=B+34;D=D+34:IF J>3THE N 670
FC	485	G0T032a	AX	661	GOTO 650
BF	490	IF Bl=6 0RB1=3 0RB1-80R B1=11THEN610	SB	670	IFB1=1 THEN B=110S;D»55 377:GOTO 710
KD	495	GOTO320	KM	671	IFB1=2 THEN B=1112:D»55
FH	500	IF B1=70RB1=4 0RB1=12TH			384:GOTO 710
		EN610	JA	672	IFB1=3 THEN B=1119:D=55
AC	505	GOTO320			391: GOTO 710
GS	510	IF Bl=5 ORBl=10ORBl=13T HEN620	MM	673	IFB1=4 THEN B=1126:D-55 398:GOTO 710
ED	515	GOTO320	DK	680	IFB1=5 THEN B=1305:D=55
JB	520	IF Bl=9 0RB1=60RB1=110R			577:GOTO 710

APRIL 1992 COMPUTE G-27

PROGRAMS

BC	681
RJ	682
sc	683
HB	690
HP	691
GR	692
CJ	693
CE	700
SC	701
BF	702
PD	703
GX	705
XG	710
CX	720
DJ	730
FC	740
KA	750
XF	760

OB 770

MQ 780

SQ 790

XG 800

EE 810 GQ 820

IFB1=6 THEN B=1312:D=55 584:GOTO 710 IFB1=7 THEN 6=1319:0=55 591:G0TO 710 IFB1=8 THEN B=1326:D=55 598:GOTO 710 IFB1=9 THEN B=1505:D=55 777: GOTO 710 IFBl=10THEN B=1512:D=55 784: GOTO 710 IFB1=11THEN B=1519:D=55 791:GOTO 710 IFB1=12THEN B=1526;D=55 798:G0TO 710 IFB1=13THEN B=1705;D=55 977:GOTO 710 IFB1=14THEN B=1712:D=55 984:GOTO 710 IFB1=15THEN B=1719:D=55 991:GOTO 710 IFBl=ieTHEN B=1726:D=55 998:GOTO 710 GOTO 3 20 J = 0

J=J+1;F0RT=1 T06:P0KED, A1(G ) ;POKEB,160:B=B+1: D=D+1:NEXTT

B=B+34:D=D+34:IF J>3THE N 750 GOTO720

Al(0) =A1(B1) :A1(B1)=A1 ( G) :Al(G)=al(0) :G=B1:G0T 0320

R=0:IF A1{1}=0 AND Al(2 )=0 AND Al(3)=0 THEN R= R+1

IF Al (5)=2 AND Al (e)=2 {SPACEjAND fll(7)=2 AND {SPACEiAlC8)=2 THEN R=R + 1

IP Al(9)=6 AND Al(10)=6 AND Al(H)=6 AND Al(12 }=6 THEN R=»R + 1 IF Al(13)=5 AND Al(14>= 5 AND Altl5)=5 AND Al(l 6)= 5f2 SPACES }THEN R=B + 1

IF R=4 THEN PRINT" {HOME) {21 DOWNlCONGRATU LATIONS IT ONLY TOOK YO U";

IF R=4 THEN PRINT TR;"T IMES TO SOLVE THE POZZL E":END

PRINT"{HOHE) {22 DOWN} K EEP TRYING" :F0RT=1 TO 3

AM 830 POKE209,0:POKE210,212tP

OKE211,0:PRINT"0D HU{V>

{RVS}<0>{OFF}@@@9@S@«U

RF 840 N=54296:NEXT:POKEN,0:PR INT" {HOME} {22 DOWN) {12 EPACES}":GOTO3Z0

PX 850 REM *****************

KM 860 REM "{RIGHT}" = RIGHT M OVEMENT

MK 870 REM "{LEFT}" = LEFT MOV

G-28 COMPUTE APRIL 1992

RH	880
AC	890
HK	90 0
PD	910
SX	920
FC	930
RG	100
MR	101
JM	102

AQ 103

EMENT

REM "{OP}" = UPWARD MOV

EMENT

REM "{DOWN}" = DOWNWARD

MOVEMENT REM "{Fl}" = SWITCHES T HE BLOCKS

REM "{F7}" = CHECKS TO {SPACE}SEE IF PUZZLE IS

SOLVED REM PROGRAM WRITTEN BY {SPACE}HICHAEL POPE

RgJ^ *****************

0 DATA 0,2,6,5,0,0,0,1,2 ,2,2,2,6,6,6,6,5,5,5,5 ,0,0,0,255,255,255

0 DATA 255,255,255,192,0 ,3,192,0,3,192,0,3,192 ,0,3,192,0,3,192,0,3,1 92,0,3

0 DATA 192,0,3,192,0,3,1 92,0,3,192,0,3,192,0,3 ,192,0,3,192,0,3,192,0 ,3

0 DATA 192,0,3,255,255,2 55,255,255,255

Michael J. Pope Jr, North Carolina.

lives in Raleigh,

GEOLYNX For Cil^

By Stephen Van Egmond Telecommunication has revolutionized computers. We can send electronic mail across the country at the push of a but- ton; we can chat with hundreds of other people; and we can get to know people without ever seeing their faces.

For some time now, GEOS and tele- communication haven't merged well be- cause of GEOS' new file format. I imag- ine that some people have attempted to transfer a G£OS file and have been sur- prised by the fact that most or all of the file has disappeared.

GeoLynx converts GEOS files so that they can be sent via modem. It doesn't combine files, as the name would seem to imply. I thought it best to leave that to the otfier programs made to do this, such as Archive, LHArchive, and the like, rather than make my own compres- sion routine.

The files that geoLynx creates are on- ly one block longer than the original ones, and the program works with either SEQor VLIR (Variable Length Indexed Re- cord) files. The program can't be used for sending applications by modem for the purposes of pirating because of the GfOS serial number copy protection.

Getting Started

GeoLynx is written entirely in machine language. To type it in, use MLX. our machine language entry program; see "Typing Aids" elsewhere in this sec- tion. When MLX prompts, respond with the following values.

Starting address: 0247 Ending address: 1526

After you've typed in the program, be sure to save it before you exit MLX. Next, you'll have to convert the pro- gram so it will run under GEOS. To do that, you'll need a copy of geoCon- verter. GEOS users may already have a copy of this utility since we have pub- lished it before. You can also find a copy on Gazette's GEOS Collection disk, A copy of the program is printed below, It is whtten entirely in BASIC. To help avoid typing errors, enter it with The Automatic Proofreader. See "Typ- ing Aids" again.

When you have both programs on disk, run geoConverter. When it asks for a file name to convert to GEOS for- mat, give it the filename you used to save geoLynx. It will then copy the pro- gram and convert it into a file that GEOS will recognize. Your new geoL- ynx file will then be ready to use when you boot GEOS.

Using the Program

GeoLynx works with any model floppy drive that works with GEOS. I don't know of its performance on the CtvlD HD series, but I suspect that Cf\j1D knew what it was doing when it made its hard drive 100 percent compatible with GEOS. GeoLynx aWows you to en- ter a description for each file that you pack and displays this description while it's unpacking the file.

After running the program from the deskTop, you are presented with a col- ored screen with three options: Pack, Unpack, and Quit. The screen is divid- ed into several areas. The middle of the screen is your main work area. Here, you will highlight your flies and se- lect different icons to do different tasks. At the bottom left of the screen is an information area that gives you sta- tistics on how geoLynx is progressing through your files.

The Quit option takes you back to

the deskTop on the most recently ac- cessed drive. Pack converts a GEOS file into a Commodore file. Unpack does the reverse, converting files from Commodore to GEOS.

Selecting Files

After selecting your desired option, you're presented with the files to choose from. If you decide to pack a GEOS file, the program will load a list of all the USR files on the drive. Since all GEOS files are of the USR type, you should have no problems. If you de- cide to unpack files, the directory will be loaded, and all the PPG files will be searched for a special geoLynx flag in the first block. All files that match this search are listed, and those that don't match are rejected. Only files eligible to be unpacked will be listed; your or- dinary files are at no risk, unless they should contain the geoLynx flag.

One problem which may result with the Pack routine is that while all GEOS files are USR, not all USR files are GEOS. If you should, by chance, hap- pen to pack a USR file that isn't a GEOS file, then geoLynx might com- plain; if it doesn't, then your program has all the looks of a GEOS file.

The current disk name and the amount of room available are dis- played in the top window. To select the files you wish to work with, simply click on the needed files in the selec- tion window, toggling them on and off. The window doesn't display all the files. To see more, use the up and down arrows. To cancel your Pack or Unpack choice, use the Cancel icon to return to the initial dialog box.

To move to another drive, use the Drive icon. GeoLynx cycles sequential- ly through the drives that you have con- nected. To work with another disk, ciick on the Disk icon, insert a new disk in the current drive, and click on OK.

To have geoLynx start work on your files, click on the Go! icon. If you are packing files, you will be prompted to enter a description for the files you high- lighted. If you click on Yes, geoLynx will pause at the beginning of each file and allow you to enter a text descrip- tion of it. Enter the description and press Return. If you click on No, geoL- ynx W\\\ place the description "Not giv-

en" in each of the files. If you are un- packing the files, geoLynx will get to work right away, displaying the descrip- tion of each new file it works on.

When the operation is complete, you are returned to the Pack/Unpack/Quit dialog box. One final note about the packing operations. For the filename, GEOS uses standard ASCII, and the 64/128 uses Commodore ASCII. Stan- dard ASCII lowercase characters can't be accessed when the computer is us- ing Commodore ASCII. To make your life easier, geoLynx converts all the characters into GEOS uppercase char- acters, which are considered lower- case in Commodore ASCII.

Disk Errors

Under normal conditions, geoLynx will perform without a hitch. The program checks for disk errors whenever it at- tempts to write a block to the disk, but it doesn't bother when reading. If a disk error occurs, the entire operation is aborted, all the files are deselected, and you are shown what the GEOS Ker- nal thinks the error is. If the error oc- curred in a file, then the file is proba- bly corrupt. If you have a disk editor, you may be able to recover the file; re- fer to the next section for more informa- tion on the file format.

File Format

GEOS supports Sequential and VLIR file formats. GeoLynx doesn't care which one you are working with. The on- ly difference between the two is that the Sequential files are processed with ge- oLynx considerably faster than VLIR, be- cause every single block of the VLIR file must be visited for accurate informa- tion. What follows is a description of what geoLynx does to each file type and what's located where.

Sequential File Format
Block	Index	Description
1		GeoLynx information block, null-iilled except for:
	1-2	Pointer lo next block.
	3-31	Original directory entry of file.
	64-73	GeoLynx indicator.
	128-	Variable length file descrip- tion.

Original header block. 1 -2 Pointer to first block of the ac- tual program.

The complete GEOS pro- gram.

VUR File Format

Block Index Description

1 GeoLynx information block, null-filled except for;

0-1 Pointer to next block. 2-30 Original directory entry of file. 63-72 GeoLynx indicator. 127- Variable length file descrip- tion.

2 Original header block.

0-1 Pointer lo VLIR record infor- mation block.

3 Block with detailed info about records; null except:

0-1 Pointer to first block of first used VLIR record.

2N Length, in blocks, of record #N.

2N-f-i Number of bytes in last block of record #n,

4- The complete file, with

each VLIR record chained one after the otiier.

From the above table, it's obvious that the GEOS Sequential flies are not guar- anteed to be the exact length after transmission over the modem because of padding brought in by such proto- cols as XMODEM. Thus, if your files seem to grow by up to 128 bytes each time you transmit them, try a decent pro- tocol or terminal program.

GEOLYNX

0247 :5F	03	15	BF	00	00	00	7D	D7
024F:FF	F8	47	30	cc	6E	D7	B4	02
0257:2E	F7	B4	2E	Fl	B4	2E	97	40
025F;B4	2E	D7	B4	2F	30	cc	2F	92
0267:FF	FE	2E	6A	6A	2P	AD	B6	B9
026Ft6E	AD	B6	40	S9	2A	7F	EF	D4
0277:FE	00	E8	26	00	9B	FA	00	DE
027F:F2	B6	00	02	2E	00	03	62	A4
0287:00	01	FE	83	06	00	00	04	18
028f;ff	03	00	04	67	65	6F	4C	90
0297:79	6E	78	5F	05	00	20	56	B7
029F;32	2E	30	00	00	00	00	53	Al
02S.7;74	65	70	68	65	6E	20	56	4F
02AF!61	SE	20	45	67	6D	SF	6E	96

APRIL 1992 COMPUTE G-29

PROGRAMS

02B7: 02BF: 02C7: 02CF: 02D7: 02DF: 02E7: 02EF: fl2F7: a2FF: 0307: 03flF: 0317: 031F: 0327: 032F: 0337: 033F: 0347: 034F: 0357: 035F: 0367: 036F: 0377: 037F: 0387: 038F: 0397: 039F: 03A7: 03AF: 03B7: 03BF: 03C7: 03CF: 03D7: 03DF: 0 3E7: 03EF: 03F7: 03FF: 0407: 040F: 0417: 041F: 0427: 042F: 0437: a43F: 0447: 044F: 0457; 045F: 0467: 04eF: 0477: 047F: 0487! 048F; 0497! 049F; 04A7; 04AF; 04B7: 04BF; 04C7; 04CF; 04D7; 04DFI

64 5F 76 65

65 73 SF 64 6E 73 SE 2E 20 6F 5F 2D S4 A9 8D 35 AD 27 8D 27 FF 85 00 85

IB A9

20 29

A0 0E 05 A9

15 A0

85 05 A2 0E AS CI 03 3F 00 0C 00 8C 00 8C 00 08 00 88 AB CI 20 AS 09 03 89 03 94 IB 20 52 6E 67 69 6C 63 65 0B 00

16 10 63 74 3A 20 74 20 16 DC 3A 00 85 02 03 A9 20 73 DA 85 5D 85 85 03 CI 20 09 15 0D 8 5 9A 85 00 85 48 CI

:85 0C :03 AS ;6A 85 :00 85 :C0 20 ;C2 A9 ;85 0F ;90 20 104 AD ;02 8D ;A9 3C ;C9 80 :16 D0 :C8 Bl

2D 00

72 74 20 66 65 6D 6D 69 20 42 70 74

00 00

35 85 16 A9 D0 8D D0 A9 30 A9

04 A9 4E 0D 85 04 20 4E A9 85

06 20 A9 C0 A0 06

05 00

01 C7 03 3B 03 BC

03 3B

07 37 07 B8 IC 0B CI 05

36 01 B7 00 IS 46 65 6D 3A 16 65 73

73 73 B8 46 00 14 20 66 43 75 64 69 00 22 A9 09 20 5A

32 85 0D A9

02 A9

04 20 A9 F5 B8 0D F0 03

03 A5

18 A9

19 A0 A9 82

20 DB 0a 46 02 A9 19 A9

84 CI 4B 20 A9 F0 09 15

37 16

33 16

85 FD 90 3D 36 C8 0C 91

00 43 20 66 6F 72 20 74 73 73 61 74 69 6F A9 00

01 AD 0B SD 36 16 30 85 8C 85 0B A2

A9 ac

A9 0D

0D A9

04 A9

4E 0D

85 04

20 4E

01 00

05 01 01 84

00 C4

01 C4

01 80 00 C0 18 88

00 01 7F 01 BF 06 69 6C 61 69 0B 00 20 50 65 64 69 6C 53 65 69 6C

72 72

73 6B 46 72 85 03 CI A9

02 20

01 85 lA 85 78 CI 85 02 20 Al 4C AC 0C 85 14 85 11 91 85 0D CI A5

03 6A 22 85 FC 85 A9 20

02 C2 85 0E F0 03 49 01 A9 17 A0 00 29 07 Bl 0C FD C8

01

00

6F 6E C5 69 6C C7 20 6D 88 72 61 41 69 6F DF 63 68 DA eE 2E 41 8D B5 0D 20 D0 77 20 D0 15 A9 04 02 01 A9 9D 05 A9 4D 27 A0 73 85 05 6B A2 25 31 8E 85 AB 0A A2 3D A9 8E 4B A9 DE 09 0D 20 IB

00 00 D2

01 0C 95 01 0C B4 01 C4 A6

01 08 El 08 F7 20 47

0F 38 51 09 00 7E 09 00 DB 0B 00 5E 65 73 71 6E 69 E4 A0 46 67 72 6F 20 3A 16 D5 65 3A E8 60 65 AC 65 73 6A 65 6E 79 3A 20 49 65 65 9P A9 88 0E 07 85 54 56 C2 Bl

03 A9 26 05 A9 7B A9 0A F9 20 36 0A C2 20 4D

04 A5 32

02 A9 26

05 A9 IE 0C 20 05 A9 00 ID 0B 85 47 46 03 69 05 A9 DB 18 A9 8E 20 02 C4 A9 IB 68 20 30 4F 4C AC 53 18 69 5D 85 FE 48 Bl 0C B8 CD 38 FB 91 FD 51 Bl 0C D5

04E7:91

04EF:00

04F7:85

04FF:1B

0507:02

050F:FE

0517:03

051F:F0

0527:D4

052F:85

0537:A9

053F:A9

0547:85

054F:A9

0557:85

055F:85

0567:E4

056F:C2

0577:68

057F:10

0587:02

058F;85

0597:02

059F:FC

05A7:FE

05AF:CD

05B7:F2

05BF:40

05C7:A9

05CF:3A

05D7:B5

05DF:85

05E7:0A

05EF:05

05F7:FB

05FF:11

0607:FC

060F:F3

0617:A9

061F!FE

0627:32

062F:04

0637:08

063F:21

0647:08

064F:65

0657:6F

065F:65

0667:00

066F:82

0677:3F

067F:00

0687:03

068F:3f

0697:60

069F:03

06R7:30

06AF;82

06B7:FF

06BF:07

06C7:FF

06CF:80

06D7:00

06DF:B3

06E7:DD

06EF:3E

06F7:C3

06FF:D9

0707:3E

070F:03

0E C8 00

91 0E 18 0E 90 02 D0 03 EE 65 FD 85 20 33 90 4C AC 04 AA AD 37 06 A9 17 FB A9 80 40 85 18

89 85 14 FD 85 FE F3 85 10

11 85 13

04 C8 Bl CI A2 14 DS 18 A2 C2 18 A9

90 02 Ee E6 17 18

12 90 02 65 FB 85 E6 FD D0 CD F2 IB Fl IB 90 IB A5 16 A9 00 91 00 85 29 16 A9 IB FB A9 00 18 A5 20 0A BA 0A E6 20 AS 85 02 20 65 FB 85 D0 CF A9 85 FB A9 El 8D A9 A9 SD ff5 0D 12 04 2A 2B 0 3 0B 06 0E

92 08 0B 55 4F Bl 6C 65 63 40 79 6E 72 61 74

05 FF 8 2

02 80 04 00 00 C0 C0 03 80 80 31 B3 IF 60 F0 E0 03 80

80 30 33 IF 3C CC

03 80 04

81 3F 05

00 04 06

82 FE 80

04 00 C3

01 83 9S 98 DF 3E B3 66 CD CI E3 98 98 D9 B3 B3 66 CD

79 9B 80

80 00 30

13 D0 F7 A9 11 65 E6 0F EE F2 IB 18 FD 90 02 20 09 15 A5 0D C9 16 D0 03 85 FC A9 85 0B 85 A9 13 85 A9 00 85 85 16 85 85 12 A9 A0 00 Bl FB 85 05 A0 18 20 12 A0 10 11 65 10

11 E6 16 A9 11 65 E6 13 18 FB 90 02

02 E6 FE D0 05 A5 A7 A5 17 8D Fl IB 10 88 10 8D 39 16 85 FC A9 85 19 A9 C9 04 F0 18 69 3B FC 85 03 48 CI 18 FB 90 02 IB 8 5 FC 0D 8D AA 84 A9 lA FO 60 81 16 CB 07

12 04 44 5A 07 0B 55 35 9F 08 00 18 74 20 67 78 20 6F 69 6F 6E FE 80 04 00 B8 03

03 30 31 31 9E 3C 66 DB 03 03 80 30 30 33 60 66 D8 03

03 80 04 00 81 03 FF 0C BF 10 BD 08

04 00 82 03 98 C0 C0 00 00 3C 79 9B B3 9B D9 D9 B3 66 66 CI E3 B3 8F 99 00 30 00 00 00 03

A9 D6

0E 0A Fl 88 A9 F6 E6 A0 F0 50 80 01 4C BB 3D 74

19 84 15 12 0A D4

17 DA IB BF FB AE

20 81 6B FA 20 8F 85 C7 D0 85

12 IF A9 70 E6 E0 A5 FD FD 98 8D 19 A0 23 FB 2C 8D 64 F3 CA

18 D4 23 CC 85 BD A5 3E A9 C6 E6 D0 A9 EC

84 09

85 41

13 A0 12 12 8A 61 55 06 08 F8 53 F6 65 64 70 D7 3A 4E 00 DE 80 F6 80 2C CC 6D 80 B3 3 3 CB F0 74 80 A3 00 0A 06 20 75 81

05 BC 02 83

00 55

01 25 98 4B B3 E0 CI BD 98 ID BE 5D 00 CE

06 CD

0717:	FF	81	3F	05	FF	00	BF	D3	41
071F:	07	00	04	06	10	C0	08	05	2A
0727:	FF	82	FE	80	04	00	82	02	E4
072F:	80	04	00	BE	03	80	07	00	53
0737;	0C	C0	03	80	0C	60	00	00	86
073F;	03	30	0C	6C	DD	E0	03	80	30
0747:	00	60	CC	C0	03	80	0C	6C	BA
074F:	CC	C0	03	80	0C	6C	CC	00	C8
0757:	03	80	0C	6C	CC	C0	03	30	3F
075F:	0D	ED	CC	C0	03	80	07	07	05
0767:	CC	70	03	80	00	60	00	00	El
076F:	03	80	04	00	81	03	06	FF	03
0777:	81	3F	05	FF	0C	BF	33	08	34
077F:	00	04	06	10	8F	0D	61	20	E3
0787;	47	45	4F	53	20	66	69	60	83
078F:	65	2E	00	61	20	43	6F	6D	40
0797;	6D	6F	64	6F	72	65	20	66	8B
079F:	69	60	65	2E	00	74	6F	20	DD
07A7;	64	65	73	6B	54	6F	70	2E	D5
07AF:	00	A9	00	IC	A9	01	8D	37	8D
07B7:	16	40	BF	C2	81	13	32	0D	Dl
07BF;	0B	05	11	D8	08	08	05	IF	D9
07C7'	F9	08	0E	00	18	50	6C	65	D6
07CF	61	73	65	20	69	6E	73	65	6B
07D7	72	74	20	61	20	6E	65	77	53
07DF	20	64	69	73	68	20	69	6E	98
07E7	20	74	68	65	00	64	72	69	66
07EF	76	65	20	61	6E	64	20	63	55
07F7	6C	69	63	68	20	74	68	65	C2
07FF	20	6D	6F	75	73	65	20	62	92
0807	75	74	74	6F	6E	2E	00	81	22
080F	13	32	0D	0B	05	15	30	09	6D
0817	0B	06	23	53	09	03	01	48	66
081F	04	11	48	00	18	44	6F	20	4F
0827	79	6F	75	20	77	69	73	68	31
082F	20	74	6F	20	65	6E	74	65	BF
0837	72	20	64	65	73	63	72	69	E2
083F	70	74	69	6F	eE	73	00	66	70
0847	6F	72	20	61	6C	6C	20	74	8F
084F	68	65	20	66	69	6C	65	73	92
0857	3F	00	81	13	32	0D	08	07	4B
0BSF	12	73	09	01	11	49	00	18	4C
0867	4F	70	65	72	61	74	69	6F	2E
086F	6E	20	63	6F	6D	70	6C	65	BD
0877	74	65	2E	00	06	64	00	19	88
087F	8C	09	02	18	02	10	3B	0F	07
0887	DF	09	04	IB	02	10	45	0E	84
088F	C2	0A	08	18	03	10	25	10	B8
0897	:00	0A	0C	IB	05	10	4D	11	41
089F	:4D	0A	12	18	03	10	SB	11	BC
08A7	:80	0A	16	IS	04	10	6C	11	09
0BAF	•A0	FF	FF	80	01	80	01	81	AS
08B7	:01	83	81	87	01	8F	El	9F	81
08BF	■Fl	BF	F9	8F	El	8F	El	80	82
08C7	:01	80	01	80	01	FF	FF	IF	C7
08CF	:FF	04	BF	90	FF	FE	80	02	Al
08D7	:80	02	80	03	8F	E3	8F	E3	F7
08DF	:BF	FB	9F	F3	8F	E3	87	C3	E0
0BE7	:83	83	81	03	80	03	80	03	0F
08BF	04	FF	04	BF	04	FF	C2	FE	23
0BF7	:80	00	00	00	02	30	00	00	5A
08FF	00	03	80	00	00	00	03	87	6E
0907	:00	00	00	33	8D	80	00	00	BA
090F	:33	80	IE	Fl	07	33	80	36	IB
0917	:DB	6D	B3	8C	36	DB	0F	B3	A4
091F	:ac	36	DB	0C	33	87	9E	D9	10
0927	;E7	B3	80	00	00	00	03	80	B0
092F	;00	00	00	03	80	00	00	00	75
0937	;03	05	FF	81	3F	04	FF	0A	38
093F	:BF	B0	FF	FF	FE	80	00	02	59

G-30 COMPUTE APRIL 1992

3947	:80	00	03	80	00	03
094F	:C3	B6	00	C3	B6	CE
0957	:D8	F3	B6	CC	E3	B6
095F	:BC	DC	DB	80	00	03
0967	:03	80	00	03	FF	FF
096F	:FF	FF	06	BF	B3	FF
0977	:FE	80	00	00	02	80
097F	:03	80	00	00	03	9E
0987	:03	9B	00	00	03	9B
098F	:E3	9B	ee	CD	B3	9B
0997	:F3	9B	66	79	83	9E
099F	:F3	80	00	00	03	30
09A7	103	80	00	00	03	04
09AF	:3F	FF	FF	FF	08	BF
09B7	:FF	FE	80	00	02	80
09BF	:30	00	03	8F	00	63
09C7	:63	98	IE	63	98	33
a9CF	:B3	63	99	B3	03	8F
09D7	:80	00	03	80	00	03
09DF	:03	FF	FF	FF	3F	FF
09E7	:BF	05	00	01	60	00
09EF	:82	00	8A	01	96	00
09F7	:2E	01	09	01	BE	00
09FF	:D1	00	71	07	0E	00
0A07	;FC	00	24	03	22	01
0A0F	:aF	FF	81	80	0D	00
0A17	:30	0D	00	82	01	80
0A1F	:82	01	30	0D	00	82
0A27	:0D	00	82	01	80	0D
0A2F	:01	80	0D	00	82	01
0A37	00	81	30	06	00	82
BAIF	06	00	81	60	06	00
0A47	80	06	00	81	C0	06
0A4F	01	80	06	00	31	C0
0A57	DB	01	80	0F	FC	IF
0A5F	El	80	01	30	0C	FF
0A67	CI	80	3F	FE	3F	FC
0A6F	80	01	80	ID	FF	F3
0A77	80	70	06	70	ID	C0
0A7F	01	80	3B	80	71	DC
0A87	E0	0E	E0	0D	80	33
0A8F	30	73	00	30	F8	01
0R97	0C	FF	FB	80	36	00
0A9F	E6	00	60	70	01	31
0AA7	FF	F3	00	66	00	01
0AAF	00	60	F8	01	BF	31
0AB7	80	07	00	6C	00	01
0ABF	00	CI	DC	01	81	C0
8AC7:	07	00	CC	00	01	E7
flACF-	C3	8E	01	81	FF	FB
0AD7	FP	DF	FF	E0	FE	18
0ADF:	07	01	80	FF	Fl	FF
0AE7:	IF	FF	C0	FC	18	01
0ABF:	81	80	00	70	06	00
0AF7:	04	00	84	01	80	00
0AFF!	00	89	F0	7F	00	00
0887;	80	00	00	05	00	8A
0B0F:	CI	80	00	61	81	80
flS17;	05	00	8A	03	C0	01
0B1F!	61	81	80	03	80	05
0B27:	IF	80	7F	00	00	61
0B2F:	FF	3F	05	FF	8A	FE
0B37:	00	E0	61	81	8F	FC
0B3F:	FF	38	F0	00	FF	80
0B47:	01	80	0D	00	82	01
0B4F:	00	82	01	80	0D	00
0B57!	80	0D	00	32	01	80
0B5F:	82	01	80	0D	00	82
0B67:	0D	00	32	01	80	0D
0B6F!	01	80	0D	00	82	01

BC	C0	43	0B77:
DB	Be	8C	0B7F:
C6	F3	Fl	0B87:
80	00	97	0B8F:
FF	3F	8A	0B97:
FF	FF	04	0B9F:
00	00	3B	0BA7:
06	00	Di	0BAF:
36	CC	CI	0BB7:
66	CD	CA	0BBP:
66	30	82	0BC7:
00	00	E5	0BCF:
FF	84	03	0BD7:
B0	FF	02	0BDF:
00	03	AE	0BE7:
99	30	AC	0BEF:
63	9B	9F	0BF7:
9E	63	F9	0BFF:
80	00	9F	0C07:
FF	06	73	0C0F:
96	03	5E	0C17:
16	03	88	0C1F:
2E	03	62	0C27:
2E	01	67	0C2F:
16	00	8F	0C37:
82	01	51	0C3F:
0D	00	FA	0C47:
01	80	22	0C4F:
00	82	DC	0C57:
80	06	A4	0C5F:
01	80	9E	0C67:
82	01	C2	0C6F:
00	82	D5	0C77:
06	00	DF	0C7F:
F8	7F	70	0C37:
E7	03	DF	0C8FJ
FF	Fl	34	0C97:
8F	01	D5	0C9F:
3B	00	12	0CA7:
01	30	25	0CAF:
00	01	4E	0CB7:
80	C0	51	0CBF:
01	80	6D	0CC7:
C0	0D	D6	0CCF:
81	C6	EC	0CD7:
80	19	29	0CDF:
C3	8C	AC	0CE7:
IB	80	B5	0CEF:
0C	00	B8	0CF7:
FF	E7	79	0CFF:
01	87	D3	0D07:
C3	FF	DE	0D0F:
9C	03	74	0D17:
81	78	97	0D1F:
E0	06	7A	0D27:
3F	01	0C	0D2F:
01	E0	D2	0D37:
01	C0	0D	0D3F:
80	00	3C	0D47:
00	8A	29	0D4F:
81	87	EC	0D57:
00	C0	C6	0D5F:
7F	05	3E	0D67:
E0	3F	98	0D6F:
80	0D	C5	0D77:
82	01	9C	0D7F:
0D	00	3D	0D87:
01	80	64	0D3F:
00	82	IF	0D97:
80	0D	ED	0D9F:

00

80 82 E0 07 00 04 IC 3C D8 DB 0C 61 9B 83 6C 00 00 0C 82 0D 83 85 A0 0D BE 8C 16 18 05 8C 0D A9 10 00 A0 01 36 01 00 8A ED A9 A9 30 85 85 20 3C E9 68 FF D0 AD CE 85 60 07 0A 2A AA IB 4C 90 10 04 18 01 65 85

82 01 0D 00 01 80 00 0C 80 00 0C 00

00 CF F0 0C Fl El 0C DB 61 30 DB 6C 8 0 6C 6C 06 C6 7B 07 9E 03 07

01 80

00 00

01 30

00 81 BE BE 05 A9 0C A9 8D C0 60 8D 34 16 91 04 69 28 CE 34 85 05 A2 13 0B A0 FA 60 85 04 18 20 AD 35 16 8D 4C 2C

01 60 00 AD IB 85 00 85 C0 4C 5E A9 07 A9 0A A9 B3 C2 29 F0

02 48 68 60 91 FD

03 EE ED IB ED IB 07 20 A9 IB A9 20 A9 00 CI AD AD 3A D0 08 IE 0F 85 02 85 04 91 02 A9 40 65 03

30

85

04 05

85 CA

80 0D 00 82 01 80 0D 00 9A 00 00 0C 00 00 61 00 0C C0 61 81 8E CF 78 06 8 0 CC DB 6C 07 B6 6C FB 6D 06 36 DB C3 6D B0 36 DB 66 CD 9E D8 DB 3C D9 00 88 06 00 03 07

00 01 80 0D 00 82

01 0F FF BE 29 0E A8 85 04 93 20 4E 8C A9 0B 32 16 8E AD 32 16 88 10 FB 85 04 90 16 10 E5 A9 A8 85 A0 0B 20 28 99 A9 8C AD IE 85 4E 0D A9 16 8D 20 27 D0 A9 C2 20 A8 00 96 03 EE IB 35

02 A9 94 19 A9 61

84 CI AD 30 85 06 10 85 08 00 85 09 C9 00 F0 48 4A 4A CD Fl IB 68 A8 Bl F0 0B EE EE IB B8 D0 03 CE 68 85 06 2A CI 4C 35 06 A9

85 08 A9 85 09 85 39 16 18 16 69 00 EC Fl IB A9 A7 85 A9 AA 35 A2 05 A0 88 C0 FF 65 02 85 85 03 18 04 A9 01 10 D8 AS

82 01 C4 0D 00 65 01 81 ED C0 00 49

83 0C E9 00 06 22 7 3 CF CC IE FE A5 6D B6 14 DB 66 B8 BE D8 E6 66 DB 9A D8 07 6F DB 61 94

03 0F 2B El 80 ID 00 00 0C

00 86 21 0D 00 49

01 30 16 3D 0E F6 A9 8C CD A2 18 9C 0D A9 07 8D 83 37 33 16 F2 AC 33 C6 A5 04 9F

02 E6 80 60 A9 18

04 A9 6F 4E 0D 46 8E 88 32

05 A9 33 A2 27 CF 35 85 E5 D0 AD DF 30 85 8F CI 05 31 82 00 D9

03 AD 5C 85 05 16 85 18 EC 05 85 13 A9 6F DE A9 CF 22 35 0B E0 41 A5 E5 4A 4A 75 90 03 93 FD 49 53 ED IB 67 50 0B BE EE IB 48 09 0F 73 B3 0D 32 27 85 Fl 2F 85 6E 0B 20 BD 69 04 20 CD F2 B4 90 03 2B 03 A9 AE 05 A9 2D BF Bl 81 D0 F7 68 02 A9 4A A9 40 48 65 05 77 FB 18 85

0DA7 0DAF 0DB7 0DBF 0DC7 0DCF 0DD7 0DDF 0DE7 0DEF 0DF7 0DFF 0E07 0E0F 0E17 0E1F 0E27 0E2F 0E37 0E3F 0E47 0E4F 0E57 0E5F 0E67 0E6F 0E77 0E7F 0E37 0ESF 0E97 0E9F 0EA7 0BAF 0EB7 0EBF 0EC7 0ECF 0ED7 0EDF 0EE7 0EEF 0EF7 0EFF 0F07 0F0F 0F17 0FIF 0F27 0F2F 0F37 0F3F 0F47 0F4F 0F57 0F5F 0F67 0F6F 0F77 0F7F 0F87 0F8F 0F97 0F9F 0FA7 0FAF 0FB7 0FBF 0FC7 0FCF

69 A9

99 FF 85 A9 A9 04 10 50 C0 E6 3A 5E 85 85 85 18 10 00 AD D0 03 05 BF D0 02 04 E9 FB C6 A9 88 03 05 18 C6 03 00 90 D0 C0 AD A9 A9 A9 CI IB 69 69 D0 85 A5 25 00 00 64 69 85 85 11 FC 00 F2 IB 66 0D 60 AD AC

11 85 FB 40 85 2F

10 6F 99 D0 F5 A5

02 A5 FC 6B 85 05 18 85 18 Bl FD 85 6F 45 FF 70 45 FF FF D0 EB FE EE 39

16 AD 05 0E A9 C0 06 A9 27

08 A9 2F

09 85 0B 85 06 A9 85 08 A9 85 09 85 3A 16 D0

03 4C 0C A9 D0 85 A9 50 85 Bl 02 91 F7 AS 02 A5 03 E9 38 E9 40

01 85 05 38 E9 11 FC A9 4 0 00 99 90 C0 FF D0 AS FB 85 A9 00 85 20 48 CI FE C6 FD CE 3A 16 Bl FD 85

67 45 FF

68 4 5 FF FF D0 EB 05 35 30 18 85 06

10 35 08 00 85 09 AD ED IB D0 01 60 5D 3D Fl lA 8D F2

17 A9 09

02 20 56 02 38 E9 20 A8 CI 09 03 36 IE 0E 46 65 73 63 6F 6E 3A FC A9 E2 FE A9 5C 65 FB 85 E6 FD D0 Bl FD D0 IB D0 05 D0 DB A9 85 02 20 4C AC 04

00 89 05

01 24 00 00 AD ED

90 02

A0 BF 50 70 FB 18 69 00 A9 00 20 43 FF A0 99 10 99 50 E6 FD 16 D0 85 30 85 2F as 07 85 0A 4C 2A 27 85 IF 35 0B 20 08 AD 10 A9 02 A9 04 A2

04 88 38 E9

01 85 85 04 CA 10 8 5 FB 85 2F 67 99 F5 AS

02 A9

19 A9 AS FD AD 39 CE 39 FF A0 99 90 99 D0 A9 80

03 4C A9 27 A9 IF 85 0B D0 06 AD Fl IB AD IB AD 85 03 C2 20 03 85

05 00

01 7F 06 69 6C 72 69 0F 00

8 5 FB 3 5 FD FB 90

02 E6 IF AS A5 FD

09 35 56 C2

20 A8 00 03 BA 03 IB D0

E6 FC 82 A9 00 A9

38 C0 40

69 33 6D 35 33 03 85 19 0C CI A0 45 BF B9 3C AF B9 B4 B0 38 EE D0 02 IE 03 EE A7 03 4C 0B A9 18 73 A9 20 DA A9 00 CF CI A9 El 07 A9 IB 0A A9 25 2A CI 25

39 16 18 AD 85 E6 B0 85 6F 05 A0 20 C0 FF EC

40 85 36 03 AS C6 A5 05 79 D8 A5 C7 B0 02 85 A0 BF 79 D0 68 78 FC 35 0B 3B 85 41 18 85 3E D0 02 DD 16 D0 0F 16 A0 Fl BF B9 34 A7 B9 DE A8 83 19 85 2F CE 54 0F E0 85 07 04 85 0A 0E 4C 2A 5E AD EE D9 IB 18 AB F2 IB B2 37 16 7D A9 IB EF

73 0D 94 FF 50 DC

01 09 6C 14 AI

65 20 13

70 74 44 A9 IB 76 A9 lA 84 18 A9 19

02 E6 6C FE A0 FC FE CD 4A CD Fl IB

03 A9 AB 20 73 16 CI 01 6D

74 00 84 AF 00 C2 03 CE C9

APniL1992 COMPUTE G-31

PROGRAMS

0FD7:	EE	IB	CE	ED	IB	EE	EF	IB	7C	1207:
0FDF:	D0	03	EE	F0	IB	20	B8	0D	EB	120F:
0FE7:	AD	F0	IB	85	03	AD	EF	IB	9E	1217:
0FEF:	85	02	A9	A0	85	05	A9	00	24	121F:
0FF7:	85	19	A9	61	85	18	A9	ca	0B	1227:
0FFF:	20	84	CI	A9	B8	85	05	A9	Bl	122F:
1007:	00	85	19	A9	24	85	18	AS	53	1237:
100F:	FC	85	03	A5	FB	85	02	20	E3	123F:
1017:	48	CI	ft9	00	A8	99	3B	16	39	1247:
101F:	99	00	81	88	D0	F7	8D	96	DC	124F:
1027:	84	A9	FF	99	01	81	A5	FC	E3	1257:
102F:	85	0F	A5	FB	85	0E	AD	37	41	125F:
1037:	16	D0	03	4C	82	11	4C	9C	49	1267;
103F:	13	A9	0A	85	03	A9	F5	85	ID	126F:
1047:	02	20	36	CI	4C	AC	04	A9	lA	1277:
104Fi	08	85	03	A9	C8	85	02	20	50	127F:
1057:	56	C2	20	73	0D	4C	37	05	9B	1287:
105F:	AE	89	84	8A	E8	38	E9	07	75	128F:
1067:	CD	8D	84	D0	02	A2	08	SA	A4	1297:
I06F:	20	B0	C2	4C	37	05	A5	0F	11	129F:
1077:	8n	31	16	A5	0E	8D	30	16	E4	12A7:
107F:	AD	FF	00	D0	5D	20	AS	CI	02	12AF:
1067-	05	00	01	09	00	09	03	36	3B	12B7:
108F	01	7F	06	14	00	IE	0E	45	EB	12BF;
1097	6E	74	65	72	20	64	65	73	B0	12C7:
109F	63	72	69	70	74	69	6F	6E	D8	12CF:
10A7	3A	0F	00	A9	16	85	03	A9	B9	12D7:
10AF	BB	85	02	A9	00	35	04	85	8D	12DF;
10B7	0A	85	0B	A9	78	85	06	A9	C9	12E7:
10BF	32	85	05	A9	00	85	19	A9	87	12EF:
10C7	14	85	18	A9	11	3D	A4	84	7D	12F7;
10CF	A9	F9	8D	A3	84	A9	01	8D	89	12FF:
10D7	38	00	A9	36	8D	37	00	4C	42	1307:
10DF	BA	CI	A0	0A	B9	7E	13	99	0A	130Fr
10E7	BB	16	88	10	F7	AD	31	16	6C	1317;
10EF	85	0F	AD	30	16	85	0E	20	52	131F:
10F7	0B	C2	20	09	15	F0	03	4C	Al	1327:
10FF	AC	04	AD	14	84	85	09	AD	68	132F:
1107	13	84	85	08	20	92	C2	20	FS	1337:
110F	09	15	F0	03	4C	AC	04	A0	07	133F:
1117	00	A9	82	91	0C	C8	A5	08	E3	1347:
lllF	91	00	C8	A5	09	91	0C	C8	EF	134F:
1127	Bl	0C	C9	78	B0	08	C9	61	B0	1357:
112F	90	04	E9	20	91	0C	C8	C0	E8	135F:
1137	13	D0	ED	A9	00	91	0C	C8	96	1367:
113F	C0	IC	90	F9	Bl	0C	69	00	0B	136P:
1147	91	0C	C8	Bl	0C	69	00	91	01	1377:
114F	0C	20	E7	CI	20	09	15	F0	D8	137F:
1157	03	4C	AC	04	A5	09	85	05	45	1387:
115F	as	08	85	04	A9	16	85	0B	03	138F:
1167	A9	3B	85	0A	A0	12	B9	89	C8	1397:
116F	13	99	7B	16	88	10	F7	A0	67	139F:
1177	ID	B9	00	34	99	3D	16	88	55	13A7:
117F	10	F7	AD	14	84	SD	3C	16	87	13AF:
1187	AD	13	84	3D	3B	16	20	E7	09	13B7:
118F	CI	20	09	15	F0	03	4C	AC	E5	13BF:
1197	04	AD	14	34	85	05	AD	13	A0	13C7;
119F	84	85	04	A9	80	35	0B	A9	SA	13CF:
llfl7	00	85	0A	20	E4	CI	AD	02	F9	13D7:
llAF	84	8D	01	30	AD	01	84	8D	AT	13DF;
11B7	00	80	20	E7	CI	20	09	15	32	13E7 :
IIBF	F0	03	4C	AC	04	20	4A	C2	67	13EF:
11C7	20	09	15	F0	03	4C	AC	04	94	13F7:
IICF	.AD	15	84	D0	03	4C	92	10	2A	13FF:
11D7	:AD	02	84	85	05	AD	01	84	9F	1407:
IIDF	:85	04	A9	16	85	0B	A9	3B	43	140F:
11E7	:85	0A	20	E4	CI	A9	30	85	DC	1417;
llEF	:0B	A9	00	85	0A	A0	00	98	C5	141F:
11F7	:99	00	81	83	D0	FA	AE	96	06	1427:
IIFF	:84	E8	E8	F0	4D	8E	96	34	21	142F-
G-32	COMPUTE	APRIL 1992 , J

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72 61 FF

73 75 62 6E 74 lA 73 70 80 6C 65 F6 6F 75 9F 64 20 eE 61 6C 67 64 69 07 76 69 58 20 66 El 4D 69 9E 64 69 A0 6F 63 70 73 73 43 2E 00 A0 70 72 E3 6F 6E 5A 20 49 42 61 74 38 00 00 DA

GEOCONVERTER 2.0

DS 10 REM COPYRIGHT 1992 COMPU TE! PUBLICATIONS, INC. - ALL BIGHTS RESERVED

SE 20 IF(PEEK{772)+PEEK(773)*2 S6)=42364THEN40

PD 30 LIST0,1:LIST4,1:LIST6,I: SA=PEEK{46 25)*256+PEEK(4 624) ;GOTO50

SX 40 P0KES6,PEEK(46) +40:CLR:P OKE532 80, 0:POKE53 281,0:3 A=PEEK{56)*256+PEEK(55)

RP 50 PRINT"(CLR)'f8>{N}{D0WN}" TAB (12) "{RVS3GE0C0NVERTE R 2.0[OFF} {GRN}{3 DOWN}" : PRINTT AB ( 13 ) "COPYRIGHT {SPACE) 1990 {DOWN}"

KR 60 PRINTTAB (7) "COMPUTE 1 PUB LIGATIONS _INO. {DOWN}": PR INTTAB(ll) "ALL RIGHTS RE SERVED {2 DOWN}"

HK 70 N=8:PRINT"DRIVE NUMBER " N"{4 LEFT}"; :INPUTN:IFN< 8ORN>11THEN70

QE 80 K$ = "N":PRINT"I^S DRIVE"N" A 1581? "KS"{3 LEFT]"; :I NPUTK$:IFK$<>"N"ANDK$<>" y"THEN30

SB 90 T$=OHR$ (18) :S$=CHR$(1) ;l FKS="Y"THENT$=CHR$ (40) ;S S=CHR$(3)

RS 100 INPUT"FILE TO CONVERT"; NM5:OPEN15,N,15:OPENl,N ,8,"0:"+NH$+",P,R"

BX 110 GOSUB440;IFEN<>0THENPRI NT"{RVS}"EN$" "EMSETSEE $:GOTO400

FF	120
BR	130
RQ	140
PP	150
DH	160
PK	170
SJ	130
AF	190
DG	200
EF	210

GP 220

CF	230
Da	240
MM	250
PE	260
AE	270
DJ	280
BM	290
SF	300
EB	310
JX	320
CH	330
GA	340

PD 350

GF 360

RX 370

MB 380

GET#1,K$,V$:IFKS<>CHR$(

71)ORV$<>CHR$(2)THENCL0

SEl : CLOSE 15 :GOTO220

PRINT" {DOWN) DECOMPRESS I

NG. . .":ZS=CHR? (0) :GET#1

,ESC$;ESC=ASC(ESC9+Z9) :

AD'SA

GOSOB170: IFVOESCTHENPO

READ, VlAD = AD + l: GOTO 140

GOSUB170:CT=V:GOSOB170:

CT=CT+V*2 56:GOSUB170:GO

SUB160:GOTO140

FORI=1TOCT:POKEAD,V:AD=

RD+1:NEXTI :CT=0: RETURN

GET#1,VS:S=ST:V=ASC{VS+

Z$) :IFST=0THENRETURN

IFS<>64THENGOSUB44 0;PRI

NT"(O0WN)L0AD ERROR -

{RVS}"EN$" "EM$ET$EES:G

OTO400

IFCT<>0THENGOSOBI60tAD=

AD-1

PRINT" {DOWNlWRITING. . ."

:CLOSE1:PRINT#15,"S0:"+

NM$:CL0SE15

OPEN1,N,8,"0:"+NHS+",P,

W";fori=satoad:print#1, chr$ (peek (i) ) ; ;nexti:cl

OSEl

PRI NT " { DOWN } CONVERTI NG .

.."■.HDS = "":F0RI = 1T04:RE

ADHE:HDS=HDS+CHRS (HE) :N

EXT I

F0RI=1T05:READIE:ID$=ID

$+CHR$(IE) :NEXTI

NL5="":OPEN15,N,15,"I0:

":0PEN2,N,2,"#"

GOSQB410:GET #2,NT$,NSS

:FORE=0TO7:DS=NLS:GET#2

,B$!l=l;IFB$=NL$THEN310

IF ASC(B5)<>130 THEN310

GET#2,HT9,HS$:I=3:IFHS$

=""THENHS$=CHRS(0)

GET#2,B$: I=I+1:IFB3=""T

HENBS=CHR9(0)

IF(ASC(B$)=160)OR(I=19)

THEN310

D$=DS+B5:GOTO2a0

F0RITT031:GET#2,BS:NEX

TI:IFD$=NMSTHEK340

NEXTE: IFNT$=NL?THEN340

TS=NT5:SS-NS$:GOTO250

IFD9=NLSTHENPRINT"

{down} DISK ERROR!" :GOTO

400

DT$=T$:SS$=S$:T$=HTS:SS

=HS$:GOSUB410:GET#2,MTS

,HS$: IFMS$=""THENMS$=CH

R$(0)

FORI=0TO65:GET#2,BS:NEX

TI:GET#2,CTS,GT$:GOSUB4

I0:PRINT#2,HD$; :GOSUB42

0

T$=DT$:S9=SSS:GOSUB410i

F0RI=1T0 32*E+2:GET#2,B$

:bJEXTI:PRINT#2,CT$?HT$;

MS$;

FORI =0TO15:GET#2,B$: HEX

TI:PRINTi2,HT$;HS5,-CHRS

(0) ;GT$;ID$; :GOSUB420 GR 390 PRINTNM?"- CONVERTED 1" HB 400 CLOSEl:CLOSE2:CLOSE15:E

ND DQ 410 US="U1":GOTO430 CS 420 US="U2" PA 430 PRINT#15,U$;2;0;ASC(TS+

"0") ;ASC(S$+"0") :RETURll JJ 440 INPUT#15,EN,EM$,ET,EE:E

NS = STR$ (EN) :ETS = STRS (ET

) :EE$>=STR$(EE) ; RETURN EH 450 DATA 0,255,3,21,87,10,1

,0,0

Stephen Van Egmond lives in LaSalle, Ontario, Canada.

HAG

By Bruce M. Bowden HAG, which stands for High-resolution An- imation Generator, lets you quickly create your own movies with the 64.

HAG combines a set of individual im- ages into an animated sequenceor, in oth- er words, combines bitmapped pictures into a movie. The images must be two col- or and high resolution like those pro- duced by programs such as The Print- shop. WorldMap 64. and V^rldMap 128 (October 1991 Gazette Disk bonus). LI- SA, the Little ISometrtc Artist (January 1992), will also generate images of this type.

To use the images, place them on the same disk and name them: SLlDExx, where xx is a two-digit number. The im- ages must be numbered in the desired or- der: SLIDEOO, SLIDE01. SLIDE02, for ex- ample. The numbering, however, may begin anyvi^here.

Getting Started

HAG is written entirely in machine lan- guage. Use MLX. our machine lan- guage entry program, to enter it. See "Typing Aids" elsewhere in this issue. When MLX prompts, respond with the following values.

Starting address: 0801 Ending address: 1SF8

Be sure to save a copy of the program before exiting MLX.

Making Movies

To run HAG, load and run it like a BA- SIC program. The first prompt asks you

to place a disk containing your set of im- ages in the disk drive 8. It then asks for a starting number, 01-99. An ending number is entered the same way.

Next, you are asked how you want the movie to run. Do you want a straight run from the first image to the last? Or do you want it to oscillate from start to finish and then back down to start? Press S for a straight run or 0 to oscillate. The graphic screen will appear after this selection, and you can watch as the first image is loaded. After loading, a new text screen will ap- pear for selecting colors. Press a key to return to the picture, and choose suit- able background and foreground col- ors by pressing the 1 (background) or 2 (foreground) keys. After you've made your selections, press f^eturn, and the slides will be loaded, com- pressed, and merged one by one. The screen Is updated as each new slide is appended.

After all of the slides have been load- ed, a prompt will appear on the text screen, asking you to insert the disk up- on which you wish to save the movie and to enter the movie name. You can abort the process by entering a per- cent (%) symbol. If you abort the save, you can still run the movie by en- tering SYS 16384. Vary the speed of the movie with POKE 163844-3, x, with X being any value between 1 and 255.

Showing a Movie

You can load a saved movie to the same location, 16384 ($4000), with LOAD "filename". 8,1. The advantage of this arrangement is that it allows you to run movies from within a small BA- SIC or machine language program un- der the movie data. It may be as sim- ple as 10 SYS 16384:GOTO 10 or as complicated as something that loads several movies and varies the speed ac- cording to user input. Each time a mov- ie is run, control is returned to the call- ing routine. That's the reason for the iterative example above.

If necessary, the calling routine must also recover text mode. This is done, from BASIC, with these three pokes:

POKE 53265,PEEK(53265) AND 223 POKE 53272, (PEEK(53272) AND 260) OR 6 POKE 53270, PEEK(53270) AND 239

APRIL 1992 COMPUTE G-33

PROGRAMS

Pressing Run/Stop-Restore also recov- ers from the graphics mode without dis- turbing the movie code.

If the storage required for the movie exceeds the 64's available memory, loading will stop with a message say- ing so. In that case, the generator pro- gram must be reloaded and an alterna- tive series of images loaded. Choosing a sequential run over an oscillating one will also conserve memory.

Memory Locations

The loader code resides from address- es 16384 ($4000) to 16806 ($41A6), and the movie data is stored from 16807 {$41 A7) to a maximum address of 53247 (SCFFF). This is 142 blocks, more than 36K of movie storage. The rate of speed at which the movie is run is stored in 16387 ($4003) and has a de- fault value which is normally adequate. Background and foreground defaults may also be modified by poking the col- ors to 16390 and 16393 respectively. Any BASIC program using the mov- ie must set a ceiling for storage at 16384 ($4000), This is done with POKE 55,254:POKE 56,63:CLR.

HAG

0301 0B09 0811 0819 0821 0329 0831 0839 0841 0849 0851 0359 0361 0869 0871 0879 0881 0889 0891 0899 08M 0eA9 08B1 08B9 08C1 08C9 08D1 08D9 08G1 08G9 08F1 2SW9 0901

0B 08 31 00 0D 0D 20 20 50 45

53 20 6E 63 00 74 49 45 4E 53 4D 4F 20 52 0D 20 6A 55 20 54

34 20 29 2E 70 4F 31 36

54 4F

53 50 20 20 4F 40

54 55 4F 20 4C 4C 20 20 45 20 20 45 4F 4E 45 2E

35 EC 85 FE

0A 00 00 00 0D 0E 73 61 52 41 41 52 65 6C

48 45 20 52 20 49

52 59 55 4E 20 20

53 54 4F 20 28 24 0D 20 4B 45 33 38 20 56 45 45 20 63 20 49 52 4E

54 48

49 4E 52 4F 41 54 4E 44 45 20 0D 00 A9 4B A9 00

9E 32 4C F7 05 20 76 65

54 49 45 20 6C 65 20 4D 45 4D 4E 20 20 46 4E 49 20 20 20 73 31 36 34 30 20 20 20 54 34 2B 41 52

44 2£ 4F 4E 53 20

45 44 45 20 47 0D

55 54 20 54 20 4F 43 59 00 00 85 FB 85 FD

30 36 2E 08 93 97 20 20 76 20 4F 9E 4F 4E BD

63 61 0B

64 0D 93 4F 56 75 41 49 93 4D 45 C0 4F 52 C6 4E 47 19 20 20 E7 79 73 E8 33 38 93 30 30 E5 20 20 37 4F 20 74 33 20 86 59 20 37 0D 0D 6E 54 52 BA 52 45 lA 20 54 48 43 41 03 20 20 EF 49 4E 16 4 8 4 5 2A 46 20 4C 43 4C 32 A9 14 39 A9 40 AS A2 15 49

0909;

0911:

0919;

0921;

0929;

0931;

0939:

0941;

0949;

0951;

0959:

0961:

0969:

0971;

0979:

0981;

0989;

0991;

0999;

09A1;

0gA9;

09B1;

09B9;

09C1;

09C9;

t;9Dl;

09D9;

09E1;

09E9;

09F1;

09F9;

0A01;

0A09;

0AH;

0A19;

0A21;

0A29:

0A31;

0A39;

0A41;

0A49;

0A51;

0A59;

0A61;

0A69;

0A71;

0A79;

0A81;

0A89;

0A91;

0A99;

0AA1;

0AA9;

0ABll

0AB9;

0AC1:

0AC9;

0AD1;

0AD9;

0AEli

0AE9;

0AF1:

0AF9:

0B01;

0B09

0B11

0B19

0B21

0B29

0B31

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00 00 45 30 D5 40 FB A9

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09 C9 AD IB AD lA 4C A0 09 CD 39 CD BD 14 09 AD 08 AD 06 20

01 09 0C AD CE IB 0 9 CE

20 4F

00 00

30 20 09 00

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39

30 A5 15 0F

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00 A0 14 09 AA D0 09 CD 09 CD 09 4C IF 09 IE 09 09 20 IB 09 lA 09 BE 09 03 85 0 IB 09 09 60 lA 09 F0 04 8D IB

01 09

85 A2

FF A9 BD FF 20 05 FD 85 AD IF 01 09 0B AD 40 A0

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lA 40

08 00 20 9D

09 D0 09 AD AA 8D

07 A6 A9 00 FF 78 01 A0 40 C9 03 85 11 09 00 AD 40 85 AD IB 85 FB 0B AD 0A 4C 14 AD ID 40

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09 91 FB 18 40 18 90 03 69 03 AD 13 AD 12 Bl FD F7 A0 11 09 00 8C 85 FD FE 8D 40 85 4F 0B AD IE

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53 4C 30 30 41 A9 FC A9 BA FF 20 BD 20 20 D0 03

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09 EE 03 85 A9 09 A0 00 FB A4 A2 00 18 A5 00 8C

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01 58 00 03 IC 4 0 FC Bl 40 85 Bl FB 11 09

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11 09

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49 44 C5 31 20 A7 15 85 0F A2 A9 07 Al FF A9 A3 D5 FF 33 40 8A BF AA 09 64 D0 0B C0 D0 03 73 AD IB E0 AD lA 78 A9 AA 08 4C D2 67 09 00 40 09 F0 D0 09 A5 EA 4C 06 37 04 16 IB 81 D0

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69

E9 5B IB BA 79 IC 5B 8F

40 60 23 84

0B39:91

0B41:18

0B49:EE

0B51:08

0B59:91

0B61:08

0B69:60

0B71:FD

0B79:8E

0B81:B1

0B89:08

0B91:D0

0B99:PF

0BA1:FD

0BA9:81

0BB1:20

0BB9:20

0BC1:43

0BC9:20

0BD1:4F

0BD9:20

0BE1:4F

0BE9;46

0BF1:45

0BF9:2E

0C01:A9

0009:14

0011:14

0C19:1F

0021:20

0029:93

0031:41

0039:44

0041:42

0049:45

0051:20

0C59:53

0O61:2C

0C69:4E

ac71:20

0079:61

0G81:20

0C89:4E

0C91:54

0C99:45

0CAl:54

0CA9:20

0CB1:4C

0CB9:20

0CC1:4C

0CC9:0D

0CD1:00

0CD9:00

0CE1:20

0CE9:40

0CF1:82

0CF9:8D

0D01:A9

0D09:08

0D11:FF

0D19:BD

0021:20

0029:20

0D31:FF

0D39:CF

0D41:8D

0049:80

0D51:8D

0D59:8D

0D61:40

FB 08

69 03 IF 40 8C F5 FD A5 A5 FB E6 FB D0 E3 F6 08 FB 91

00 08

01 60 D0 02 C9 FF 0B 9 3 20 75 74 48 45 53

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43 45 49 53 45 20 4E 20 54 48 4B 20 20 54 54 45 40 4F 60 65

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44 52

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52 20 56 49 2E 00

45 41 45 20 43 43 4 5 20 0D 20

53 59

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54 49 30 00 00 00

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PEGMAN

Bruce M. Bowden is a programmer at COMPUTE Publications. He lives in Greensboro, North Carolina.

G-36 COMPUTE APRIL 1992

By Alain Tremblay

You're in a world that is filling with water. Dripping faucets are everywhere, and it's your job to plug thenn. Climb ladders to escape the rising flood and leap from ledge to ledge to reach the errant fau- cets.

Pegman, written in machine language, is a one-player game for the 64. To enter it. use MLX, our machine language entry program. See "Typing Aids" elsewhere in this section. When MLX prompts, re- spond with the following values.

Starting address: Q801 Ending address: 1B90

Be sure to save a copy of the program before exiting MLX.

How to Start

Pegman loads and runs like a BASIC program. Press the fire button to bring up the first screen after the game loads.

Your task is to plug all the dripping faucets on a given screen. There are ten screens in all (levels 0-9), and they can be played at random. The computer will make the choice, or you can play them in order one after the oth- er. When you are asked if you want to start again after a game, move the joys- tick (plugged in port 2) left to select ran- dom play or right to select sequential play. You may also choose between a fast or slow flooding speed by moving the joystick up or down. Push the fire button when you are ready to play.

How to Play

Move the joystick right or left to run. To plug a dripping faucet, simply come in contact with it. Use the ladders by mov- ing the joystick up or down to reach higher or lower floors. Simply push the fire button to jump up or push it while holding the joystick in the appropriate direction to jump either right or left. You can jump to grab a ladder or leap onto another floor. Don't worry about fall- ing; you won't lose a life by falling down to a lower floor.

If you fall into the water, you can swim in all eight directions to reach any faucets that happen to be below the surface. Sounds change depend-

ing on whether you are above or below the surface. The only way to get out of the water is to use a ladder.

Dangers

Once a big fish becomes aware of your presence, he will try to devour you. If you are swimming on the sur- face, he may bear down on you or leap from the water to get you. You can deal him a fatal blow if you are un- der him when he falls back into the wa- ter. Push the fire button to thrust at him. The timing is critical.

The only other threats to your life are two crabs. You can brush against them, but don't run into them. The lad- der-eating snails and the fish that some- one keeps tossing at you are harmless, but they can impede your progress.

You earn 20 points for each faucet plugged. After completing a screen, you get points according to the level the flood has reached. You gain an ex- tra life as a bonus for every 1000 points.

After completing the tenth screen on a sequential game, you may continue with random or sequential play and fast or slow flooding speed, just as you did at the start of the game.

PEGMAN

0801 0809 0811 0819 0821 0829 0831 0839 0841 0349 0851 0859 0861 0869 0871 0879 0881 0889 0891 0899 08A1 08A9 08B1 0BB9 08C1 08C9 08D1 08D9 08E1 08E9

0B 08 32 00 20 F5 10 A2 17 10 A9 32 40 A9 CA 10 0F 29 CA B4

0A 00 9E 00 00 00 0F 20 Pi

91

07

00

D4 20

3A A9

8D FC 85 55 13 A5 30 D0 23 15 88 20

51 0F 60 A5

52 A2 20 AA 0F 8C

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9B 0F 54 20

00 A9 D0 A2 A5 5D

07 A9

9D 12 85 81 00 9D D0 F6 8E 04 10 0A A2 83 D0 F9 13 A5 83 A9 CC 80 Ca 8D F9

07 8D FD A9 08 85

08 10 FC 56 A2 0A A2 00 BD D2 FF E8 20 2F 0F 02 F0 19 4S A0 44 A8 8D 7F 81 0F D0 AD 9B 0F D0 CB 53 41 47 41 50 8D 00 00 86 5D 00 So 20

32 30 20 Al 12 20

95 80 CA 10 9B 08

CF 95 D0 AD 0D 69 85 56

09 30 FB 07 07 A9 07 A9 52 20 A6 81 A0 0G CD 08 00 F5 SA D0

10 08 D0 04 0F 8E D9 A5 49 15 54 41 49 4E D0 3D 20 08 14 0E

36 2B 14 0A

IB CB BD 6A F3 7B A2 35 30 C6 9B D4 03 B9 8A 92 8D C0 E6 D5 CE F8

00 69 F7 FC E0 E4 20 El F0 EA 20 DE

01 52 A9 5D A9 76 80 40 03 01

8D 52

45 03

3F BB 01 96 0F F5 A5 2A

08F1	:44	F0	08	C6	3F	10	0A	A9	C5	0B21	:0F	A9	0F	85	39	OA	F0	06	A8	0O51:Dfl	FA	A9	08	85	59	85	SA 3F
08P9	:03	85	3F	20	BA	09	20	18	29	0B29	:0A	F0	24	4C	03	0B	06	39	B9	0D59:AD	F8	07	29	D0	09	03	8D 3A
0901	:0B	A5	58	00	E3	85	08	A6	06	0B31	:AD	IB	04	00	lA	AS	03	29	2D	0D61:F8	07	C6	SA	D0	03	AO	F8 33
0909	:03	00	FC	A9	01	20	9F	0F	64	0B39	:03	00	03	20	B4	0B	A2	01	7F	0069:07	29	00	8D	F8	a7	AS	3B AE
0911	:A9	F0	C6	55	A6	55	E0	33	El	0B41	:AD	12	00	10	03	CA	F0	05	F7	0071:30	DA	AO	01	00	33	E9	0F 6A
0919	:B0	EB	A6	83	E8	AO	7F	0F	97	0B49	:4A	90	02	A2	FF	36	3B	A0	44	0D79:ED	07	00	10	02	49	FF	C9 66
09-21	:C9	20	F0	07	AE	IB	04	E0	IB	0B51	:01	20	02	0B	C5	5B	AD	FB	03	0081:03	Ba	C9	AD	00	D0	ED	06 82
0929	:0A	B0	F9	86	83	E0	0A	F0	B8	0B59	:07	29	10	90	03	D0	03	6A	14	0D89:D0	10	02	49	FF	09	08	B0 CO
0931	:03	4C	30	08	A0	0A	20	23	EE	0B61	:D0	16	A2	FF	AD	07	D0	38	ID	0O91:BB	A2	00	86	38	8E	07	D0 75
0939	:15	A2	00	86	08	A5	08	10	OD	0B69	:ED	01	D0	10	04	A2	01	49	C7	0D99;E8	A9	50	20	9F	0F	A9	0F 3A
0941	:FC	BD	58	09	F0	06	20	D2	SF	0B71	:FF	09	18	B0	03	36	3B	C3	79	0DA1:85	53	A9	03	A0	02	A2	50 SB
0949	:FF	ES	D0	F5	85	08	85	33	E9	0B79	:84	38	A5	3B	A2	07	20	F3	AO	0DA9:4C	6B	10	AD	F8	07	29	0F E6
0951	:A5	08	10	PC	4C	2D	08	47	78	0B81	:0E	CA	A5	3A	20	F3	0E	20	Be	0DB1:C9	02	00	04	A9	31	85	50 3A
0959	!45	54	20	52	45	41	44	59	50	0B89	:E7	0A	98	F0	03	20	B4	0B	45	0DB9:06	47	A 5	5A	00	A4	8A	F0 22
0961	:20	54	4F	20	47	4F	20	4F	SB	0B91	.A2	00	AD	07	00	C9	CF	90	FC	0DC1:8C	E8	20	Fl	0E	AS	03	10 9C
0969	:4E	21	00	A5	38	C9	02	90	02	0B99	01	CA	69	08	C5	55	B0	06	7B	0DC9:14	20	45	00	00	0F	AS	46 03
0971	;47	20	02	0B	AD	FB	07	29	B4	0BA1	A5	33	4A	90	07	B3	SA	F0	CC	0ODl:F0	IB	CE	ai	00	CE	01	00 A9
0979	:10	85	0C	AS	SB	E9	08	18	7B	0BA9	02	36	3B	60	E6	38	A9	00	3B	0DD9:A9	C3	4C	71	0E	AS	03	E3 50
0981	:65	0C	38	E5	50	10	02	49	IF	0BB1	35	3C	60	A5	3A	49	FE	85	7A	0OE1:20	F3	0E	AD	01	00	C9	D4 59
0989	•FF	C9	04	B0	2B	AD	01	00	7C	0BB9	3A	AD	FB	07	49	10	3D	FB	E9	0DE9:90	03	CE	01	00	A5	02	05 ID
0991	!E9	02	ED	07	D0	10	02	49	5B	0BC1	07	60	46	39	46	39	A5	3C	6E	0DFl;03	AS	AO	F3	07	29	Dl	A6 24
0999	FF	C9	05	B0	IB	A9	71	85	Bl	aBC9	38	E5	3B	85	30	10	04	A2	02	0DF9:02	F0	08	30	04	29	CI	00 6E
09A1	53	A9	02	85	50	A0	55	A2	IB	0BD1-	01	36	3B	20	26	0F	C4	3D	A7	0E01:02	09	10	C0	00	F0	D3	49 23
09A9	55	20	6B	10	C6	31	A9	00	6C	0BD9S	F0	0B	34	3D	A2	07	A5	3B	47	0E09:01	A6	52	00	63	A2	03	86 E2
09B1	85	08	80	01	00	4C	EF	0F	F0	0BE1:	0A	0A	20	F3	0E	06	3E	10	DA	0E11:52	00	SD	A5	44	F0	03	4C C8
09B9	60	C6	41	10	4B	A9	28	85	AD	0BE9:	14	A9	05	3 5	3E	AS	3A	A2	00	0E19:0C	0C	06	47	10	55	A9	14 08
09C1	41	A2	0E	B5	34	F0	39	20	32	0BF1:	06	20	F3	0E	20	E7	0A	98	BF	0E21:85	47	20	2F	0F	20	45	00 59
09C9	F3	0E	BD	00	00	29	07	00	IB	0BF9:	F0	03	20	B4	0B	A6	3C	E8	EC	0E29:B0	81	A5	45	Ffl	45	8A	F0 A9
09D1	2F	BD	20	90	18	75	34	90	65	0C01:	D0	08	A9	81	85	50	A9	01	92	0E31:4O	A4	46	F0	04	AS	03	00 02
09D9	20	9D	A8	BO	00	90	85	Dl	A7	0C09:	35	38	60	06	40	10	63	A9	7D	0E39:69	A5	02	F0	39	A2	aa	20 37
09E1	BD	10	9D	85	02	Bl	01	C9	AO	0C11:	00	85	40	A5	48	38	E5	49	AC	0E41;F3	0G	AD	P8	07	00	FF	F0 4C
09E9	40	F0	0A	C9	47	B0	06	B5	F4	0C19	85	48	10	04	A2	01	86	49	B7	0E49:25	A6	4E	C6	4F	10	16	A9 6S
09F1	34	49	FE	95	34	C4	5E	D0	EB	0C21	20	26	0F	C4	4A	FB	00	84	B3	0ES1;03	85	4F	E8	8A	29	03	AA 72
09F9	07	BD	30	9D	C5	5F	F0	9D	0A	0C29	4A	AS	49	0A	18	6D	01	00	E2	0ES9:85	4E	A4	50	D0	07	4A	B0 40
0A01	CA	CA	E0	0A	D0	BD	C6	43	38	0C31	8D	01	D0	C6	4D	10	0B	A9	41	0E61:04	A9	02	85	50	BD	22	0F 4P
0ft09	10	44	A9	0C	85	43	A2	0A	B4	0C39	08	85	4D	A5	4B	A2	00	20	BF	0E69:A6	02	F0	04	10	B2	49	10 E2
0A11	BD	01	00	FB	33	DE	01	D0	55	0C41	F3	0E	20	74	0C	Ae	48	E8	96	0E71:8D	F8	07	4C	74	0C	98	30 60
0A19	29	07	D0	2C	BC	20	90	BD	BF	0C49-	Ffl	10	A5	49	30	24	AS	2F	B3	0E79:FA	A9	C9	D0	F3	A4	46	D0 53
0A21	00	90	38	E9	23	9D	00	90	97	BC51	05	2D	09	20	Ffl	IC	AS	D6	8C	0E81:04	AS	4S	F0	EE	A2	00	86 49
0A29	85	01	BD	10	9D	E9	00	90	5F	aC59:	30	18	A2	00	86	44	36	45	7B	aE89:43	OA	36	49	A9	C4	A6	02 91
0A31	10	90	85	D2	Bl	01	09	47	42	0C61:	86	60	A9	46	CS	2D	90	04	76	0E91:86	4B	00	06	98	30	DC	A9 27
0A39-	F0	07	A9	00	9D	01	D0	F0	40	ac69!	05	2F	B0	06	B8	86	45	4C	DE	aE99:CR	E8	86	44	A0	00	34	46 BE
0A41	07	A9	20	91	01	C8	91	Dl	07	0C71i	23	0D	60	A2	00	20	E7	0A	EE	0EA1:F0	06	98	30	04	A5	03	la CA
0A49'	CA	CA	E0	06	00	C2	06	31	42	0079!	98	20	F3	0E	A5	2F	85	FF	3A	0EA9:90	A6	2B	E0	20	00	07	AS 23
0A51	IS	42	A9	06	85	31	AS	30	FF	0C81:	AO	10	00	4A	AD	00	00	AA	EC	0EB1:03	10	03	4C	3A	0E	A2	00 07
0A59:	30	3A	D0	39	AO	12	Da	05	IE	0C89:	6A	4A	4A	AS	88	3A	29	04	02	0EB9:20	08	0P	20	91	14	26	02 F6
0A61:	08	29	0F	00	2F	A2	01	86	3P	0C9l!	D0	01	8S	AD	01	00	48	29	43	0EO1:69	0C	26	02	A6	20	E0	48 6E
0A69:	37	AD	10	00	29	04	00	07	95	0C99:	07	AA	68	4A	4A	4A	E0	05	03	0EO9:18	F0	02	69	03	80	00	D0 40
0A71!	AD	04	D0	C9	AA	90	02	A2	52	0CA1:	E9	05	AA	20	23	15	A5	06	D6	0EO1:B0	04	A5	02	F0	08	AD	10 2F
0A79;	FF	86	36	A9	15	SD	05	00	4A	0CA9:	30	39	18	69	02	85	SF	A2	49	0ED9:D0	09	01	80	10	00	A5	03 AB
0A81:	AD	IB	04	29	03	85	34	49	40	0CBl!	00	A4	D3	84	5E	Bl	Dl	95	A3	0EE1:18	6D	01	00	8D	01	00	4A EE
0A89:	03	AA	E8	86	35	86	30	A9	ID	0CB9:	2b	C9	49	Ffl	27	E8	E8	98	59	aEE9:90	89	AD	F8	07	4C	6F	0E 4C
0A91:	CD	3D	FA	07	60	A2	05	06	2E	0CC1:	69	28	AS	E0	06	D0	EE	A6	B3	0EF1:A5	02	18	7D	00	00	9D	00 BA
0A99:	2E	10	09	B5	30	95	2E	B5	2F	0CC9:	44	00	18	A5	2D	C9	47	B0	65	0EF9:D0	D0	08	AD	10	00	10	12 9E
0AA1:	32	20	F3	0E	CA	8A	4A	90	DB	0CD1:	3B	A9	00	85	46	A5	2F	09	3B	0F01:0F	00	0A	C9	FF	00	09	AD BB
0AA9:	SE	E8	20	E7	0A	98	00	2E	74	0CD9:	20	F0	55	C5	FF	Ffl	04	A9	BA	0F09:10	D0	3D	13	0F	80	10	00 DB
0AB1:	AD	05	D0	C5	55	F0	07	E9	BA	0CE1:	01	85	45	60	C6	58	SA	48	7F	0F11:60	01	FE	02	FO	04	FB	03 9F
aAB9:	13	C5	55	B0	21	60	A2	81	OF	0CE9:	98	48	A9	01	85	53	A9	02	74	0F19:F7	10	EF	20	OF	40	BF	80 37
0AC1:	86	50	CA	86	34	A9	14	85	E4	0CP1:	A2	55	A0	55	20	6B	10	A9	92	0F21:7F	C5	06	C7	C6	A0	07	aA 96
aAC9:	35	A5	38	00	10	R5	08	29	46	0CF9:	20	20	9F	0F	68	A8	68	AA	70	0F29:B0	03	88	00	FA	60	A2	ai IE
0AD1:	07	65	83	C9	07	90	06	A2	F8	0001:	A9	01	85	S3	A9	20	91	01	08	0F31:AD	00	DC	A0	00	94	02	4A 6C
0AD9:	88	36	38	36	30	60	A9	00	99	0D09:	95	2B	D0	Bl	A6	45	F0	03	ED	0P39:B0	02	D6	02	4A	B0	02	F6 3B
0AE1:	85	30	3D	05	00	60	A0	00	10	0011:	A2	FF	05	2F	F0	00	A5	2F	5A	0F41:02	CA	10	EF	4A	A5	59	B0 60
0AE9:	AD	10	00	3D	12	0F	F0	08	7D	0019:	09	20	F0	06	A5	03	30	02	3a	0F49:04	10	01	E8	60	86	59	60 4C
0AF1;	BD	00	D0	C9	50	90	09	88	FA	0D21:	A2	01	E4	46	F0	BD	86	46	9F	0F51:A2	17	A0	00	20	23	15	B9 0C
0RF9:	BD	00	00	C9	0A	B0	01	08	81	0D29:	10	B9	A9	C3	3D	F8	07	60	E9	0F59:63	0F	F0	41	20	D2	FF	08 34
0B01:	60	AD	10	D0	4A	AA	AO	00	lA	0D31;	20	45	0D	B0	AA	A9	00	85	DA	0F61:D0	F5	10	20	53	43	4F	52 83
0B09:	00	6A	85	SB	8A	4A	4A	4A	E4	0D39J	45	AO	F8	07	29	10	09	C2	4F	ap69:45	3A	20	20	20	20	20	20 A0
0B11:	AD	06	DB	6A	85	5C	60	A6	45	0D41:	8D	F8	07	60	AD	01	00	18	72	0F71:20	20	20	IF	4C	45	56	45 07
0B19:	38	F0	E5	30	E3	C6	39	10	04	0D49:	69	03	C5	55	60	20	45	00	43	0F79:4C	3A	20	20	20	IE	52	4E BE

APRIL 1992 COMPUTE G-37

PROGRAMS

aF81:	44	0D	20	4C	49	56	45	53	4F	llBl;	30	80	12	04	A9	3D	80	IC	80	13E1;20	20	02	FF	C8	D0	02	E6	EE
0Fa9:	3A	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	B4	11B9:	00	A9	0C	8D	21	00	A9	18	C0	13E9:23	A5	06	C9	17	90	B0	86	65
0F91:	20	20	05	53	50	45	45	44	04	llCl:	A6	55	A0	IE	4C	08	12	A9	16	13F1:57	86	58	4C	51	0F	A9	00	4F
0F99:	3A	28	53	29	00	AA	85	2A	BB	liC9:	35	8D	IC	00	A9	06	8D	21	IC	13F9:85	08	A2	0E	86	03	20	7F	lA
0FA1:	86	28	A9	00	85	26	A9	9F	F9	llDl:	00	A5	03	29	0F	00	3E	AD	3F	1401:14	A5	08	30	17	A2	03	Bl	9B
0FA91	85	24	A9	07	85	25	A0	05	40	11D9:	FA	07	49	10	8D	FA	07	AD	79	1409:D1	C9	40	D0	Fl	C8	CA	00	BA
0FB1:	F8	18	B9	7F	00	79	25	00	Bl	llEl:	15	D0	A6	30	10	2F	49	04	6E	1411:F6	20	4B	14	F6	34	CA	CA	50
0FB9:	99	7F	00	08	AA	29	0F	09	26	11E9:	C6	30	30	26	AA	A9	01	85	67	1419:E0	0A	00	E0	A9	00	85	08	BC
BFCi:	30	91	24	38	8A	4A	4A	4A	C5	llFl:	38	AD	04	00	80	06	D0	AD	FC	1421:A2	0A	86	03	20	7F	14	A5	EA
0FC9:	4A	09	30	91	24	28	88	10	51	11F9:	05	00	80	07	00	20	OF	0A	C5	1429:08	30	IE	Bl	01	C9	47	D0	55
0FD1:	El	D8	C8	A9	30	01	24	D0	AC	1201:	AD	10	D0	29	F7	35	0C	29	C3	1431:F3	A6	06	E8	20	21	15	Bl	C7
0FD9:	06	A9	20	91	24	00	F3	AS	74	1209:	04	0A	05	0C	8D	10	00	8A	EB	1439:01	C9	47	F0	F4	20	IE	15	2E
0FE1:	85	C5	82	F0	02	B0	07	E6	5B	1211:	09	04	8D	15	00	AS	08	Ae	91	1441:20	4B	14	CA	CA	E0	06	00	32
0FE9:	81	18	69	10	85	85	A5	81	0C	1219:	38	CA	F0	02	29	03	29	07	F8	1449:09	60	A6	03	A5	D3	90	20	53
0FF1:	8D	C7	07	60	78	A9	33	85	06	1221:	00	08	AD	FB	07	49	07	8D	IE	14 51:90	A5	Dl	9D	00	90	A5	02	SA
0FF9:	01	A2	00	BD	00	00	9D	00	9B	1229:	FB	07	A5	08	29	0F	00	11	7A	1459;9D	10	9D	A5	06	90	30	90	30
1001;	38	BD	00	01	90	00	39	BD	E6	1231:	A2	01	BO	FE	07	29	01	09	76	1461:20	91	14	26	02	69	13	90	SO
1009:	40	IB	9D	00	3A	CA	00	EB	4E	1239:	BE	49	01	9D	FE	07	CA	10	C2	1469:00	00	26	02	A5	02	F0	03	04
1011;	R9	36	85	01	58	60	8F	88	40	1241:	Fl	A9	08	A0	IE	A2	E2	4C	61	1471:20	FC	0E	AS	06	0A	0A	0A	02
1019:	89	00	F0	F4	6F	78	A9	10	2C	1249-	08	12	A9	00	80	21	00	AD	03	14 7 9:69	28	90	01	00	60	AC	IB	A0
1021:	8D	15	03	A9	7F	80	14	03	A5	1251-	IE	00	4A	90	3F	4A	4A	85	48	1481:D4	C0	28	B0	F9	AO	12	00	CF
1029:	A9	7F	8D	0D	DC	A2	IE	A9	D7	1259-	0C	90	31	20	45	0D	B0	2C	BB	1489:29	0F	69	05	AA	40	23	15	69
1031-	00	9D	00	D4	BD	41	10	9D	B6	1261	A5	60	00	28	AD	01	D0	38	53	149i:A9	00	85	02	AS	D3	09	28	97
1039-	10	D0	CA	D0	F2	86	07	58	14	1269	ED	05	00	10	02	49	FF	C9	OF	1499:90	02	E9	28	0A	0A	0A	60	37
1041	60	IB	E2	00	00	FF	00	00	B4	1271	08	B0	19	A9	20	85	60	85	E0	14A1:A9	40	8D	88	02	20	Bl	15	Fl
1049	IE	01	01	00	05	00	00	00	01	1279	48	A9	FF	85	49	A5	36	85	57	14A9:20	94	15	10	03	4C	54	15	Bl
1051	FC	FC	F3	FE	00	Fl	F6	FB	4F	1281	4B	A9	01	85	44	A9	04	85	84	14B1:20	A5	15	A2	02	86	03	0A	64
1059	F6	FF	F3	F3	F3	F3	F3	A4	AE	1289	50	20	31	00	A5	0C	4A	90	57	14B9:2A	A8	2A	29	03	35	03	93	05
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BUG-SWATTER

Please let us know whenever you en- counter a problem with any of the pro- grams printed in the Gazette section of COMPUTE. Every program is thorough- ly checked before it's printed, but occa- sional problems still occur. Often it's a reader who first spots an error and lets us know. Here are corrections to a cou- ple of our recent program listings.

Padlock

The machine language listing for Pad- lock (January 1992) was not complete. One column of data was omitted. In or- der to add the missing code, load and run MLX and respond with Padlock's original starting and ending addresses, 0801 and OEDO, respectively. Then se- lect Load File from the MLX menu and load your copy of Padlock.

When the MLX menu returns, select Enter Data. When prompted for a start- ing address, give the address listed be-

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low; then type in the remaining lines of code. When all of the data has been en- tered, save the program with a new nanne before exiting MLX.

Starling address: 0C51

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With the second generation of Windows word proces- sors, we're seeing a handful of pacl<ages create a new minicategory of software. Products like Word for Win- dows and Ami Pro for Win- dows are much more than tra- ditional word processors, yet they're stilf less than full- blown desktop publishers. They're document-prepara- tion packages.

The recently released Ami Pro 2.0 offers significant en- hancements on three levels. Power users will likely be pleased with some new so- phisticated features like the improved macro language and the addition of power fields. Connectivity needs are better met with this ver- sion, too.

if you prepare documents in conjunction with other peo- ple, require sophisticated document-merging and revi- sion-marking tools, or need integration with other Lotus products like 1-2-3, Notes, and cc:Mail, version 2.0 of- fers you new capabilities. If you simply want better, fast- er access to information about a document in pro- gress, tools for dressing it up and making its information more understandable

through charts and tables, and customization features that make the program's most often-used functions quickly available, this up- grade offers significantly more power to you.

The cosmetic changes are visible the first time you run Ami Pro. Lotus has add- ed Smartlcons, a row of icons that can be placed in different sections of the screen. The default group that comes up includes stan- dards like the spelling check- er and thesaurus, the open- and save-file commands,

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Furthermore, the Style box that once popped out in the upper right corner of the screen whenever you started

gives you an instant picture of the file size and word, page, and character count. (In the previous version, you had to run a spelling check to get a word count.) Unfor- tunately, when you enter text it still twitches and re- sponds slowly to the cursor, though not as noticeably as

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the program has been re- duced to a button found on the new status bar that runs along the bottom of the screen. To change body styles, you pop up the menu. Your current font style and point size appear in two oth- er small buttons along the bar. Clicking on them pops up those menus for a quick change, and, by clicking on another button on the status bar, you can see the current date and time or a running re- port on where you are in your document (line number, column, and position).

A frustrating omission in the first version of Ami Pro was easy access to that last bit of information. A quick word-count function was al- so omitted. Version 2.0 offers some improvements, includ- ing a menu item called Doc- ument Information which

in the earlier Ami Pro.

As you dig deeper into ver- sion 2.0's improvements, you'll find that its increased ease of use and customiza- tion abilities, while significant- ly impressive and substan- tial, are joined by a spate of new and powerful functional capabilities. Using Outline mode, you can look at a doc- ument and see how it's bro- ken down into the nine pro- vided paragraph styles. These designations can be set prior to creating the doc- ument or edited after the fact. By specifying power fields (sets of instructions to be carried out at particular points in a file), you can fur- ther customize document production and request auto- matic prompts when informa- tion needs to be added or updated, wherever it occurs in the documenL

While Ami Pro's graphic capabilities don't compare to those of the best desktop publishing packages today, some of the features offered in earlier versions have been enhanced. You have more power to design and add frames, tables, draw- ings, and charts to your doc- uments. Learning to use the program's tools for these graphics takes some time, but even a novice can start pulling art in quickly. One of the default Smartlcons pops up a list of prede- signed pictures that you can easily pull into your docu- ment, or you can import a picture file of your own.

The program also pro- vides some new tools and en- hanced features for users who must manage and merge multiple documents, and for those v^ho must mark changes made to a piece. The fvlaster Document feature lets you combine sev- eral documents and auto- mates the merge process by, for example, creating one index or one table of con- tents that covers all of the documents together. Exten- sive revision-marking capabil- ities allow changes made to a document after a certain point to be indicated in a va- riety of ways. The Document Compare feature can blend and highlight changes made by more than one person.

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To change the emulation mode from the standard Ep- son LQ-850 to IBfi,/l takes sev- eral keypresses. I set up a macro to switch to IBM mode at power-up because I like the more compact print style characteristic of the IBM mode. I needed only a couple of ininutes to find the necessary information in the manual, and less than a min- ute to install the macro.

The KX-P2624 offers 300- cps draft mode and 100-cps LQ (Letter Quality) mode, and it features 40-cps SLQ (Super Letter Quality) mode. To the uncritical eye, SLQ al- most rivals laser printer out- put. Graphics print at 360 x 360 dpi. The voluminous font options include three draft and seven LQ. Under the heading of SLQ, you'll find Courier, Prestige, Bold PS, Script, Sans Serif, Ora^ tor, and Roman.

Other features include three individual top-of-form settings, paper park, and an adjustable push-pull tractor feed. An optional 100-sheet cut sheet feeder is available for $239.95.

The 26K buffer expands to 58K with a 32K chip. You can use either the standard Centronics parallel interface or one of two optional RS- 232C serial interfaces.

With the wide carriage width of ^6V?. inches, you can print on just about any pa- per. You can also print enve- lopes or single sheets with the friction feed feature. With SLQ I created wedding and baby shower invitafions using Express Publisher The near laser quality output saved money; 1 didn't need to pay a printing service to print these professional-look- ing invitations.

Most notable of all the KX- P2624's lovable features is the insignificant noise level of the motor and printhead. in superquiet mode, I didn't have to raise my voice to be heard above the printer. In fact, typing on the keyboard made more racket than the printer.

Based on a consolidated chip design, the KX-P2624 de- livers increased speed. The pins fire consecutively, one at a time, to disperse the noise created by their impact. In ad- dition to the chip technology. Panasonic engineers packed rubber around the phnthead and cushioned other areas around the printer with sound- absorbing materials.

Available through author- ized dealers, the KX-P2624 sells for $699.95 and comes with a two-year limited warran- ty for parts and labor. The competitive price, the print quality, and the reduced noise level make this printer a contender in the highly com- petitive dot-matrix market.

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ment, and the user interface seems much like most other desktop publishing packag- es. When you load a file, how- ever, you'll notice a conspic- uous difference. Publish-IV. uses the library concept to list imported text files and graphics. Depending on the current mode (Frame, Para- graph, Text, or Graphics), the contents of the library change. For instance, in Frame mode, only the names of text and picture files used in your work ap- pear. When you activate Text mode, the library fills with text style options.

Version 2.0 introduces many features, including ex- panded or extended memo- ry support: text autoflow, which adds pages and ex- tends the text to keep the lay- out intact; and Select All, which selects all the frames on a page.

Another added feature al- lows you to create your own fonts. Typografica, a program included in the package, gen- erates fonts from 6 to 72 points in Sans Serif, Serif, Cou- rier, Symbols, and several oth- er typefaces. Make sure you use the correct printer driver when creating your fonts so that Publish-IV. can read the new typefaces, though.

Even the best desktop pub- lishers don't always think to stop and save their work when in the heat of the de- sign process. This pro- gram's new automatic back- up feature ensures your work against power failures. Simply specify a time inter- val, and the program takes care of the rest — no more disasters!

Draft printing, a feature that I haven't seen in other desktop publishing pro- grams, allows you to inspect layouts without printing graphics. This timesaver gives you a relatively quick

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hard copy for proofing and an excellent opportunity to correct typographical errors.

Unlike the previous ver- sion of Publish-It!, version 2.0 allows you to create cus- tom page sizes when creat- ing a new document, In ad- dition to the standard size, you can create a document up to 22Vj inches wide and 2272 inches long.

Not only can you import text and graphics with this version, but now you can ex- port text, too. You can also name text by typing directly into a frame (instead of im- porting a story). Once you name the text, it becomes a story in the library.

The program supports sev- eral new printer drivers, in- cluding the Canon Bubble Jet, the NEC Pinwriter se- ries, the Canon LBP ll/lll/IV series {bitmap fonts), and the Canon LBP Ill/iV series (scalable fonts), Previously, Publish-It! imported ASCII, WordStar, Microsoft Word 4.0. and WordPerfect files. Version 2,0 imports these file types as well as six addi- tional word processor files, including heavyweights iike Microsoft Works.

Publ'ish-ltl 2,0 not only in- cludes greater versatility in importing text but also shows a big improvement in importing graphics. The new version imports PCX (PC Paintbrush). IMG (GEM Paint). GEM (GEM Draw). and PIC (Lotus 1-2-3) files like the previous version. It al- so imports LBM (De- luxePalnt). EPS (Encapsulat- ed PostScript). SS (Splash). and TIF (TIFF) files. Not only has Timeworks improved the import options, but it's al- so added an additional ruler option and additional text styles such as box and rounded box.

The Online Help option is adequate for simple explana-

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With the additional fea- tures and bonuses (two disks full of design ideas and the Typografica pro- gram), as well as the speed of this new version (screen re- draw is significantly faster than with Express Publish- er), Publish-It! 2.0 is worth a look. The price is right, and the quality of the product is outstanding.

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Schueler's Home Medical Ad- visor (HMA) claims to "send your computer to medical school." This program con- tains an up-to-date, encyclo- pedic database of informa- tion on common symptoms, diseases, injuries, drugs and poisons, and medical tests, with each category of infor- mation in its own module. By far the most interesting and useful capability of HMA is its medical expert system. Choose a general symptom like back pain, and the pro- gram will ask you a series of questions that lead to a spe- cific diagnosis. Did you mere- ly strain your back, or is it a

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HMA is a valuable pro- gram, but it has a few rough edges. Sometimes the infor- mation isn't organized in the most logical way. For exam- ple, the article on AIDS be- gins with a lengthy discus- sion of how many people have AIDS or are at risk of contracting the disease and only then gives a definition of the term.

The interface is attractive but a bit awkward. You must scroll through long lists of key- words to find the information you need. (Pixel Perfect is working hard to improve this product, including implement- ing a way to search directly for text typed into a string gadget.) And HMA is copy- protected, which is a mistake. You have to hunt for a manu- al, find a word, and type it in before getting any informa- tion. Of course, I don't like spending an hour in my doc- tor's waiting room, either.

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Armchair pilots who feel that getting tfiere is tfie best part of the journey will thor- oughly enjoy Megafortress, a remarkable strategic bomb- ing simulation from Three- Sixty Pacific.

The game offers a sense of artistic redemption for de- signers Rick Banks and Paul Butler, cofounders ot Ar- tech Digital Entertainments. The company's two previ- ous titles. Blue Max and Das Boot, were ambitious fail- ures— thoughtfully planned but poorly executed. Neither simulation proved special enough to stand out in a competitive market.

There's nothing quite like Megafortress, however, an air combat simulator inspired by Dale Brown's gripping nov- el. Flight of the Old Dog. Ac- cording to the story, the Old Dog is a heavily modified, 25- year-old B-52 Stratofortress. Engineers at Dreamland — the USAF's top-secret testing facility — used the stripped- down, redesigned craft as a test bed for stealth technolo- gy destined for the B-1 and B-2 long-range bombers. Al- though armed to the teeth, the Old Dog was never intend- ed to see combat.

Instead, tragic circum- stances force the aircraft in- to action. Players take full control of the EB-52 Megafor-

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tress, so dubbed for its amaz- ing array of advanced ord- nance and high-tech defen- sive systems. It's a daunting challenge but full of reward for those who can handle the pressure.

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ceptionally well, thanks in large part to Bruce f\/launer's comprehensive 96-page in- struction manual.

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Players are required to wear many uniforms in the game: pilot, copilot (flight en- gineer), navigator, and elec- tronics warfare and offen- sive weapons officers, The bomber's five stations are rendered with exacting de- tail in 256-color VGA. Doz- ens of dials, displays, gaug- es, knobs, buttons, and switches— all completely op- erational— fill each screen. What could easily result in sensory overload flows ex-

tronics assure that the goods are delivered and the crew returns intact. Among the equipment you must mas- ter: terrain avoidance com- puters, satellite communica- tions, "active" attack radar, an electro-optical guidance system, and numerous elec- tronic countermeasures.

Success in the game de- mands not only a thorough understanding of all on- board systems but also a feel for the in-flight routine. The nature of the simulation dictates that much time be spent in mission planning, air- craft management, and elec- tronic analysis. Although this sounds rather passive, the program evokes incredi- ble atmosphere, Nervous an- ticipation explodes in a real- time flurry of activity. From last-second jamming of In- coming missiles to the rerout- ing of burned-out hydraulic pumps, every action contrib- utes to the success of the

mission. The sheer number of interrelated actions is staggering.

The only thing more sen- sational than the game's eclectic avionics is its flaw- less execution. With Megafor- tress. Three-Sixty Pacific final- ly has an air-combat simula- tor to be proud of.

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Creative thinking involves not only a goal but also a large amount of healthy men- tal rambling — a loose, idio- syncratic juggling of words and concepts that you hope will connect to form an actu- al idea. But the routine of a job doesn't encourage ram- bling, and if your education has been overly specialized, you may simply not l<now enough about things even to see the connections. What you need to get creative is a good jolt of lateral thinking — something to question your assumptions, cut through rou- tine thought, and get you back to the fundamental questions about your work. What you may need, in fact, is IdeaFisher

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Suppose you want to de- velop a new product or serv- ice or to devise an advertis- ing strategy — or even to write a story. The first step is to jot down your ideas on the Idea Notepad, a basic word processor built into IdeaFish- er. The more specific your ide- as, the more IdeaFisher will be able to serve you — and its Qbank can help sharpen your concept. Pull down the Qbank menu and select Ori- ent-Clarily. The Qbank will supply a number of basic questions regarding the aims of your project. For in- stance, it will ask storywrit- ers, "Are you keeping thesis/ antithesis/synthesis in mind? Are your characters* motiva- tions clear?" For people in marketing: "Who is your tar- get audience? How will your product appeal to them? How do you know this?" An- swer the questions you think appropriate, and then IdeaFisher will examine your answers, produce a list of your key words and con- cepts, and append them to your Idea Notepad.

After returning to the note- pad, you can place the cur- sor beside any of the words or ideas you want to consid- er in more detail, and IdeaFisher will go to its Ideabank to provide further lists of words or ideas relat-

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ed to your list — sometimes re- lated in ways you hadn't imag- ined— any of which may be copied back to the Idea Note- pad. If you'd like to see how two concepts relate to each other, you can use the Com- pare function to produce even more words and ideas to work from. As you work on your project, you can return to the Qbank for further ques- tions that help you to clarify or modify your aims — or you can personalize IdeaFisher by adding your own ques- tions, words, and key con- cepts that relate more direct- ly to your specific project.

Don't expect IdeaFisher to assimilate everything, mull it over, and get back to you with the Answer to Your Prob- lem. /cfeaF/s/ier doesn't pre- tend to so/i/e anything. What IdeaFisher does do is to help you make creative asso- ciations far more quickly — and perhaps more extensive- ly— than you might make by yourself. You might not know enough about litera- ture, popular art, religion, and sports to imagine how Dorothy and Toto, the Har- lem Globetrotters, Garrison Keillor. Nirvana, and Beaver Cleaver could be conceptu- ally related, but IdeaFisher knows and can help you track them, down. But the fi- nal creative leap — the "Aha!" of recognition or in- sight— has to be your own, as it should be.

Although the Qbank ques- tions suggest that IdeaFish- erwas chiefly designed with product development and marketing in mind, its range of possible uses is much larg- er, including story develop- ment, speech writing, and general problem solving, IdeaFisher also has an engag- ing fiddle-around factor, lur- ing you to browse through the Ideabank's collection of I words, phrases, and key con-

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Qne friend commented that IdeaFlsher's biggest drawback is its 7fv1B of disk space; others might blanch at IdeaFlsher's, list price of $595 (the Strategic Planning Module, containing further questions for the Qbank, is $99 extra). True, few people will purchase IdeaFisher as a toy for idle moments, but professionals in various fields might find IdeaFisher well worth the investment. And as a partial substitute for or supplement to a liberal education, IdeaFisher \scer- tainly inexpensive,

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league baseball computer simulation. Thanks to ad- vanced technology and countless refinements, what originally required a main- frame computer can now be experienced on your PC. Backed by some of the best programmers in the league — not to mention Oakland A's manager Tony LaRussa — Daglow's dream has blos- somed into one of the most versatile sports games on the market.

Hardball veterans will no- tice similarities between this game and Electronic Arts' Earl Weaver Baseball. Daglow, who produced that award-winning title with de- signer Eddie Dombrower, has expanded many of its in- novations in his latest work.

Among the most noticea- ble improvements are the stunning VGA graphics. The action unfolds in a closeup view from behind home plate, affording both the pitch- er and batter a clear view of the strike zone, The pitcher's set, windup, and delivery are perfect examples of the en- tire team's fluid animation. Al- most every detail imaginable is here, including runners slid- ing into base, infielders jump- ing or diving for the ball, and outfielders making spectac- ular over-the-shoulder catch- es. Kudos go to animator David Bunnett (Typhoon Thompson) for bringing the game to life.

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The Exhibition mode is a blast, but it's only the icing on a very large cake. In league play, the program's complex statistical database can simulate an entire 162- game season in a matter of hours. For the ultimate in re- alism, how/ever, players in- voke what amounts to major league multitasking. In this mode, you can participate in feature games — or merely view the highlights — while the rest of the teams slug it out in the background. From the day-to-day grind to the race for the World Series, this unique environment gives players a taste of the bigger picture.

Baseball number-crunch- ers will revel in the game's seemingiy endless statistical reports, including 14 catego- ries for fielding, 49 for bat- ting, and 44 for pitching. A mammoth Statistical Lead- ers database analyzes, sorts, and displays both real- life and simulated player stats in more than a dozen dif- ferent categories. The pro- gram encourages multiplay- er leagues by offering drafts, trades, and comprehensive team editing.

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al is quite usable, thankful- ly, since / Hate Algebra offers no online help. You cannot import files from oth- er spreadsheets (a feature handy for those of you who want to make use of spreadsheet code that's in

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We even credit spread- sheets with virtually creating the PC industry by bringing micros to the desktops of bean counters everywhere, and because of this I think / Hafe Algebra might be a so- lution in search of a problem — or perhaps just a solution with a limited audience.

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Although the rest of the graphics are simple, the de- velopers have animated ac- tual photos of a golfer mak- ing the errors you need to avoid along with corrected swings. The animation — and indeed the whole pro- gram— requires some effort on your part, though. Intend- ed for serious golfers. Per- sonal Pro's advice helps on- ly when implemented.

You may need to take this a step at a time. Trying to keep your back upright, chin up, neck unbent, and knees flexed with weight evenly on the insides of your feet while turning your right shoulder more to the right, maintaining a constant spine angle, clearing your left hip to the left, fully un- cocking your wrists at im- pact, and keeping your chest down . . . well, it's hard to do it all at once.

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for a powerful mobile office. I added Ami Pro and several DOS-based applications, in- cluding XyWrlte. a contact manager called Maximizer Lite. GrandVlew. Quicken. The Norton Utilities, and a few others. All my applica- tions performed as well as or even better than they do on my home office system, a 16- MHz 386SX.

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display quite clear and the keyboard comfortable and re- sponsive. I did wish for a trackball or similar pointing device — I swapped the Lo- gitech serial mouse for a MousePen Pro from Appoint because it's much more porta- ble. Topping off the system is a nylon carrying case — a nice touch, even though the bag isn't large enough to hold the Master and the AC adapter unit at the same time.

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As previously mentioned, you can extend the Master's battery operation by ena- bling a host of power-saving features. While enabling these features makes power management an automatic function, there's also a man- ual power-management tech- nique that makes use of the suspend-resume switch lo- cated just above the key- board on the right, next to the on-off switch. By press- ing this button, you can sus- pend all computer opera- tions— disk access, screen display, and so on. While in the suspend mode, your work is maintained in memo- ry Pressing the button again awakens the notebook and re- turns you to where you left off. The power LED below the screen blinks green when you place the system in suspend mode. I used the suspend-resume feature an- ytime I paused my work while running off battery pow- er, and it added noticeably to the unit's battery life.

You can access the auto- matic power-saving features through the Setup screen by pressing the Ctrl-Alt-S key combination. The setup pro- gram consists of three screens, which you page through by pressing Fn- PgDn. The first page dis- plays basic CMOS data such as time, date, disk type, memory setup, CPU speed {fast or slow, but there's no reason to set it at slow unless your application requires it), and the initial state of the video display.

The second page of the setup program contains the

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computer's memory map. Al- though the screen displays a detailed map of the com- puter's memory allocation, the only areas you should concern yourself with are the Shadow BIOS ROM and the 640K-1MB Relocation (you can enable or disable either or both of these). Enabling the Shadow BIOS ROM will speed up the computer's per- formance. Enabling the Relo- cation option maps all un- used memory found be- tween 640K and 1MB as ex- tended memory. The Kris Master ships with 2 MB of memory in its standard con- figurations; enabling this fea- ture will give you even more extended memory for your applications.

The third page of the set- up program lets you set the computer's power-saving fea- tures to the most effective set- ting for your travel use. The hard disk, LCD display, and suspend mode features can all be set to take effect in 1- minute increments up to 15 minutes (you can disable the hard disk-saving feature by setting the time increment to 0). Doze mode, which con- trols the main CPU, can be set to take effect in as little as Vb second. Sleep mode, which controls the peripher- als, can be set for between 1 and 15 minutes.

Despite the flexibility and power of this notebook, there are some curious over- sights. For example, neither of the small manuals lists a technical support number or even a main company num- ber. I had to call directory as- sistance to track down Kris Technologies. My call was precipitated by another omis- sion from the documenta- tion—there was no explana- tion of how to access the setup program, though the explanation of the program and tips on optimum use

were well written and clear. Power users may shrug off these omissions and look to the Kris Master for its sol- id performance and speed. On that level, the Master gives all you'll need in a pow- erful notebook configura- tion— even if you keep it on your desktop. PETER scisco

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From its inception as an out- liner and personal informa- tion manager, Symantec's GrandView2.0 has success- fully garnered faithful follow- ers who use its tools for tasks ranging from person- nel management to brain- storming. Count me among those who have found the pro- gram's unique blend of out- lining, categorizing, and print- ing to be a worthwhile addi- tion to the desktop — even if these same tools can now be found in spreadsheets, word processors, and other productivity applications.

In its latest incarnation, GrancfWewemerges as a full- blown project management tool, minus the Gantt charts and other features that many managers find too complex or rigid to use in managing day-to-day affairs at the office.

The program's many new features could easily fill a book. (Actually they fill two — a Reference Guide and a Us- er's Manual — and a couple of topic-sensitive booklets:

one detailing GrandView's use as a presentation tool and the other a well-de- signed guide to using the program's most effective features.)

The latter booklet is an ex- cellent introduction to the pro- gram, and I recommend it highly to all users — no matter how familiar they are with the program's earlier version. By presenting the program's fea- tures as a step-by-step guide to productivity, Syman- tec effectively conveys the power that lies in this tool.

Whether you're managing a to-do list or a complex pro- ject, GrandView gives you just what you need to track im- portant tasks, assign respon- sibilities, make reports, and present ideas. Tasks, ideas, people, and dates can be linked in a variety of ways to give you the flexibility and the insight necessary for effec- tive management.

One particularly striking feature about this version of GrandView is its expanded presentation and display. With version 1.0, users could view tasks by catego- ry by people, and by date. But the design of the soft- ware didn't capitalize on those links — you had to do a lot of the connections by yourself. In 2.0, GrandView makes better use of the com- puter's ability to balance dis- parate bits of information and then presents that infor- mation in ways that make more sense or that provide a new perspective.

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You can rearrange the tasl<s and the rest of the out- line material quickly and ef- fectively with the program's various editing commands. Once you've completed your outline, you can pro- ceed to assigning each of these tasks to a person, giv- ing each task a priohty and a due date.

From here on, you can check the status of the pro- ject and communicate neces- sary information about it from within GrandView, using separate views to investigate your assignments and writing summary reports using the program's templates.

The templates are a fine ad- dition to this already excellent program. New users can get immediate results from using them; experienced users will find that the template de- signs suggest different ways of using information.

GrandVlew isn't without its faults, however, and chief among them is the in- terface design. Rather than adopt the now-almost-stan- dard DOS-specific tech- nique of granting access to the menu bar through an Alt- key combination (such as Alt-F for the file menu), Symantec insists on using the F10 or backslash keys to activate menus. Few pro- grams use this interface any- more, although those few are well known (Lotus 1-2-3 and older versions of The Norton Utilities, for exam- ple). In this GUI world, when it seems that the en- tire software industry is rac- ing away from DOS applica- tions, it makes better sense to design a consistent inter- face so that users who ha- ven't opted for Windows will at least not have to re-edu-

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cate their fingers when it comes to using a keyboard. Effective project manage- ment, no matter what the scale or variety, is key to ef- fective and creative work.

Muncher if you chomp down on an object that doesn't fit the rule. The game ends when no reserve Munchers are left for board duty. High scorers earn a place of honor

This tiappy Muncher— one of many to be found in Super Munchers- must lihow its facts and avoid the Troggles.

With its emphasis on outlin- ing and its support structure of categories, priorities, and responsibilities, GrandView can manage the information you need to get the job done right. PETER scisco

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To spice up the action, a special transformation cell ap- pears whenever Munchers chow down on 20 correct items in a row. If players di- rect their Munchers to this cell, their game pieces change into Super Munch- ers! Super Munchers have 20 seconds to earn bonus points by trouncing every Troggle in sight. They earn extra super time if they chomp down on correct items as they navigate the board. As an added treat, after every three levels of play, players get to help Su- per Munchers on a special problem-solving mission.

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Much in Midwinter de- pends upon chance. Chance determines both your position and that of the enemy at the beginning of the game. Should you begin play in a very remote area, you'll have little chance of win- ning the game. Should you fail to quickly establish a strong defensive line of snow- mobiles, or if they don't hold off the advancing army, again, you'll fail.

Roam the fractal-generat- ed, 160,000-square-mile, 3-D polygon-filled landscape and enjoy a variety of heads-up winter sports. You can hang glide, ski, snowmobile, or trav- el by cable car, You can blow up buildings or practice your marksmanship. It makes you wonder if the designer — Mike Singleton of the United King- dom and Rainbird — decided in midproject to move a Win- ter Olympics game closer to role-playing territory

The interface allows for joystick, mouse, or keyboard control. Only the mouse lacked the precision to con- trol the various icon-driven features of the game. A heads-up display with the center of the screen cut to re- semble the view through snow goggles or the wind- shield of your vehicle adds somewhat to the feeling of be- ing there. While you're skiing or hang gliding, the body- heat icon is the most impor- tant, since you can freeze to death in the -25-degree tem- perature, When you're travel- ing by snowmobile, the most important icons are the gas gauge and the angle of the

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Here, as in a role-playing game, each of the 32 nonplay- er characters has attributes that determine performance, proficiency and speed at a number of crucial tasks. The attributes don't appear to change through the course of the all-too-quick game.

Ultimately, Midwinter proves perhaps a bit too chal- lenging. The characters don't seem to work well to- gether, and success de- pends upon chance rather than strategy or good game- play When I finally called the MicroProse support line for help with the game, I was told that Midwinterwas a UK product and I would have to call them for support.

While I enjoyed skiing, snowmobillng, and hang gild- ing, I recommend Midwinter only to the most skilled gamers. After a time, the dif- ficulty will overpower the val- ue of the game's realism and leave you cold.

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Inll Sports Challenge $29

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LH College Basketball $30

LH Full Count Baseball $ 30

LH Hockey 5 30

LH Pro Basketball $ 30

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LH League Leaders $ 1 5

LH Utility Disks $15

Links Golf $37

Links Course 1 -5 Ea 517

Low Blow $12

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MLTD 1982-1990 Ea $17

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NFL Situation Editor S 20

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the terminal's window to op- erate properly. When I tried to enlarge the window by dragging its bottom edge down, the horizontal scroll bar was improperly redrawn about a third of the way up from the bottom of the win- dow. Apparently the termi- nal program can't be run with a full-sized window, which limits the lines of text the program can display.

WindowWorks' spread- sheet module can import and export Lotus 1-2-3 and delimited ASCII files. And if you own Spinnaker's Elght- In-One. you can also import those files to transfer them to any of the other support- ed formats. The spread- sheet supports standard cell formats, including text, percentage, scientific nota- tion, and several date forms. Numbers can be for- matted in various decimal, doilar, and comma formats.

Although cells can be dis- played in WYSIWYG fash- ion, with bold, underlined, and italic text, these attrib- utes must be selected from a dialog box; they are not readily available on the dis- play. Worse, the attributes stay active only for the cur- rently selected cell or cell range, forcing you to bring up the dialog box continually and reselect attributes.

While you can set the width and height of spread- sheet columns and rows, you must do so by entering val- ues into a dialog box (the op- posite of the database's mouse-only field positioning; if only they were the oth#r way around). No easy click- and-drag method here. Both relative and fixed cell address- ing are supported, however, and many built-in functions (over 40) are included to aid you in setting up formulas.

WindowWorks' chart gen- erator allows you to create

126 COMPUTE APRIL 1992

bar, line, pie, area, and high- low-close charts. You can en- ter chart data manually or im- port data from a Window- Works spreadsheet file. Once you've started your chart, you can enter chart ti- tles, axis labels, and legends using different fonts and text attributes.

Rounding out the package are the address book and mailing label modules. The for- mer is a stand-alone, dedicat- ed database which, oddly, maintains no connection with the full database module (ex- cept through H'/ndort's' Clip- board), Besides not wanting to create a database from scratch, I can't imagine why anyone would want to bother with the address book at all. Thankfully, the label maker can print mailing labels using both address book or data- base data.

Despite WindowWorks' un- wished, rushed-out-the- door feel, for a while it was the only kid on the block. If you wanted a reasonably priced integrated package for Windows, you had to buy PFS: WindowWorks. Nov/ that Microsoft has re- leased its impressive Works for Windows. Spinnaker's go- ing to have a tough time keeping pace, especially when you consider that both packages flaunt the identical, low price tag. Frankly, 1 can think of no reason to prefer PFS: WindowWorks over Works for Windows.

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Casually, you reposition the falling letter blocks be- fore they land on the water. The goal is to form words with three or more letters. The more words you speli, the more points you accumu- late. Soon you notice that some words earn higher scores than others because they contain obscure letters like Z, Q, J, and X rather than common characters like S, T: a. and E, You se- cretly wish for more of the high-value letters to drop.

"This is easy" you smugly tell yourself. Completed words disappear from the well, leaving you more room to maneuver. Then it hap- pens— you progress to anoth- er level. Letter blocks begin to drop more rapidly. Again you rally to the challenge, adjust- ing your reflexes to accommo- date the faster speed at which letter blocks now fall. Your score rises steadily, You're on top of the world!

Suddenly, the computer beeps again — the telltale sign that you've made it to an- other level, More letters fall. Where are the vowels? Why do you get four Ls in a row? The activity becomes difficult.

Your nerves begin to fray. You're all thumbs. Blocks start to land on top of other blocks, pushing the lower ones underwater. Soon sunk- en blocks reach the bottom of the well. Columns of blocks stack above the water line.

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Is WordTris a last-ditch So- viet attempt to capture the hearts and minds of an unsus- pecting American public? Per- haps, but it's also a terrific com- puter game that builds vocab- ulary skills as it improves hand-eye coordination. Play alone, against a friend, or cooperatively with another challenger. Match wits against three players in Tour- nament mode. All four of you play identical games to see who earns the highest score. There's even a Head to Head option allowing challengers to play on separate computers connected via cable, modem, or Novell network. Every game type offers four difficul- ty modes — Children's, Nov- ice, Advanced, and Expert. Each has ten levels of play

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