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VOLUME 15, NO. 9, ISSUE 156
SEPTEMBER 1993
FEATURES
6 SEEING IS BELIEVING
By William Harrel
Here's what you should
know about your computer's
display system.
18
TEST LAB
Edited by Mike Hudnall
We check out ten
of the hottest
486 notebooks going,
58
GREAT SHAREWARE
By Philip Chien How to save money by
tapping into this nearly unlimited source.
66
PRODUCTIVITY CHOICE
By Mark Minasi MS-DOS 6 from Microsoft.
COLUMNS
4 EDITORIAL LICENSE
By Clifton Karnes PC Expo in New York.
38 NEWS & NOTES
By Jill Champion Top computer news.
42
FEEDBACK
Answers to tough questions.
46
WINDOWS WORKSHOP
By Clifton Karnes Stacker versus DoubleSpace.
48
TIPS & TOOLS
Edited by
Richard C. Leinecker
Tips from our readers.
50
INTRODOS
By Tony Roberts
DOS 6 adds two essential
disk commands.
Cover photo by Mark Wagoner
54
HARDWARE CLINIC
By Mark Minasi
More on DOS 6's
MultJConfig.
56
PROGRAMMING POWER
By Tom Campbell Paradox for Windows.
68
PERSONAL PRODUCTIVITY
By Rosalind B. Resnick Highlights from COMDEX.
70
MULTIMEDIA PC
By David English
New voice control programs
for the PC.
72
ART WORKS
By Robert Bixby
Major upgrades of
WordPerfect and
CorelDRAW!.
120
COMDEX/CES REPORT
By Robert Bixby
Computing was hot
in Atlanta and even hotter
in Chicago.
ENTERTAINMEN1 74
DISCOVERY CHOICE
By Stephen Levy Encarta from Microsoft.
76
GAME INSIDER
By Shay Addams
More adventures
and power simulations.
80
ENTERTAINMENT CHOICE
By Scott A. May
Front Page Sports: Football
from Dynamix.
82
GAMEPLAY
By Paul C. Schuytema
Controversy causes
educational role-playing
game to be pulled.
85
PUSHING FUN TO THE LIMIT
By Carol Ellison
Muitimedia and computing
power make the difference in
new programs aimed at
kids.
REVIEWS
89
Gateway 2000 Nomad
450DXL Notebook,
Cricket Paint for Windows,
Compaq Prolinea 4/50,
DeskJet 550C,
Creepers,
PentaCalc,
Texel DM-5024
External CD-ROM Kit,
Eric the Unready,
Kid Desk,
Instant Rolodex,
ThrustMaster Rudder
Control System,
AV-SB Harrier Assauit,
Air Bucks Version 1.2,
Dynodex for Windows.
BestBooks,
Primera,
NEC Ready 425,
QuickComm Spirit II,
and Virtual Pilot.
ADVERTISERS INDEX
See page 97.
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Not just a new Sound Blasten A new 16-bit audio standard.
Introducing the Sound Blaster" 16 Digital Audio Platform. A new concept in sound cards. And a new standard for 16-bit PC audio.
You WON'T BELIEVE YOUR EARS.
PC audio never sounded so good- genuine CD-quality audio with fully 12% more dynamic response and 15% Hands-free ^^ better sigual-to- voiceamtwi noise ratio than
any competing 16-bit sound board. Plus sofavare data compression diat delivers 16-bit fidelit}' while maximizing disk storage capacit}". But there's more. Included in the Sound Blaster 16 package is the biggest advancement in PC conh-ol since the invention of the mouse: our exclusive VoiceAssist" software. It's a sophisticated speech recognition interface that uses a 32,000-command library to control Windows applications hands-free!
THE Only Sound Card that Grows With you.
Unlike other 16-bit cards, Sound Blaster 16 comes with built-in interfaces for CD-ROM, MPU-401 MIDI and mwwWMWWWU j oy stick control . And tlie unique modular, scalable architecture lets you add more ad\'anced features and technolo- gies as you need them. Like our Ad\'anced Signal Processing chip that delivers 4:1 real-time hardware data compression while reducing CPU time up to 65%. Or professional-qualit^' sampled wave synthesis miy oui
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EDITORIAL LICENSE
Clifton Karnes
Each June, PC
Expo transforms
New York into
a liigti-tech Mecca.
This is reatly the season for computer shows. Last month it was COMDEX in Atlanta, and this month it's PC Expo in New York. I thought that PC Expo, coming so soon after COMDEX, would be just a repeat of that show, but it wasn't. Of course, there were a lot of products I'd already seen at COMDEX, but there were lots of new ones, and some of them were outstanding.
One of the neatest prod- ucts I saw at PC Expo was Tapestry, from Pixar. This Win- dows app creates stunning vis-
ual effects with fonts. You can, for example, make a word look as if it's construct- ed from chrome, wood, or al- most any other material. Pixar also produces photographic- quality textured backgrounds and special add-in font ef- fects. This program is a deal at $199.
Teleconferencing is a topic that's been batted around for years, but only a few compa- nies have done anything with it, usually using ultraexpen- sive dedicated hardware. Fu- ture Labs has a new twist on teleconferencing with Talk- Show, a Windows program that lets any number of peo- ple, connected by modem or LAN, annotate a document in realtime so everyone sees everyone else's marks and comments. The idea) situation is for this visual conference to be accompanied by a tele-
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phone conference call. If this isn't possible, however, the program offers a floating talk box, so the people connect- ed can type in a conversa- tion. A two-player TalkShow pack is $395.
Microsoft has been busy lately, and Ihe company showed a raft of new prod- ucts at PC Expo. One of the most interesting was Micro- soft at Work, which is a group of add-ins that make office equipment easier to use by im- proving its interface. The dem- onstration concentrated on the Microsoft at Work tele- phone interface, which transforms the phone into a really intelligent device. A small high-resolution screen is embed- ded in the phone, and it shows all kinds of informa- tion, like who's calling now and who called while you were out. It al- so provides an easy way to manage your phone messag- es. Microsoft at Work is a little hard to describe, but I was impressed.
On the main show floor, Stac Electronics was counter- ing Microsoft's new Dou- bleSpace with the introduc- tion of Stacker 3.1. This new version of Stacker has a score of neat features. The most useful of these inte- grates Stacker into the operat- ing system — just like DOS 6's DoubleSpace — so there are no longer two sets of system files to deal with. It also has some very well thought-out safety features. For example, it automatically flushes the SMARTDrive cache when you close Windows and go to DOS. For a general overview of Stacker versus Dou- bleSpace, see my "Windows Workshop" column in this is-
sue, which was written, by the way, before I saw Stacker 3.1. Stacker's upgrade price is $49.95.
Behind closed doors, Hewl- ett-Packard was showing Dashboard 2.0, its second- generation Windows shell. Dashboard 1.0 was pretty cool, and this new version adds many new features, in- cluding snap-off quick- launch toolboxes, The inter- face is also much more config- urable. Dashboard has a sug- gested retail price of $99.
COMPUTE was impressed with Approach 1.0 when it was released in 1992. In fact, we gave the program a COM- PUTE Choice Award as the best database product of the year. Approach 2.0, released late in 1992, was even better. This past June, Approach was acquired by Lotus, fa- mous for 1-2-3, Ami Pro, and Freelance Graphics. Besides giving Approach the market- ing muscle it needs, Lotus has introduced several small, but significant, changes to the product. The version be- ing shown to the press at PC Expo has a more flexible inter- face (one that matches Lo- tus's other products) and was even easier to use than previ- ous versions.
Do Visual Basic program- mers have more fun? If they use Sheridan's VB Assist 3.0. they do. This Visual Basic add-in can double the produc- tivity of almost any VB pro- grammer, VB Assist adds two toolbars to the VB screen with features that make design- ing, coding, and managing projects amazingly easy This superb tool improves on VB's already excellent interface; it's available for $179.
All in all, PC Expo was a good show. Although I didn't get to see each of the 800 ex- hibits, I do think I bumped into most of the 85,000 attendees. D
Mission
IBM Progiamming Systems introduces C Set++™ the most complete application development package vou can buv for ■ OS/2® Its 32-bit C/C++ compiler lets you unleash all the power of OS/2 — so you can create the most advanced, high- performance applications.
It has an extraordinary code optimizer with a fuU set of options. Even a switch to optimize for the new Pentium™ processor. Plus a full set of class libraries, including application frameworks for PM, container classes and classes for multitasking, streams and more.
There's also a fiiU complement of other helpful features. Such as an interactive source level debugger.
And the unique Execudon Trace Analyzer traces the
execution of a program, then graphically displays diagrams of the
analysis. Plus a class library browser that shows class Kbrar}^ relationships.
What's more, you get Workframe/2™ a language- independent tool that lets you customize your own envi- ronment. It's adaptable and flexible — you can use atiy 16 and 32-bit DOS, Windows™ and OS/2 tools.
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Now^
You wanted the power to choose from a world of dif- ferent applications. DOS applications. Windows™
applications. OS/2® applications. OS/2 2.0
gav<^ you the power. And the res|)onse \vas
impressive, to say the least. Over two million copies shipped in less than one year. More than 1,200 OS/2 applications already available* But now you want more. More features. More functions. More applications to choose from. That's why were intro- ducing OS/2 2.1.
The new OS/2 2.1 lets you run the latest Windows 3.1 applications, in addition to the DOS, Windows and OS/2 ap|)lications vou can already run. WeVe also added TrueType fonts, select Windows applets, File Manager and support lor Windows 3.1 printer and display drivers, including 32-bit seamless SVGA support. And now yon can start DOS and OS/2 applications from a WlN-OS/2 session, too.
Portable users will be glad to know that OS/2 2.1 provides industry-standard Advanced Power
W IVilh 0Sf2 2.1 at the heart of your PC, you can run a norld of DOS, f^indows and OS/2 applicaliiins.
There's no need In buy DOS anil If iiiiUms in run DOS and Windows applications.
Management (APM) support, to help extend battery life. We've made the cursor larger so it's easier to find your place on the screen. And OS/2 2.1 continues to exploit the very latest in technology. You'll find impro\ed support for rnnlti-media ap|»lications and pen-based capaljitities, along with built-in CD-liOM and AS/400® terminal emulation support.
Ofcourse, OS/2 2.1 still gives you true pre-emptive multitasking, superior OS/2 Crash Protection" and the easy-to-use object-oriented Workplace Shell™ interface. All the features that made Version 2.0 an award-wituier, lint now, vou also get a whole new world of possibilities.
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Demand OS/2 2.1 preloaded on your next PC.
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What you should know about your computer's display system
SEEIJVG
BELIEVING
Have you ever wondered why Windows looks so different on your monitor from the way it looks on the monitor at the computer store? Or why your friend Joe's fonts appear so much crisper and clearer? Or how come his colors are so plentiful and pure and his graphics display is so much faster? The answer is simple. Like cars, washing machines, and lawn mowers, computer display systems come with a variety of options, and, of course, in a wide range of prices.
Since the introduction of Windows 3.0, with its support of high resolu- tions and 16.7 million colors, hardware vendors have been scrambling to find ways to make what shows up on your monitor faster and prettier. While the results are impressive — never before have type and graphics displayed so well on so many computer screens — the resulting plethora of display system types and sizes has become mind-boggling. You have 8-bit, 16-bit, and 24-bit color displaying at four or five different resolu- tions; graphics accelerators; local-bus adapters; analog and digital video; VGA and Super VGA— no wonder it's so confusing!
Let's see if we can't make it all make sense,
Your Display System
To display information, be it text or graphics, all computers require two components: a display adapter and a monitor Display systems run in various modes providing different palettes and resolutions. Keep in mind during this discussion that for you to get the most from a display system, your display adapter and monitor must support the same modes. It does you little good, for example, to spend the extra money on a Super VGA display adapter if your monitor supports only VGA.
Often called a graphics card, the display adapter is usually a separate card that slips into a bus slot on the motherboard {some computers have display adapters built onto the motherboard). The display adapter processes information from the computer and sends it to the monitor.
When looking for a graphics card, you should consider the resolution, number of colors (or bits per pixel), the screen refresh rate, and whether it supports interlaced or noninterlaced display. Also determine whether the card is accelerated. (Accelerated cards are discussed in the accom- panying sidebar "Fiunning Windows at the Speed of Light.")
By William Harrel
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Resolution
Resolution refers to the number of dots, or pixels, on tfie screen. The higher the resolution, the more information you can fit on the screen. In Windows that means that you can view more open windows at the same time, or, in a desktop publishing pro- gram, such as PageMaker, you get a better what-you-see-is- what-you-gef (WYSIWYG) repre- sentation of how the page will print.
Standard VGA has a resolu- tion of 640 pixels across and 480 pixels down (640 x 480}. Super VGA mode is 800 x 600 or high- er. VGA and Super VGA are the most common resolutions, but 1024 X 768 and even 1280 x 1024 (sometimes called Ultra or Extended VGA) are becoming increasingly popular.
When you choose a resolu- tion, you1l also need to consider the screen size of the monitor. If you cram too many pixels onto a 14-inch monitor, text becomes too small to be read easily. A good rule of thumb is to use a system that approximates the size of the final printed text. This table should help you match res- olution and monitor sizes.
Resolution
VGA (640 X 480)
SuperVGA (800 X 600)
Extended VGA (1024x768) (1280x1024)
Screen Size
14 inches 15-16 inches
17 inches or
higher 19-21 inches
Keep in mind that these reso- lution recommendations are helpful for viewing text. However, no matter what size your monitor, graphics applications benefit greatly from high resolutions. If you edit graphics in Corel- DRAW!, Micrografx Works, or some other application (and use a small monitor), you should choose a card that lets you switch resolutions, so you don't have to strain your eyes when editing text. Whether you use a 14- or a 21- inch monitor, editing graphics in 640 x 480 mode is hardly adequate. You1l get a much better WYSIWYG repre- sentation of what the final output will look like at 1024 x 768. Desktop pub- lishers also benefit from the higher- resolution displays with large moni- tors. The idea is that the better your display, the easier it is to proof layouts onscreen, rather than by printing drafts. This saves both time and paper.
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The higher the resolution of your display, the bet- ter the quality and the larger the editing area. From top to bottom, the resolutions of these screen captures are 640 x 480, 800 x 600, and 1024 X 768.
Presentations and multimedia applica- tions also benefit from high resolutions.
Millions of Colors
Perhaps even more confusing than resolution is color. Graphics cards are rated by the number of distinct colors they can display on a screen at one time. The range is from 16 colors to 16.7 million colors, with 256 being the most common number of colors. The number of colors a card is capable of producing depends on its bits-per-
pixel rate. A rate of four bits per pixel, for example, provides 16 colors; a rate of 24 bits per pixel provides 16.7 million colors.
The 16-color model is the easiest one to use to demon- strate this concept. Since there are four bits per pixel, you have 4 x 4 (16) possible RGB combi- nations. As the number of bits per pixel increases, the possible combinations also increase sub- stantially.
For most applications, 256 colors are fine. If you work with graphics, you should use high color. Most people, except for users of high-end photograph- editing software, such as PhotoShop or PhotoStyler, don't need 24-bit color.
(Note that just because a dis- play is capable of only 16 or 256 colors, this doesn't mean that unsupported colors do not dis- play. In Windows, for example, when an image calls for more colors than the graphics card is capable of, the additional colors are displayed through a process called dithering. Dithering mixes two or more solid colors to form another. If you have a low-resolu- tion display that doesn't support many colors, you've probably noticed that some hues seem coarse. This is the result of dithering. In many applications, dithering is not a problem, but in graphics and photograph pro- cessing, where color purity is critical, it is not acceptable.)
Finally, as in everything else in life, there are trade-offs for these beautiful, high-resolution displays. The more colors and the higher the resolution, the more computing that is required of your CPU, which slows down your system, You can get around the demand that high resolution and numerous colors place on your computer by choosing an accelerated graphics card. Today's graphics cards come in four color standards, as depict-
ed in the following table.
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minimum color |
16 |
8 |
pseudo color |
256 |
16 |
high color |
32,768 |
24 |
true color |
16.7 million |
Caution: Just because a display adapter claims 32,768 or 16.7 million colors doesn't mean it supports them at all resolutions. When you increase
the number of colors, the dis- play adapter needs more memory to store the additional information. When looking at a card's color (and resolution) specifications, make sure it's capable of the number of col- ors you need at the desired resolution. Sometimes you can add RAM to a graphics card to increase resolution and color capabilities. You should also be careful that the card is shipped with a Windows driver (software that lets Windows use the card) that supports the number of colors and res- olutions you need. If you don't use Windows, make sure you have the needed drivers for the applications you do use.
Refresh Rate
If you spend a lot of time at your computer, be on the look- out for a card with a high refresh rate. Your eyes will be forever grateful. The refresh rate is the speed at which the screen gets repainted. If the refresh rate is too low, your monitor flickers, which is annoying and hard on the eyes. It can cause headaches and lead to long-ternn vision problems.
Refresh rates are mea- sured in hertz (Hz). A rate of 72 Hz means the screen is refreshed 72 times per sec- ond. Anything less than 72 Hz can cause noticeable flicker. Just because a card claims "up to 72 Hz" doesn't mean it supports that rate in all modes. Match the refresh rate to the number of colors and resolution at which you plan to use the card.
Interlaced Versus Noninterlaced
Also critical to how a display system treats your eyes is whether or not it's noninter- laced. In an interlaced dis- play, the electron gun paints every other line on the monitor each time it is refreshed — first, even lines and then odd lines on the next trip down the screen — which causes flicker. Many graphics adapters claim to be noninterlaced, but if you took closely at the advertis- ing material or documentation, you'll see that they are interlaced at higher resolutions. Remember that the moni- tor must also support noninterlacing in the modes you plan to run.
More colors, less dithering: With 16 colors (top) and 256 colors (middle), Windows dithers to compensate for the lacl< of pure colors. With 16.7 miliion colors (bottom), dithering Is unnecessary.
Monitors
Once the display adapter collects a screenful of data from the CPU, the video signal moves on to the monitor. The monitor uses an electron gun to paint the picture. The electron gun. which scans back and forth very rapidly, causes phosphors on the inside of the screen to glow. On a
color monitor, the phosphors are red, green, and blue (RGB). Depending on the color capabilities of the graphics card, RGB combi- nations are mixed to create other colors — up to 16.7 mil- lion, which, by the way, is far more than the human eye can discern at one time.
The phosphors glow for only a small fraction of a sec- ond, so the electron gun must repaint (refresh) them many times per second. The electron gun paints the screen one line at a time. When it finishes one line, it moves down to the next. When it reaches the bottom of the screen, it moves back to the top. The rate at which the electron gun repaints the lines is the refresh rate. The rate that the gun moves from the top to the bottom is the scan rate. As mentioned, the two primary considerations when buying a monitor are its size and whether it supports the resolution and refresh rate of the graphics card in your system. Some other things to consider when pur- chasing a monitor include multlscanning, dot pitch, and screen type.
Before looking at monitor- specific concerns, however, let's bhefly review the issues that affect both monitors and graphics cards.
Resolution. Remember that the monitor must support the resolutions of the graph- ics card, including the high- est one you plan to use. The good news is that you don't have to worry about buying a monitor that supports the number of colors you need. All color monitors support as many colors as your display adapter can generate.
Refresh rate. The monitor also must have the same refresh rate as your graphics card at the resolutions you plan to use. Again, make sure the desired resolutions and desired refresh rates match. Just be- cause a monitor supports 72 Hz at 640 x 480 doesn't mean it will at 1024 x 768.
Screen size. Remember that it's important to match screen size to text size. However, where the size of your monitor really counts is in graphics and page layout applications. (Large monitors also help immensely when
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giving onscreen presentations to siz- able audiences.) When laying out a double-sided, two-page document, for example, tiie extra screen real estate provided by a large monitor is very tielpful. A 19- to 21 -inch screen provides a much more accurate WYSIWYG view of the final document. Tills makes it easier to judge how well elements line up and to assess your overall layout, and it saves a lot of time by reducing the number of print- ed drafts needed.
Having reviewed the primary con- siderations, we can turn to monitor- specific concerns,
Multiscanning. Multiscanning refers to the monitor's ability to syn- chronize refresh rates automatically. Basically, this allows you to use differ- ent graphics cards with the same monitor. It also allows you to switch in and out of DOS applications from Windows without having to manually adjust the monitor.
Dot pitch. The size of a monitor's pixels is measured by dot pitch. The smaller the dot pitch, the crisper and cleaner the display. A good rule to fol- low is that 16-inch or smaller monitors should have a dot pitch of 0.28 mm or lower; 17-inch or larger monitors can
Microsoft's Video for Windows lets your computer run full-motion video.
get by with 0.31 mm or lower.
Screen type. The screen type can also affect the quality of your dis- play. All monitors should contain an antiglare mechanism, either a sepa- rate coating on the screen or a built-in filtering device. Some people prefer flat screens to the traditional convex
(or spherical) designs. The theory Is that the flat screens more closely rep- resent a sheet of paper.
Before You Buy
There are, of course, some other things to think about when upgrading your display system. Chief among these other considerations is price. Monitors and graphics cards are designed for a variety of applications, ranging from simple word processing to very high- end graphic design. Naturally, the demands of digital photograph editing are much higher than, say, balancing your checkbook In Quicken.
Prices for graphics cards and mon- itors run from reasonable to absurd. You can pick up a good Super VGA graphics card for between $150 and $500. Or you can go to the extreme and choose a high-end graphics design station card for upwards of $3,000. When looking at the vast selection, it's difficult to tell why some cost so much more than others. The differences in quality and speed are often indiscernible. Monitor prices also fluctuate dramatically. However, since monitor prices generally vary directly with size, refresh rate, and resolution, and inversely with dot pitch, the pric-
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A common complaint among users who switch from DOS character- based applications to Windows is that Windows' GUI (Graphical User Interface) slows down their comput- ers. Depending on the machine in question, the performance hit can be substantial.
The reason for the sluggishness Is that, unlike character-based applica- tions, the Windows interface uses every pixel on your monitor to paint the screen. This requires hundreds of times more Information flowing from the CPU to the screen than the average DOS application.
This rush of information causes an immense logjam at the bus port, where the display information is passed on to the graphics card. One way to relieve the bottleneck is v/ith a graphics accelerator. These cards take the bulk of the display process- ing on themselves, winich frees up the CPU to do more fundamental tasks, such as calculating your spreadsheet or sorting a mailing list.
A number of accelerator cards are available, ranging widely in price. The cost of the accelerator depends primarily on supported res-
olution, number of colors, and refresh rate. The cards also come in many configurations, with various coprocessor chips and RAM config- urations.
While I am not usually reluctant to recommend one product over anoth- er, the field here is wide open. The important issue in this category is not what chips are on the board, but rather the board's performance. How fast does the card speed up screen redraw in Windows? Some claim up to 30-fold speed boosts, but double, triple, or quadruple the speed of your current display system is more likely, especially if you work with large graphics.
It takes a lot of horsepower to dis- play thousands of colors at high res- olution. Most Windows users should look into accelerated graphics cards. The Immense increase in per- formance far outweighs the small increase in price. In some cases, you'll pay only $50 to $100 more lor an accelerated version of a vendor's graphics card.
In other words, the only reason not to go for an accelerated card is if you believe you'll never need to dis-
play more than, say, 256 colors at 800 X 600 resolution.
Clalcliinfj the Local Bus
Another way to speed up Windows is with a local-bus graphics card. However, the only way to get one is by buying a new computer — one equipped with a locai-bus port on the motherboard.
Most computers interface with graphics cards at 8 or 16 bits. However, today's 386 and 486 machines process data at 32 bits. The result is a bottleneck between the computer and the display adapter. The local bus is a 32-bit bus port that holds a 32-blt adapter, which doubles the rate at which the computer can send data to the monitor.
If you're in the market for a new computer to run Windows, especially Windows graphics applications, such as CorelDRAW! or PhotoFinish, make sure your new machine is equipped with a local-bus display system.
Which is more important? An accelerated ISA-bus card will actual- ly drive your display faster than an unaccelerated local-bus card.
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Personal computers, both Mac- intoshes and PCs running Windows, process video with one of two stan- dards: analog or digital video.
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Analog video is the standard used by TVs, VCRs, laser disc players, and camcorders. Analog video is typically stored on videotape or videodisc.
To use analog video with your computer, you'll need a special dis-
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Digital video is a digital form of video that can be stored as a computer file. Two examples are Microsoft's Video for Windows and Apple's QuickTime. These full-motion video standards run with or without a video board; however, for the best perfor- mance, you need the additional hardware.
If you're looking for a quick, inex- pensive, and easy way to put video in Windows, choose Video for Windows. It's easy to install and comes with several video strips to get you started.
ing seems to make a lot more sense than the pncing of graphics cards.
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Edited by Mike HudnaN Reviews by Tom Benford
As you make your way througli \Ue reviews of this 1 montli's notebook comput- lers, paying attention to pric- es, performance, and important features, the professional in you will doubtless note with approval how well this technology could serve your purposes and make you more productive. Practical, sensible, and well designed, these notebooks could be great for you or your business and could possibly give you just the competitive advantage you've been looking for.
If you're like me, however, the kid in you will probably be wowed by the latest innovations in these notebooks, like the built- in bubble-jet printer in the Canon notebook or the ergonomicatly designed pointing devices and the PCMCIA slots on several of the units we evaluated. Then there are the features that, though not really new, continue to impress because manufacturers keep finding ways to make them better and less expensive — fea- tures like hard drives, color dis- plays, and power management. For this Test Lab. we asked for 486 notebooks with 4M8 of RAM and hard drives of at least 80MB.
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As you'll see when you peruse our grid of features, these note- books have 486 chips from four different manufacturers (Cyrix, IBM, Intel, and Texas Instru- ments), and their speeds range from 25 MHz ail the way up to 50 MHz. We could have tested note- books with 8MB of RAM, but since most come standard with 4MB, and since we felt most COM- PUTE readers would go with 4MB, that was our choice, As for the hard drives, we had no trou- ble at all coming up with large ones. In fact, the smallest ones were 120MB, and a couple of note- books sported 200MB drives, more than enough space to take care of business on the road.
It's a sign of Windows' accep- tance, I think, that every notebook we tested came with Windows and a pointing device of some kind. Micro Electronics even calls its com- puter the WinBook. So if you want to do Windows on the road, these notebooks are ready.
It's also worth noting that the manufacturers of these notebooks have put a premium on expand- ability. Now upgrading memory, adding communications hard- ware, and hooking up to a network are easier than ever. Docking sta- tions, expansion boxes, and port replicators have helped; 1 think that PCMCIA slots and cards will help even more while eliminating much of the bulk and complication of earlier solutions.
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To see how these notebooks performed, look to the bar graphs with benchmark data. There you'll find not only perform- ance ratings based upon the Nor- ton Indexes but also real-world test data involving a word proc- essor, a database, and more. We had planned a test involving Win- dows spreadsheet calculations; however, we had to scrap it, since ali of these 486 notebooks were abie to perform complex numerical spreadsheet calcula- tions so quickly that performance differences were negligible. In addition to the application bench- mark data, you'll find the results of our battery depletion test.
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AST POWEREXEC 4/25SL COLORPLUS
Looking for a high-performance color notebook with a genuine 25-MHz Intel 486SL CPU? Then you'll want to learn more about AST's PowerExec 4/25SL Col- orPlus notebook computer.
AST offers the PowerExec 4/25SL with three different dis- plays. The 4/25SL Color version features a passive matrix color LCD screen, a 25-degree horizon- tal viewing angle, and a lower cost than the 4/25SL ColorPlus. which comes equipped with an active matrix color display that affords a 70-degree viewing angle and brighter, more vibrant colors. AST's monochrome ver- sion of this notebook, called sim- ply the 4/25SL, can display 64 shades of gray with a 45-degree viewing angle. Both of the color models have 9.5-inch (diagonal- ly measured) displays and can support 256 simultaneous colors at 640 X 480 resolution. External- ly connected monitors can dis-
play 800 x 600 resolution with 256 colors, and you can use the external monitor simultaneousiy with the notebook's LCD.
AST provides plenty of power management support in the 4/25SL ColorPlus, and computing sessions well in excess of four hours were common during my review of the unit. With all of the power management options turned off, the nicad battery will still provide in excess of two hours of continuous use before you need to recharge it. This great charge life is attributable to AST's 3.3-volt low-power memory de- signed specificaily for its note- books (5 volts is the usual current drain in conventional designs).
A medium and charcoal gray color scheme gives the 4/25SL ColorPlus a smart, businesslike appearance. With this notebook, AST includes a nifty detachable miniature trackball, which snaps on the front of the machine just beiow the space bar. The manu- facturer has positioned the two buttons on either side of the ball; 1 found this pointing device to be exceptionally well designed and easy to use. It gets Its power from a dedicated port concealed behind a spnng-loaded panel, and the connection is made automatically when you snap the trackball on the notebook,
The keyboard has ali of the fea- tures serious users will favor: dimpled F and J keys, good key spacing, contoured key tops, a dedicated inverted-T cursor con- trol pad, an embedded numeric keypad, and a light, crisp touch. AST provides a row of LEDs with Icons under them to help you keep up with power, battery stat- us, hard and floppy drive activi- ty and lock key status.
The 4/25SL ColorPlus provides two Type II PCf^^CIA expansion slots for adding options, and you can expand the standard memo- ry configuration of 4MB up to 32MB, using the two user-acces- sible memory sockets. Since the i486SL CPU has an internal math
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Canon has taken portability a step further with its printer- equipped, 486-based NoteJet 486 tVlodel 2.
The NoteJet has a Canon Bub- ble Jet printer integrated right into the case of the computer, making this truly a portable office that will fit easily into a briefcase. The printer is functionally Identi- cal to the Canon BJ-130e in that it uses a head configuration with 64 nozzles and provides a maxi- mum: pnnt resolution of 360 x 360 dots per inch with a maximum print speed of 1 1 6 characters per second. Because it also emulates the IBM ProPhnter X24E and the Epson LQ-510, you have real print- ing versatility. An automatic sheet feeder capable of holding ten sheets at a time is also built into the printer portion of the NoteJet, and the Bubble Jet ink cartridge yields approximately 100,000 characters before it requires replacement.
The heart of the NoteJet, a Texas Instruments 486SLC CPU
running at 25 MHz, endows the machine with respectable perform- ance while maintaining a miserly current draw from the machine's nicad battery
A Cyrix CX83S87 25-MHz math coprocessor can be in- stalled as an option should your work require enhanced math coprocessing, and you can expand the NoteJet's standard RAM configuration of 4MB to 6MB, 8MB, or 12MB with the optional SIMM board that mounts in a single available SIMM slot. You can easily install either of these upgrade options, since both the math coprocessor socket and the SIMM socket are accessible via a snap-off cover on the bottom of the machine. This is a nice touch Canon add- ed here, since installing such upgrades on other notebook com- puters usually requires disassem- bly of the computer by a techni- cian. For adding other options, you have two PCMCIA card slots behind another snap-off panel on the left side of the NoteJet.
A wand-style pointing device provided with the NoteJet plugs into the machine's mouse-or-key- pad porL Although Canon calls It a trackball, that name doesn't con- jure an accurate mental picture of what it really looks like. A palm- size unit, the device connects to the machine's port via a 24-inch cable. You use your thumb to con- trol a marble-size ball while your index and ring fingers activate the dual buttons at the front of the unit, mounted one on top of the other. At first this configuration seems awkward, especially if
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you're accustomed to a desktop mouse or a large-ball device, but you get used to it after a short wtiile. If there's one weak spot in an otherwise excellent machine, I think it's this pointing device. Of course, you can always substi- tute another pointing device more to your (iking.
The LCD screen displays 16 lev- els of gray at 640 x 480 resolution, and you can plug an external SVGA monitor into the notebook via the 15-pin D connector locat- ed at the rear of the unit.
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A truly compact notebook PC that has a good assortment of standard features, Epson's Action- Note 4SLC/25 is convenient to tote, provides good performance.
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With a textured, charcoal gray case, the stylish ActionNote is the thinnest notebook covered here, measuring just a tad over 1 .5 inch- es thick with its lid closed. It has a footprint just slightly larger than a sheet of letter paper, measuring 8,7 X 11 inches; and with a weight of only 5.5 pounds with its recharge- able nicad battery installed, it's certainly no burden to take along with you.
A Logitech TrackMan trackball, included as standard equipment with the ActionNote, plugs into a mouse-or-keyboard port on the left side of the machine. You also
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The standard 4rvlB of RAM will meet the computing needs of many of COMPUTE'S readers; if necessary, however, you can expand the memory to 8MB. The ActionNote includes 256K of vid- eo RAM and uses a paper-white, two-lilm CCFT (Cold Cathode Fluorescent Tube) backlit mono- chrome LCD which measures a generous ten inches diagonally. The LCD is capable of displaying 64 levels of gray at 320 x 200 res- olution and 32 levels of gray at 640 X 480. Slider controls allow you to adjust the display's brightness and contrast, and a 15-pin D connec- tor lets you attach an external moni- tor {simultaneous display of both the LCD and CRT is supported).
The Cyrix 486SLC CPU at the heart of the ActionNote runs at 25 MHz. To add number-crunching muscle for handling more demand- ing applications, you can add an optional Cyrix CX387SLC or Intel 3B7SX numeric coprocessor.
The keyboard features a mod- erately light touch and short key travel, along with a very nice feel. Bumps on the F and J keys con- firm home row position, and an inverted-T cursor control pad makes moving around the screen easy. Epson also provides an embedded numeric keypad.
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(Epson installed one on the review machine}. WinFax Lite and BitCom come preloaded on ActionNote configurations or- dered with the modem installed.
A row of LEDs with illuminated icons below them lets you know the status of the power, the bat- tery charge. AC power (whether it's being used), and floppy and hard drive activity, as well as whether the caps, scroll, or numer- ic locks are in effect.
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IBM THINKPAD 720C
IBM packs a lot of computing punch into its ThinkPad 720C. For starters, it has the biggest, brightest color LCD I've seen on any notebook to date, and its IBM 486SLC2 CPU runs at a brisk 50 MHz. If I've piqued your interest already, read on. You'll find that
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The ThinkPad's case features squared edges and sharp cor- ners; no frills or nonfunctional embellishments are to be found. That isn't to say it's unattractive, however. Quite the opposite is true. The case is molded in a hand- some matte black plastic, which resists fingerprints well (but tends to show dust and dirt). The overall appearance of the machine tells you it's a serious device that's ready to do business- Lifting the ThinkPad's lid expos- es the 10.5-inch TFT (Thin Film Transistor) 4096-color LCD, which is a joy to view. The LCD screen can display VGA at 640 x 480 resolution. Slider controls at
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the right side of the LCD adjust brightness and contrast, al- though I found the display to provide excellent viewing, even in bright light, without my having to change the settings.
Below the display a bank of LED indicators keeps tabs on the system's status. They show the status of the speaker, AC adapt- er, power, battery hard disk, and floppy disk, as well as the caps, scroll, and numeric locks.
I found the ThinkPad's key- board well laid out with regard to key spacing and key-top contour; raised dots on the F and J keys confirm home row position for touch-typists, and there's a sep- arate tnverted-T cursor control key- pad, as well as an embedded numeric keypad.
Just above the B key, nestled between the bottoms of the G and H keys, is the ThinkPad's pointing device, an elevated red button that looks like a pencil eras- er with a case of sunburn. Below the space bar, at the edge of the case, are two flat keys, each about one inch long; these corre- spond to the control buttons on a standard mouse.
While the idea of an integrated pointing device is good, I person- ally didn't care for the "eraser- ball" built into the keyboard. For my taste (and touch), it was too sensitive, and having the action buttons separate resulted in awk- ward operation, Suffice it to say that I found this setup anything but intuitive. I used the embed- ded pointing device throughout the review to give it a fair shake, but I must admit I was happy to
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The ThinkPad 720C comes equipped with a 50-MHz IBM 486SLC2 CPU, a 180MB hard drive, and 4MB of RAM as its stan- dard configuration. Two PCMCIA slots are also provided to accom- modate any expansion options you may desire. For power users, this machine is a great choice.
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MICRO ELECTRONICS WINBOOK
Designed specifically with the Windows user in mind, the WinBook from Micro Electronics comes with plenty of desirable standard features that are fre- quently extra-cost options with other notebook computers.
Notebook describes the Win- Book well, since it occupies about the same amount of space as an average three-ring binder and weighs in at a trim and easy- to-tote 5.4 pounds with its rechargeable nickel-metal- hydride (NiMH) battery installed.
The WinBook's standard con- figuration includes 4MB of RAM, a 120MB hard drive, a 2400-bps modem and 9600-bps send/4800- bps receive fax. For adding op- tions, there's a Type II PCMCIA slot, an increasingly pervasive feature in this latest generation of notebooks.
For its CPU, our review Win- Book uses a 33-MHz Cyrix CX486SLC rather than an Intel chip. Described in the WinBook's manual as an "enhanced version of the 80386 CPU," the Cyrix chip "includes a built-in 1Kbyte cache to increase the speed of da- ta access."
The overall design of the machine is quite good, and it's evi- dent that plenty of thought went into the placement of various sys- tem components. For example, a trackball is built into the WinBook; the manufacturer places this point-
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ing device conveniently between the two wrist-support pads below the keyboard. About the size of a marble or gum ball, the trackball is flanked by its two buttons. While the trackball eliminates the need for an external mouse, you can still use one if you want.
Controls for adjusting the bright- ness and contrast of the LCD are also conveniently located — at the right side of the screen, along with LED indicators for power flop- py drive activity, hard disk activi- ty, suspend mode, and the stat- us of the Num Lock, Scroll Lock, and Caps Lock keys. The Win- Book has an easy-to-look-at ten- inch display; the 512K of video memory allows 640 x 480 reso- lution for the internal screen and 1024 X 768 resolution for an external monitor.
Need expansion capabilities? You can upgrade from the Win- Book's standard 120MB hard drive to a 250IVIB drive, add a math coprocessor, or buy a dock- ing station for desktop use; a 160- pin connector on the WinBook ac- commodates the docking station.
The WinBook has a good assort- ment of power-saving features which, according to the manufac- turer, will extend battery life to a maximum of four hours. I found the machine to be faster and more responsive with all of the power-saving functions deactivat- ed (this brought battery life down to about 1 V?-2Vi hours between charges).
While the Vi/inBook as re- viewed is a good value at $1 ,699, if that's more than your wallet can handle, Micro Electronics is also offering a 25-MHz entry-level mod- el of the WinBook, which has an
80MB hard drive and 2MB of RAM without the fax/modem for only $1 ,499. In either version, the WinBook is an attractive ma- chine, especially If you want to take your Windows applications on the road.
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NEC ULTRALITE VERSA 25C
This color notebook offers good loot^s and sizzling performance.
NEC offers the UltraLite Versa series of notebooks in several models: 20-MHz models are avail- able with either color or mono- chrome displays, while the 25-MHz models are available with both monochrome and color dis- plays and with and without pen capabilities. The review unit is a 25-MH2 model based on the Intel 80486SL CPU and equipped with an active matrix TFT color LCD screen measuring 9.45 inches diagonally. A real treat for the eyes, it can display 256 colors at 640 X 480 resolution (800 x 600 resolution with 256 colors and 1024 X 768 resolution with 16 col- ors are supported via externally connected monitors).
One of the truly outstanding fea- tures of the UltraLite Versa 25C— its local-bus video— accounts for its blistering performance with graphics-related applications such as CAD and Video for Win- dows. This machine is no slouch when it comes to nongraphical chores such as database and word-processing work, either.
Ergonomic design and aesthet- ic appeal are obvious concerns,
and the UUraLite Versa 25C tri- umphs in both areas. NEC uses an attractive medium gray matte-fin- ish plastic that hides fingerprints and resists scuffing well. A single slider control next to the screen adjusts the brightness of the color display. Rather than the usual array of LEDs commonly used for system status messaging, the UUraLite Versa 25C uses an LCD window which employs icons to convey system information. The
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usual items — including floppy and hard drive activity, power, power source, and battery condition — are all indicated, in addition to caps and numeric locks.
I liked the keyboard action and key placement, although I found the space bar to be considerably shorter than it is on other noiebook keyboards, measuring 3.75 inch-
es. While this wasn't a problem for me, some users with big hands or wide thumbs may not find it to their liking. However, other fea- tures, such as a dedicated cursor keypad, an embedded numeric keypad, and 12 function keys more than make up for the short space bar. Of course, you can always plug a full-size keyboard into the dedicated socket provid- ed for it at the rear of the machine.
The package includes a Ivlicro- soft Ballpoint mouse, which plugs directly into the dedicated mouse port (also at the rear). For adding options, the UltraLite Ver- sa 25C also has one Type III PC- MCIA slot, which can accommo- date one Type III PCfvlCIA card or two Type II cards.
NEC has done a nice job of combining form and function in an attractive notebook with a su- perb color display.
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Samsung shows lots of ingenuity and some novel design concepts in its NoteMaster 486SLC Model S3800 notebook.
This trim notebook has tasteful styling and a dark, charcoal gray, nonglossy finish which hides fingerprints and light scuffs well. Lifting the lid of the unit reveals a ten-inch mono- chrome LCD capable of produc- ing 64 levels of gray to produce 640 X 480 VGA resolution.
The Notefvl aster has 256K of vid- eo RAfvl and allows you to run its display and an external SVGA moni- tor simultaneously. While the display is certainly large enough, it isn't one of the best mono- chrome screens I've seen. With the brightness and contrast adjust- ed for comfortable viewing, I could see several of the LCD's "pathways" {intersecting lines in the display's background), and une- ven image density across the screen was also noticeable. The shortcomings of this display aren't serious enough for it to be con-
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sidered defective, but it did have a wearying effect on my eyes after only brief stints of looking at it.
The high-density floppy drive resides at the right side of the machine near the front, while the removable 2.5-inch hard drive resides just behind it, also on the right side. Yes, you read that cor- rectly— the hard drive is remova- ble on the Notefvlaster, and that is its most unique feature. The advantages of a removable hard drive are many; for example, if you need additional storage, you can easily upgrade to a higher- capacity (120MB) drive.
Using Samsung's Drivefvlaster expansion kit, you can use the NoteMaster's hard drive on your
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desktop PC to make data trans- fer between systems easy; you can keep your data secure by tak- ing the drive with you when you leave the office, or multiple users of the same NoteMaster can have their own individual hard disks. There are plenty of other in- stances as well in which the re- movable drive would be a highly desirable feature.
Samsung provides 2fyiB of RAM and an BOMB hard drive as standard equipment on the NoteMaster. The review unit came equipped with 4MB of RAfvl as requested, and it also sported the optional 120MB hard drive.
The CPU for the NoteMaster is the Cyrix 486SLC running at 25 MHz. You can add an optional Intel 80387SX coprocessor to give the machine enhanced math- calculating power; Samsung makes the installation easy by pro- viding access to a socket beneath a snap-off plastic cover on the bottom of the case.
You can also easily install an optional fax/modem yourself. To expand the computer's memory you'll use proprietary memory modules that simply snap into a compartment adjacent to the modem space. RAM can be expanded to a maximum of 8MB. No PCMCIA slots are provided.
The NoteMaster 486SLC Mod- el S3800 is a good choice if you like the convenience of a remov- able hard drive, especially if you'll be using it with an external moni- tor most of the time.
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Tl TRAVELMATE 4000 WINSX/25 COLOR
If you're interested in adding some color to your portable com- puting, backed by 486 process- ing power, then you may want to consider the TravelMate 4000 WinSX/25 Color notebook from Texas Instruments. This is the new- est addition to Tl's highly success- ful TravelMate 4000 series of 486 notebook computers,
The WinSX/25's 9,4-inch (diag- onally measured) color LCD screen delivers 256 colors simul- taneously at normal 640 x 480 VGA resolution and is supported with 512K of video RAM. You can plug in an external Super VGA monitor and find support for the following modes: 640 x 480 res- olution with 256 colors, 800 x 600 with 256 colors, 1024 x 768 with 16 colors. Simultaneous display of both the LCD screen and a mon- itor is also possible.
The WinSX/25's keyboard fea- tures a nice touch with moderate- ly light action and nicely contoured key tops. Raised dots on the F and J keys help you find
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the home row, and there's an embedded numeric keypad and a separate inverted-T cursor con- trol keypad. A color-coordinated Microsoft BaHPoint mouse includ- ed with the WinSX/25 attaches to the QuickPort on the machine's right side.
Molded in two tones of gray, the WinSX/25 is a tastefully styled machine that does a good job of combining form and func- tion. Dual slider controls for adjust- ing the color LCD's brightness and contrast come in handy, as some adjustment is frequently required when ambient light condi- tions change or when you switch from one application to another. I noticed some of the LCD's "path- ways" visible in back of the video image when the brightness of the display was turned up all the way, and color saturation wasn't perfect- ly even across the full width of the
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screen (these are characteristics of passive matrix color displays). The standard configuration includes 4MB of RAM, which you can increase to a maximum of 20MB. A 120MB hard drive and a front-mounted 1.44MB floppy drive also come standard. One of the upgrade options, a 14,400- bps V,32bis modenn with 9600-
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The kit lias a suggested retail price of $29.95 and includes a flat- ribbon parallel cable for connecting your portable to a borrowed printer; a 12-foot telephone cord, a modular Y adapter, and a male-to-male con- nector for connecting your modem; a combination Phillips-fiat blade screwdriver; an illuminated magni- fying glass; reusable cable ties; two sizes of removable white labels; five strips of clear tape for affixing your business card to all your hard- ware; and a reference card with phone numbers for common E-mail and online services. Ail this fits neat- ly in a 7- X 8-inch nylon pouch (with room left over).
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bps send-and-receive fax capa- bility, plugs Into an internal slot provided on all of the TravefMate notebook models.
A proprietary expansion bus built into the rear of the machine lets you connect additional exter- nal peripherals; when not in use, this bus is concealed from view by a snap-off panel door. All of the 1/ O connectors (serial, parallel, mouse, and externai video ports) reside on the left side of the note- book beneath a drop-down panel.
The WinSX/25's Drop N* Go soft- ware utility is particularly useful, permitting accelerated access to your applications and thus saving both time and battery life. With all of Tl's power-saving features enabled, battery life can exceed four hours, depending on the type of computing you're doing. Even with all of the power man- agement features turned off, the machine regularly delivered aver- age work times of two hours or more during my review before I had to recharge.
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With its great assortment of desir- able features, Toshiba's T4500C is another example of state-of-the- art technology in a 486-based col- or notebook computer.
The T4500C provides a bright and colorful 8.5-inch TFT active ma- trix color display for working with Windows or DOS applications. Surprisingly, Toshiba provides no discrete controls for adjusting the brightness or contrast of the dis- play. This didn't prove to be trou- blesome, however, as the display was sharp and easily visible even in bright light, requiring only a slight movement of the lid back- ward or forward to change the view- ing angle for optimum visibility. The built-in display can provide VGA 640 X 480 resolution with 256 colors, while connecting an exler-
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The CAD Rotation Test times how long it takes to rotate and regenerate a CAD drawing with 57,657 elements in it- Since these operations are intensely numerical in nature, this test provides additional information about the system's ability to process lloafing- point calculations in realtime, This test was used in place of a spread- sheet calculation test, since ali of these 486 notebooks were able to per- form complex numerical spreadsheet calculations so quickly that perform- ance differences were negligible.
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The power-saving options are well thought-out and easily accessed via the machine's set- up nnenus. As with other note- books, the power-saving features cause some delays in the respon- siveness of the T4500C, such as when the hard drive "goes to sleep" and takes a second or two to wake up again when file I/O operations are required
A Ballpoint mouse attaches via the machine's QuickPort. Although indeed a fvlicrosoft BallPomt, it's molded in the same light, bone gray color as the T4500C and bears the Toshiba logo instead of the fvlicrosoft name on its top (the underside identifies it as a Micro- soft product, however).
Toshiba provides a single PCMCIA slot beneath a cover on the left side of the T4500C, and a similarly concealed cavity on the right side of the machine accepts a dedicated modem unit. The unit's 1,44MB floppy drive resides at the front of the machine toward the right side. Ail of the I/O ports (single serial, paral- lel, mouse, keyboard, and SVGA video) are hidden behind a drop- down door at the rear, and a pro-
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prietary connector for mating the T4500C with a desktop docking bay is concealed behind another panel next to the I/O bank.
The T4500C is a respectable performer with a terrific color dis- play, a comfortable keyboard, great styling, and excellent expan- sion possibilities. It makes a great choice if you're looking for a color 486-based notebook.
Circle Reader Service Number 379
ZENITH Z-NOTE 425LNC
Its bone white case and bold, ver- ticai lines accented by embossed- square designs around the case
KEYPADS YOU CAN COUNT ON
For all their power and convenience, notebooks can leave you frustrated when it comes to entering numeric data quickly and accurately. One solution is to attach a portable nu- meric keypad, such as those of- fered by Genovation and CNF,
The 17-key fvlicropad from Gen- ovation is modeled after the numer- ic pad of the familiar enhanced AT keyboard. It attaches to your com- puter via a pass-through parallel in- terface, and there are serial- and key- board-port versions as well. A five- foot cable is available witti Mi- cropad, and additional options in- clude a form-fitting polyskin cover and 17 key tops with clear, removable lenses. The Micropad sells for about $95.
The Numeric Keypads from CNF also feature 17 keys, and ttiey have
a rated reliability of a! ieast 10 mil- lion keystrokes between failures. These units plug into your PS/2 (mini DIN) port and include a two-foot ca- ble, allowing them lo be positioned on either the left or right side of most notebooks. The Numeric Key- pads range in price from $69 to $99. To receive more information about the Micropad, contact Gen- ovation by calling (800) 822-4333 or by writing to 17741 Mitchell North, Irv- ine, California 92714. Circle Reader Service Number 382
To receive more information about Numeric Keypads, contact CNF at 17705 Hale Avenue 1-1, Mor- gan Hill, California 95037. CNPs phone number is (408) 778-1160.
Circle Reader Service Kumber 363
—LISA YOUNG
30 COMPUTE SEPTEMBER 1993
perimeter make the Z-Note 425Lnc Model 200 a good-look- er with lots of great features that become apparent when you open this notebook and turn it on.
Like other Z-Notes in the Zenith line, the 425Lnc has an LCD stat- us panel which provides informa- tion about system status using icons rather than mere LEDs. The display takes the form of a four- pane LCD "window" in which graph- ical indicators signify the status of AC power operation, standby mode, battery power operation, hard drive activity, floppy drive activity, port replicator attachment, external CRT enablement, modem enablement, U\N controller enable- ment, and speaker enablement, as well as whether the Num Lock, Caps Lock, Pad Lock, and Scroll Lock keys are active. As you can see, this LCD window provides a wealth of information about which features are enabled or currently in use.
A single indicator, located in the center of the machine just below the display screen, shows power status with the lid closed; this LED changes color according to the cur- rent power/battery conditions.
The 425Lnc uses an Intel
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the rightful prince of Kyrandia who must recover the precious Kyragem, the source of d11 the magic in the land.
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486 Notebook Features |
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AST PowerExec 4/2SSL ColorPluE |
Canon NoteJet 48G |
Epson ActionNote 4SLC/25 |
IBM ThinkPad 720C |
Micro Electronics Winbook |
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Physical Characteristics |
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Dimensions |
1.98" X 11.5" X 8.5" |
2.2"x12.2"xl0" |
1.6"xll"x8.7" |
2.2" X 1 1 .7" X 8.3" |
1 .75 ' X 1 1 " X 8,75" |
Weight + transformer |
7.8 ibs. |
7.7 ibs. |
6.9 ibs. |
7.6 Ibs, |
6.4 lbs. |
Weigi^t of extra battery |
T.Sibs. |
1.3 ibs. |
0.75 lb. |
1.5 Ibs, |
0.9 1b. |
System Electronics |
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CPU manuiacturer |
Intel |
Tl |
Cyrix or Tl |
IBM |
Cyrix |
CPU |
25-MHz 486SL |
25-MHz 486SLG |
25-MHz 486SLC |
50-MHz 486SLC2 |
33-MHz 486SLG/E |
BIOS |
AST |
Phoenix |
Seiko Epson |
IBM |
AMI |
Caciie |
8K |
IK |
IK |
16K |
IK |
Proprietary slot for modem |
no |
no |
yes |
NA |
yes |
Number of PCMCIA slots |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
Standard RAM |
4MB |
4MB |
4MB |
4MB |
4MB |
Max RAM |
32MB |
12MB |
8MB |
16MB |
8MB |
Display |
|||||
Type |
active matrix color |
monochrome |
monochrome |
active matrix color |
monochrome |
lliumlnatlon |
backlit |
bacWit |
backlit |
backli! |
backlit |
Max res |
640 X 480 |
640 X 460 |
640 X 480 |
640 X 480 |
640 X 480 |
Max colofs |
256 |
NA |
NA |
256 |
NA |
Shades of gray |
NA |
16 |
64 or 32 |
NA |
64 |
Diagonal screen size |
9.5" |
9,5" |
10" |
10.5" |
approx. 10" |
External monitor support |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
Simultaneous display + external |
yes |
no |
yes |
yes |
yes |
Modular display |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
Drives |
|||||
Size of hard drive |
200MB |
135MB |
120MB |
165MB |
128MB |
Floppy drive placement |
right side |
left side |
right side |
front left |
left side |
input/Output . ;, : |
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Parallel ports |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
Serial ports |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
External keyboard port |
mouse/keyboard |
mouse/keyboard |
mouse/keyboard |
no |
mouse/keyboard |
Mouse port |
mouse/keyboard |
mouse/keyboard |
mouse/keyboard |
yes |
mouse/keyboard |
Pointing device |
Integrated keyboard trackball |
mouse/trackball |
Logitech TrackMan |
TrackPqInt II |
integrated Alps trackball |
Expansion unit port |
yes |
yes |
no |
yes |
yes |
External drive port |
no |
no |
parallel port doubles as ext. drive port |
NA |
NA |
Power |
|||||
Battery type |
nicad |
nIcad |
nicad |
NIMH |
NiMH |
Hardware power management |
yes |
NA |
yes |
yes |
yes |
Software power management |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
Software | |
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In addition to standard DOS and Windows |
AST Online user manual |
NoteJe) software |
WinFax Lite, BItCom |
Prodigy kit |
BitCom and BitFax |
NA=not applicable or informa |
tion on this feature not avi |
allable at press lime |
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486 Notebook Features |
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NEC UltraLite Versa 25C |
Samsung NoteMaster 4B6SLC |
Tl TravelMate 4000 WmSX/25 Color |
Toshiba T4500C |
Zenith Z-Note 425Lnc |
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Physical Characteristics |
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Dimensions |
2.09- X 11.69- X 9.33- |
i.a'x8.5'xir |
2.1- X 11- X 8.5- |
2-x 1 1.7- X 8.3' |
2.r X 11.9- X 8.5- |
Weight + transformer |
8.1 lbs. |
5.9 lbs. |
6.3 lbs. |
6.9 lbs. |
7.5 lbs. |
Weigh! of extra battery |
1 lb |
1,2 lbs |
1,35 lbs. |
1,5 lbs. |
1,ieibs, |
System Electronics |
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CPU manufacturer |
Intel |
Cyrix |
Intel |
Intel |
Intel |
CPU |
25-MH2 486SL |
25-MHz 486SLC |
25-MHz 486SX |
25-MHz 486SX |
25-MHz 486SL |
BIOS |
Phoenix |
Phoenix |
Phoenix |
NA |
ZDS |
Cache |
8K |
1K |
8K |
aK |
8K |
Proprietary slot for modem |
no |
yes |
no |
no |
yes |
Number of PCMCIA slots |
2 Type II or 1 Type III |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Standard RAM |
4MB |
2MB |
4MB |
4MB |
4MB |
Max RAfvl |
20MB |
8MB |
20MB |
20MB |
SSMB |
Display |
|||||
Type |
active matrix color |
monochrome |
passive color STN |
active matrix color |
active matrix color |
llluminalion |
sidelit |
backlit |
edgeiit |
NA |
NA |
Max res |
640 X 480 |
640 X 480 |
640 X 480 |
640 X 480 |
640 X 480 |
Max colors |
256 |
NA |
256 |
256 |
256 |
Shades of qray |
NA |
64 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Diagonal screen size |
9.5- |
10- |
9,4" |
8,5- |
8,4- |
External monitor support |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
Simultaneous display + external |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
Modular display |
yes |
NA |
no |
no |
yes |
Drives |
|||||
Size of hard drive |
179MB |
12(]MB |
120MB |
120MB |
2Q0MB |
Boppv drive placement |
right side |
right side |
front right |
front nght |
right side |
Input/Output |
|||||
Parallel por,s |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Serial ports |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
External kevboard port |
yes |
mouse/keyboard |
yes |
yes |
yes |
Mouse port |
yes |
mouse/keyboard |
yes |
yes |
yes |
Pointing device |
Microsoft Ballpoint |
internal mouse |
Microsoft Ballpoint |
Microsoft BallPolnl |
Logitech TrackMan |
Expansion unit port |
yes (for docking station) |
no |
yes |
yes |
port replicator |
External drive port |
no |
no |
yes |
yes |
no |
Power |
|||||
Battery type |
f^iMH |
nicad |
nicad |
NiMH |
NiMH |
Hardware power management |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
Software power management |
yes |
NA |
yes |
yes |
yes |
Software |
|||||
In addition lo standard DOS and Windows |
remote diagnostics |
NA |
Tl utilities (Battery Pro. L^rge Cursor. Drop N' Go, power management) |
Ultrafont, hypertext online documentation |
Windows for Workgroups. Network Client Shells |
NA=not applicable or informa |
ion on this feature not av |
atlable at press time |
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80486SL CPU running at 25 MHz as the source of its computing power and comes witli 4MB of RAM as the standard comple- ment; for ttiose wlic need more oompSi, the RAM can be expand- ed up to 28MB. No PCMCIA slots are provided on the 425Lnc.
A few words about the 425Lnc"s comfortable keyboard are in order here, since it is one of the best keyboards I've come across on a notebook or laptop PC. The key tops themselves are gently contoured with softly round- ed edges that fit the fingertips well. The action is firm, not "mushy." and fast touch-typists wiir find it a joy to use. The embedded numeric keypad and dedicated cursor direction keys complement the alphanumeric keys, and the F and J keys have raised dots on them for confirm- ing home row position.
Data input doesn't end with the keyboard, however, and Zenith covered thai end well by provid- ing a Logitech TrackMan pointing device, which conveniently clips onto either side of the 425Lnc. The notebook also comes equipped with a dedicated PS/2 mouse port, which accepts the plug from the TrackMan's cable
to make using Windows and oth- er GUI-based applications more efficient. The TrackMan's color per- fectly matches that of the 425Lnc, and the turquoise-col- ored trackball "works" with the blue-green color of the Zenith logo on the notebook.
Color plays a big part in the 425Lnc, since it comes equipped with a TFT active matrix color dis- play, which measures almost 8.5 inches diagonally The display is clear and bright, providing 640 x 480 VGA resolution internally; if you plug an external SVGA moni- tor into the 425Lnc. you can use resolutions of 800 x 600 with 256 colors or 1024 x 768 with 16 col- ors. While not the largest color LCD I've seen, the 425Lnc's is cer- tainly one of the best.
The Z-Note 425Lnc is a good choice for discriminating users who don't mind spending a bit more for a color notebook that performs well.
circle Reader Service Number 360
For coverage of another 486 notebook, The Gate- way 2000 Nomad 450DXL, see the review section.
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A NOTE ON PRICES
With computer products changing more rapidly than ever and with options more plentiful than ever, computer prices can be a tricky business, indeed.
It pays to keep the following points in mind:
Street and direct prices can be considerably lower than list prices. Shopping around helps you find the best price.
Because computer technology evolves rapidly, a product may have changed by the time our re- view sees print. A manufacturer may decide to change the software or the hard drive, for example.
Because consumers are more sophisticated than ever about what they want in computer products and because manufacturers have responded with more options and configurations than ever, one com- puter model may be subject to doz- ens of variations, each with a slight- ly diffarant price.
At COIvlPUTE, we make every ef- fort to verify prices and differentiate between the price for a review configuration and the price for a standard configuration, it's still a good idea, however, to call the manufacturer or vendor to make sure that the configuration you want matches the price you have in mind.
—MIKE HUDNALL
You've heard about tl, you've read about it, now expe- rience the bfeakthrough of Microsoft's- Flight Simulator' V. 5.0 with the breathtaking photo-realism of Mallard Software's new scenery.
Never before seen real-time ray traced Images take you over terrain so real you'll be checking for a seat belt. Layers of realistic clouds wisp past your screen just before connpletely obscuring your vision. Shadows change occording to longitudinal and latitudinal position as the seasons and weather change along your course.
The new satellite sceneries will take you over our nation's capital, Washington D.C. and the natural vistos of the west coast; Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles ond San Diego. These images ore so detailed and so real, you'll see w/hat it rea//y means to have a bird's eye view.
So look for Mallard to bring you the nnost exciting new products in the coming months that will keep you on the edge of your seat and above all the rest.
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No More Blandsiapes
No more staring at a boring monitor, now that Screenies have arrived. These illustrated frames for your screen, burst- ing with color, will rescue you from "the visual monotony*' of your putty-colored monitor and "individualize your work- space at home and at the of- fice," says Screenies inventor Rusty Schwartz, who also owns an art gallery in Sono- ma, California.
Choosing from the 51 Screenies in the introductory First Edition Collection, for whicfi many of America's top illustrators were commis- sioned, you can frame your monitor with a space station, inquisitive news media, mis- chievous kitties at the cat box, children at school, a rain forest, even Ren & Stimpy — and much more.
Functional Screenies in- clude a corkboard for posting notes, a dry-erase memo board, and a photo-frame col- lection. A line of holiday Screenies is currently in pro- duction. Each design is mount- ed on sturdy yet flexible art board, varnished for protec- tion, and packaged in a reseal- able vinyl envelope. At $11.95 each, the Velcro-af- fixed frames are infinitely inter- changeable.
Look for this new trend in "computerwear" at computer supply stores and gift and sta- tionery shops across the U.S. For more information, contact Screenies, 18971 Sonoma Highway, Sonoma, California 95476; (707) 939-6060, (707) 939-6065 (fax).
Double Protection
Notebooks and laptops don't have to take a beating during travel. Colorado-based Double- case manufactures a line of Eurodesigned attache-style cases that offer extra protec- tion for your delicate equip- ment. What's special about
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the Doublecase line is that each piece is engineered as a case within a case, with a double wall of tough, high-im- pact polyethylene that traps a cushion of air for extra protec- tion from impact. The most ver- satile Doublecases are mod- els NB-360Q and NB-4600, which allow you to easily cus- tomize your case interior by re- moving small cubes of foam. And these two are big enough to hold 17- x 11 -inch notebook computers plus ac- cessories. The NB-4600 does double duty as a briefcase, with extra compartments for
files, pens, and cards. Double- case prices range from $60 to S200. For more information, contact Doublecase, 5350 North Academy Boulevard, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80918; (800) 475-0707, (719) 594-9331 (fax).
Now Hear This
Wouldn't it be nice to tell your computer what to do? Voice Blaster from COVOX lets you do just that by adding power- ful voice recognition capabili- ties to popular sound cards and keystroke-intensive appli- cations. This is an easy-to- use, entry-level product rather than an expensive, high-end technology that's difficult to learn and implement. It's de- signed to increase your per- sonal productivity by adding a voice command interface that can be tied to keyboard and mouse macros.
Corporate PC users, hobby-
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If you would like to know more, contact COVOX, 675 Conger Street, Eugene, Ore- gon 97402; (503) 342-1271, (503) 342-1283 (fax).
Hot Chip, Cool Solution
If your machine uses one of the new Intel Pentium chips, you could have a hot problem on your hands. The elevated temperature of an uncon- trolled Pentium can cause sys- tem halts, UAEs in Windows, hard drive data corruption, and total loss of data.
PCubid's Pentium CPU Kool- er, installed on the Pentium chip, provides an environ- ment fully compliant with In- tel's specifications for thermal control. Incorporating a cus- tom-machined heat sink and a miniature fan, the CPU Kool- er includes a temperature- probe port that allows you to add Radio Shack's Micronta digital thermometer as an op- tional accessory for measur- ing the heat sink temperature to ensure that the Pentium is being adequately cooled. With or without the tempera-
The best sound is not in the cards.
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Whether you take your work across the hall or across the country, with PORT-ABLE Sound Plus, you have all the cards you need to play right in your hip pocket. The hinged design lets you flip up the unit if you are short on desk space or lap space. And, the power will always be with you whether you use rechargeable or non- rechargeable AA batteries. PORT-ABLE Sound Plus also comes equipped with an AC/DC power converter,
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Balance the budget,
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ture probe, however, PCu- bid's Pentium CPU Kooler solves the temperature con- trol problem for the Pentium chip — and at a very afforda- ble price. Available direct from PCubid, the Pentium CPU Kooler is $39.95, Micron- ta Digital Thermometers can be purchased at Radio Shack stores for about $15.00. For more information, contact PCubid, 6705 Silver- thorne Circle, Sacramento, Cal- ifornia 95842: (916) 338-1338 {voice or fax).
Jurossic Art
Take a walk through fh/s Juras- sic park — er, art — and you'll see velociraptors dancing, not the vicious killers that run. loose in Michael Crichton's bestseller Arts & Letters Juras- sic ART a complete drawing program from Computer Sup- port, incorporates the compa- ny's new Hex-Art technology, which allows you to actually customize its hundreds of col- orful, detailed clip art images of dinosaurs. The program al- so includes an exceptionally well illustrated informational booklet. The Age of Dino- saurs, and an online data- base that provides instant ac- cess to dinosaur facts, charts, paleontoiogical terms, and maps showing (fay state) where dinosaur tracks, quar- ries,-and exhibits can be found.
What's more, when you pur- chase Arts & Letters Jurassic ART, a portion of the sales will be contributed to "Quest for the African Dinosaur" spon- sored by the Institute for the Study of Earth and Man (IS- EM). ISEM is raising funds to bring the fossilized skeleton of a new type of dinosaur from Malawi, in Africa, to the United States, where it will be reassembled and a model of it made.
Once Malawisaurus comes to life in model form, the orig-
inal skeleton will be returned to the citizens of Malawi and supervised by Malawian pale- ontoiogists trained under the ISEM program.
Arts & Letters Jurassic ART retails for $59,95. If you v^ould like more information, contact Computer Support, 15926 Midway Road, Dallas, Texas 75244; (214) 661-8960, (214) 661-5429 (fax).
It Can Be Done
Can the federal budget be bal- anced? Congress says no, but consumers say yes. Ban- ner Blue released its Uncle Sam's Budget Balancer soft- ware last fall, offering it free to all consumers as a public serv- ice to help increase American taxpayers' awareness of the budget crisis. Banner Blue says the response was out- standing. Results from the company's customer survey show that while many of those who used the program are pessimistic about the gov- ernment's current solutions to the budget problem, 52 per- cent of those who tried the pro- gram have already balanced the budget themselves. For those who want to tackle fis- cal year 1994, Banner Blue is offering an upgraded version of Budget Balancer for S19.99 plus $4.00 shipping (39500 Stevenson Place, Suite 204, Fremont, California 94539; 510-794-6850, 510- 794-9152 [fax]).
One response from a Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, cus- tomer summed up the feeling for most users — and probably most frustrated American tax- payers: "The program al- lowed me to see that a work- able solution to the budget problem is possible ... so why can't the government come up with a soiution?"
Capture It All
Screen shots don't have to be a hassle. Collage Complete,
the easy new screen-capture program from Inner Media, is a complete image-handling system for both DOS and Win- dows that captures, converts, and catalogs images fast. Cap- ture all or a cropped portion of a screen — with or without the cursor — in one of numer- ous formats supported, includ- ing PCX, TIF, GIF, Targa, BMP, and JPEG, in color, black-and-white, and dithered or true gray. The program's unique "countdown" timer al- lows you to make your picture just right, and with Preview mode, you're sure to save the right screen the first time around.
Use the image-cataloging system to group, save, and re- trieve related images, and then view them as a collec- tion of thumbnails for easy se- lection, conversion, or print- ing. Borders of any color can be added, as well as text, rec- tangles, and other objects. A powerful set of batch-style op- erations allows you to modify and/or print several images in one operation. Coliage Com- plete fully supports Windows 3.1 Drag & Drop, Twain scan- ners, Kodak Photo CD-ROM images, and much more. Easy enough for anyone to use, Collage Complete retails for S199. Current owners of Coilage Plus can upgrade di- rectly through Inner Media for $59. For more information, con- tact Inner Media, 60 Plain Road, Mollis, New Hampshire 03049; (800) 962-2949, (603) 465-7195 (fax).
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Screens you can use,
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count on, ports you
can find, mice
you can program, and
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can nin once a day
Save That Screen
I want to save a screen creat- ed with a BASIC program in a format that I can do some- thing with.
JIM BROWN ATLANTA, GA
Here's a routine written in DBA SIC that saves whatever's on the screen as a BMP file, the kind of file you could use as a Windows wallpaper file or load Into Windows Paintbrush (or any program that can load a BMP file) to edit.
SCREEN 12
DIM b(1345j, a&(16)
FOR1 = OT0 15
a&(i} = INT(RND * 64) + INT(RND
* 64) * 256 + INT(RND * 64) *
65536 NEXT
PALEHE USING a&(0) cur=0
REM Place draw routine here. REM The following lines are REM 3 dummy drawing routine REM just to put something on REM tlie screen. FOR I = 0 to 639 LIKE (i, 0)-(l, 480), I AND 15 NEXT
GOSUB SAVESCREEN END
SAVESCREEN: GET (0, 0)-(200, 16), b LINE (0, 0)-(200, 16), 0, BF LOCATE 1, 1 c& = a&(cur + 15) b& ^ a&(cur)
a&(cur) = 63 + 256 * 63 + 65536 * 63
a&(cur + 15) = 63 PALEHE USING a&(cur) INPUT "Filename: ", FILES a&(cur + 15) = [:& a&(cur) = 0
PALETTE USING a&(cur) PUT (0, 0), b, PSET IFIlleS=""THEN RETURN OPEN FILES FOR OUTPUT AS #1 RESTORE bmpdata FOR i = 0 TO 53 READ a: PRINT #1, CHR$(a); NEXT FOR i = 0 TO 15
PRINT #1, CHR$(((a&(cur+i)AND
6SS36* 63)/ 65536) ' 4); PRINT #1, CHR$({(a&(cur+i)AND
256* 63)/ 256) * 4); PRINT #1, CHRS((a&(cur + i) AND
63) * 4);
PRINT #1, CHRS(O); NEXT
points = "" GET(0, Q)-(1D, 479), b FOR i = 479 TO 0 STEP -1 c = (c + 1)AND15 L1NE(0, 4ai)-(9, I + 1), c, BF FOR i = 0 TO 639 STEP 2 points = points ^CHR$(PGINT(j,i)
* 16 + P0INT(j + 1, i)} NEXT
PRINT #1, points; : points = "" NEXT CLOSE
PUT (0, 0), b, PSET aJi(cur) = b& RETURN
bmpdata:
DATA 66, 77, 118, 88. 2, 0, 0, 0 DATA 0, 0, 118, 0, 0, 0, 40, 0 DATAO, 0,128,2, 0, 0, 224,1, 0 DATAO, 1, 0,4, 0,0, 0, 0,0, 0 DATA 88. 2, 0, 132, 61, 0, 0. 132 DATA 61. 0,0, 0, 0.0, 0, 0.0. 0 DATA D, 0, D, 0
Sort of a Problem
I want to sort a file, but not based on the first character in each line. Can you show me a BASIC program that will ac- complish this?
CHAR THEUNE
GROSSE POINTE FARMS, Ml
A BASIC program would be easy enough to write, but why not just use the MS-DOS com- mand SORT? Usually SORT is used to arrange files in al- phanumeric order according to the first character in each line, but this command is far more flexible than that. To sort based on the second char- acter in a line, use the com- mand S0RT/-I-2. To sort in re- verse order, use SORT /R.
The newer versions of DOS have help built in. To see all the things that SORT can do, type sort /?.
BASIC Appreciation
I would like to express my thanks to your publication for including BASIC in its month- ly coverage of the computer world,
I understand that some say that BASIC is a less-than-use- ful language, but, speaking as someone who uses it regu- larly and is constantly study- ing it, I am glad that not all feel this way.
I hope that you will contin- ue to cover all of the comput- er world as well and complete- ly as you have in the past. As a reader, I never stop learn- ing from your publication.
DIRK R LAUBER
DELTA. OH
Remouse
My language of choice is BA- SIC. I decided to make a menu program for running alt my other programs. Every- thing works fine, but it's key- board-driven, and I'd like to make use of the mouse in QBASIC. Is there any way to do this?
MARIUS ZYDYK CALGARY, AB
Probably not in QBASIC, but a routine for accepting mouse input Into QuickBASIC ran in "Tips & Tools" in April 1992. Here's a shorter pro- gram for getting mouse data. You have to run QuickBASIC with the library QB.QLB. To do this, start up QuickBASIC with the command QB /L QB.QLB.
REM Original program by REM Mike Konesky of REM Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 'SINCLUDE: 'qb.bi' DECLARE SUB hide () DECLARE SUB show 0 DECLARE SUB getm (k7o, x%, v%) DIM SHARED Inregs AS RegType, Outregs AS RegType DO
getm k%, x%, y% LOCATE 1, 1
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PRINT x%, y%, k%, "Press both mousE billons to end program." LOOP WHILE k% <> 3 hide END
SUB gelm (k%. x%, y%) lnregs.ax% = 3
CALL INTERRUPT(&H33, Inregs, Outregs) x% = Outregs. cx%/ 8 + 1 y% = 0utregs.dx%/8 + 1 k% = Outregs.bx% END SUB
SUB hide [nregs.ax% = 2
CALL INTERRUPT(&H33, Inregs, Outregs) END SUB
SUB show Inregs. ax% = 1
CALL INTERRUPT(&H33, Inregs, Outregs) END SUB
An Ez in Every Port
In the May Test Lab on tape drives, product information for the Irwin EzPort was accidentally left out. The 250MB EzPort lists for $548, and a 120MB version is available for $448. For more information, contact Maynard Electronics, a division of Conner Periph- erals, at (800) 222-5871, Maynard of- fers a one-year warranty on the EzPort,
In the July issue, the article on Bl- OSs is accompanied by the sidebar "Flash BIOS," which contains the state- ment that updating a flash BIOS can on- ly be accomplished with specialized equipment. That is incorrect. A flash BI- OS can be upgraded by the user, as- sisted by a utility that can be download- ed from the computer manufacturer's BBS.
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Better 1DAY
Here's a better solution to the problem of running a program only once a day. It's better because it doesn't use BA- SIC, so it accompiishes in about 3000 bytes what your solution ("Feedback," April 1993) took 80K to do. There are three batch files. The first is called 1DAY.BAT 44 COMPUTE SEPTEMBER 1993
©ECHO OFF
ECHO I MORE IDATE>I@#.BAT CALL !@#
IF NOT EXIST 1!#.BAT GOTO DOIT CALL ll#
IF %LASTDATE%==%TODAY% GOTO END :DOIT
ECHO II! %TODAY% > l!#,BAT REM This is where you should REM put the commands to REM run the programs you REM only want to run once REM a day, ECHO. :END
SET TODAY= SET LASTDATE=
The second batch file is called CUR- RENT, BAT
SET T0DAY=%4
The third batch file is called MI.BAT. SET LASTDATE=%1
You have to have More and each of these batch files in your path for the program to work. Any programs you list where the REM statements appear in 1DAY.BAT will run only once a day.
R C MARCUS ST THOMAS, ON
Thank you for your elegant solution.
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Clifton Karnes
With DoubleSpace.
you can check
on your free disk
space and the
compression ratio
tor any file
or group ol files
from inside
Fite Manager.
Last month, I promised to talk about DOS 6's Dou- bleSpace, especially as it compares to Stac Electron- ics' Stacker. I've been using Stacker since version 1.0, and it's always performed flawlessly. I have to admit that I was a little queasy about trying a new compres- sion product, but I wanted to test DoubleSpace and com- pare it with Stacker, so I decid- ed to give it a try.
For Stacker users, Micro- soft has a $10 product that will convert a Stacker-com- pressed volume to a Dou-
bleSpace one (there's a cou- pon in your DOS manual). 1 had hoped to use that prod- uct to convert my Stacker drive to a DoubleSpace drive, but it didn't arrive in time, so I did the conversion the hard way,
Here's the procedure I fol- lowed: I backed up my hard disk to tape, reformatted the disk, installed DoubleSpace, and restored the tape back- up. It was not quite as simple as this sounds, but that's the gist of it. Since I wanted to run some benchmarks on my Stacker volume before I refor- matted, I first optimized the Stacker dhve and ran my da- tabase benchmarks and a suite of Windows programs. I ran each benchmark three times and averaged the scores.
Next, I backed up my hard disk. With Stacker, my hard drive is about 400MB, and the backup took about two hours. Then I created a DOS
6 bootable floppy and refor- matted my hard disk with the /s option to make the disk bootable.
Before I could install Double- Space, I needed to restore all the files I use that create vir- tual drives, because these need to be active when Dou- bleSpace runs so it can intel- ligently choose a drive letter for itself. This meant that I had to reinstall my network files so the network drives would be available. I had to run Windows and build a per- manent swap file, because after DoubleSpace was in- stalled, this would not be pos- sible. And I had to restore all my CD-ROM software so the CD-ROM drives could be installed.
After these files were re- stored, I booted up DOS (with Its CD-ROM drives) and togged on to the network. Next, I ran DoubleSpace and followed the onscreen instruc- tions to build a compressed vol- ume. DoubleSpace works like Stacker in that it creates a com- pressed drive that in reality is a hidden system file on your physical drive. After the Dou- bleSpace (or Stacker) driver is installed, this file looks just like another drive to your comput- er. Traditionally, the real drive is called the physical drive, and the compressed drive is called the logical drive. This log- ical drive is, as mentioned above, really just a large file on your physical drive. After Dou- bleSpace installed itself, my drive 0 was a logical drive, and my physical drive be- came drive E.
Next, I restored the rest of my files (this took about four hours), and I was ready to go. I wanted to run my bench- marks using DoubleSpace, but just to be on the safe side, I optimized the Dou- bleSpace volume first and then ran the programs.
The results were about
what I'd expected. Dou- bleSpace proved to be essen- tially as fast as Stacker (Stack- er averaged 2 percent faster, which I consider insignifi- cant), and it provided about the same compression ratio — 1 .8 to 1 .
I have been running Dou- bleSpace for about two months, and it's performed without a hitch.
For Windows users, Dou- bleSpace does two things. First, it gives you more disk space for disk-hungry Win- dows applications. Second, it lets you check on your free disk space and the compres- sion ratio for any file or group of files from inside File Manag- er. If you click on the Dou- bleSpace icon or select Tools, DoubleSpace Info, you'll see a 3-D pie chart of your hard disk indicating free space. Click on More, and you'll see the compression ra- tio of the selected file or files. Pretty cool.
DoubleSpace has one big advantage over Stacker that I haven't discussed so far, and that's that the driver is loaded before your system runs CON- FIG.SYS. This means that with DoubleSpace there's no more problem synchronizing CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEX- EC.BAT files on both your log- ical and physical volumes (usu- ally drives C and D, respective- ly). The next version of Stack- er should incorporate this en- hancement, too.
So what do you do about DoubleSpace? If you're al- ready using Stacker, there's lit- tle reason to switch, especial- ly since it will cost you $10 if you use the conversion pro- gram. If you have DOS 6 and haven't installed a compres- sion program yet, go ahead and install DoubleSpace, and reinstall a couple of those big applications you've had to knock off your hard disk in the last year. □
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Edited by Richard C, Leinecker
Finding a Debug alternative
and skipping Uie perforations
Easier Debug
I've had a number of re- quests for instructions on how to create those Debug scripts we publish. If you know a little assembly lan- guage, it's not too hard. Just write a small program that does something useful; then convert it to a text file that we can publish. Check out previ- ous issues to see what the for- mat looks like. Some of you have done just that, and we appreciate it very much. The "Tips & Tools" column wouldn't be much without the readers' input.
Other readers have written in saying that using Debug is awkward. I agree. Not only that, but DR DOS doesn't even have Debug.
I've spent a considerable amount of time addressing both of these issues. I wrote a program that does two things. It makes typing in those Debug scripts easier and even gives you an auto- matic checksum amount. It'll al- so give you the tools you need to create the scripts from your own programs. Be- sides that, I've collected a bunch of old programs for ex- amples. The last thing I put to- gether was a text file explain- ing the entire process.
The program, under the name TIP_TOOL.Z!P is avail- able on GEnie, CompuServe, and America Online.
RICHARD C. LEINECKER REIDSVILLE. NC
Skip the Perfs
The rather long BASIC pro- gram in answer to Abigail Furth's question published in "Feedback" in March 1993 seems to be overkill. All she wanted to know was how to skip the perforations while cop- ying a file to PRN. A simple one-line program will do the trick.
tvtany 9-pin printers emu- late the Epson FX line of print-
48 COMPUTE SEPTEMBER 1993
ers. These printers all skip the perforations when sent the three-byte command se- quence Esc-N-#. The # stands for the number of lines to skip over. I like 8, so the printer sequence I send is Esc-N-8. You can use the fol- lowing BASIC program to do this.
LPRINT CHRS(27) + ' + CHRS(8)
W
The program can be com- piled and put somewhere in your path. If you don't have a compiler but QBASIC is in your path, save the program as SKIPPERF.BAS and run it with the line QBASIC /RUN SKIPPERF. You'll also need to add a line to the program con- taining the command SYS- TEM, which returns you to the system. Here's the program if you plan to use this ap- proach.
LPRINT CHRS(27) + ' + CHRS(8) SYSTEM
W
If you don't want to use BA- SIC, you can create a special file and send it to the printer. You'll have to use Debug to create a three-byte binary file. Type the following. In these examples, the italic text is what the computer prints; the roman text is what you should type.
debug sklpperf.dat
File not found
-e1Q0 1B4E08
RCX
CX 0000
:3
-W
Wriling 0003 bytes
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To make your printer skip the perforations, type {or put in a batch file) copy sklpperf.dat prn. You can reset your printer
to its default settings with the following BASIC program.
LPRINT CHR$(27) + "@"
Or you can use the file creat- ed with the following Debug script.
debug restprnt.dat
File not iounti
-e 100 18 40
RCX
CX 0000
:2
-W
Writing 0002 bytes
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Batch Version of Deletex
The DELETEX.COM program which was phnted in the Jan- uary 1993 issue of COMPUTE inspired this batch file, ERASENOT.BAT. Much like Richard C. Leinecker's crea- tion, this batch file erases eve- rything in the current directo- ry except the files you speci- fy. The advantage over DE- LETEX.COM is that it's easier to type it in and make chang- es. The disadvantage is that it's kind of slow.
ECHO OFF
IF "%r' ==
GOTO USAGE
REM Here, we create a temporary REM directory to hold all of REM the files in this directory REM that we don't want to delete. REM II this directory name REM conflicts with anything in REM your system, use another REM name that doesn't. MD \TEMP rDOCOPY COPY %1 \TEMP
REM We do a shift so that up
REM to nine arguments can be
REM used.
SHIFT
IF "%1" = "" GOTO DONE
GOTO DOCOPY
:DONE
REM First, we delete everything REIVI in the current directory. ECHO Y I DEL *.*
REfA Then, we copy ojr temporary REIVI files tiack here. COPYUEMPv*.*
REM Now, we delete the files in REM the temporary directory. ECHO Y IDELUEMPV*.*
REM And last, we remove the REM temporary directory. ROMEMP GOTO END
:USAGE
ECHO Usage: ERASENOT flle-
mask1 filemask2 . . . filemask9 ECHO This batch file erases all but
the given file masks.
:END
ILYA TROYCHANSKY BROOKLYN, NY
Files Thof Read Themselves
It never fails. I compress col- lections of files and send them to people, and they call back asking questions. To solve this problem, I include README files. Then they call and ask how to read the README files.
There are lots of other exam- ples where groups of files need some explanation. You might be distributing disks to clients with records, pro- grams, or batch files. Or you might upload files to an online service or BBS.
I have a solution that lets you create a program called MAKEREAD.COM. To use it, just create a file called READ- ME.TXT in the current directo- ry and then run MA- KEREAD.COM. It'll create a file called README.COM that displays a text file and allows users to cursor up and down through it. Press Esc to quit.
You can type Makeread in using the DOS Debug com- mand (or with Com2hex, part
of TIP_TOOL.ZIP, which is available for download on many online services). Make sure the DOS program called Debug is in your path or the current directory. In these ex- amples, the italic text is what the computer prints; the re- man text is what you should type. One way to be sure you get these programs exactly right is to have someone read the numbers to you. An- other way is to read the num- bers into a tape recorder and then play them back as you enter the program code. This program will only work with col- or monitors.
debug makeread.com File not found
-efOO BACE Ot BS 00 3D CD 21 -e 103 72 43 SB F8 BA C3 01 2B -ellO C9 B4 3C CD 21 72 36 SB -e118 D8BA51 01 B9 72 00 B4 ■e120 40 CD 21 B9 01 00 87 FB -el 28 B4 3F CD 21 OB CO 74 08 ■e130 87 FB B4 40 CD 21 EB EE -e138 87 DFCB 06 51 01 1A B4 ■e140 40 CD 21 B4 3E CD 21 SB -e148 DFB4 3ECD21 B4 4C CD -e150 21 83 00 B8 8E CO B4 01 -e158 B9 09 69CD10 2BC9 2B -elBO FF B8 20 IF 51 B9 DO 07 -e1B8 F3 AB59 BE 72 01 2B DB -e170 2BED2B D2 8B FD AC 3C -e178 1A74 IE 3C0D74 07 3B -e180 CB7F F3 AB EB FO 3B CB -el 88 7F 04 81 C5 AO 00 43 46 -8190 8BD3 2B D1 30 R^ 19 75 -e198 DB2AE4CD16 3C IB 74 -elaO 19 80 FC 50 75 08 80 FA -e1a8 19 7CEE 41 EB B1 80 FC -e1b0 48 75 E6 OB C9 74 E2 49 -elbS EB A5 BS03 00 CD 10 B4 -eIcO 4C CD 21 52 45 41 44 40 -e 1C8 45 2E 43 4F 40 00 52 45 -e Ida 41 44 40 45 2E 54 53 54 -e1dS 00 -RCX CX 0000 :00D9 -W
Writing 00D9 bytes -Q
The checksum value (see the July 1993 "Tips & Tools" for
the new Checksum program) is 25423.
RICHARD C, LEINECKER REIDSVILLE, NC
Viewing ZIPs in Windows
I use archives to compress files to floppy disks. From DOS it's easy to see what's in the compressed file; you just type pkzip -vn zip file I more. From Windows it's harder; nor- mally, I shell to DOS because it's easier than using the Fife Manager to run the program. I solved the problem by cre- ating a batch file called ZIRBAT
PKUNZIP -VN %1 PAUSE
I MORE
While in the Windows File Man- ager, highlight a ZIP file. From the File menu select As- sociate. Then choose the Browse button to select ZIP.BAT from the directory where it exists. Now, to view ZIP files, just double-click on those files.
STEVEN R. PETERS BETHLEHEM, PA
Correction
In the October 1992 "Tips & Tools," a tip was published with the name Andeep Tamlianiiar. The name that ap- peared should have been San- deep Tamhanl<ar. Our apolo- gies for the mistake.
RICHARD C- LEIMECKER REIDSVILLE, NC
If you have an Interesting tip ttiat you think would help oth- er PC users, send It along with your name, address, and Social Security number to COMPUTE'S Tips & Tools, 324 West Wendover Avenue, Suite 200, Greensboro, North Carolina 27408. For each tip we publish, we'll pay you $25- $50. All tips submitted be- come the property of General Media International. D
Creating self-typing README nies and peeking tiirough Windows to see what's inside ZIP files
SEPTEMBER 1993 COMPUTE 49
INTRODOS
Tony Roberts
These two new
disk-management
commands
make it easier to
work in DOS 6.
MOVE AND DELTREE
They've been a long time com- ing, but Microsoft's new DOS lias a couple of important disk- management tools — Move and Deltree — that shouldn't be overlooked.
Unless you already have some kind of a file mover on your system, getting a file from one place to another is a three-step process: First, you copy the file to its new loca- tion; second, you check to see that the copy was successful; and third, you delete the file from its original location.
With [X>S 6, you can accom- plish the move in a single com- mand. The syntax is Movefile- name destination.
To move more than one file, you can use wildcards, as in Move *.TXT C:\TXTFILES. If wild- cards won't work, explicitly name all the files you want to move, separating t he source fi le- names with commas; Move AUTOEXEC.BAK.CONFIG.BAK C:\BACKUPS.
DOS informs you if the des- tination subdirectory doesn't ex- ist and asks if you want to cre- ate it. This feature saves time, but it comes back to haunt you if you attempt to move files to the root directory For some reason, DOS doesn't know that the root directory ex- ists and asks. Make directory c:\? [yn]. Although you know the root directory exists, press Y and the files will be moved.
Move, like its older cousin Copy, doesn't warn you if the files you're moving will over- write files of the same name. This requires that you know what files exist on the destina- tion end of your move.
With Move, it's also possi- ble to rename a file as it's be- ing moved, but only if you're moving a single file. The syn- tax that accomplishes this is Move OLDNAME.EXT C;\DEST
XNEWNAME.EXT
Use this trick to rename a subdirectory, too. For exam- ple, use Move C;\SEP93 C;\OCT93 to rename your monthly project subdirectory
Note that Move isn't as com- plex as the "prune and graft" commands found in some file managers. All Move can do is change the name of the sub- directory; it can't change its po- sition on the directory tree. To relocate a directory full of files on the directory tree, create the new subdirectory, use Move to put the files in the new location, and then re- move the old subdirectory
Since the old subdirectory is now empty, it will be easy to remove it the traditional way — with RD, However, when cir- cumstances call for you to de- lete subdirectories full of files, you'll want to use DOS 6's Deltree command.
Prior to DOS 6, removing a subdirectory could be a chore. DOS wouldn't remove a subdirectory containing files, so you had to erase the files before using RD. If the subdirectory contained hid- den files, the DOS Erase com- mand missed them, but RD knew they were there and re- fused to delete the directory So, you had to use the Attrib command to make the hidden files visible and then erase them before you could remove the subdirectory. If you had subdirectories nested within subdirectories, you had to start at the lowest level and re- peat this process as you worked your way up,
Deltree untangles this sticky web. Typing deltree path wipes out the subdirecto- ry, all of its files — including sys- tem, hidden, and read only — and the subdirectories nested within it.
It's powerful, but danger- ous, so make certain you know what you're doing. Even Undelete running in Delete Sen-
try mode can't bring back files that were stored in deleted sub- directories.
Normally, unless you use the /y switch, Deltree will ask for a confirmation before it takes any action. Sometimes, though, it returns to the DOS prompt without saying any- thing. This simply means that Deltree didn't find the subdirec- tory you specified. You may have made a typo as you en- tered its name or failed to iden- tify the entire pathname. Try again. If you're successful, you'll receive a confirmation re- quest followed by the mes- sage Deleting pathname. . . .
Deltree suffers from some oth- er anomalies. First, if you try to delete the current subdirectory, Deltree's messages will indi- cate that it's being done, but the operation won't be com- plete. The files and any subdi- rectories will be removed, but the active subdirectory won't be deleted. Second, if the sub- directory you're removing has any of its attributes set, Deltree thinks the subdirectory is a file and prompts you with Delete file "filename"? [yn]. Although the prompt is erroneous, Deltree takes the expected ac- tion and deletes the specified subdirectory
Finally, either one of these commands can help you cor- rect an illegal-directory-name problem. For example, al- though spaces aren't allowed in directory names, some ap- plications or installation pro- grams manage to create direc- tory names with spaces in them.
To delete such a directory with Deltree, place quotation marks around the directory name when typing the Deltree command; deltree "93 data".
If you [ust want to change the directory name so it's le- gal, use Move, again surround- ing the illegal name with quo- tation marks when you enter it; move "93 data" data. n
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Use DOS 6's
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to supercharge your
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anil CONFIG.SYS files.
DOS 6's
MULTICONFIG, PARTS
In the August column. I sug- gested one way to easily com- bine a number of AUTOEX- EC. BATs into a single MultiCon- fig-ready file. If ycu tried exper- imenting with your system, per- haps you learned that the con- figuration names get passed to AUTOEXEC.BAT in the same case that you wrote them in CONFIG.SYS. If the configuration name is interlnk. don't write the IF statement as IF %config% = = INTERLNK GOTO . . . , for that'll never match. The case must match; the statement would have to be IF %config%==interlnk GOTO ....
If you're batch-savvy, you may know about the CALL statement. The CALL state- ment makes it possible for one batch job to activate another batch job without DOS's forget- ting about the original batch job. For you nonbatchers, ac- tivating one batch program from inside another doesn't or- dinarily cause DOS to finish the first batch job once the sec- ond has been run. For exam- ple, assume that you have a batch job called X.BAT that looks like this.
©echo off
ecfio Message from X
Y
echo Last message from X
Also, assume that you have a batch program called Y.BAT that looks like this.
©echo off
echo Message from Y
Running X will result in the screen's showing this.
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Message from X Message from Y
SEPTEMBER 1993
There will be no Last mes- sage from X.
That's because starting one batch program from in- side another batch program causes C0MMAND.COM— the program that executes batch programs — to load Y.BAT in anticipation of execut- ing it and to accidentally over- write X.BAT in COM- MAND,COM's memory, As a result, when Y ends, COM- MAND.COM returns to the command prompt, not to the finishing lines of X.BAT If, on the other hand, the line Y that stands by itself in X.BAT is re- placed by CALL Y, COM- MAND.COM will remember X.BAT and the output will be as follows.
Message from X Message from Y Last message from X
The CALL command will, then, provide an alternative to inserting the various AUTOEX- EC.BATs physically into the master AUTOEXEC.BAT To apply this, recall the AUTOEX- EC.BAT that we ended up with in August looks iike this, with three sections,
©ECHO OFF
IF %config%==standard GOTO
STANDARD IF %config%==maxmemory GOTO
MAXMEMORY IF %CDnfig%==wingcomm GOTO
WINGCOfVIM :STANDARD PROMPT $P$G PATH C:\DOS DOSKEY PRINT IQ SMARTDRV GOTO END iMAXMEMORY PROMPT $P$G PATH C:\DOS LH DOSKEY GOTO END :WINGCOMM CD\GAMES\WC2 WC2 GOTO END
The standard section is the stuff that you usually use, the interlnk section sets up an In- terlnk server, and the wing- comm section sets up a con- figuration that aliows Wing Commander II — a very memo- ry-intensive game — to run. But instead of merging these files, imagine that you have batch files called STAN- DARD.BAT MAXMEM.BAT and WINGCOMM.BAT Inside the sections you could simply insert CALL STANDARD, CALL MAXMEM, or CALL WINGCOMM. The final AU- TOEXEC.BAT look like this.
©ECHO OFF
IF %config%=slan()ard GOTO
STANDARD IF %config%==n!iaxmemory GOTO
MAXMEMORY IF %config%==wingcamm GOTO
WINGCOMM :STANDARD CALL STANDARD GOTO END :MAXMEMORY CALL MAXMEM GOTO END :WINGCOMM CALL WINGCOMM GOTO END :END
Now, there's an even more compact way of doing this that involves just doing the CALL statements from inside the IFs; the AUTOEXEC.BAT would look like this.
©ECHO OFF
IF %config%==standard CALL
STANDARD IF %config%==maxmemory CALL
MAXMEM IF %con(ig%==wingcDmm CALL
WINGCOMM
That's probably an accepta- ble alternative, and it certain- ly makes converting a bunch of configurations to a single AUTOEXEC.BAT easier, but it won't work if the %config% variable gets altered by one
of the batch files. The chances of that happening are small, so this may be the simplest method of unifying AUTOEXEC. BATs for most people.
If you're a batch expert, a look at the amalgamated batch file above will probably lead you to notice that I could've reorganized some of the statements to make the AUTOEXEC.BAT smaller. That's certainly true, and if you want to do that for your AUTOEXEC.BAT go ahead. I didn't because I like the clear- ly defined separate areas for the different configurations.
Making It Simple
Let's get back to the CON- FIG.SYS part of MultiConfig. In my example, I end up with a CONFIG.SYS that looks like this.
[menu]
menuilem normal, Standard setup menuitem interink, Setup witfi interink driver menudefault normal,2
[narmall
FILES=60
BUFFERS=30
STACKS=9,256
DEVICE=C:\D0S\KIIV1EM.SYS
DOS=HIGH
[inJerInk]
FILES=BO
BUFFERS=3D
STACKS=9,256
DEV!CE=C:\D0S\HIIV1E1V1.SYS
DOS=HIGH
OEViCE=C:\D0S\INTERLNK,EXE
You'll notice that a group of statements is common to both configurations. There are just a few statements that you can expect ail configurations to have— perhaps an essen- tial device driver, FILES/BUFF- ER 8/ LASTDR IV E/STACKS statements, and the like. In the case of my example con- figuration, the commands
that are common to the two configurations are as follows.
FILES=60
BUFFERS=30
STACKS=g,25B
DEVICE=C:\D0S\HI!V1EIVI.SYS
DOS=HIGH
You can save yourself some typing by extracting a com- mon group of statements and making it a block by giving it a block name and using the IvlultiConfig command IN- CLUDE. Just remove the group of statements from all configurations that use it, and precede it with a name in brackets, just like the config- urations that you've been build- ing so far.
Where the group of state- ments used to be in each con- figuration, insert the phrase IN- CLUDE [biockname], where blockname is whatever you've called the block of statements common to the configurations. For example, if I create a block called [shared] that con- tains the statements that are shared between the configura- tions, the CONFIG.SYS looks like this.
[menu]
menuitem normal, Standard setup menuitem Interink, Setup witti Interink driver menudetault normal, 2
[sliared]
FILES=60
BUFFERS=30
STACKS=9,256
DEVICE=C:\D0S\HIIV1EIVI.SYS
DOS=HIGH
[normal] INCLUDE shared
[Interink]
INCLUDE shared
DEVICE=C:\DOS\INTERLNK.EXE
You can have as many IN- CLUDE blocks as you like. For exannple, you might have
an INCLUDE block with your memory management com- mands (Ef\/1M386/HIMEM/ D0S=HIGH,Ufv1B), another with your LAN drivers, anoth- er with Interink commands, and so on.
If you have a bunch of state- ments that are common to all configurations, you can cre- ate a block containing those statements, and then include them in each block. But there's an easier way: using the [common] block.
There's a predefined block called [common], which, if in- cluded in your CONFIG.SYS, will automatically be executed at the end of every configura- tion. Just include [common] on a line and follow it with whatev- er statements you want to see executed, no matter which con- figuration gets selected.
I strongly recommend that you have a [common] block and that you put it at the end of your CONFIG.SYS. That way, when you install a pro- gram that inserts commands Into your CONFIG.SYS state- ment, the new statements will usually be placed at the end.
If the last block is the [com- mon] block, you know that the statements will be executed; if the last block Isn't the [com- mon] block, the newfy inserted statements won't be executed unless the last block happens to get executed, which would probably cause the newly in- stalled program to fail.
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PROGRAMMING POWER
Tom Campbell
Read ttie tutorial fii^
if you don't tfiink
you need it read The
ODjectPAL
Developer's Guide
first if you tfiinl<
you need the tutorial.
PARADOX AS A WINDOWS DATA- BASE MANAGER
This month, I find myself in a strange position. I'm going to tell you why I think Paradox is a great Windows database manager to use for serious ap- plications development. Then I'm going to tell you to break all the rules. Borland has some of the best manuals I've ever seen for a fanguage prod- uct, but it tells you to use them the wrong way. Below, you'll find my new rules, which will tell you how to use them the right way.
Remember that I'm looking at this from a programmer's standpoint, but you don't need experience in any other computer languages to learn how to program Paradox. It will take a while, probably at least three months, to get the hang of it if you've never pro- grammed before. This is true for any programming lan- guage. Learning ObjectPAL {PAL stands for Paradox Appli- cation Language) is very easy in some respects but daunting in others. It is well worth the time you put into it.
1 . Read the tutorial first if you don't think you need ii; read The ObjectPAL Develop- er's Guide first if you think you need the tutorial. The Borland documentation says you should read the Learning Ob- jectPAL tutorial if you don't have any programming expe- rience. The problem is that it jumps right into hard-core con- cepts like objects and meth- ods while neglecting to ex- plain more basic things like constants and variables. All are important, but the basics are called that for a reason. They should always come first. If you understand none of these things, worry not. The Borland manuals offer hope if
you break the rules. The Ob- jectPAL Developer's Guide, os- tensibly for programmers who have read Learning Ob- jectPAL and are now ready to start developing fuli-fledged applications, has four intro- ductory chapters that really belong in the tutorial. They are very well written, just mis- placed. The first rule, then, is to read chapters 1-4 of The ObjectPAL Developer's Guide if the Learning ObjectPAL book leaves you a bit unful- filled. None of this is to say that the guide falls short. It's a milestone in Borland docu- mentation and should be a model tor all language prod- ucts. Usually, languages give you a reference and, if you're lucky, a tutorial. The problem is what happens in between. They never seem to have a book that addresses the needs of the person who has mastered the rudiments but doesn't know where to go next. It's the basis of a multi- million-dollar book industry. I'm delighted to see Borland tackling this very difficult sub- ject, I'd like to see Borland do the same thing with its Pascal and C products, and Microsoft should do the same with its languages.
2. Use the reference as a tu- torial no matter what. As good as The ObjectPAL Develop- er's Guide IS (and that's very good), you can learn even more by thumbing through The ObjectPAL Reference. Reference books aren't de- signed to be used as tutorials or even to be browsed. You're expected to have an idea of what you're looking for before you crack the book. Ob- jectPAL is such a big lan- guage that no tutorial could cover all its facets. Spend an occasional lunch hour or bus ride just thumbing through The ObjectPAL Reference, and you will assuredly discov- er useful, timesaving features
that you might never learn about otherwise. Do this once while you're learning Ob- jectPAL, expecting to learn very little, and then severai times after you've learned it, It's a synergistic process. The more you learn about Ob- jectPAL, the more usefu these free-form sessions will be- come and the more they'll help you learn the language. A side note: If you're trying to learn how to program Win- dows in C, this technique might be the glue you need to hold together the concepts you've been learning.
3. Quit planning. The Ob- jectPAL Developer's Guide quotes the party line of data- base programming, which is that you should plan an appli- cation extensively before start- ing it, This may make sense in large corporations, although there is ample evidence sug- gesting this isn't automatically true. It's also the first rule of eve- ry database textbook written since the Jurassic Period. Throw that rule out the window if you use Paradox. Object- oriented programming tends to seal off the parts of large pro- grams in such a way that shuf- fling them around and trying out new ideas is easier than it ever was before with tradition- al programming techniques. Paradox enforces many good object-oriented techniques, and because of this, I've had a lot more, well, fun letting applications evolve naturally.
The Paradox programming environment is responsive, ef- ficient, flawlessly designed, and a joy to use. Borland's lan- guage manuals used to be full of corny jokes and asides about just how fun the products were to use. And they were right! Paradox 1 .0 is as cool as Turbo Pascal 1 .0 was, but the manuals forget to mention it. Quit planning. Learn the lan- guage, but play as you go. The rest will take care of itself. O
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What would you expect to pay for a good word- processing program: $200 or $400— or even more? How about $5 — or even less? That's what some ads for share- ware products imply. Shareware is an inexpensive method of distriti- uting software that relies on an author's efforts— and the integrity of the program's users. Shareware authors give away copies of their programs for free or for low disk duplication charges.
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another shareware product that doesn't restrict you.
Some restrictive shareware programs purposely destroy them- selves after a given period of time unless they've been registered. After you pay the registration fee, you're given either a new version or a password that disables the erase function in your copy.
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drive before they can be used. Despite the huge capacity of a CD- ROM, many publishers also compress the files on the disc, which means that a decompression utility transfers the files to your hard drive.
Happy Hunting
So what is available in shareware? Everything from truly free programs without any financial obligations up through multithousand-dollar vertical- market products. You can obtain clip art, databases of information, or useful productivity programs.
The primary advantage of share- ware is the concept of checking something out before you make your full payment. For the most part, com- mercial software is sold on the you- break-it-you-bought-it principle—/? in this case referring to the product's shrink-wrap. As a rule, the only guar- antee you have of the product's per- formance is its advertisements, the company's reputation, and the opin- ions of friends and reviewers. With shareware you're actually encouraged to test before you invest.
There are many good shareware productivity products. Which product is better is often a matter of personal preference, but there are many pro- grams that are generally considered
excellent. Here are some of my favorites. It would be possible to run a business office using only programs from this short list.
Word processing. So far, a share- ware product on the level of Microsoft Word or WordPerfect has not appeared, but if you need a function- al, friendly DOS word processor for writing letters, short documents, and notes, PC-Write is an excellent, inex- pensive shareware choice.
Spreadsheet. The capabilities of shareware spreadsheet programs lil<e PC-Calc, Express-Calc, and Free Calc compare favorably with those of pro- fessional programs like VisiCalc and Lotus 1-2-3. The documentation for these shareware products is not on a par with the documentation shipped with the professional products, but if you already know how to use a spreadsheet program, you'll probably be satisfied with their performance.
Database. As a file-card-style data- base program, PC-File or File-Express performs adequately. If you need a more reiational database utility, try 1 on 1 = 3, a workalike clone of dBASE II!. A!so, keep an eye out for WAtyiPUM.
Communications. Telecommu- nications programs are one area where shareware really excels. Pro- comm is one of the most popular com-
munications programs, even when considering professional products. It's gone professional (Procomm Plus for Windows was a COMPUTE Choice award winner), but version 2.43 is still available in shareware collections.
Other categories where there are excellent shareware productivity pro- grams include graphics, desktop pub- lishing, and utilities.
Until recently, there wasn't much Windows shareware available. Several shareware programming utilities for Windows programmers have made it easier to develop Windows-based applications, and there are now collec- tions of shareware Windows programs.
Sharing ts Caring
The biggest shareware question is, If shareware is better than commercial- ware, why would anybody buy com- mercial software?
The primary disadvantage of shareware is explained by Sturgeon's Law, Science-fiction author Ted Sturgeon once shocked his col- leagues by stating, "Ninety percent of science fiction is crap." He continued, "But so is 90 percent of everything else." Well, shareware probably approaches the 99th percentile. With commercial programs, especially those from a reputable company, you
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What's hot in shareware? We called CompuServe to get the titles of the hottest shareware and freeware. Here's the list.
Windows
Here are some of the most popular Windows shareware and freeware packages on CompuServe.
1. Switcher (filename SWITCH.ZiP); 15,943 bytes. This utility lets you quickly switch video modes.
2. fvlonitor Saver (filename MS20B- .ZIP}; 16,700 bytes. This screen saver includes five blanking options.
3. Flipper (filename FLIPPE.ZIP), 6530 bytes. Flipper is a utility that flips the printer orientation from por- trait to landscape when you double- click on its icon.
4. Makefont (filename MAKEFO.ZIP}; 1 1 ,389 bytes, Makefont converts the fonts found in your system ROfvl into Windows FNT files.
5. Gtoys (filename GTOYS.ZIP); 40,128 bytes. This fractal generator draws Mandelbrot, Julia, and fractal dragon sets.
6. Winlak (filename WINTAK.ZIP); 101,376 bytes. WinTak is a Windows video benchmark that analyzes the performance of your video card. Created by Texas Instruments, it uses the Tl 34010 or Tl 34020 graph- ics accelerator as the standard against which your video card is measured. It requires Windows 3.1.
7. POSTNET Bar Code Font (filename POSTAL.ZIP), 7347 bytes. This file is actually a font file that contains TrueType and ATfvl versions of the bar code used by the U.S. Postal Service. It will print the nine-digit ZIP code or the POSTNET bar code on envelopes.
8. DisplayText (filename DRVTST- .ZIP); 93,249 bytes. This utility tells the user about the display technolo- gy in use by Windows. It also can list all of the modules loaded, giving expanded fife data about them.
9. DISK SPOOL (filename DS.EXE); 118,151 bytes. This is a pnnt spooler for Windows.
10. WinZip (filename WINZIP.ZIP); 153,964 bytes. This is a shell for all of the most popular archiving products, such as PKZip and LHARC. This does not actually include the archiv- ing products, which must be down- loaded or purchased separately.
DOS
Here are some of the most popular DOS shareware and freeware pack- ages on CompuServe.
1. Ur^BDVR.EXE: 40,389 bytes. This utility uses shadow RAM to provide upper memory and XMS to provide EMS for DOS 5. It loads high.
2. LXEX91.ZIP; 43,975 bytes. It com- presses EXE files (typically 30-40 percent) while leaving the files exe- cutable. Warning: Screen messages are in French.
3. TSR.COM; 75,277 bytes. This is a library of TSR management utilities including the well-known utilities Mark and Release.
4. FDATE.ZIP; 60,477 bytes. This utility allows you to use date manipu- lation in batch files. Use it to put the date of your choice into an environ- ment variable.
5. JCScroll (filename JCSCRO.ZIP), 8202 bytes. This TSR screen-scrolling utility lets you scroll She screen back- ward to see information that has scrolled upward off the screen.
6. VIRX.ZIP; 107.708 bytes. This virus scanner has 1300 virus strings and will identify over 1400 viruses,
7. DIET (filename D1ET14.ZIP); 40,925 bytes. This utility compresses executable files and data files. It decompresses and compresses on the fly as a TSR, thus saving disk space.
8. PRINDIR (filename PRINDl.ZIP); 28,328 bytes. This TSR allows redi- rection of printer output from one LPT or COM port to another port, to a disk file, or to the screen.
9. MEMKIT.ZIP; 140,547 bytes. This creates upper memory from shadow RAM and loads TSRs and device dri- vers into high memory on 8088s and 80286s.
10. LIST Plus (filename LIST77.EXE); 108,729 bytes. This file browser and viewer includes menuing, selective printing, and a telephone dialer.
can be fairly sure that the product is useful. On the other hand, many shareware collections proudly claim to include every shareware program the distributors could find, actually taking pride in being indiscriminate about what they include.
Generally, you get better support for commercial programs, including better help screens, better manuals, and better telephone support. As a rule, a programmer who can write an excellent program probably can't write a good instruction manual. With a commercial program, the manual, packaging, and other components were probably created by different specialists. The program itself was probably written by a team — each programmer specializing in a particu- lar module. Most shareware pro-
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grams are individual efforts; the pro- grammer is the manual writer, the tutorial writer, and the technical sup- port department.
Another disadvantage of a single- author effort is bad programming habits. All programmers have them, and they range from simple typos and crude menus to calculation mistakes. With multiple programmers it's less likely that mistakes will get by.
The best shareware eventually becomes commercialware. The author may suddenly realize that a product is popular enough to start a one-product business. A program may be pur- posely first introduced as shareware to evaluate users' responses: what features they want, which features are confusing, which features cause the program to freeze solid. Or a software
publisher may offer to purchase a product. When this happens, the last shareware version often remains on bulletin boards as an advertisement for the commercial product,
Even with the limitations, there are many good shareware products that are certainly worth searching for. But is it worth paying $1 to $5 per disk and sifting through hundreds of share- ware programs until you find one you want? Again, Sturgeon's Law applies. It's best to assume that the good products you find will make up for the effort of winnowing the rest. Under the worst circumstances, you can always reformat the disk and partially recoup your loss with a blank disk.
Occasionally, you will find share- ware specials. In an effort to reduce stock or use it as a loss leader to get
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Shareware Sources |
Finto Software |
Shareware Central |
Rte. 2, Box 44 |
P.O. Box 897 |
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Rosebud, TX 76570 |
29 Erie St. N |
shareware. Remember that share- |
(817)583-2151 |
Wheatley, ON |
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Canada NOP 2P0 |
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Free Spirit Software |
(519) 825-7480 |
board services. |
720 Sycamore St. |
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Columbus, IN 47201 |
SoftShoppe |
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American Software |
(800) 638-5757 |
P.O. Box 247 |
P.O. Box 509, Ste, M22 |
(812) 376-9964 |
Artesia, CA 90701 |
Roseville, M\ 48066 |
(800) 829-2378 |
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IkeaMo Enterprises |
(310)802-1333 |
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The Amish Outlaw |
255 W. SOON |
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3705 Richmond Ave, |
Howe, IN 46746 |
Software Labs |
Staten Island, NY 10312 |
(219)463-5246 |
100 Corporate Pointe, Ste. 195 |
(800) 947-4346 |
Culver City, CA 90231 |
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M & M Computing |
(800) 569-7900 |
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Bright Futures P.O. Box 1030 |
43 Maple St. |
(310)410-3040 |
Newburgh, NY 12550 |
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E. Windsor, CT 06088 |
(914)569-0510 |
Software of the Month Club |
(800) 235-3475 |
5816 Dryden PI. |
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PC Shareware |
Carlsbad, CA 92008 |
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Caloke Industries |
1 763 Garnet Ave. |
(619)931-8111 |
P.O. Box 18477 |
San Diego, CA 92109 |
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Raytown, MO 64133 |
(800)447-2181 |
Software Twenty Twenty |
(816)478-6185 |
(619) 272-6673 |
P.O. Box 1078 Lorton, VA 22079 |
Chestnut CD-ROf^fl |
PCSIG |
(800)800-3122 |
222 Third St., Ste. 3212 |
1030 E. DuaneAve.,Ste. D |
(703) 339-0961 |
Cambridge, MA 02142 |
Sunnyvale, CA 94086 |
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(617)864-8326 |
(800)245-6717 |
Value Software |
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(408) 730-9291 |
P.O. Box 4638 |
Christella Enterprise P,0, Box 82205 |
Pendragon Software Library |
Medford, OR 97501 |
Rochester, f\/1f 48307 |
P.O. Box 56 |
Walnut Creek CD-ROM |
E. Greenwich. Rl 02818 |
1547 Palos Verdes, Ste, 260 |
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Compro Software P.O, Box 4426 |
(800) 828-3475 |
Walnut Creek, CA 94596 |
(401)884-6825 |
(800) 786-9907 |
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Star City, WV 26504 |
(510)674-0783 |
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(304)599-7183 |
The Profit Group 2956 N. Campbell Ave. |
Windows 900 |
Crosley Software Box 276 |
Tucson, AZ 85719 (800) 843-7990 |
P,0. 60x85178 Las Vegas, NV 89185 |
Alburg, VT 05440 |
(602) 577-9696 |
(702) 386-8048 |
(514) 739-9328 |
Save-On Software |
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Disks O'Plenty 8362 Pines Blvd., Ste. 270 |
P.O. Box 1312 Wilkes-Barre, PA 18703 |
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more sales elsewhere, a distributor might charge a dollar or less for each shareware disk, or $20-$30 for a CD-ROM with 500MB of shareware. If you can find shareware at those prices, it's difficult to go wrong.
Strictly Business
In addition to programs, you can find excellent shareware data files. For example, you can get an entire library of prewritten generic business corre- spondence as text files that you can load into your word processor and edit to suit your needs. You'll find pre- made spreadsheet and desktop pub-
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lishing templates, and a museum's worth of clip art.
It's not unlikely that you could start and run a business office using shareware exclusively. At some point you might want to move to commercial software, but there's no less expensive or less risky way to get started.
The high popularity of shareware has forced the software industry to become more competitive. Originally, commercial software publishers looked down on shareware products as amateurish and unsophisticated. But as shareware has proliferated, it
has influenced the commercial soft- ware industry. Many commercial prod- ucts have reduced their prices to become more competitive with share- ware products, and new releases often include features first introduced in shareware products.
The personal computer industry has its roots in the garage operations of people like Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Paul Allen, and Bill Gates. What are the struggling little garage- style operations of today up to? By the hundreds, they're writing, debug- ging, and distributing shareware of every deschption. □
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MS-DOS 6 is the latest ver- sion of Microsoft's best-selling operating system, The DOS 6 features that you probably haven't heard much about are, strangely, the ones that make the upgrade worthwhile. There's a lot to like in DOS 6,
Probably the most useful new feature is MultiConfig, If you have one CONFIG, SYS {and AUTOEXEC.BAT) for your normal work, another one that you use sometimes when you need the most free memory, another that's com- pletely vanilla, and perhaps one other to play Wing Com- mander II, then you have to have MultiConfig. There are boot manager programs, but they always seemed to give me heartburn when I used them with OS/2 or NT
In contrast, MultiConfig is a fairly simple program that's built into the operating sys- tem. It lets you put a pile of configurations into a single AU- TOEXEC. BAT/CON FIG. SYS, and two keystrokes let you choose a specific setup that's right for today. Best of all, it coexists with other oper- ating systems with no muss, fuss, or greasy aftertaste. So I call MultiConfig the best sin- gle reason to buy DOS 6.
But that's not all there is to this upgrade. The memory manager is better, although it isn't perfect (yet). The EMM386. EXE/HI MEM. SYS two-part memory manager shipped with DOS 5 is a good basic memory manag- er. It's particularly well adapt- ed to working with Windows, and it can accomplish about 90 percent of what a full- blown memory manager like QEMM-386 or 386Max can do, DOS 5's memory manag- es COMPUTE SEPTEMBER 1993
er really lacks only two impor- tant tools: program placement and program squeezing, On that front, when we look at DOS 6, there's some good news, and there's some bad news.
Program placement makes it possible to say to the mem- ory manager, "Not only do I want to load this program high — into an upper memory block — but I also want to load it to this particular loca- tion." DOS 5 can't do this, but DOS 6 can. That's the good news.
But what about program squeezing? Program squeez- ing is necessary when you're trying to load a program that seems very large when it be- gins loading but then settles down to a small memory foot- print. Such a yo-yo program can cause a memory manag- er to erroneously refuse to load the program high. What happens is that the memory manager sees the program in its initial huge configuration and reckons that a program that large will be unable to fit into the upper memory area. As a consequence, the mem-
ory manager loads the pro- gram into low memory.
A squeeze feature allows you to inform your memory manager that a program is a yo-yo. Duly informed, the mem- ory manager will exercise a lit- tle patience and load the pro- gram high on the basis of its final load size, not on its over- stated initial load size. Other memory managers have this capability, but — here's the bad news— DOS 6 doesn't. Maybe next time?
Next on the list of new fea- tures is Interlnk. If you travel, you'll appreciate Interlnk. I trav- el all the time, so there are few weekdays that I'm writing with my desktop machines. Sunday through Thursday nights, 1 bang out PC prose on my notebook. And when I return home, I want to easily move the fruits of my labors to one of my desktop ma- chines. But shuffling floppies around is a pain. I've tried Lap- Link — all the pundits say that it's the best — but I find its men- us confusing. DOS 6's serial/ parallel file transfer program, Interlnk, is exactly what I've been looking for.
Interink lets me connect two machines parallel port to parallel port and load a de- vice driver. Then one of the machines acts like a LJ\N serv- er. I had an extra parallel port, so I installed it in my desktop machine as LPT2 and put a parallel transfer ca- ble on it. Now, when I come home, I just plug the other end of the cable into the par- allel port on my notebook com- puter, run Interink (I don't even have to mess with CON- FIG.SYS—I have MultiConfig set to offer an Interink option- al setup), and voila! My note- book connputer now has a new drive, E. Drive E is, of course, really drive C on my desktop machine. An Xcopy command or two, and my da- ta's transferred.
I find the new DOS online help to be of great value when i'm editing a CON- FIG.SYS file. (What were those Interink parameters, anyway?) And while I've al- ways had virus scanner pro- grams around, DOS's built-in virus scanner is OK. That means that carrying DOS disks around with me will serve the virus-scanning func- tion, allowing me to carry few- er disks.
Up through DOS 5. batch files could talk, but they couldn't listen. However, that's no longer true. There's a new batch command called CHOICE, which allows your batch files to prompt for single-character answers. Fur- thermore, the CtHOICE com- mand can be used in a timer role. You can use CHOICE as a kind of poor man's time activator,
Undeletion capabilities ap- peared in DOS 5. but DOS 6 takes undeletion a step fur- ther in reliability with a feature
called Delete Sentry Once ac- tivated, Delete Sentry pre- vents DOS from actually eras- ing fries when you issue a Del or Erase command. Instead, DOS moves the files to a hid- den directory. It holds them there for a while (you can de- fine a while however you like), which gives you a chance to change your mind and restore the files later.
DOS 6's new features bring with them some oppor- tunities for trouble, as is the case with all new pieces of software. In particular, you may want to be careful about installing DoubleSpace, the new disk compression rou- tine. If you do plan to use Dou- bleSpace, try doing a few things to minimize the chance that you'll stumble on the path to more disk space. First, prepare your disk be- fore installing DoubleSpace (it isn't installed automatically; you install DOS 6 and type dblspace when you're ready to start using this feature).
DoubleSpace has a hard job, so It's a good idea to make the job as easy as pos- sible for it. Clean your disk by getting rid of any extra disk files; get rid of anything that you haven't used in a while. Then defragment your disk with the new Defrag com- mand. Finally, do not com- press the entirety of your C drive; instead, let Dou- bleSpace create a new drive out of the empty space on your C drive. If you find it nec- essary, remove some things from C, create a new drive from the empty space, and then restore the files to the new drive. Be aware that the new SMARTDrive requires that you reboot your system by executing a Ctrl-Alt-Delete keystroke combination — don't
use your reset switch! Keep that in mind, and you'll be able to get up and running with more disk space in short order.
DOS 6's Memfvlaker will or- ganize your memory manager to give you more memory, and you will probably v/ant to run it soon after installing DOS 6. But heed one word of advice: Don't run Express Set-
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DOS 6 is a good buy; it's an even better buy if you take a close look at some of its less publicized features. If you didn't go for this upgrade when It was offered at a spe- cial introductory price, don't feel too bad. At least you can still get it — and the new utili- ties bundled with it definitely justify the cost, lI
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For computer professionals worldwide, COMDEX offers a dazzling array of high-tech gadgetry. But COMDEX also features plenty for the home of- fice user, and this spring's show in Atlanta was no excep- tion. Stashed among ttie splashy displays of high-end products were lots of offerings capable of boosting produc- tivity without busting your bank account.
Here are several new hard- ware and software releases that caught my eye:
The Microsoft tVlouse. Reengineered to be more er- gonomically correct, Micro- soft's mitten-shaped pointing device won't make you reach for the Motrin at the end of the day. Capable of being used with equal comfort in either hand, the new, improved mouse is designed to boost your speed and efficiency when you're working with one of Microsoft's better-known products, Windows. Mouse mashers will also enjoy the snazzy, new software driver that minimizes mouse move- ment on the screen with fea- tures like Snap To, which auto- matically snaps the cursor to the default button in Windows' dialog boxes, and Locate, which returns the cursor to the center of the screen if you mo- mentarily lose it. The serial and mouse port versions cost $109.00 each; the driver atone sells for SI 9.95.
PackRat 5.0. Polaris Soft- ware's award-winning person- al information manager for Win- dows has been totally re- vamped, so you can spend less time figuring out how to use it and more tinne putting it to work. New features include customizable folders, forms, and lists; electronic mail capa- bility; full integration with oth-
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er Windows applications; mac- ro scripts and a programming language; and SmartStart cus- tomized workspaces for law- yers, managers, and other pro- fessionals. The upgrade costs $99; the stand-alone version had not been released in stores at press time.
HP 100LX. The latest ver- sion of Hewlett-Packard's pop- ular palmtop PC is a savvier road warrior than the original {the HP 95LX). The HP 10GLX features built-in Lotus cc;Mail Remote, data communica- tions, and PC-software compat- ibility for number-crunchers on the go. It still comes in a trim black case and weighs in at 11 ounces, but the guts of the machine have been totally re- designed. It has everything from the faster CPU to the high- er-resolution screen to the in- teractive serial port. All this for only $749 (list price),
PagePlus 2.0 for Windows. This full-featured page layout program by Serif provides a low-cost alternative to such desktop publishing heavy- weights as QuarkXPress and Aldus PageMaker. PagePlus, which retails for $59.95, offers style sheets, floating palettes, rotation of text and objects, kerning, tracking, text filters for a variety of Windows word proc- essors, PANTONE color selec- tion, spot and process color separations, and support for Object Linking and Embed- ding (OLE). Serif also offers low-cost add-on packages such as TypePlus ($19.95), which lets you manipulate text, and FontPack One ($19.95), which offers 100 TrueType fonts.
TravelMate 4000E WinDX2/ 50. If you have some extra mon- ey burning a hole in your pock- et, consider Texas Instru- ments' hot new 486 color note- book ($4,999), which gives you alt the power of a desktop PC in a slim 6.2-pound case. The newest TravelMate fea-
tures a brilliant 640 x 480 VGA display a high-speed vid- eo system for iightning-fast graphics, advanced Bat- teryPro power management for longer battery life, and a full-travel keyboard with 1 2 sep- arate function keys plus dedi- cated Page Up, Page Down, Home, and End keys.
Stacker Special Edition. Un- willing to let DOS 6's new Dou- bleSpace data compression utility go unchallenged, Stac Electronics rolled out Stacker Special Edition ($49.95) at the show, trumpeting it as a low- cost solution for computer us- ers leery of trusting their valu- able data to a first-generation product, The new Stacker, de- signed only for PCs with DOS 6 already installed, replaces DoubleSpace with Stacker files and adds such features as Stackometer, which lets you monitor your hard drive's data compression ratio, and Stacker Tuner, which lets you balance speed and space. Stacker Special Edition also lets you use powerful DOS com- mands like Dir, Chkdsk, and Defrag on your Stacker drives.
QmodemPro 1.5 and Qmo- dem for Windows. Mustang Software's latest releases let you send and receive electron- ic mail using one integrated program regardless of the orig- inating E-mail source. Version 1 .5's new Remote Imaging Pro- tocol (RIP) emulation allows callers to view full-screen graphics and use a mouse when connected to an online bulletin board system with RIP support. The Windows version lets you view GIF images dur- ing transfer (with magnify mode for closeups); it also sup- ports DDE and drag-and- drop capabilities for file selec- tion and message text.
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Many of us talk to
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COMPUTER, STATUS REPORT
When you hear Captain Picard casually call up the ship's com- puter on "Star Trek: The Next Generation," do you ever won- der when you'll be able to con- trol your own computer by voice? We're a long way from having intelligent computers, but simple voice recognition soft- ware (also called speech rec- ognition software) has finally ar- rived. By the time you read this, many of the popular sound cards will be shipping with some form of voice control soft- ware. In this column, I'll discuss how well this software works, what's available, and who might want to use this futuristic technology.
A number of factors deter- mine how accurate a voice rec- ognition program will be. These include how well the soft- ware is designed, your consis- tency in pronouncing the words, the number of com- mands that are active (espe- cially similar-sounding words), the quality of your microphone and sound card, and the level of background noise.
Most voice programs are speaker-dependent, which means they work best when you train them to your own voice, repeating each com- mand three or four times dur- ing an initial training session. Most programs let you save multiple command sets so that more than one person can use the program.
With a good 8- or 16-bit sound card, decent micro- phone, relatively quiet environ- ment, and careful training, most of these programs are be- tween 80 and 95 percent ac- curate. That means they'll on- ly occasionally confuse one command with another or re- quire you to repeat a com- mand a second or third time.
How does a voice program
work? Most programs record your voice command and com- pare it to a database of trained commands using a pattern- matching algorithnn. The pro- gram calculates a score that rep- resents how close your voice command is to each trained command and chooses the trained command with the clos- est score. If the score is within the acceptable limits, the pro- gram initiates the macro that's associated with the trained com- mand. If the score is outside the acceptable limits, the pro- gram alerts the user that it didn't understand the com- mand. The entire process takes place almost instantly.
The first major sound card to ship with voice software was Mi- crosoft's Windows Sound Sys- tem. Its software, called Voice Pilot, includes command tem- plates for many Windows appli- cations. It also lets you add your own commands. MediaVi- sion's software, called ExecuVo- ice, is nearly identical to Micro- soft's Voice Pilot because Drag- on Systems wrote both pro- grams. Media Vision uses a new- er version of the Dragon en- gine, but it doesn't include the ability to add additional com- mands (though you can launch any new application). Both ExecuVoice and a button- style microphone are included with the new Pro Audio Studio 16 sound card and in an up- grade kit for the Pro AudioSpec- trum 16. Dragon also offers two voice programs through IBM. They're called iBM VoiceType Control for Windows ($129. with microphone) and IBM Vo- iceType 2 ($2, 195, with a vocab- ulary base of 7000 words).
The voice software that Cre- ative Labs is bundling with its sound cards was developed by Voice Processing of Cam- bridge, Massachusetts. It's called VoiceAssist, it supports as many as 1024 commands per application (256 active at a time), and it adds a built-in mac-
ro program. VoiceAssist is ship- ping with all Sound Blaster 16 sound cards. Creative Labs of- fers an upgrade path for cur- rent Sound Blaster 16 owners,
Covox has been making voice recognition products for many years. In addition to its own sound boards with voice support, Covox offers a pro- gram, called Voice Blaster ($119.95), for Sound Blaster- compatible sound cards. It in- cludes both DOS and Windows interfaces, support for Win- dows OLE, and a headset with a microphone and earphone. Digital Soup plans to release a basic voice program called Fiov- er ($129, with an introductory price of $49) that translates voice commands into key- board commands. And Sierra Semiconductor is providing a number of sound card manufac- turers with its new hardware- based Aria Listener technolo- gy. Some of these boards are shipping with a Star Trek game from Interplay that can be voice controlled.
Who would want to use voice recognition technology? It's most appropriate for hand- icapped individuals, though a less-than-perfect recognition rate could cause the computer to hang occasionally It's also appropriate for special work sit- uations, where an employee must use his or her hands do- ing something else, as on a fac- tory assembly line. For the rest of us, voice programs provide a great way to impress our friends and relatives, though I suspect few of us will use voice control every day.
Perhaps in five years or so, when the technology is perfect- ed, you'll be able to walk down an office hall and hear people say, "Print page three" or "Send memo to George Smith." We may also have to contend with the disgruntled em- ployee who yells, "Reformat hard drive!" as he's escorted out the front door. D
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As a student at the TCSN Academy, you custom- design and fly unique combat, rescue, and search and retrieval missions from the CyberSchool's holodeck console. In the Wing ^ ,, Commander^ tradition, the game features a dynamic musical score, improved rendered, bit-mapped graphics, and a dazzling array of customizing options. But Wing Commander Academy isn't another cinematic extrava- ganza — it's an intense dogfighting marathon. .
♦ Custom-design a variely of missions that match your skill level as you pla fighters, capital ships, data pods and ejected pilots - up to 10 in each of the four action spheres.
♦ Save up to 24 games to disk and trade with your friends or upload them to bulletin boards to challenge others.
♦ Request random missions where each action sphere yields an unknown num- ber of enemy ships with pilots of varying skill levels.
♦ Climb into the cockpits of the new Confederation Wraith or Kilrathi frathek fighters for a new combat experience.
♦ Select a cybernet wingman - from a frightened cadet to a hotshot veteran.
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Robert Bixby
WordPerfect 6.0
for DOS is Ihe flrsl
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power users.
FORCE MAJEURE
First, it was DOS 6; then, Win- dows NT. Rarely have so many exciting major programs been released in new versions at once. Summer seems to be the season for productivity soft- ware, probably because long magazine lead times make it important that editors become familiar with the programs in time for the end-of-year awards issues. But perhaps I'm just being cynical. Maybe it's just a coincidence that spring, traditionally the mating season, has become the beta
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season and that everyone seems to be pushing software out the door by the end of June.
In this spirit, WordPerfect has brought out the first WordPerfect word processor I can unhesitatingly recom- mend to a beginner.
WordPerfect 6.0 for DOS is a work of art. It has all the pow- er of earlier versions and a friendly almost-standard inter- face that is not a nightmare to learn. Throw away your cheat sheets and function key sten- cils. All you need to operate WordPerfect 6.0 is a mouse and a passing understanding of the functioning of a word processor.
Want to send a WordPer- fect document as a fax? No problem. WordPerfect has bun- dled a fax module to make
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(hat simple. Want to spell- check, style-check, or look something up in the thesau- rus? You're two mouse clicks away from any tool. And the macro language (finally) is sim- plicity itself. Forget all those til- des (no one couid ever figure out how many to use or where they should go). WordPerfect 6.0 has a macro language very similar to that of WordPer- fect 5.1 for Windows— a mac- ro language that looks like a language rather than a keypress script.
Is there room in the market for an innovative, easy-to-use DOS word processor? Don't ask Borland. Don't ask Word- Star International. But neither of these companies is WordPer- fect, which seems to have a lock on DOS word processing. If anyone can pull it off, WordPerfect can. It has the clout, and now it has a prod- uct that will appeal to the whole DOS market (and with its new, optional graphical in- terface, some of the Windows market as well).
Speaking of new releases, WordPerfect's release was ac- companied by fvlicrosoft's re- lease of Word 6.0 for DOS. Un- fortunately, I haven't had the opportunity to see this product yet. I hope to obtain a review copy soon.
Obviously, Corel is intent on pulling light years ahead of its competition. It couldn't resist the temptation to amaze us again with a new Co- relDRAW!.
CorelDRAW! 4.0 doesn't rep- resent a massive overhaul of last year's 3,0 version, but throughout the program you can find important improve- ments over last year's COfvl- PUTE Choice award winner.
A more intuitive organiza- tion of commands, multiple pages, and a new fill feature are among the most exciting parts of CorelDRAW! itself. Each of its companion pro-
grams has also gone through an evolutionary change — add- ing and reorganizing in a gen- eral housekeeping effort.
One completely new fea- ture in the package is Corei- MOVE!, an Addlmpact-like an- imation product that makes cre- ating animated panels for your CorelSHOW! presentations much simpler.
CorelDRAW! added layers to its 3.0 release. For the 4,0 release it also added pages, which allow you to create a publication up to 999 pages long. This makes CorelDRAW! the most graphically intensive desktop publishing package ever. And it's clear from the way Corel implemented pag- es that this was its Intention. The Page Setup dialog box al- lows you to select from sever- al common desktop publish- ing options, including a sad- dle-stitched or bound book. Since CorelDRAW! already boasted a spelling checker and thesaurus, it might be all the word processor many peo- ple need. (Thank you, Corel, for quoting me in your annual re- port. The name is Robert, not Bill, but I'll answer to either.)
Now that the last rose has faded and we've sweltered our way through August, I'm left with one nagging ques- tion: Where was Ami Pro? It hardly seemed like summer without a new word processor from Lotus.
Have a DTP tip you'd like to share? Let me know about it by calling (900) 884-8681, ex- tension 7010203 (sponsored by Pure Entertainment, P.O. Box 186, Hollywood, California 90078). The call will cost 95 cents per minute, you must be 18 or older, and you must use a touch-tone phone. Or write to "Art Works" in care of this magazine. And if you don't have a tip, please let me know what you're publishing, what software you're using, and how "Art Works" can help. D
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ENCARTA
It's Sunday evening, about 9:00, and your 12-year-old daughter is reading quietly in the family room. Suddenly, a horrified look overtakes her face. "Tine report!" she cries out. "It's due tomorrow!" ■
If you have a good refer- ence library In your home, then you have no problem. Most of us, though, don't have the space for a compre- hensive library, But we do have room for Encarta, the much-anticipated multimedia encyclopedia from fvlicrosoft. And with access to its more than 25,000 articles, 7000 pho- tographs, seven hours of sound, 800 maps, and nearly 100 animated sequences, your daughter just might get that report written. i
Developed from the ground up as a multimedia computer encyclopedia, Encar- ta is much more than Funk and Wagnalls New Encyclope- dia, on which it is based. In- deed, Microsoft has incorporat- ed an abundance of copyright- ed material that it licensed from numerous sources to cre- ate both an excellent re- search tool and entertaining software.
Encarta has three main parts: an encyclopedia, an at- las, and a time line. The latter two draw on the information in the encyclopedia. Microsoft has also included the game MindMaze.
And it's an intuitive, easy-to- use Windows application to boot. Want to learn about Abra- ham Lincoln's ability as a mili- tary leader? Easy. Simply click on the Contents button and type lincoln; then click on Lincoln, Abraham. In a few seconds the appropriate arti- cle appears onscreen. This
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task is analogous to looking up an article in a standard en- cyclopedia, complete with pic- tures and headlines that help you find the exact information you want. This similarity en- sures that most users will have little trouble learning to use Encarta,
Encarta's basic textual infor- mation is just what you would expect from a standard desk- top encyclopedia: a survey of thousands of topics with vary- ing levels of detail. It's a great place to quickly learn about a topic or to begin a re- search paper,
In addition to its simple Con- tents-button method of locat- ing information, Encarta has a fast and efficient Find com- mand. You simply type in the topic, concept, or words you want to explore, and Encarta gives you a list of articles that include the words you've typed. The program also al- lows more precise search re- quests: birds and food, birds or food, and similar options.
Even as a standard encyclo- pedia, Encarta offers more
than its printed bound cous- ins. And it's much more than a standard encyclopedia with great search capabilities; it's a multimedia reference guide with animation, pictures, sound, and more.
The program's information database is organized concep- tually All information falls into nine general categories, from Physical Science and Technol- ogy to Sports, Games, Hob- bies, and Pets. Each of these broad conceptual groups is di- vided into as many as 15 spe- cific areas, which again are broken down into scores of topics,
Once you've found a topic that interests you, Encarta takes you to the appropriate ar- ticle. When reviewing the arlh cle, you'll immediately notice the small icons that appear within it. These icons indicate a related picture (which shows on the screen automat- ically as you scroll through the article), sound, animation, map, chart, or table. Each of these is well done, but the
ones I find most impressive are the animation and sound. TInis is whiere it is obvious that Encarta was designed for tfie situation instead of being simply an electronic version of ttie printed page,
Animation is used as a tool to hielp comprefiension; it takes the printed word one step further to aid in under- standing. With nearly 100 ani- mated sequences in the pro- gram, it was impossible for me to watch each one. By way of illustration, I'll describe just one sequence. It shows, through animated pictures, di- agrams, and audio, exactly how a television camera con- verts an image from the real- life object into the image you see broadcast on your screen. This is something that could not possibly be ac- complished as clearly and ef- ficiently with printed words and stagnant pictures,
Sound, including music, is also important to the Encarta experience. For instance, se- lecting Language Sample un- der the Gallery Special List group lets you hear a variety of expressions and words in dozens of different languag- es. Or you can hear an assort- ment of folk music from around the world. These are just two of many examples of how Encarta can entertain and provide a true multimedia experience without losing sight of its goal as a vast store- house of information.
The "hot links" feature is an- other that shows Encarta's strengths. As you read an ar- ticle, you'll notice immediate- ly that some words are print- ed in another color and are underlined. These words are hot links to other articles. Click on one, and in a few sec- onds you'll be transferred to
the related article. You can continue to do this and ex- plore articles in any direction and depth you want. And when you want to go back to where you've been, simply se- lect Topic Tracker from the menu; you'll see a list of the topics for your entire session. In this list, you just click on the topic you want to return to, and there you'll be.
To assist the student who is using Encarta as a re- search tool, Microsoft has in- cluded several conveniences such as a dictionary and the- saurus, as well as access to Write (Windows" word proces- sor). In addition, it's easy to print pictures, entire articles, or portions of articles. Pasting text and pictures into Write is accomplished in the same way as in any other Windows application.
Although the encyclopedia is the heart of Encarta, the pro- gram does include two other important parts, an atlas and a time line. Selecting Timeline from the main window con- verts the computer monitor in- to a 2G-foot scrolling historical time line from 15 million B,C. to the present. Using the ar- rows, you can scroll through time as pictures and a list of historical events move by, Click on any picture or event, and a short text box appears, giving more detail. To Micro- soft's credit, this time line is a true world historical time line; it doesn't concentrate on just Western events. Although well done and interesting to ex- plore, it, like any other time line, is limited in its value.
The third part of Encarta is the atlas. Use the pointer to move the globe to the desired world location, or click on Place Finder to locate any ar- ea of the world. The map is
filled with hot spots where the arrow pointer turns into a point- ing finger. Click on any hot- spot country, sea, or conti- nent, and the atlas zooms in to give you a closer look. Click on the name of a city or on the currently highlighted country, and you can learn more about that place.
Although Encarta is an ex- cellent implementation of mul- timedia and a useful educa- tional tool, some will say that the articles lack the depth and content of other encyclo- pedias. A more objective con-
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Basketball fans — who have probably been playing a lot of Electronic Arts' fvlichael Jor- dan in Flight lately — may want to pick up the latest sports Sim, David Robinson: NBA Ac- tion. A center for the San An- tonio Spurs, Robinson worked with Park Place Productions (which did a similar Sega game) to create what is appar- ently the only basketball simu- lation with all 27 NBA teams.
The designers digitized vid- eotapes of Robinson in action on the court, enhancing the game with a full complement of the moves that made him fa- mous. Other features of the game, being marketed by Spectrum HoloByte, include league and season options and instant replay
Mystery fans will prefer the latest Sierra adventure, which stars an all-new character — Gabriel Knight. Instead of us- ing a traditional horror theme. Sierra aimed at creating suspense in the style of Hitch- cock in this animated adven- ture. Knight is from a family of shadow hunters whose desti- ny is to fight the forces of evil — and what better place for hunt- ing shadows than the French Quarter in contemporary New Orleans? The game was de- signed by Jane Jensen, who worked with Roberta Williams on King's Quest VI.
Electronic Arts has some in- congruous titles due by Sep- tember; Seal Team and Peter Pan. The former is a Vietnam- era war game that, in addition to the conventional aeriat- view maps of the battle area and units, incorporates the kind of 3-D graphics usually seen in flight simulators. So, you'll encounter enemy sol- diers face to face in a rice pad- dy, rather than just view them as icons on a map — a fresh per- SEPTEWBER 1993
spective on war gaming that should make Seal Team attrac- tive to a wider audience than just hard-core strategy gamers.
Peter Pan is the latest in the EA Kids line of children's games. You can alter the sto- ry by using tools, such as a paintbrush or spray can, to save Peter from a bear by turn- ing it into a bunny
Running a bit behind sched- ule, fvlaxis says its SimFarm, originally set for midsummer, should be on the shelves by the time you read this. Sam & Max Hit the Road is on the way from LucasArts, Even though it is based on a comic book about a team of freelance police detectives who happen to be a dog and a bunny, this graphic adven- ture will appeal more to adults than kids.
Ecological overtones sur- face in Sir-Tech's upcoming Jagged Alliance. Your goal in this strategic role-manage- ment game is to protect a spe- cies of tree from destruction by the villains. You direct up to eight characters on a remote is- land in the south Atlantic. Ac- tivities range fronn managing the harvest of the trees' valua- ble serum (used to fight a chil- dren's disease) to hiring mer- cenaries whom you control in combat. Look for it by October.
A couple of side trips this month led me to the Comput- er Game Developers Confer- ence (CGDC) in Silicon Valley and to Westwood Studios in Las Vegas. The hottest round table at CGDC was the one on vehicle simulations. Novalog- ic's dramatic ride to the top with Comanche: Maximum Overkill has convinced many fledgling designers that simu- lations are the fast track to over- night success.
One hot topic at the show was the recent acquisition of ICOM Simulations (which did Deja Vu and Uninvited) by
Viacom International. A few days after the show, another major deal emerged when Si- erra announced that its TSN gaming network and commu- nications giant AT&T would work together in TSN-related projects. AT&T would pick up some of TSN's stock, while pro- viding capital as well as other resources.
The most interesting thing about the show, however, was a spontaneous reunion of the original Infocom staff, includ- ing ZorkfvSaster fvlarc Blank, who vanished from the adven- ture game scene after Activi- sion bought Infocom several years ago. Brian Moriarty, who was also with Infocom in the golden age of adventure games, revealed that he's do- ing his first adventure since his highly acclaimed Loom ap- peared three years ago. The Dig, set for this fall, involves a space shuttle crew swept away to a distant world. (Lu- casArts says a "very famous film director/producer" is col- laborating with fvloriarty on The Dig.)
In Vegas, Westwood Studi- os was showing Lands of Lore and Legend of Kyrandia II, both set for the Christmas sea- son. Lands of Lore is the first role-playing game Westwood has done under its own iabel (Westwood also designed ma- jor hits such as SSI's Eye of the Beholder). The game uses inventive storytelling sequenc- es to round out the panoply of role-playing activities. Kyran- dia II is a dazzling sequel star- ring Zanthia, a femaie charac- ter who played a role in the first game. It should be out by November.
Despite previous announce- ments of mission disks and se- quels, Westwood has elected not to do either for Dune 2. In- stead, it is developing an all- new tactical game called Com- mand and Conquer that will be out early next year. D
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FRONT PAGE SPORTS: FOOTBALL
In a blitz of cutting-edge lecti- nology, Dynamix's Front Page Sports: Football blind- sides the competition and knocks them out cold. We're not talking about a playful beating here, but a crushing blow — one so powerful that it renders almost every gridiron game before it instantly obso- lete, Sporting a game plan that bursts with realistic ac- tion, in-depth strategy, and sta- tistical detail, this is a pigskin lover's dream come true.
It's hard to believe that something this good repre- sents Dynamix's first foray in- to sports simulation. After on- ly a cursory tour of the game, you'll notice the same commit- ment to excellence that's marked such previous bestsell- ers as Red Baron and Aces of the Pacific. The design turned out so well that Dy- namix has slated an entire se- ries of Front Page Sports titles.
The game divides itself in- to three separate, but directly connected, sections: on-field action, coaching playbook, and team management. You can compete against the com- puter or head to head against another player, You can choose exhibition, single sea- son, or career league play. The game boasts full 47-man teams, complete with injured reserve, free agent pools, draft- ing, training camp, and trad- ing. Seasons can be de- signed in one of five league sizes divided into one or two conferences with up to three divisions each. Seasons culmi- nate with divisional champion- ships, postseason playoffs, and a final Super Bowl-style showdown.
Almost every detail of a team's franchise can be cus- tomized by the owner: team name, nickname, head coach, jersey colors, stadium type (domed or outdoor), and nearest city. The last two op- tions also have a direct influ- ence on weather conditions, temperature, humidity, and precipitation, which in turn af- fect field conditions and play- er performance.
Statistical jocks will love the game's exhaustive number crunching, fvlore than 300 Stat categories are automatical- ly compiled, updated, and dis- played onscreen or printed. Detailed box scores are avail- able during and after games, as well as match-ups from the previous week. League lead- er stats compare all teams and players in the league in a wide range of categories.
Players are rated from 0 to 99 in eight performance clas- sifications. Team and player editors are available as share- ware on many electronic infor- mation services, and you can find unofficial, user-created tiles for the 1992 NFL season.
In career leagues, the pro- gram maintains a sharp distinc- tion between potential and ac- tual ratings, affected by such factors as training, injuries, and aging. This attention to subtle cause and effect not on- ly increases the realism but also deepens the game's con- siderable role-playing as- pects. As general manager, you attempt to handpick the best players. As coach, you're responsible for working with each player to bnng out everyone's best abilities. On the field, your players are com- pelled to excel both individu- ally and as a team. No other computer football simulation offers such well-rounded, per- sonal involvement with every phase of the game.
Strategic-minded players will revel in the game's extraor- dinary playbook editor — which is without doubt the most comprehensive and intu- itive yet seen. More than 200 stock plays are included, divid- ed among standard offensive and defensive formations. Util- izing a CAD-style point-and- click drawing interface, you
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can easily alter any of these predesigned piays or create your own. Movement patlis are represented by lines, end- ing with or segmented by log- ic boxes. Assembled with sim- ple menu-driven text com- mands, logic boxes are instruc- tional scripts that tell each player how to react as a play unfolds. Instructions may be absolute, causing an action to be performed regardless of circumstances, or conditional, allowing players to react logi- cally to each unique situation.
Logic boxes offer incredi- ble control over every nuance of play. Defensive players can be "taught" to adopt an aggressive, conservative, or balanced stance. Offensive and defensive plays can be practiced with or without oppo- sition. Try experimental pass routes against different forma- tions, or select a killer offen- sive attack and mold a de- fense to stop it. Much of the game's appeal comes from testing, dissecting, and fine- tuning your plays into gridiron ballets of power and beauty.
More than 8000 frames of animation were used to cre- ate the astonishingly lifelike piayer movement, digitized from human models with a technique called rotoscoping. Rendered from a 256-color VGA palette, the graphics are bright and expressive, aug- mented with bone-crushing sound effects and crisp digit- ized speech.
Although Dynamix recom- mends an 80386SX as its min- imum system requirement, the game performs better on a 33- MHz 80386. and it positively smokes on an 80486. On slow- er machines, the players move as if they're running un- derwater. Luckily, most sound and graphic effects can be
selectively turned off, speed- ing up the action considerably The game also makes excel- lent use of expanded memory for reduced disk access.
The on-field action is fantas- tic. Three skill ievels offer you full or partial control of the ac- tion and coaching duties. The game supports keyboard, mouse, and dual joysticks. The joysticks option is definite- ly preferred. Arcade controls are fast and reliable. Your view of the action can be changed either before or dur- ing play to one of nine fixed camera positions. These views, as well as a free-float- ing camera, also contribute to the game's extraordinary in- stant-replay system. Using standard VCR-style controls, you can easily view, edit, and save pivotal plays as a high- light film.
Like all other great works, this game has its share of problems and shortcomings. Entire playbooks must be memorized by their often cryp- tic eight-character abbrevia- tions. Unfortunately, there's no provision for printing actu- al play diagrams to create a re- al coach's playbook. Missing play options include impro- vised hand-offs, laterals, and shovel passes, but these re- quire realtime action that would admittedly be difficult to program. An option for short- er quarter iengths (five or ten minutes) would also add zest to pure arcade contests.
Another major inconven- ience occurs when you simu- late a series of weekly league games. For realism's sake, the program simulates every game — sans graphics — in- stead of quickly generating re- sults. This means agonizingly long periods of computer inac- tivity On a 25-MHz 80386. for
example, the average comput- er-simulated game takes 11 minutes. Multiply this by the full 28-team weekly schedule, and you're looking at 2-3 hours of nonstop number crunching and hard drive activ- ity. On a 66-MHz 80486, this figure drops to about 30 min- utes. Regardless, players should be given the option for a quick resolve. Adding insult to injury, the only way to stop the computer simulation is to exit to DOS or reboot.
IBM PC or compalible (803a6SX compalible), 640K RAM (2MB expanded memory recommended), DOS 5 or higher, 256-color VGA, hard drive, high- density floppy drive; joystick(s) or mouse strongly
Despite these problems, a big stadium wave is in order for Dynamix's support team, especially those folks in- volved with the game's out- standing documentation. The indexed manual brims with il- lustrated examples, playbook tutorials, and suggested read- ing. The folks at Dynamix also earn high marks for their quick response to customer- reported bugs and suggest- ed improvements.
Front Page Sports: Football kicks our perception of com- puter sports simulations into another dimension. The only thing that gets better than this requires a uniform. 3
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MECC has been at the fore- front of educational software development tor years, paying special attention to classroom- based games. Its Oregon Trail is a classic — and is still a vibrant educational tool after more than a dozen years.
Last fall MECC released Freedom!, another historical simulation. In it, children in grades 5-8 assume the role of a slave attempting to escape to freedom through the Under- ground Railroad.
The game's historical detail was provided by African-Amer- ican scholar Kamau Sebabu Kambui. Freedom! attempts to recreate the experience of the antebellum period in the east- ern U,S,
Players choose a character who has certain skills, such as literacy (though usually the char- acter is illiterate). Children, as slaves, have the option to speak with elders on the plan- tation to glean necessary ad- vice such as "Moss grows on the north side of trees,"
Play proceeds as children attempt to travel from safe house to safe house, learning survival and communication skills plus resource manage- ment. One of the game's most exciting aspects is the way it handles illiteracy: If a slave can't read, then any notes or signs encountered appear on- screen as indecipherabte sym- bols. Children can learn to match symbols to see if they're on the right track.
Freedom! hit classrooms last fall. By the beginning of 1993, it had been pulled from the market and all its field li- censes had been revoked. Why? Freedom!, as a simula- tion, opens an interesting Pan- dora's box of questions.
A parents' group in Merrill- viile, Indiana, objected to sev-
eral prominent features of the game. After meeting with the group, Kambui, and an NAACP representative, MECC decided that the parents' objections were of sufficient magnitude to justify pulling it from the market.
Paulette Davis, spokesper- son for the parents' group, told me that Freedom!, intro- duced into the school's open computer lab, was offered as something students could ex- plore with their free time. No curriculum was attached.
Freedom! attempts to recre- ate the attitudes, prejudices, and speaking patterns of the times. Davis felt that the slaves' uneducated, dialect- heavy speaking manner pre- sented the wrong impression of African-Americans to a pre- dominately white student body. She felt that the school's few African-American students were being alienated and misrepresented.
Davis also felt that since the game's outcome is either win- ning freedom or losing by be- ing killed or recaptured, and since it's a very challenging simulation, children with strong computer skills had a serious ad- vantage. Consequently, other students were not receiving healthy feedback or positive reinforcement.
Perhaps her strongest objec- tion— that African-American his- tory doesn't begin with slav- ery, but in the kingdoms of Africa — is not so much a fault of the game as it is a fault of historical curricula in general. For Davis's group. Freedom! trivialized and "Nintendo- ized" a traumatic and difficult period. Thus, it sent the wrong messages to students.
On the other side of the ar- gument, Helen Cartier, librari- an and computer educator at the Hoover Elementary School in Wisconsin, was shocked when MECC pulled her school's licenses for Free- dom!. She had it installed on
over 30 computers in fifth- and sixth-grade classrooms.
In her experience. Free- dom! provided an exciting ve- hicle that enabled students to understand some of the chal- lenges that African-Americans faced when fleeing captivity. Her students reacted better than she had hoped to the game's handling of illiteracy. She found them challenged to learn new problem-solving skills and excited enough to seek more information.
For Cartier and other teach- ers across the country. Free- dom! was an exciting addition to their curriculum, presenting the time's struggles, prejudic- es, dialect, and history in an interactive manner that chal- , lenged students to think and learn, not just to memohze,
Cartier feels that the par- ents in Merrillville had the right motivation: to enhance awareness of and education about the African-American experience. But by initiating the action that pulled the game, they actually hurt their larger cause by depriving stu- dents of a valuable education- al tool.
The question is. While prej- udice, ignorance, and cultural ethnocentrism remain with us, how should we approach games and simulations such as Freedom!, which portray a time when the attitudes we're trying to eradicate were the norm? Do they trivialize the struggle and further ingrain the long-standing attitudes, or do they provide an exciting, kid-friendly vehicle with which to educate and inform?
If there's one thing that both sides adamantly agree up- on, it's that a game such as Freedom! should not exist in a vacuum. It's up to parents, teachers, and school systems to ensure that a solid curricu- lum supports such a product. Only then will its educational merit truly come through. D
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Have you heard the news about kids' games? They're not just for kids anymore. They're bigger, better, and more challenging than ever- And they're pushing the high end of com- puting technology. If you want to give your children the best software that the market has to offer — the programs with fast-paced action, hi-res anima- tion, and concert-quality sound — you're looking at an upgrade akin to what it takes to run Windows apps,
Gone are the days of trickle-down economics in home computer bud- gets. No longer can you simply move your PC into the playroom when you trade up to a heftier model for your- self. If you still think the kids will be satisfied with any system you pass along, think again.
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"I finally had to turn my 386 with the 300MB hard dhve over to my kids," a programmer in California confided, "I got tired of them pirating my VGA monitor and hounding me to uninstall software so they could install new pro- grams; 12QMB wasn't enough. Now, the kids have a better system than I do. Life's just easier that way."
It's also more fun. And unless you're a programmer, it's unlikely that your children's software will require that much disk space. Still, plan on allowing 6MB-8MB per game if you want to install programs packed with sound and animation.
The newest and niftiest programs on the market make use of multimedia effects that raise the bar on hardware requirements. And we're not simpiy talking about the programs on CD- ROM, True, Sierra On-Line and Brederbund, two leaders in children's software, have pioneered CD- ROM-based games: Sierra by taking its classic Mixed-Up Mother Goose to disk three years ago and Br0derbund with its more recent series of interac- tive Living Books. But these companies and others now are delivering high- quality multimedia programs that you can run directly from your hard disk. If, that is, you have the PC power for it.
Arnold Waldstein, director of mar- keting for Creative Labs, which makes the popular and widely supported Sound Blaster cards, recommends a PC with an 80386 or higher processor, at least 2MB of memory, Windows 3.1, and no less than a 30MB hard drive as an entry point to the world of chil- dren's entertainment software.
VGA has become the video stan- dard for the latest children's games. And virtually all new games — certainly the best ones — require a sound card for full enjoyment. Plus, many chil-
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dren's programs consume hard disk space soaring into the megabytes.
Binary Zoo's animated romp though the Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian Mystery at the Museums, requires 5MB of disk space to accom- modate the games and scanned art images from the real museum. And its Wild Science Arcade (which presents kids with wacky exercises to illustrate concepts like the force of gravity) even requires expanded memory.
Squeeze Out Power
Superior compression techniques allow developers (ike Knowledge Adventure's Bill Gross to imbue that company's latest release, The Tale of Peter Rabbit Talking Storybook, with sound, action, and interactive hyper-
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This little scenario is what plays out in Rock and Bach Studio. The software not only turns kids into bud- ding MTV producers but also gives them something new to work with every time they sit down at the PC.
Programs like Rock and Bach, Davidson's Kid Works 2, Breder- bund's Kid Pix and Print Shop Deluxe, MECC's Storybook Weaver, and the Disney print kits aren't just games. They're tools — programs that a kid can come back to when there's a project to complete. They're as versatile as adult desk- top publishing programs, word processors, or draw and paint soft- ware. In fact. Kid Pix and Kid Works 2 put in a little of each of these applications and throw in animation and sound effects to boot.
These programs are the elec- tronic equivalent of finger paints, crayons, and chemistry sets. They're limited only by the imagina- tion. And two minds often being bet- ter than one, these games are also better suited to group play than ones that challenge kids individually to attain a higher score.
The beauty of these programs is that they grow with the children. Adults who want to include a family newsletter in a greeting card or produce their own announcements will even enjoy using them.
textlike capabilities. The software reads the complete text of the story- book aloud to an original musical score, and children can explore illus- trative elements in the story. Best of all, it runs from your hard disk and uses only 3MB of space. These new compression techniques are marvels, but don't expect them to shrink the size of software. Developers are using these newfound schemes to pack more sound and graphics into their already sizable programs.
Superior compression schemes are what make The Sierra Network's online gaming service possible. The Sierra Network lets you and your chil- dren pit your skills at everything from poker to Boogers (a children's game, as you can tell from its name) against those of gamers across the country. The games actually reside on your hard disk; they consume a whopping SMB. But because the games run locally on your system as part of the front-end software that accesses the network, the graphics achieve near- VGA quality, and animation runs at a reasonable speed.
Voicel Orchestra!
Strides in audio technology are pro- ducing far more realistic sounds, New, quicker 16-bit sound cards, such as Creative Labs' $99 Sound Blaster Pro Deluxe, are downward compatible with software written for the old 8-bit cards and are able to take advantage of new technologies that produce more natural sounds. The company's new Sound Blaster 16, scheduled to list for $279 and ship by the time you read this, will combine 16-bit sound quality, downward com- patibility, and upward expandability in a bundle that includes a variety of games, applications, and voice recognition software.
The new 16-bit Sound Blaster sup- ports both FM (synthesized) sound and sampled sound, which is record- ed and digitized. A new technology called wavetable synthesis merges the two to produce a wider, more even range of tones. This makes your PC's sound capabilities leap to a new range of fidelity that can produce everything from the high notes of a soprano's aria to the chirp of crickets on a hot summer's night, a Mozart concerto, or a stentorian monologue.
Voice recognition is the newest multimedia frontier. Voice recognition will probably first make a significant appearance in children's software in the form of verbally entering players' names so that the games programs can speak them back at appropriate moments. Creative Labs' bundled
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At this writing, voice recognition has not made an appearance in children's games. However, at the Computer Game Developers Conference last spring, attention focused on its poten- tial. With voice recognition and a bit of artificial intelligence (Al) built into the software, and with a sound card, speak- ers, and a microphone installed, a com- puter wilt be able to interact with a child in more natural ways. The child will be able to speak commands instead of entering them from the keyboard.
Creative Labs, in testing Voice Assist, actually wrote an Al program that took orders for pizza and assem- bled the pizza, with the user's choice of pepperoni, extra cheese, onions, or anchovies, onscreen as an order was entered verbally.
Sound is important in entertaining educational games. Unless you have a sound card, you simply can't hear ground control monitoring Carmen Sandiego's moves through the solar system in Where in Space Is Carmen Sandiego?, Broderbund's latest entry in its runaway hit mystery series. And
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And what's a music video without sound and animated effects? Binary Zoo's Rock and Bach Studio lets kids stage music and light shows, a la ani- mated music videos, right there on the monitor. It, too, requires a sound card — not to mention a large amount of disk space to hold the sound and animation files that make video cre- ation possible. If you let your children save their videos, your disk needs start rising incrementally.
TKe Man Be<omes the Child
The latest games software from com- panies like Briaderbund, Sierra (and The Sierra Network), Davidson & Associates, and Binary' Zoo combine fun and challenges with state-of-the- art technology that the whole family will enjoy.
What's more, these new technolo- gies are remarkably interactive, allow- ing children young and old to interact with the computer, with one another in multiplayer games, and even with the masses in online interactive game arenas like The Sierra Network and America Online's Neverwinter Nights adventure game.
You'll still find software with age rat- ings on the box, but a number of com- panies are following the lead of
Davidson. Last fall that company erased the age rating on its Davidson's Kid Works 2, a paint and publishing program packed with animation and sound effects, and began advertising the package "for kids of all ages."
Davidson's Kid Works 2 is just one of the multimedia products that popu- late the top of the children's software charts. It's a creativity kit that's sold with a companion clip art library, called Kid Pictures. Kid Pictures can also be used with the competition, Br0der- bund's runaway paint hit, Kid Pix. These creative kits make wackiness the norm. The sight gags and sound bloopers you can build into pictures and stories are limited only by your imagination — oops! We meant to say your to'cys' imaginations, of course!
If you haven't perused the software store shelves lately, take time to do so. You'll find that these incredible chil- dren's packages are affordable. But be forewarned: Once you take these pro- grams home, you'll probably have to relinquish your computer to your kids. That is, until you try out some of the programs yourself. Indeed, they aren't just for kids anymore.
Carol Ellison is coauthor of the book Parents, Kids, & Computers (Random House). Her column "Of Mice & Kids" appears in the Education Review of the Washington Post. □
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COMPUTE says goodbye to Amiga Resource, but Gazette will continue — witli your help!
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There's good news and bad news this month. Let's get the depressing item out of the way and then finish on a couple of up- beat notes.
The bad news is that this issue marks the final edition of Amiga Resource. As Ga- zette is available for 64 and 128 users, Amiga Resource was available to Amiga sub- scribers as a special section in COMPUTE. Subscribers to COMPUTE'S multiedition received both the Amiga and Gazette sections.
What began in 1988 as a sporadic buyer's guide for Amiga products evolved in- to a quarterly publication in the spring of 1989. Reader response was enthusiastic, and Amiga Resource be- came a bimonthly publica- tion less than a year later. In the summer of 1990, Gener- al Media bought COMPUTE Publications and re- launched the magazines in their present format. Amiga Resource went monthly with Denny All<in as editor.
In a computer market dom- inated by IBM and clones, Amiga Resource and Ga- zette provided coverage for a dedicated core of Commo- dore users. As long as each section had a sufficient sub- scribers, publication could continue. Those numbers are no longer there for Ami- ga Resource.
That's the bad news. The good news is that Gazette continues. Thanks to your support, we still have enough subscribers to war- rant the time, effort, and ex- pense of turning out a 40- page section devoted to an 11 -year-old computer. How long Gazette continues is up to you readers. If you re-
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Naturally, I hope you'll con- tinue supporting Gazette as you've done for the past ten years. Commodore users from around the world contin- ue to produce amazing pro- grams for the magazine and its companion disk. And af- ter more than a decade of publishing, our columnists and writers still haven't ex- hausted their editorial pos- sibilities. I've got some great programs and articles that I want to share with you, and it'd be a shame to waste all this valuable infor- mation. I hope I can count on your continuing support.
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Printers from Commodore were the only game in town for some years, and they were generally high- priced and of poor quality. f\/lost third-party printers came equipped with Centronics parallel ports (RS-232 ports were available as an option), but they were incompatible with Commodore hardware. Luckily for us users- a number of companies produced printer inter- faces that enabled us to use these third-party printers with our Commodores.
transparent mode. This means that the output from your program is sent unaltered to the printer. In this case, the interface simply takes the Commodore serial data bit by bit and sends the information as eight parallel data bits. It also sends along a few handshake signals, which the printer needs in order to communicate with your computer. More about these later.
Then There's PETSCII
Not only Is the 64's hardware nonstandard, but the numerical codes that it uses to represent characters is also nonstandard. Practically all printers use what is known as the ASCII standard, where a code value of 65 stands for an uppercase letter A. The 64, however, in-
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In the Mode
Getting back to the interface, these devices take the nonstandard Commodore serial port signal and make it look like a Centronics-compatible signal, which most third-party printers can recognize. Interfaces typically allow several modes of operation. One mode always is the downwardly compatible 1525-emulation mode. This mode uses Commodore graphic characters stored in the interface ROfvl and blocks all non-Commodore printer codes from reaching the printer. This means that a fancy printer is essentially downgraded into acting like a 1525. This mode is useful only with ancient pro- grams that don't support any other printer.
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terprets an ASCII value of 65 as a lowercase a.
For the benefit of the printer — and your printouts — the interface translates the Commodore codes (some- times called PETSCII or CBMSGII) that flow from the computer into ASCII codes. Some 64 word processors generate ASCII output directly, and these work very well if you set the interface to its transparent mode. Even if your 64 program sends true ASCII code, you still need the interface in order to supply the correct electrical signals for the printer.
interfaces also allow you to print program listings in several ways. The embedded graphic characters and control codes that represent color changes, cursor movements, or screen-clearing functions that you see when you list a program on your monitor can be made to appear in the printed listing as graphic characters, key combinations, or a numerical code.
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fvlost printer interfaces come with a buffer. This* is memory that is resident out- side the computer. It can be as tiny as 128 bytes or as large as 32K. Rather than waiting around for the print- er to accept the printout information, the computer dumps it to the buffer. The computer is free to work on other chores, and the buffer hangs onto the information until the printer is ready to print it. The bigger the buffer, the sooner it frees the computer when you have a large file to print.
Making Contact
The printer and computer first establish a common time frame (handshake) by using a strobe signal, which is a volley of very fast and regularly occurring electric pulses. The computer then waits for the printer to signal its availability with a high acknowledge signal or a low busy signal. On receiving the appropriate signal, the connputer sends the information that is to be printed. These characters, which are nothing more than electrical pulses, get sent at a rate of 400-600 characters per second.
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fvlodern-day dot-matrix print- ers descend from line print- ers, dinosaurs that were used long ago when video monitors were prohibitively expensive. By firing a single column of six to eight pins as the printhead moved across the page, the line printer was able to reproduce charac- ters and graphic shapes. Its printing speed was compa- rable with present stan- dards, but the quality was terrible. The dots that made up the printout were visible from a mile away.
For those requiring better print quality, the only re- course was to acquire a heavy, expensive, noisy, and slow daisywheel printer. The daisywheel has all but disappeared with the advent of laser and ink-jet printers. (These latter printers still employ the dot-matrix meth- od of printing, but they employ very tiny dots.)
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Despite the poor quality of their early printouts, dot- matrix printers have re- mained popular. They've survived primarily by a fierce reduction in price, aided by an increase in features and a boost in print quality. In an effort to keep their cus- tomers and attract new ones, printer companies have increased the number of pins in the printhead, added color, and offered im- proved paper handling.
As lasers and inl< jets con- tinue to drop In price, it's quite possible that some day peo- ple will find it economical to have a laser printer for letter quality printouts and keep a dot-matrix printer on hand for printing multipart forms. Forms are beyond the capability of the mighty laser printer right now because it doesn't use impact technology.
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The print quality on today's dot-matrix printers is far from bad. Even 9-pin printers can produce near letter quality printouts by using multiple passes. This does affect printing speed, liowever. Thie printing speed in NLQ mode is about 30-50 percent slower than when printing in draft mode.
You may experience some reduction in print quali- ty when using fanfold paper. Since the printer grips fan- fold paper less firmiy than {fiction-fed single sheets, you often get a line or two of text with jagged characters because of unavoidable paper movement between the multiple passes of the printhead. A 24-pin print- head avoids this problem by printing LQ characters in a single pass. Also, by using a denser dot-matrix (up to 30 x 48 dots per character as opposed to 18 X 18 on a 9- pin printer), a 24-pin printer produces letters that are bet- ter shaped with smoother curves than its 9-pin cousin. It generally prints faster, too.
Some Useful Features
As I mentioned earlier, prices of dot-matrix printers have dropped dramatically over the years, and to make them even more appealing, manufacturers have piled on the features. Here are a few that can mai^e your printing sessions more enjoyable.
Paper parking. In older printers, at any gri/en instant, you were limited to using either fanfold paper or single sheets. If you had fanfold paper in the printer and wanted to print on letter- head or other single-sheet stoct^, you had to remove the fanfold paper. When you'd finished with the single sheets, you then had to go through the whole tedious procedure of reloading and aligning the fanfold paper.
In newer printers, you don't have to remove fanfold paper in order to use single sheets. It can be "parked" out of the way while single sheets are used. When you're ready to switch back to fanfold, it can be brought back into position by moving a lever or pressing a switch.
In some printers, the parked paper is held in a curved shape. If the paper is left for a day or two like this, the curl can cause the paper to jam or at least
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PRINTER LIFESAVERS
Dot-matrix printers typically need minimal care, but here are a few things to keep them online even longer.
• Use the best quality paper. Cheap paper sheds a lot of minute particles. This paper dust can mix with lubri- cants to form a dough that can clog moving parts.
• Clean the printer by lightly vacuuming, taking care not to touch ICs, cables, or other electronic parts. Static elec- tricity generated during vacuuming can be damaging.
• Smoking, eating, and drinking near computer equip- ment is like playing Russian roulette! You'll win most of the time, but you'll remember the time you lose.
• Once or twice a year, depending on usage, clean the guide rail supporting the print head with a dry lint-free cloth. Lubricate the rail sparingly with a very light oil.
• Once a year, clean the rubber platen and paper bail rollers with ethanol (or special cleaning solution avail- able for this purpose from office supply stores) and with a rubber-conditioning compound.
• If the print head becomes dirty and begins to smudge printouts, remove the ribbon and then use a strip of lint- free wipes, moistened in alcohol to gently floss the print head and the ribbon mask {the plastic or metal frame that lies between the print head and the paper).
• Never use a ribbon with a weak area, one that appears as a translucent patch when the ribbon is viewed against light. Don't use one that has an actual tear in it as this could snag the print head pins.
• Never use the printer for extended periods of time. Most printers have a detector that shuts the printer down automatically when the print head overheats. When printing more than a few pages, it's wise to leave the cover open for promoting ventilation,
• Re-inking a printer ribbon might appeal to the Scrooge in you, but it could cost you the print head! For proper opera- tion, ribbons need to have the right amount of ink and lubri- cant. Darker printing ribbons may look good on paper, but they generally have less lubricants. A cheap ribbon that's short on lubricant could rip and catch the delicate pins, costing you an expensive print head replacement.
give an unsightly top page on the next document that's printed.
Other printers hold the parked pa- per flat and don't have this curly prob- lem. In fact, even when using fanfold paper, it's a good practice to park the paper at the end of each session. Pa- per left wrapped around the platen can definitely develop a curl, giving you a top page that looks unruly.
Zero-inch tear off. With earlier printers equipped with pull-tractors, when you finished printing a document, you normally had to advance the fan- fold, tear off the printed pages, and then use friction feed to print the first half of the next page until it caught the tractor sprockets. You then took the printer offline, engaged the paper in the sprockets properly, disengaged the friction-feed, and printed the rest. It was as painful a procedure as it sounds.
This procedure was prone to numerous frustrating problems, espe-
cially when several people used the same printer. It was very easy to have mis- aligned sprocket holes. Often, someone would for- get to disengage the friction setting after loading the fan- fold. This situation usually occurred when you went for a cup of coffee after starting to print your 20-page docu- ment.
The other option was to use the fanfold from the beginning and to discard the blank top page. The trees would probably like to say something about this wasteful procedure.
In newer printers equip- ped with pushfeeds, it's possible to advance the page after printing, tear off the last printed page, and then retract the paper to the top printing position. Rather than going through the con- tortions outlined earlier, all you have to do is press a switch to move the paper.
Improved paper han- dling. Newer impact dot- matrix printers allow a greater adjustment of the gap between the printhead and the platen, thereby per- mitting the use of thicker forms. In general, paper handling is more positive, precise, and predictable on newer printers than on those from even a few years ago. The improvement makes it much easier to print envelopes, multipart forms, and labels.
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Since accurate registration of superimposed characters is essential, most of the printers become unidirec- tional when printing in color. The resultant output is slower than when the printer is printing with a black rib- bon, but the only other alternative would be to purchase an ink jet or
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software, the cartridge configures itself in sections like the 1750-series RAM disk. On the 2MB model, this is like hav- ing five RAM disks, if Gateway is used, BBG is configured as one large RAM, disk. With Gateway's Slider and Browse functions, this makes all files easily accessible.
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The Aprospand makes another inter- esting combination possible. I have used one board to access both BBU and BBG. I placed Gateway in both, and found that I could run GEOS from either with no interference from the oth- er. This could increase your total avail- able RAM for GEOS {separately accessi- ble), or allow use of GEOS in one car- tridge and Gateway in the other, since each system has different advantages. Employment of BBG and BBU togeth- er would require ordering BBG with the optional disable switch, so that it would not be available when BBU was being accessed. A reset switch is stan- dard with BBU and available as an op- tion with BBG.
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Many Commodore users will choose to place BBG or BBU directly in their cartridge ports, This is how BBG and BBU were designed to be used. There should be no problems for any 64 or 128 with this configuration.
For very little money, REU owners can turn their 64s into permanent-mem- ory machines with several thousand ki- lobytes of memory. GEOS users who don't own an REIJ should appreciate BBG especially for the large memory it offers. It's a tribute to Peter Fiset, the designer of both BBG and BBU, that a number of other combinations are pos- sible with these devices.
Fiset is in a sense competing against himself, since he also devel- oped the CMD RAMDrive, but RAMDrive is more expensive than these cartridges. BBU and BBG are for those of us who don't have a large budget, and who have more specific needs for our computers.
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Do we really need another drawing pro- gram? If it's for the 128 and if it's a qual- ity program, then, yes, we do! You can now add I Paint to your short list of good graphics programs for the 128. It requires a 128D or 128 with 64K video RAM added, a 1351 or compatible mouse, and an RGBI orSO-column mon- itor. In return, ! Paint offers you a 640- X 400-pixel screen and the ability to blend more than 65,000 apparent col- ors. While they aren't required, I Paint supports 1700, 1764, or 1750 RAM ex- pansion units, 24-pin, color, and laser pnnters,
The manual describes I Paint as pro- ducing hi-res interlaced color graphics for the 128D. I immediately found my- self wondering what interlaced meant, I didn't have to look any further than the manual for an explanation.
Basically, a video image is made up of horizontal scan lines which are bro- ken into two fields, one displaying even lines and the other odd lines. If an im- age is interlaced, the image of one field appears between the lines of the other field. This method doubles the number of lines holding information, which in turn doubles the vertical pixel resolution. I realize that this probably doesn't make much sense to a lot of computer users, but this is what gives you the greater resolution and all of the apparent colors. After all, interlaced graphics is what this program is about.
Getting started with the program posed a problem for me. I couldn't get it to load with my 1571 drive. The au- thor provided me with a new program, but the same problem still plagued me. Finally, we hooked up a 1541 drive.
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and tlie program loaded. Tire author took my disk and loaded it witin his 1571 drive, so I'm inclined to think my drive was to blame.
To start, plug your mouse into port 1 and then boot the program. The first menu provides four options: Start, Set- up, Install RAMDOS, or Exit. For the first time, choose Start. You can play around with the Setup process later. When you get around to setting up the program, one of the choices involves the mouse. It can be set up as either a left-handed or right-handed mouse. The setup configures the On button un- der your index finger and the Off but- ton under your middle finger.
The next menu will be the main menu, which will present a selection of 14 options. These are Pen, Brush, Spray Can, Shapes. Fill, Palette, Mag- nify, Areas, Drawmode, Text, Files, Print, Options, and Clear. You'll notice that the Pen icon will be reversed. This indicates that the Pen mode is ac- tive. From this point on, the artist in you is given the freedom and power to cre- ate works from the most simple to the intricately involved.
I'm not an artist — computer or other- wise— but as I sat in front of the com- puter drawing cute little geometrical shapes and filling them in with different blocks of color, I felt rather creative and proud of what I could do with this program. Then I loaded some files of pictures the author had supplied. The impact of what could be done with this program was overwhelming. For the person who enjoys computer-aided drawing and creating personal de- signs, this is an ideal program.
You are provided with three modes of freehand drawing: Pen, Brush, and Spray Can. Each of these modes al- lows you to clip and paste and select colors while maintaining your choice of drawing mode. Each is represented by an icon on the main menu.
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paste, reverse, flip, and create pat- terns. There's also a text mode that of- fers a choice of six fonts, a system font, and one loadable custom font. You can manipulate text as to its direc- tion on the drawing and character size, and there are six other options for greater flexibility and creativity.
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IWore RAM
I know Ihe 64 has 8K of RAM under BASIC ROM at 40960- 49151 and that it can be used as long as BASIC isn't being used. Which machine language LDA and STA do I need to use to switch be- tween ROM and RAM?
NICOLE BLAKE NEW YORK. NY
I'd like to write a program en- tirely in ML, but I need about 50K of free RAM, My machine language book says I can free a memory block from S0801 to SCFFF with LDA #$36: STA $01. But when I do this, the computer crashes. Ei- ther something's wrong with my computer or I can't use this free RAM in direct mode. Can you tell me how can I pro- gram this memory?
JASPER HOUK OUINBYCUL. VA
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Bit 0 of location 1 determines wliettier ttie computer sees memory at $AOOO-$BFFF as BASIC ROM or as Ihe RAM un- derneath. Bit 1. likewise, sees memory at $E000- $FFFF as Kernal ROM or as the RAM underneath. If either bit is on. ROM is enabled. If both are off, the memory is available. On the 64, lo turn off the BASIC ROM, store a $06 into location $01. To turn off both BASIC and Kernal ROM, store a $04 in location $01. To recover both, store a $07 in the same location. You mustn't turn off the Kernal ROM with BASIC ROM still en- gaged because BASIC relies upon the Kernal.
If you make this memory available without copying ROM to the RAM underneath, you pay a price — you lose BA SIC ROM and/or Kernal ROM. BASIC is gone, which is fine if you're writing a program entire- ly in ML and If the program doesn't call any built-in ROM routines from that area. But
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you must store a $07 to loca- tion $01 before you end the ML program and return to di- rect mode. BASIC is In charge of monitoring your keypresses, printing them to the screen, and interpreting commands (such as RUN or SYS) thai you might type. If you've switched out BASIC, di- rect mode will seem to be lock- ed up.
What about the case where you've copied the ROM routines to the RAM un- derneath? Well, as long as the process was done correct- ly and that RAM wasn't over- written later, switching out ROM should be no problem. The correct way of writing BA- SIC ROM to RAM Is as simple as the following.
FOR X=40960 TO 49151: POKE X, PEEK{X): NEXT
Just modify the range to cov- er the addresses from 57344 to 65535 if you want the Ker- nal ROM copied also. Whatev- er you do, don't disable BA- S!G until after this routine has run, because it uses BASIC to work!
Software or Interface?
I have a 64, a 1541 disk drive, an Epson RX-80 printer, and a Turboprint/GT inter- face. I wrote a multipage re- port in Homeword with top, bottom, and side borders de- fined according to the word processor's instructions. When the report was printed, the first page was OK, but each succeeding page want beyond the bottom border and crossed over the page serrations.
When I initially set up the printer and interface, I set ihe DIP switches by the instruc- tions, I did find that I had to set one on the printer to off to prevent doubie-spacing be- cause the computer controls the linefeed. The test pro-
gram built into the printer worked perfectly across multi- page prints, recognizing the end of the page and going to the next page.
Am I the one at fault? Or is the problem with the software or the interface?
SCARLET LYNCH WAYCflOSS. GA
There are a couple of solu- tions to your problem. But first here's an explanation which applies to printers and interfaces in general.
'\A/hen the printer finishes printing a line, two things need to happen: The print- head should move to the be- ginning of the line, and the pa- per should advance one line. Traditionally, a carriage return (OR) only moves the print- head to the beginning of the line It's on. It can thus be used to print a line and go back to the beginning to un- derline or overstrike various characters that are already printed. A separate linefeed (LF) character causes the pa- per to move up a line. The AS- CII codes for CR and LF are CHR$(t3) and CHR$(10). re- spectively
Commodore printers and screens use only a CR at the end of a line. In this case, CHR$(13) means move to the beginning of a line and move to the next line. It also means you need to add a linefeed when you print something to the printer.
The printer, the Interface, and the computer are all pro- grammable. There are a vari- ety of ASCII codes you can use to send commands to each of them. In addition, print- ers and Interfaces generally have rows of DIP switches you can set to create various effects.
All three devices— the com- puter, the interface, and the printer— are capable of add- ing the linefeed. The question
is, who's in charge? If no de- vice adds a CHR$(10), every- thing will print on the same line. On the other hand, you could have a program that sends a 13 plus a 10. The in- terface sees the 13 and adds another CHR$(10), and the printer says to itself, "Aha, a 13 just arrived. I'd better add a linefeed. " In this case, you'd have triple spacing.
It doesn't really matter which device adds the line- feed, as long as one (and on- ly one) does so.
The same idea applies to skipping over the perforation at the end of the page. You've indicated that the print- er is set to skip over the per- foration. The printer keeps a tally of how many lines have been printed so far VWien the page Is nearly full. It skips ahead a few lines to start a new page.
The problem is that your word processing program is doing the same thing. When it approaches the bottom of a page, it sends some blank lines. In the meantime, the printer has also decided to move to the next page and, when it gets there, starts print- ing the blank lines the comput- er has sent.
You'll have to decide who's in charge of skipping over the perforation between pages. If it's the printer, then set the word processing program to have no margin at the top or bottom. If the word processor controls the margins, then you'll have to turn off the au- tomatic paging feature of the printer.
Empty Arrays
I'm writing a program on my 128 using 80 columns, and Tm having a problem han- dling arrays. If no data is en- tered in an array, the data doesn't stay where 1 put it. The first time through the pro- gram, everything is where it
should be, On each subse- quent reading of the sequen- tial file, data shifts to the left to fill any empty arrays.
ALVIN DWINDLE MCLEAN. VA
When you create an array us- ing DIM, numeric arrays are in- itialized to Os, and string ar- rays are initialized to null strings. A null string contains no characters; It's a string full of nothing. If you open a se- quential file and write a null string to it, you're writing noth- ing at all to the file. A PRINT# statement generally adds a carriage return-~CHR$(13)— after each string or number, so if you examine the con- tents of the file, you'll see a CHR$(13) only We experi- mented a bit with sequential files and discovered that IN- PUT# doesn't like null sthngs. For example, if you PRINTS "ABC" followed by a null string and then "DEF" and read through the characters (with GET#). you'll see 65, 66. 67. 13. 13. 68. 69, 70, 13-^ three ASCII characters for ABC, a 13. nothing for the null string, another 13, then three ASCII characters for DEF, followed by another 13 (carriage return).
If you INPUr# from the file, you'll receive an ABC and a DEF, but no null string. This is true in both 64 and 128 modes.
A couple of solutions are available. The first is to avoid writing a null string if you're go- ing to use INPUTS to read the file. Instead, send some char- acter to indicate a null entry INPUT and INPUT# ignore leading spaces, so don't send a space. You should be able to use any other charac- ter— including a shifted space. CHR$ (160). The sec- ond is to avoid using INPUTff. ' If you use GET# to retrieve one character at a time, you can concatenate the string un-
til it encounters a CHRS(13).
Graphics Mode
While trying to write a simula- tion program for the Commo- dore 128, I can't get variables to print in the graphics mode. Here is part of my program.
10 GRAPHICI.I
15 H=180
20 CHAR 1,5,5, 'HEADING;"
;H
The variable in line 20 doesn't print out. what's wrong?
STEVE PETnGREW COLTON. CA
BASIC 7.0's CHAR statement won't print the value of a nu- meric variable; it will display only strings (or the contents of string variables). Fortunate- ly. BASIC provides a simple way to generate a string con- taining the digits of a numeric variable — the STH$ function. For example. A$=STR$(123) produces the same result as AS="123". and STR$(H) will produce the string equivalent of the value of the numeric var- iable H. There's just one oth- er consideration; Unlike PRINT CHAR will display on- ly a single string, so you can 't use print separators like the semicolon you have In line 20 above. Instead, you must use the + operator to concatenate (join) any substrings into a sin- gle string. Here's a workable version of line 20 for your pro- gram fragment:
20 CHAR 1,5,5,
+STRS(H)
'HEADING:
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1581 UTILITIES
For the past two issues I've been rummaging around in QuantumLJnks's more exciting (sillier?) corners, pulling out some dynamite games — the kind of games that'll keep you glued to your monitor for hours. Hey, I happen to like games! So, sue me!
But enough games! How about something for you 1581 users? This month ( figured I'd dish up something a little dif- ferent: utilities — some really ex- cellent, head-banging utilities. A contradiction of terms, you say? Not on your life. Utilities have their own kind of cool, es- pecially the ones I've scrounged up for you. The point is, when you need utili- ties, these will do the job with that little extra oompf that al- most makes the work fun.
If you're humming "Spoon- ful of Sugar" now and shaking your head, just hang on. You need to format a disk and re- arrange a directory now and then, same as anyone else. Un- less you get a thrill out of mem- orizing BASIC'S gobbledy- gook commands, you'll be glad to have these utilities around. Trust me!
1581 DIsl( Utilities
By Joe Gilberto Q-Link filename: 1581 UT- 128R1.5, uploaded by DrJoe. This program requires a 128 with a 1581 or other drive and an 80-column monitor.
It's hard to find a good disk utility on Q-Link by sim- ply browsing the libraries. Eve- ry one of the myriad files in that area has the name Disk Utility, which tells you nothing. That's why I'm all for gutsy names, the kind that get your attention. Fortunately, Q-Link users often leave comments on files after they've download- ed them and taken them for a spin, I started perusing the comments and quickly nar-
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rowed the utilities down to just a few that really have some substance.
This nifty program was the winner, hands down. I do wish it had a snazzier name, something macho like Disk Commander or clever like Disk-Functional or even just plain weird like DisKom- BooBaLate. A good name would make you want to try this puppy out. But it's a utili- ty so it's got a boring name.
You won't have to look deeper than a sprite or two to notice this program's elegant touches. It uses windows to set up the 80-column screen in two sections, one for the menu of options and the oth- er for displaying disk directo- ries, It does this with all the sleekness of a Jaguar parked in front of the opera. It flips you back and forth between menus just as smoothly, al- ways taking you where you want to go in the program with quiet ease. Unobtrusive prompts remind you to turn up your monitor's sound so you'll get the full effect of the SID chip's contribution.
I don't know why, but the 80-column screen always seems to have its own special elegance, a kind of ambience of efficiency with a touch of a smile. If you don't have a clue as to what I'm talking about, check out this pro- gram for a good example.
Its list of options includes all the usual disk and file func- tions: copying, renaming, de- leting, and so on. The 1581 drive in particular is support- ed with numerous features de- signed for that device only. The program works with CMD's RAM devices, but not between their partitions. If you do heavy-duty work on those devices, you're better off with CMD's own utility disks.
And last but not least, get a load of that error sound! There's no way I can de-
scribe it to you, but it's almost worth getting this program just to hear it!
1581 Directory Assistant
By Captain Morgan Q-Link filename: 1581DIR/ CAPCODE, uploaded by Dakkri, This program works with a 1581 and a 64 or 128.
I have been running myself ragged trying to find a 64 disk utility program with as much pizazz as the 128's 1581 Disk Utilities. This one, 1581 Directory Assistant, is similar, with a slick opening graphics screen and inter- face. In addition to the usual formatting and file handling, it features an option to add a dashed line in the directory list- ing to separate group files.
There are a few drawbacks to this program. For one thing, it didn't seem to want to recognize my CMD FD-4000 disk drive as a 1581, even though I had a 1581-format disk in the drive. That sur- prised me, since the FD has al- ways doubled as a 1581 with- out the slightest hitch. Sec- ond— and this will affect more of you — this program is for the 1581 drive only; it in- cludes no commands for the 1541, 1571, or any RAM de- vice. I know that quite a few of you use one of those other types of drives at least as much as you do a 1581, so this utility must be only one of several you'll need to get your work done,
But don't get me wrong; this program is a very nice piece of work, It does what it's supposed to and even manages to do it with a little flair. The author has tried to in- clude every type of 1581 op- tion he could imagine.
So if you have a 1581, you'll want to check out these two programs. Look for them on a BBS near you, on Quan- tumLink. or on this month's Ga- zette Disk. 0
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Jim Butterfield
Load and run a machine language
program from within a BASIC one.
BOOT BASICS
There are several ways to choose a location for a ma- chine language program. One good method is to stick it onto the end of a BASIC program. That way, BASIC and ML will load together. A method that I often use in this column is to poke the program into a cho- sen part of memory.
When a machine language program is located away from its BASIC driver, it's often nec- essary for the BASIC and ML programs to be loaded in sep- arate actions. To spare the us- er from the need to type a com- plex loading sequence, pro- grammers use boot programs.
A boot program may load many items into various parts of memory. For example, you could have it load a video screen, a machine language program, and a music player.
We'll look at a simple boot program that loads a machine language program from disk and then proceeds to call it as needed, First, let's create a very simple ML program that prints the message HELLO.
2000 LDX #$00
2002 LOA $2Q0E,X
JSR SFFD2
INX
CPX #$07
BNE $2002
RTS 0200E 43 45 4C 4C 4F 21 OD
Using a machine language monitor program, you could en- ter the code almost exactly as shown above and then save it to disk with a command such as: S "HI.ML",08,2000,2015. You could also create the pro- gram using the following BA- SIC program.
100 REM HELLO ML MAKER
110 DATA 0,32
120 DATA 162.0,189,14,32,32,
210,255 130 DATA 232,224,7,208,245,96
G-ie COMPUTE SEPTEMBER 1993
140 DATA 72,69,76,76,79,33,13 200 OPEN 1, 8,2, "0:HLML,P,W" 210 READ A:T=T+A 22DPRINT#1,CHR$(A|; 230 N=N+1
240 IF N<23 GOTO 210 250 CLOSE 1
260 PRINT "FILE WRIHEN!" 270 IF T<>2356 THEN PRINT "... WRONG!"
Do not overlook the semico- lon at the end of line 220. Run the program, and it will gener- ate file HI. ML, Later, if you en- ter LOAD ■■HI.ML-.S.l fol- lowed by SYS 8192. the pro- gram prints HELLOIJhe extra ,1 at the end of the LOAD com- mand forces the program to be loaded without relocation at address hex 2000 (decimal 8192).
Now, we'll ask a BASIC pro- gram to act as a boot, bring- ing in our HI. ML program and then calling upon it to perform the greeting. Before we do, however, we must go to "boot camp" and learn some new rules.
On the Commodore 128, command BLOAD "HI. ML" would do everything we need- ed: It would bring in the pro- gram and allow us to contin- ue with more code. On other machines, we must deal with the chain effect.
When a program brings something into memory using LOAD, a curious thing hap- pens. The program returns to its first statement because the computer anticipates a chain, a program destroying it- self by loading in a fresh pro- gram over its own memory space.
It's fun to work with BASIC chaining, getting one pro- gram to do some work, then calling in another program to continue the job. That's not our task here. But before we pick up our HI. ML job, here's a tip for those who would like to play with BASIC chaining: Programs loaded by chaining
must be no bigger than the first program of the chain.
Back to our task. We wish to load the machine language program into memory, but this loading action will cause our program to go back to its first statement. That's almost the same as the program start- ing over, except that now the program's variables couid con- tain values. You might think that the program must end up caught in a loop. First, it will load, then it will go back and load, and so on. But there's a way around this problem.
When a program goes back to its first statement after performing LOAD, it doesn't lose its variable values. Sup- pose the first program state- ment is IF X=1 GOTO. When the program starts, all varia- bles, X included, are 0. So we won't take the GOTO branch. As our program continues, we may now set X=1 and then LOAD. The program will return to its first statement, but this time it will take the GOTO and then proceed.
The following code uses ON X instead of if X=1, but the principle is the same. When we start, the program proceeds to lines 110 and 120 and executes the LOAD command. The program nev- er reaches line 130; instead, it returns to its first statement. This time, X has a value of 1, so the program immediately leaps to line 200.
Here's the tiny program. Don't forget to use the com- mand NEW before entering it.
100 ON X GOTO 200
110 X=1
120 LOAD "HI. ML", 8,1
130 STOP
200 PRINT "ML NOW
LOADED" 210 SYS 8192 220 END
Can you see why the program never reaches line 130? □
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DIVERSIONS
Fred D'Ignazio
When your Gomiiuter
starts to talk
with the voice of your
favorite movie
star, will you be cast
in merely a
supporting role?
HELLO, TOON TOWN!
When 1 began writing for COM- PUTE 11 years ago, I wrote a series of articles about a "com- puter friend" program that par- ents could load into the com- puter for their children, The computer friend was a user- friendly interface for young chil- dren that would take their or- ders, play games, and ad- dress the children by name.
At the time, having a friend who lived inside a computer seemed like something out of science fiction. Today, howev- er, this vision may be close to reality. The Qualix Group in San Mateo, California, has a program called Saylt that fea- tures a little onscreen charac- ter named Simon. Simon can actually hear and understand you. This is accomplished through a sound card and the Saylt program's voice-recogni- tion functions.
When the program is first loaded into the computer, Si- mon pops onto the screen in ready mode. Once you attach a microphone and activate him, he puts his hand to his ear and announces that he's listening for your first voice command. If he understands your command, he gives you the thumbs-up sign. If he can't understand your command, he scratches his head to show you that he's confused. If you don't want him eaves- dropping on your regular con- versations, you issue the voice command, "Cover your earsl" and he puts his fingers in his ears to show you that he's not listening.
Voice-recognition pro- grams aren't new. What is new is personalizing the program with a computer friend like Si- mon. Even more important, the newest programs have far greater power than their older counterparts, and they run on
standard computers. Simon, for example, runs only on Sun Workstations, but he costs on- ly $295 and can be trained to recognize more than a thou- sand words.
Two other programs, IBM's VoiceType Control for Win- dows and Microsoft Windows Sound System cost even less ($129 and $289 respectively) and run on standard Windows- based PCs. A similar program. Voice Navigator SW, runs on Macintosh computers and costs $399, and Apple is about to introduce its highly touted Caspar voice-recogni- tion program, also for the Mac. Except for VoiceType (which recognizes only 64 spoken commands), all of the pro- grams recognize 1000 or more spoken commands. While they're not up to the pace of normal speech, they can handle complicated com- mands if spoken slowly.
It's not clear yet if all the pro- grams will follow Saylt's lead v/ith a cute, friendly character like Simon, but it is clear that these programs will revolution- ize the way v/e use comput- ers. And the newer speech- recognition programs are cou- pled with high-fidelity speech synthesis programs that let the computer talk back.
One immediate application of the new speech technology that is already available to all of us (even those of us without PCs) is AT&T's new talking tel- ephone that was introduced nationwide last summer. When you dial O in many parts of the country, you no longer get a human operator Instead, you get a computer equipped with speech recog- nition and speech synthesis. The computer prompts you to place your collect, person-to- person, or credit-card call. If it can't understand you, how- ever, it's supposed to ask a hu- man operator to step in.
Theoretically, this is great.
but sometimes things don't work as we would like. For ex- ample, last week my 14-year- old son Eric was downtown, and he needed his mother to pick him up in the car when it started to rain. He had no mon- ey, so he dialed O to place a collect call to our home. When my wife answered the phone, she heard Eric identifying him- self to the computer operator. "Eric D'Ignazio," he said.
"I don't understand you," said the computerized voice. "Please repeat."
"E-ric D'Ig-nay-zee-oh," Eric repeated, enunciating slowly and clearly
"I don't understand you," the computer said. And it hung up!
Eric has spent 14 years in the company of a mad hacker father, so he's learned to be tol- erant of computers. He prompt- ly redialed and tried his luck again. Still no luck. He tried again. No luck. Finally, Eric gave up and walked home in the cold, pouring rain.
When he arrived home, drip- ping wet and sneezing, he and his mother vowed that the next time this happened, they would rip the offending pay phone from the wall and deliv- er it personally to the local tel- ephone company executives who have replaced human op- erators with brain-damaged computers who can't under- stand English!
Unfortunately, even the phone company's advanced voice-recognition systems are far from perfect, If you have a stuffy nose or a frog in your throat, it's less likely that the computer will understand your spoken commands. Also, background noise can mix with your voice and confuse the computer. So it seems that even though we are stuck with computer operators, it may still be some time before they can even remotely be clas- sified as computer friends,
G-20 COMPUTE SEPTEMBER 1993
But the real frontiers in human-com- puter relations still lie ahead. Imagine a whole office full of talking, listening computers. If the experts are right and the keyboard really is a dinosaur, then in the future we'll all be communicating with our computers via voice. We'll give a verbal order to our computers, and they will respond with a verbal re- ply. If only one or two workers in the of- fice are carrying on conversations with their computers, then it's little more than a nuisance or curiosity to the other workers. But can you imagine five, ten, or twenty people firing off voice com- mands to their computers and their com- puters answering back? Remember, too, that most people tend to talk to a computer in a loud voice in order to make sure that the computer under- stands. They also speak to the comput- er slowly and clearly as if the computer were a not-so-bright servant or pet.
The result is obvious: computer ca- cophony. But that's not the worst of it. With voice-sensitive computers sitting on everyone's desktop, it's likely that a command intended for one computer will mistakenly be obeyed by another computer. Having an office full of eaves- dropping computers could lead to ca- tastrophe if someone orders one comput- er to delete a file or format a disk. It could also lead to office-wide insanity if a number of commands are picked up by other people's computers and they start dialing telephones, changing ther- mostats, turning off lights, printing docu- ments, and playing music files and voice mail.
We may have to adopt radical meth- ods to curb this computer eavesdrop- ping and cacophony. One solution is to make computer microphones highly di- rectional and ultrasensitive. This would permit us to become highly intimate with our computers. We could lean over them confidentially and whisper sweet commands into their tiny little ears. An- other solution would be for us to stag- ger our working hours so that we could come into the office late at odd hours to have our serious human-to-comput- er conversations.
This is only the tip of the iceberg. When talking and listening computers really invade our offices, we'll generate enough materials to keep psycholo- gists, sociologists, and comedians hap-
py for years. Since most computers are going portable, this new human-ma- chine relationship will not be confined to the office.
Our little chatty computers will soon go under our arms to libraries, onto air- planes, and into classrooms and auditori- ums. And judging from the new gener- ation of talking screen savers and soft- ware that licenses the voices of famous celebrities and personalities, we'll soon be inundated with a symphony of little voices that sound like Ronald Re- agan, Clint Eastwood, Scotty on the Starship Enterprise, and Rod Serling on "The Twilight Zone."
We'll want to personalize our comput- ers and turn them into cute little pets. We'll want our computers to speak to us in the voice of our favorite rock musi- cian, politician, or soap opera star The cumulative effect will be an intense feel- ing of vertigo, as if we had fallen into a Roger Rabbit cartoon and were sur- rounded by animated characters and disembodied voices. The result will be that the real world, already disorienting and absurd, may soon come to resem- ble a kind of cybernetic Toon Town. And we'll be wondering if we're just one of the players. □
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SEPTEMBER 1993 COI^PUTE G-21
BEGINNER BASIC
Larry Cotton
As the raw material
that a computer
processes, data can be
either pari of
the program or entered
by the u^r.
READING DATA
Data is one of the more com- mon words in computer lingo, ranl<ing right up there with the words bytes and RAM. Data is what the computer uses to solve problems, create imag- es, make music, or write let- ters, Data consists of words that are processed, numbers that are crunched, and points to which lines are connected. Data can be processed once it's in the computer, but how does it get there? The an- swer to that question depends on the programmer and on how the program is construct- ed. Data is often written into the program itself, in which case the BASIC keywords READ and DATA are neces- sary to process it. Here's a sim- ple example.
10 READ A,B 20 PRINT A+B 30 DATA 4,5
a-22
This program reads two piec- es of data in line 30 v/hich the programmer has included as part of the program. It then adds the two data items and prints the sum. The syntax of READ and DATA statements is very important. Make sure that the variable names (such as A and B) and the data it- self are separated by com- mas, not periods or spaces.
When the computer encoun- ters the command READ, it im- mediately looks for variable val- ues to read. In this case, since A and B are numeric var- iabies (as opposed to varia- bles which represent words), the computer looks for two numbers to read in a DATA line. If more than two num- bers are in the DATA line, the above program wili read only the first two. If the DATA line contains less than two num- bers, the program will stop with an OUT-OF-DATA error message.
COMPUTE SEPTEMBER 1993
To get the computer to han- dle words (known as literal or string data), we have to make a few changes.
10READ A$,B$
2D PRINT AS+" "+BS
30 DATA BILL.CLINTON
The dollar sign denotes a string variable. A$ (pro- nounced A string) and BS are treated literally. So, if the da- ta were numbers, as string vari- ables, A$ and B$ can't be mathematicaily manipulated (such as added or divided.)
Of course, you can do many other things with data. Here's an example using mixed data types.
10 READ A$,B$,A,B
20 PRINT AS" IS"A"AND "B$
"IS'B 30 DATA BQNNIE.CLYDE, 40,42
The variables and the data must have matching formats and be in the proper order. V(/hile a string variable can read a number, a numeric var- iable can't read a stnng.
Arrays — the pigeonholes I mentioned last month — can be filled with data as follov/s.
10FORT=1 TO 8
ZO READ A(T)
30 PRINT A(T)
40 NEXT
50 DATA 11,6,4,12,30,5,214,67
This example uses a FOR- NEXT loop to fill an array with data, a very useful technique for manipulating lots of informa- tion. A(1) will become 11, A{2) will become 6, and so on. Can you begin to see the implications for using arrays to store data?
Incidentally, if your array has more than ten entries, you must add a DIM state- ment at the beginning of the program. This statement sets aside space within the comput- er's memory to store the data,
10 DIM N$(15)
20 FOR J=1 TO 15
30 READ NS(J)
40 NEXT
50 DATA TOIVI,DICK,HARRY, JANE,SUE,BRENDA,SUZANNE, JIM,MARTIN,LOUISE,TERRY
60 DATA MADONNA,FLOPSY, MOPSY,COnONTAIL
Again, make sure that the num- ber of DATA items matches the size of your array. In this example, we've only filled the array; we haven't done any- thing with it. N$(3) will be HAR- RY, N$(12) will be MADON- NA, and so on.
What you do with data is up to you. You can print it, write a story with it, multiply it, draw v/ith it, list it, catalog it, and so on. But what if your da- ta is changeable?
Suppose a class never has the same 15 students in it? You need to get information from the person who's using the program with the ubiqui- tous INPUT statement. We've reviewed INPUT recently, so I won't dwell on it now. Here's a simple example.
5 PRINT"[CLR][DOWN]PRESS RETURN AFTER EACH ENTRY."
10 PR)NT:INPUT "HOW MANY CLASS MEMBERS";IV!
20J=1:DIMN$(IVI):PRINT
30 INPUr'CLASS MEMBER NAIVIE";CMS
40 N$(J)=CMS
50 IF J=M THEN 80
60 IF CM$=" " THEN 80
70 J=J+1:PRINT:G0TO 30
80 PRINT CHRS(147)
90 PRINT:PRINT"THE CLASS MEMBERS ARE'iPRJNT
100 FOR T=1 TO J:PRINT NS(T):NEXT
INPUT waits patiently until the person at the keyboard types something and presses the Re- turn key. The data is stored in the N${M) array- Next month, we'll look at ways to save your precious da- ta for future use! □
GEOS
Steve Vander Ark
BEEP! BEEP!
There's been a lot ot noise com- ing from ttie IBM crowd lately. Most of it fias to do with that GEOS clone that they call Win- dows. The latest pastime for Windows aficionados is to load sound bites that are then keyed to various system events.
Whenever you click on a but- ton, Windows cranks out that digitized bit of sound that you've selected. For example, you might have the Roadrun- ner cartoon character utter his famous "Beep! Beep!" every time you close a window. These sound files are a lot of fun, and there are scads of them to be found on various bulletin boards and on commer- cial services such as GEnie and CompuServe,
Of course, the 64 was do- irig sound long before these IBM wonders were even born — and doing it better than anyone. Back when the IBM could barely beep, the 64 was gracing its games with three-voice sound produced by that amazing bit of electron- ics, the SID chip. With a few PEEKS and POKEs, any BA- SIC programmer could create sound and music.
It wasn't long before pro- grams like Music Construction Set put the ability to create mu- sic within anyone's reach. When the 128 came along, its enhanced BASIC commands made programming simple. Six voices and stereo capabil- ities became possible when the SID Symphony cartridge (available now from Creative Mi- cro Designs) added an extra SID chip to the Commodore system.
1 realize that there's a differ- ence between Commodore's multivoice music and Win- dows' digitized sounds, but the 64 is capabie of playing dig- itized sounds, too. Its only lim- itation is memory, since digit-
ized sound eats kilobytes about as fast as my daughter gobbles potato chips.
The premier program for im- porting and playing digitized sound files is DigiPlayer by Mark Dickenson. It's available on QuantumLink as share- ware. (To help you downioad it more easily, its filename is DIGIPLAYER31,SDA. and it was uploaded by Mark AD I.)
OK, what's all this have to do with GEOS? There are a couple of programs on 0-Link that will let you Import sound files converted with DigiPlayer into a format that GEOS can use. Since DigiPlayer files use the file extension RAW, I'll call them RAW files. One GEOS program which actually plays them is an auto-exec file called AUTORAW, (Filename: AUTORAW, uploaded by WillJ14.) Auto-exec files run au- tomatically when you boot your system.
Let me give you an exam- ple of how you can put this technique to use. In the GEOS message area on 0- Link, several users report that they use geoRAW to signal when their system has fin- ished booting. Many people use auto-exec files such as QwikStash to load a RAM de- vice automatically during the boot process. This is conven- ient, but time consuming. So, rather than just sitting and star- ing at the screen, let digitized sounds or voice clips inform you when everything is load- ed. One popular sound file to use for this is the voice of the HAL 9000 computer from 2001: A Space Odyssey. When you hear HAL's voice, you know that your system is up and waiting for you.
You can also use a pro- gram called Raw (Q-Link file- name: RAW VI. 1, uploaded by Denton2) to play all of your RAW files sequentially Unfor- tunately, this utility was upload- ed in an unfinished form. It
plays the sound files all right, but it includes no slick inter- face screens, no file selector box to pick a file to play and not even a real icon, but at least it gives us digitized sound.
Digitized sound is great, but let's not forget all those wonderful music files out there. These files, usually re- ferred to as SID files, often car- ry the file extension MUS. Some files even include words and artwork. Stereo SID files which utilize the extra SID chip are also plentiful.
You can play all those won- derful three-voice SIDs using geoSIDPIayer, This neat utility lets you choose SID music files from a standard file selec- tor dialog box. It then plays a file for you while a little guy on the screen taps his foot and grins. GeoSIDPIayer is avail- able in the Q-Link GEOS librar- ies. Its filename is GEO- SIDPLAYER, and it was upload- ed by RogerLU. Unfortunately, there is no stereo player for GEOS, but since most GEOS users have their cartridge port already filled with a RAM de- vice of some kind, they wouldn't have room for a mu- sic cartridge anyway
All these programs work fine, but I would love to see some more work done with sound programs for GEOS. I'd like to see the digitized sound player cleaned up and given a proper interface. I'd like a SID player for GEOS that dis- plays the words if a WRD file is included. And that's not all. Someone on Q-Link a few weeks ago was talking about programming a SID player that would play in the back- ground so you could listen to your favorite tunes while you're pounding the keys in geoWrite or mouse-hopping in geoPublish, Now that sounds like a dream GEOS progrann to me. I think I'd call it geoJukebox. d
Vdu know GEOS is geared toward graphics, but have you heard airaut its outstanding audio capaliiiities?
SEPTEMBER 1993 COMPUTE G-23
PROGRAMMER'S PAGE
Randy Thompson
Here are some
readers' programs
for adding
vectors, bouncing
screens, and
protecting programs
VECTORS, BOUNCERS, AND BASIC SAVERS
We have some more great tips from readers this month, so let's get to them.
Vector Addition
This program performs vector addition on two vectors and gives the resultant vector's magnitude and angle. The magnitudes and angles (be- tween 0 and 360 degrees) of the vectors to be added are all that you enter. This can be a useful little program for phys- ics students.
NILES NOON AN |
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TINLEYPARK, IL |
||
XD |
180 |
REM VECTOR FINDBF |
PJ |
195 |
DIM M(31 ,A (3} ;QS«"Y" |
J» |
110 |
X«3:Y-fl |
AC |
12S |
DEF FN H(X)-|inT(X«100B +.5)1/1000 |
KQ |
13e |
FOR I-l TO 2 |
OA |
148 |
|
Aft |
153 |
PRINT "MAGNITUDE OF VEC TOR";l; |
MJ |
160 |
IMPOT M[I) |
DQ |
17e |
PRINT "ANGLE OF VECTOR" |
SF |
IBO |
r 1 1 INPUT A(!) |
BH |
198 |
Ad) -Ad) '^/IBB |
GK |
200 |
!fM(l}*SIN(fl(I) 1 +Y |
HF |
2ia |
X=M(I|'C0S1A(1)1+X |
QD |
229 |
NEXT I |
XR |
230 |
M|3) =FN R(SQR(X*X+Y*y) ) |
DP |
240 |
A13)-FN R( 1ATN(Y/X) )«18 0/1) |
EA |
250 |
IF X<0 THEN A{3|.A(3)+1 80 |
DR |
260 |
IF A(3)<0 THEN A(3)-A(3 ) t360 |
PC |
270 |
IF Mf3)-0 THEN R(3)=0 |
HK |
280 |
PRIMT |
AK |
290 |
PRINT "MAGNITUDE OF RES ULTANT VECTOR =";M(3) |
SK |
300 |
PRINT "ANGLE OF RESULTA NT VECTOR ■";AI3! |
GM |
310 |
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AA |
320 |
PRINT "FIGURE ANOTHER"; |
BC |
330 |
INPUT OS |
liM |
340 |
IF QS-"i(" THEN lia |
Screen Bouncer
Using a technique known as flexible line distance, the fol- lowing program smoothly "bounces" the 64's screen down and up. Be sure to re- move all cartridges from your computer before you run the program. After you load and run the program, type SYS 4915210 set your screen in motion. Press Run/Stop-Re-
store to return your computer to a more stable state.
SE 5 D=9fl
KC 10 READ A:IFA=-lTHEN4a
PK 20 IFA>256THEN5(1
CF 30 B=BtA:POKE49152+C,A:C-C+
l:GOTO10 MA 40 PRINT "ALL DONE] [RVS)SV S 49152(OFF} TO INSTALL. ":POKE163e3,170;END RP 50 D=D + 10:IFB-ATHEKB=ia:GOTO
10 JD 60 PHINT"SCLR)lfOU TYPED LIN E"D"IN WRONG. RECHECK AN D(RVS)RUN[OFF) AGAINI" CK 70 PRINT "[2 DOKN]lIST"D" (3 UP1":POKE631,13:POKE (SPACEU98,1 AF 100 DATA 169,147,32,210,255 , 129,162,1,142,26,208,2 02,142,32,208,2056 KG 110 DATA 169,49,141,18,203, 169, 127, 141, 13, 220, 169, 27,141,17,208,169,1985 SK 120 DATA 42,162,192,141,20, 3,142,21,3,88,96,238,25 ,208, 238, 112,192,1923 XK 130 DATA 173,112,192,16,11, 41,127,141,111,192,159, 128,56,237,111,192,170, 2179 XE 140 DATA 208,2,162,1,172,13 ,208,152,56,233,2,41,7, 9, 16,141, 17,1445 HC 150 DATA 20B , 204 , IB , 2B8 , 240 , 251, 201), 20 2, 2na, 236, 17 3,18,208,206,251,169,27 ,3029 AJ 160 DATA 141,17,208,173,13, 220,75,49,234,0,0,0,1,1 132,-1
The secret to smoothly mov- ing the 64's screen down and up is simple yet ingenious. This program installs a verti- cal-blanl< interrupt that tempo- rarily keeps the computer's VIC chip (the chip responsi- ble for the 64's video display) so busy that It won't have time to send any video informa- tion to your monitor, The long- er the program occupies the VIC chip's time, the longer the screen's video output is de- layed, and the lower the screen's graphics appear on your television or monitor. To get rid of the streaks the pro- gram leaves in the empty are- as at the top of the screen, type POKE 16838,0 while the program is running.
BOB BRODERICK SAN RAMON. CA
Easy Program Protection
If you want to read-protect your BASIC programs (make them unloadable by BASIC),
Richard Reano of San Diego, California, has two sugges- tions: Save your programs as sequential files, or, better yet, save them as user files.
When using the SAVE com- mand, add a comma and the letter S after the filename to save a program as a sequen- tial file, or add a comma and the letter Uto save It as a us- er file.
SAVE "Wen3me,S",8
SAVE"f//ename,U",8
Now, when you list the disk di- rectory, you'll find that your PRG file has become a SEQ or USR file. And if you try to load the file, BASIC responds with a FILE TYPE MISMATCH error message.
Actually, there is a way to load these modified files, but you have to know the secret. To load one of these files, use the same ,S or ,U you used when you saved the program. For example, to load a BASIC program saved with SAVE "file- name.S",8, use LOAD "file- name,S".8.
Taking It With You
Manning Vahlenkamp from Ma- tawan, New Jersey, provides this tip for 128 owners who do a lot of BASIC programming in 64 mode. To move from 128 mode to 64 mode without losing the current BASIC pro- gram, simply enter these two POKEs after executing the computer's GO 64 command.
POKE 43,1 POKE 44,28
These POKE statements tell the 64 portion of your com- puter that the current BASIC program is located in memo- ry starting al 7169 (SiCOl). That's the default location where BASIC programs are stored when your computer is in 128 mode. D
G-24 COMPUTE SEPTEMBER 1993
PROGRAMS
DATABASE
By Todd Piltingsrud
With DataBase you can store practically any type of information to disk and then retrieve or edit it as you like. DataBase has a powerful screen editor that oper- ates like a conventional word processor, so it can be used for a variety of tasks.
DataBase consists of a BASIC pro- gram and a short machine language rou- tine. To enter the BASIC program, use The Automatic Proofreader to help avoid typing errors. Look for Proofreader else- where in this section. Be sure to save a copy of the program before you run it.
Enter the machine language routine with MLX, our machine language entry program, which can be found elsewhere in this section. When MLX prompts, reply with the following addresses.
Starting address: GOOD Ending address: C397
Be sure to save this program with the filename DATA. ML to the same disk that contains the BASIC portion. The BA- SIC program automatically searches for and loads that filename.
Using the Program
After loading and running DataBase, use the cursor keys and the Return key to move around on the menu screen and select the various options. The first time you run the program, you'll probably want to create an entry. Cur- sor to this option and press Return.
Note the difference between an en- try and a file on the menu. A file is made up of several entries. For exam- ple, you could have numerous entries listing the names, addresses, and tele- phone numbers of your friends. Taken as a whole, these entries could then be saved as a file, perhaps with the file- name FRIENDS.
When you create an entry, the screen clears, and the program goes to input mode. DataBase doesn't ask for a title for an entry. Instead, the first line of each entry acts as its title, but this line is still seen as part of the en- try. Once you have entered the informa- tion you wish, press f7 to return to the menu. If you wish to create additional entries at this time, simply press Return with the cursor on the Create Entry op-
tion. After typing in several entries, you can press f1 or f3 to move up and down through the entries in the file.
After you have entered several en- tries, you can then save them under one filename. To do this, select the Save File option from the menu. You'll then be asked for a filename, Suppose we used FRIENDS as suggested earli- er. This sequential file will then be saved to disk with all of the information entered so far.
From the DataBase menu, you can load a file back into memory, see a disk directory, scratch files, print files, and list or print all of the entries in a file. You can also recall, erase, or print individual entries within a larger file.
Once you have loaded a file and you want to recall a specific entry, se- lect the Recall Entry option. You'll be asked for a name. Suppose you want the entry that contains Jack Johnson's information, simply type J or JACK. If you have several friends in the file whose names are Jack, simply enter the full name of the entry you want.
Entries are alphabetized by the first word on the line. Should you wish to add a new name to your FRIENDS file, load the file and select the Create En- try option to add new information. Just remember to save the file again when you have finished editing. You can use the same filename since DataBase lets you overwrite the old file.
Defaults
DataBase is set to handle up to 60 en- tries and 20 lines per entry. This de- fault can be changed if you desire. Load DataBase, but before running it, list line 10. Notice that W equals the number of entries and H equals the number of lines per entry. By changing these values, you can decrease or in- crease the size of DataBase's memory However, W can be no more than 255. A warning is also in order here. The 64's memory has limits. Putting in num- bers that are too high can lead to diffi- culties such as garbage collecting. This occurs when the 64 has to erase old memory to make room for new in- formation. In an extreme case, you could run out of memory. Due to the 64's memory limitations, a practical lim- it for DataBase should be 50-100 en- tries and 15-20 lines per entry This as-
sumes that you probably won't i individual entry to its limit.
each
Printing
DataBase is also set so that the device number is 8 and the printer number is 4. These numbers can also be changed if you desire. Before running, list line 5. Here, D is the device num- ber and P is the printer number. By changing these numbers, DataBase can be made to access other disk drives and printers.
If changes are made to these varia- bles, be sure to save a copy of Data- Base to avoid having to change them each time you load the program.
DATABASE
BM 0 REM COPYRIGHT 1993 -COMPU TE PUBLICATIONS INTL LTD {SPACE}- ALL RIGHTS RESER VED GS 5 D=8:P=4:REM DEVICE AND PR
INTER SM 10 W=60:H=20:REM NUMBER OF
ESPACE]ENTRIES AND NUHBE
R OF LINES PER ENTRY PX 15 POKE650,128:POKE53265,g:
POKE53281,6:POKE53 28 0,6 BJ 20 IFPEEK(49152) O76THENL0A
D"DATA.ML",D,1 EH 25 K=49152:DR=49155:IN=4915
8:AL=4 9161:EE=4 9164:CM=4
9167:BF=4 9170:LF=4 9173 QF 30 J=H+1:DIMAR$(W+1,H+1) ,TS
(12) AX 35 N5="":AR$(l,0)="":X=4:y=
5:T = 1 EC 40 F0RA=1T012:READTS (A) :NEX
T FK 45 POKE198,a:N$="":PRINT"
{CLR} {D0WN}{CYN|"CHRS(14
) TAB (15) "DATABASE {DOWN}" CQ 50 PRINTTAB(4) " {A>* ** ******
********************* t^\
SX 55 F0RA=1T06:PRINTTAB (4) "
{CYN}-<7}"TS(A)TAB(23)T5 (A+e)TAB(3S} "{CYN}^":NEX T
JS 60 PRINTTAB(4) "{CYN}{Z}**** ************************
_l;^'tX}":POKE5326 5,27:GOTO
100 SJ 65 GETAS:IFAS=""THEN65 BQ 70 IFA5=CHRS(13)THENPOKE781
,12:POKE782,0:POKE783,0:
SYS65520:PRIKT"{7>"; :GOT
0110 AB 75 PRINTTAB (Y) "<7}"TS(T) KK 80 IFA$ = "{UP}"AHDX>'1THENX=X
-1:T=T-1 BE 85 IFA$="{D0WN}"AHDX<9THENX
=X+1:T=T+1
SEPTEMBER 1993 COMPUTE G-25
PROGRAMS
MM 90 IFAS="{LEFT)"AMDY=23THEN
Y=5:T=T-6 MA 95 IFA$="{RIGHT)"ANDy=5THEN
Y=23:T=T+6 HK 100 POKE781,X:P0KE782,y:POK
E78 3,0:SYS65520:PRINTTA
B (Y) "{WHT}"T$ (T) "{UP)":
GOTO 6 5 MP 105 PRINT"{CLB}"; :END RR 110 OHTGOTO125,175,565,210,
620,650,730,760,590,635
,160,105 BX 115 GOT065 EJ 120 REM LOAD FILE SH 125 NN$="";INPUT"FILENAME";
NN$: IFNN$=""THEN45 EA 130 SYSCM:OPENl,D,15:OPEN8,
D,8,NN$+",S,R": INPUT#1,
A,B$,B,C:IFA<>0THEN710 QH 135 FORA=1TOW+1:SYSIH: ARS (A
,0)=AS:IFLEN(A$) =0THEHC
LOSE1:CLOSE8:GOT045 KJ 140 F0RB = 1T0J:SYSIN:AR$ (A,B
) =AS: IFLEN(AS) =0AtJDST = O
THENNEXTA:GOTOai0 EE 145 IFST=0THENNEXTB:NEXTA:G
OTO310 EQ 150 AR$(A+1,0)="":CLOSE1:CL
OSEa:GOT045 SR 155 REM CLEAR MEMORY SR 160 PRIHT"ARE YOU SURE? Y/N
":HAIT198,1:IFPEEK(631)
=89THENRUN MC 165 GOT045 BH 170 REM RECALL PS 175 INPUT"NAME";bJ$:IFNS=""T
HEN45 DM 180 IFRrGHT$CNS,l)="*"THENN
S=LEFT$(NS,LEN(H$) -1) PE 185 FORA=1TOW:IFAR${A,0) =""
THENN$="":GOTO803 GC 190 IFLEFT5 (ARS (A,0) ,LEH(N$
) ) <>N$THENNEXT : GOTO800 BQ 195 PRINT"{CLR)"ARS(A,0) ; :F
0RB=1T0H : TFB<25THENPRIN
TCHRS (13)AR$ (A,B) ; : NEXT DA 200 G0TO215 FH 205 REM CREATE ENTRY PE 210 PRINT"{CLR}"; :FORA=1TOW
: IFARS (A,0} <>""THENfJEXT
:GOTO810:REH FIND END 0
F FILE EM 215 PRINT"(HOME}";:B=0:SX=0 CS 220 SYSK:GOSUB485 DR 225 ONPEEK(2)GOT0235,513,26
5,285,310,325,335,350,4
09,285,445,465,470,510 HG 230 REM LEFT SJ 235 IFCXO0THEN513 BR 240 IFB=OTHEN220 SP 245 GOSUB435:SYSLF:ARS (A,B)
= NS BK 250 IFB=SXTHENSX=SX-1:B=B-1
:GOSUB495:PRISTA$AS; iGO
TO220 GD 255 B=B-1:GOSUB500:PRINTA5A
$; :GOTO220
G-26 COMPUTE SEPTEMBER 1993
XH |
260 |
HEM UP |
FC |
425 |
FS |
265 |
rFB=0THEN220 |
||
GD |
270 |
GOSUB485:SYSLF:ARS(A,B) =NS;IFB=SXTHENSX=SX~1:B = B-l:GOS!JB495:PRIHTAS; : |
AX |
430 |
GDTO220 |
DK |
435 |
||
KC |
275 |
B=B-1:GOSUB500:PRINTA5; |
||
:GOTO220 |
XQ |
440 |
||
SX |
280 |
REM DOWN, SHIFTED RETUR |
CP |
445 |
N |
FP |
450 |
||
SQ |
285 |
IFB=HTHEN220 |
JF |
455 |
BC |
290 |
SYSLF!AR$(A,B) =NS:GOSUB |
||
500 |
JF |
460 |
||
PJ |
295 |
IFCY=24THENSX=SX+1:B=B+ |
FB |
465 |
1:PRINTCHRS(13)ARS(A,B) |
RJ |
470 |
||
; :GOSrJB500:GOTO220 |
AG |
475 |
||
MD |
300 |
B=B+1:GOSUB500:PRINTAS; |
||
:GOTO220 |
XE |
480 |
||
HS |
305 |
REM CLR/HOMS (GO TO BOT |
||
TOM) |
MP |
485 |
||
cx |
310 |
SYSLF:ARS (A,B) -N$ : F0RB= 0TOJ:IFAR$ (A,B+1) <>""TH |
||
ENNEXT |
XE |
490 |
||
AE |
315 |
SX=B;G0SUB4 9S:PRINT" {HOME}";:GOTO220 |
SG |
495 |
RP |
320 |
REM HOME |
SG |
496 |
xc |
325 |
SYSLF:ARS(A,B)=NS:B=0:S X=B:G0SUB495:PRINTA5; :G |
||
OTO220 |
XB |
500 |
||
QH |
330 |
REM INSERT |
||
QD |
335 |
GOSUB485;SYSLF:AR$(A,B) |
||
=N5:GOSUB500:IFLEN(AR${ |
CG |
505 |
||
A,B) ) =39THEN220 |
AP |
510 |
||
EP |
340 |
G0T0515 |
||
PC |
345 |
REM DELETE |
|
515 |
HH |
353 |
FL=1:IFCX<>0THEN510 |
||
XE |
355 |
IFB=0THEN220 |
||
FH |
360 |
IFB=SXTHENSX=SX-1: PRINT |
EC |
520 |
"{DOWN}"; :GOSUB485:GOSy |
JG |
525 |
||
B495 |
XB |
530 |
||
DJ |
365 |
SYSLF:ARS ( A,B) =NS : I FLEN |
||
(ARS (A,C-1) )«=39THENAR$( |
AJ |
535 |
||
A,B-1)=LEFT5(ARS[A,B-1) |
||||
,33) |
HG |
540 |
||
DJ |
370 |
A$=LEFTS(AR$ (A,B) ,39-LE N(ARS(A,B-1) ) ) |
RA |
545 |
DB |
375 |
AR$(A,B)=RIGHT$(AR$(A,B ) ,LEN(AR$(A,B) )-LEN(AS) ) |
HE DM |
550 555 |
EG |
383 |
IFARS (A,B) =""THENFORU=B |
HX |
560 |
T0H:ARS(A,U)=AR$(A,U+1) |
AC |
565 |
||
:HEXT |
||||
FE |
385 |
B=B-l:CY=CY-l:GOSaB500: PRINTARS (A,B) ; :GOSUB485 :PRINTA$; :SYSLF:ARS (A,B |
HP |
570 |
)=N5 |
AA |
575 |
||
DQ |
390 |
GOSUB495:GOTO220 |
AM |
580 |
BA |
395 |
REM RETURN |
SD |
585 |
KD CG |
400 405 |
IFB=HTHEN220 FL=1:IFAR$(A,H) <>""THEN |
RE |
590 |
290 |
BX |
595 |
||
AS |
410 |
IFCY=24THENSX=SX+1 |
||
FB |
415 |
GOSUB485:SYSLF:ARS (A,B) |
QR |
600 |
XB |
420 |
F0RU=HT0B+1STEP-1:ARS(A ,U)=ARS(A,U-1) :NEXT:REM |
MJ |
60S |
INSERT |
FG |
610 |
B=B+1:GOSUB500:SYSBF:AR
$(A,B)=NS
ARS (A,B-1)=LEFT$(AR5(A,
B-1) ,LEN (ARS(A,B-1) ) -LE
N{ARS(A,B)))
PRINT:GOSUB48 5:GOSUB49 5
:GOTO220
REM Fi
IFA=1THEN220
IFFL=0THEN545
FL = 0:SYSLF:AR$ (A,B) =N$:
GOTO530
REM F3 AND F7
IFARS(A+1,0)=""THEN220
IFFL=0THEN545
FL=0:SYSLF: AR$ (A,B)=N$:
GOTQ530
REM SAVE CURSOR LOCATIO
N
POKE7 8 3,1:SYS65 52 0:CX=P
EEK(782) :CY=PEEK(781) :R
ETURN
REM REDRAW SCREEN
POKE212,0:PRINT"{CLR]"A
RS(A,SX) ;
FORU = SX + lTOSX+24: IFUOJ
THENPRINTCHR$ (13) ARS (A,
U) ; :NEXT
POKE 78 3,0: POKE 7 32, CX:PO
KE781,CY:SYS6 55 20; RETUR
N
REM PRINT TO SCREEN
FL=1:IFCX=3 8ANDB=HTHENP
RINTA$"{LEFT)"; :GOTO220
PRINTA$; :GOSUB4 85:IFCX=
39THENSYSLF:AR$ (A,B) =NS
: PRINT:B=B+1
GOTO220
REM ALPHABETIZE IT
B=0iFORU=0TOH: IFAR$ (A,U
) =""THENNEXT:GOTO540
NS=ARS (A,U) :ARS (A,U) =""
:ARS(A,B)=NS:B=B+1:NEXT
SYSAL
IFAS="CF1]"ANDA<>1THENA
=A-l:GOT0195
IFA$ = "{F3)"ANDARS (A4-l,0
) <>""THENA=A+l:GOT0195
GOT04 5
REM LIST ENTRIES
F0RA=1T0W: IFARS {A,0) =""
THEN815
PRINT:FORB=0TOH : IFAR$ (A
,B) <>""THENPRINTARS (A,B
) :NEXTB
IFPEEK(20 3) 0 64TKEN57 5
NEXTA:GOTOai0
REM ERASE ENTRY
INPUT '■nahE";nS: ifns=""t
HEN45
IFRIGHTS (NS, 1) ="*"THENN
$=LEFT5 (N$,LEN (N5) -1)
F0RA=1T0W+1 : IFARS (A, 0} =
""THENN5="":GOTO800
I FLEETS (ARS (A,3) ,LEN(NS
) ) <>NSTHENNEXT:GOTO800
ARS (A,0)="":SYSEE:GOTO4
MG 615 REM DIRECTORi'
KF 620 POKE186,D:SYSDS:PRrHT:G
OT0815 DJ 625 IFB=OTHEN810 XK 630 REM SCRATCH FILE SX 635 INPUT"FILENRME";N5: IFN$
=""THEN45 HM 640 0PENl,D,15,"Sa:"+N$:CL0
SEl:GOT045 GG 645 REM SAVE FILE PQ 650 CI,0SE1:CL0SE8:WNS="" : PO
KE19a,0:REM NO REPLACE DP 655 IFRIGHT${NN$,1)="*"THEN
NN$="" RM 660 IFNN$=""THENIMPUT"FILBH
AME";HN$:IFNN$=""THEN45 GJ 665 OPENl,D,15:OPEN8,D,8,""
+NN5+",S,W":ISPUT#1,A,B
$,B,C XP 670 IFA = 63THF;t)CLOSG8: PRINT"
REPLACE "NHS"? Y/N":WAI
T198, 1:IFPEEK(63 1) 0 3 9T
HEH650 PJ 675 IFA=63THENOPEM3,D,8,"@0
: "+NN5+",S,W"; INPUT#1,A
,B5,B,C SP 680 IFAO0THEN710 JX 685 F0RA-LT0W+l:PRI[JT!t3,AR$ (A,0) :IFARS (A,0)=""THEN
CLOSEl:CLOSE8:GOT0 4 5 GD 690 F0RB=lT0J:PRINTIi8, AR5 (A
,B) :IFARS (A,B) <>""THEN>]
EXTB XX 695 WEXTA
XH 700 CLOSE1:CLOSE8:GOT045 MS 705 REM DRIVE STATUS JP 710 PRINTA;BS;B;C:CL0SE1:CL
OSE8:GOT0315 KD 715 REM QUIT KC 720 PRINT"{CLR}" ; :END CJ 725 REM PRINT FILE DG 73(3 PRINT"PRESS RETURN TO C
ANCEL" GX 735 OPEN1,P,7:FORA=1TOW: IFA
RS (A,0)=""THEN750 CH 740 PRINT#1:FORB=0TOH: IFAR$ (A,B) <>""THEMPRINT#1, AR
S (A,B> :NEXTB JG 74 5 GETA$:IFA5<>CHHSa3JTHE
NNEXTA FD 750 CLOSEl:GOT0815 XS 755 REM PRINT ENTRY DM 760 INPUT"NAME";NS:IFNS=""T
HEN45 XE 765 IFRIGHTS (N5,1)-"*"THENN
$=LEFT${H$,LEN(N$)~1) DD 770 FORA=1TOW:IFAR$ (A, 0)=""
THENN$="":GOTO800 MX 775 IFLEFT$(AR5(A,0) ,LEN (NS
) ) <>NSTHENNEXTA:GOTO800 EM 783 PRINT"PRESS RETURN TO C
ANCEL" BP 785 0PEN1,P, 7:PRINT*fl:F0RB =
0TOH:IFARS (A,B) <>""THEN
PRINT#l,ARS{A,a) JG 790 GETA$:IFA5<>CHR$ (13)THE
NNEXT KE 795 CLOSEl:GOT0815 FD B00 PRINT"NOT FOUND, ":GOTO
815 SF 805 CL0SE1:CL0SE8:PRINT"FIL
E NOT COMPATIBLE, ":ARS
(1,0)="";NNS="":GOTO815 KM 310 PRINT"FULL FILE, "; HB 315 POI<E198,0:PRINT"{WHT;pR
ESS ANY KEY":WArTl93, 1:
GOT045 SQ 820 DATA LOAD FILE, RECALL E
NTHY,LIST FILE, CREATE E
NTRY, DIRECTORY, SAVE FIL
E SS 825 DATA PRINT FILE, PRINT E
NTRY, ERASE ENTRY, SCRATC
H FILE, CLEAR MEMORY, QUI
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Todd Piltingsrud is attending Concor- dia College in Moorhead, Minnesota.
SEPTEMBER 1993 COMPUTE G-27
PROGRAMS
BRICK LAYER
By Maurice Yanney You're the mason who has to repair holes in a brick wall. To make matters more interesting, each hole requires a brick of a certain color. For an additional twist, the wall you have to repair is mov- ing, and the bricks you need are scat- tered about a maze. How many mazes can you complete in this arcade-style game for the 64?
Typing It In
Brick Layer is written entirely in ma- chine language, but it loads and runs like a BASIC program. To type it in, use MLX. our machine language entry program, which you'll find elsewhere in this section. When MLX prompts, you re- spond with the following values.
Starting address: 0801 Ending address: 1990
Be sure to save a copy of the program before exiting MLX.
Playing the Game
The object of this game is to fill all of the holes which appear in the wall at the bottom of the screen, The holes are filled by dropping in a brick that has the same color as the area around the hole. Use a joystick in port 2 to move your tank around the various mazes.
I didn't mention the tank? This game has an element of danger as well. Press the fire button to have the tank fire bullets, pick up a brick, or drop a brick.
When your tank is directly over a de- sired brick, press the fire button to pick it up. You can carry only one brick at a time. When you're carrying a brick, press the fire button again to drop it (unless all of the spaces current- ly under the tank contain bricks). If your tank isn't carrying a brick and there isn't one immediately beneath it, pressing the fire button will shoot bul- lets in all directions.
Obstacles
You need the bullets to make the three electric wheelbarrows drop their bricks. Each wheelbarrow is a different color, and each moves about the maze. The wheelbarrows carry bricks
G-28 COKAPUTE SEPTEMBER 1993
that are the same color as the wheel- barrow. When a wheelbarrow carrying a brick is hit by a bullet, it drops a brick. You want to pick up the dropped brick before the wheelbarrow can retrieve it.
When a wheelbarrow is empty, it moves faster than it does when it is filled. A wheelbarrow can pick up a brick by moving over a brick of the same color or by getting a new one at the maze entrance at the top center of the screen. Wheelbarrows will no long- er move to the entrance for new bricks when all bricks of the same color as the wheelbarrow have been brought out onto the maze.
If a wheelbarrow touches any part of the tank, the tank becomes electrified and is destroyed. There are four extra tanks: when all your tanks are de- stroyed, the game is over. Pressing the fire button will start a new game.
When you pick up a brick, your speed will be reduced, but you want to take it to the bottom of the screen and drop it directly over the hole with the ap- propriate color. When all the holes are filled, a new maze appears, and you earn a bonus player.
To pause the game, hold down the Shift key or press the Shift Lock key. To continue playing, release the Shift or Shift Lock key.
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74 |
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70 |
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15 |
85 |
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91 |
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86 |
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94 |
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80 |
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22 |
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82 |
21 |
51 |
22 |
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39 |
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0B91 |
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77 |
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34 |
41 |
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21 |
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83 |
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3B99 |
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20 |
99 |
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68 |
73 |
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3DC9 |
21 |
14 |
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0D |
20 |
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75 |
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0FF9 |
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26 |
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EA |
33 |
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41 |
77 |
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43 |
FA |
60 |
F2 |
06 |
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AC |
29 |
90 |
0DD1 |
38 |
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38 |
58 |
06 |
86 |
01 |
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32 |
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CD |
B9 |
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20 |
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0BA9 |
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13 |
00 |
83 |
53 |
D4 |
D8 |
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4D |
0DD9 |
46 |
33 |
93 |
31 |
04 |
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06 |
86 |
10 |
1009 |
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53 |
D0 |
CI |
3C |
8E |
lA |
90 |
BA |
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49 |
32 |
3D |
02 |
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98 |
8D |
04 |
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3DE1 |
02 |
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46 |
CF |
93 |
31 |
02 |
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4B |
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02 |
B0 |
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5C |
55 |
Al |
60 |
60 |
9E |
0BB9 |
C0 |
08 |
FF |
8D |
06 |
8C |
00 |
7C |
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3DE9 |
46 |
IC |
85 |
C9 |
03 |
F0 |
Fl |
CD |
09 |
1019 |
40 |
DE |
AB |
9C |
52 |
14 |
17 |
4C |
AD |
0BC1 |
10 |
D0 |
A9 |
lA |
D0 |
77 |
88 |
A6 |
07 |
0DF1 |
91 |
11 |
50 |
DC |
11 |
04 |
60 |
64 |
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1021 |
33 |
B0 |
27 |
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23 |
19 |
48 |
72 |
5B |
0BC9 |
CI |
03 |
11 |
05 |
10 |
18 |
A8 |
00 |
26 |
0DF9 |
84 |
EE |
33 |
08 |
AD |
96 |
D0 |
67 |
03 |
1029 |
15 |
lA |
8A |
20 |
19 |
12 |
A8 |
AO |
BD |
0BD1 |
47 |
20 |
3C |
2A |
90 |
12 |
C9 |
DA |
F8 |
0E01 |
Al |
18 |
IB |
34 |
29 |
C5 |
4A |
10 |
AC |
1031 |
73 |
51 |
40 |
A2 |
38 |
93 |
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A8 |
Al |
0BD9 |
B0 |
0E |
38 |
E9 |
2A |
29 |
07 |
C9 |
3F |
3E09 |
34 |
73 |
F4 |
C4 |
61 |
20 |
20 |
19 |
E2 |
1039 |
F0 |
C0 |
65 |
03 |
E3 |
C9 |
3A |
B0 |
56 |
0BE1 |
07 |
F2 |
79 |
E6 |
06 |
20 |
IC |
IB |
D9 |
0E11 |
D4 |
29 |
0B |
97 |
0E |
31 |
C9 |
40 |
C5 |
1041 |
CC |
D4 |
40 |
2B |
0E |
0B |
3D |
51 |
C0 |
0BE9 |
20 |
11 |
0A |
11 |
FC |
51 |
08 |
77 |
SB |
0E19 |
53 |
3F |
71 |
D0 |
04 |
06 |
03 |
20 |
BD |
1049 |
85 |
EA |
3A |
09 |
10 |
E2 |
34 |
A0 |
D9 |
0BF1 |
C3 |
FF |
90 |
CB |
B3 |
01 |
ID |
D0 |
65 |
0E21 |
C9 |
80 |
Dl |
43 |
IC |
15 |
81 |
51 |
3A |
1051 |
A0 |
4C |
B2 |
11 |
FB |
01 |
94 |
S9 |
D2 |
0BF9 |
BD |
17 |
D0 |
AD |
9A |
30 |
82 |
83 |
EE |
0E29 |
93 |
C9 |
C0 |
BO |
30 |
E9 |
OE |
74 |
3D |
1059 |
62 |
40 |
B9 |
11 |
OA |
78 |
45 |
A8 |
71 |
0C31 |
15 |
D0 |
60 |
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28 |
A9 |
FE |
£0 |
B4 |
0E31 |
78 |
64 |
4C |
03 |
ID |
0B |
19 |
7A |
IE |
1361 |
90 |
06 |
A9 |
06 |
5E |
35 |
C9 |
06 |
33 |
0009 |
F2 |
A9 |
0F |
49 |
CD |
27 |
88 |
C3 |
5B |
0E39 |
A0 |
91 |
33 |
8A |
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33 |
06 |
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75 |
1069 |
90 |
30 |
5D |
A8 |
90 |
A0 |
4E |
Al |
C4 |
0C11 |
03 |
2C |
40 |
09 |
2C |
75 |
A8 |
14 |
EA |
0E41 |
62 |
F9 |
10 |
50 |
7D |
03 |
03 |
4C |
5E |
1071 |
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8E |
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3A |
10 |
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C0 |
20 |
DB |
0C19 |
lA |
Fl |
A2 |
05 |
D2 |
A8 |
54 |
78 |
B9 |
0E49 |
30 |
10 |
4C |
DC |
10 |
01 |
0F |
3B |
4A |
1079 |
68 |
30 |
C3 |
Al |
08 |
CD |
0B |
0F |
AS |
0C21 |
AS |
54 |
29 |
D0 |
E9 |
F3 |
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33 |
4A |
0E51 |
87 |
42 |
AD |
55 |
06 |
El |
Al |
28 |
EF |
1081 |
18 |
B3 |
09 |
47 |
04 |
8C |
18 |
05 |
B7 |
0C29 |
08 |
4A |
ID |
27 |
80 |
F3 |
21 |
27 |
2B |
0E59 |
AD |
15 |
02 |
38 |
CE |
90 |
30 |
AD |
34 |
1089 |
B9 |
41 |
02 |
20 |
64 |
12 |
AC |
E0 |
8F |
0C31 |
03 |
CD |
C9 |
ID |
26 |
77 |
B3 |
ER |
B5 |
0E61 |
C9 |
03 |
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5A |
4C |
9B |
56 |
20 |
D3 |
1091 |
54 |
C8 |
44 |
08 |
D0 |
EC |
63 |
03 |
15 |
0C39 |
60 |
D3 |
A9 |
FF |
03 |
41 |
07 |
08 |
DR |
0E69 |
Al |
11 |
EE |
90 |
90 |
Dl |
F0 |
68 |
68 |
1099 |
67 |
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25 |
16 |
16 |
C0 |
45 |
20 |
7A |
0C41 |
44 |
71 |
F4 |
Dl |
44 |
A2 |
04 |
90 |
D8 |
0E71 |
D8 |
27 |
69 |
C8 |
27 |
B0 |
15 |
6B |
0F |
10A1 |
7F |
12 |
B8 |
ID |
CI |
F0 |
EA |
69 |
F6 |
0C49 |
94 |
9D |
70 |
DB |
E3 |
E8 |
ES |
00 |
6C |
0E79 |
38 |
19 |
C7 |
AB |
A3 |
ID |
07 |
08 |
64 |
10A9 |
2A |
12 |
39 |
70 |
36 |
52 |
90 |
IE |
30 |
0C51 |
6C |
80 |
02 |
A0 |
32 |
E0 |
28 |
IB |
09 |
0E81 |
6A |
D5 |
FD |
00 |
0B |
C3 |
05 |
Al |
20 |
lOBl |
AA |
16 |
20 |
24 |
33 |
DO |
08 |
90 |
23 |
0C59 |
56 |
20 |
D0 |
lA |
EE |
24 |
46 |
20 |
15 |
0Ee9 |
IE |
B3 |
20 |
8C |
8C |
79 |
A9 |
IC |
69 |
10B9 |
13 |
BD |
C3 |
lA |
C0 |
A5 |
90 |
0B |
B5 |
0C61 |
8D |
Ee |
07 |
59 |
06 |
25 |
4C |
19 |
E6 |
0E91 |
A0 |
40 |
C0 |
A5 |
B9 |
27 |
0A |
A9 |
EB |
10C1 |
42 |
18 |
69 |
02 |
DD |
20 |
75 |
CO |
A5 |
0C6 9 |
60 |
6C |
64 |
90 |
05 |
E4 |
D9 |
IC |
ED |
0E99 |
FD |
CI |
86 |
0D |
EA |
02 |
36 |
43 |
D5 |
10C9 |
03 |
88 |
8B |
03 |
CD |
AD |
2C |
D0 |
7D |
0C71 |
41 |
00 |
BD |
45 |
34 |
20 |
CD |
BD |
Bl |
0EA1 |
47 |
15 |
4E |
00 |
13 |
IE |
00 |
18 |
4F |
1001 |
25 |
9A |
11 |
EA |
7B |
38 |
BD |
98 |
CO |
0C79 |
20 |
BC |
lA |
A9 |
00 |
OF |
F8 |
lA |
3A |
0EA9 |
6D |
86 |
6A |
6D |
A4 |
6D |
46 |
6A |
14 |
10D9 |
AA |
86 |
CD |
ic |
IF |
D0 |
0D |
FA |
BD |
0C81 |
A4 |
95 |
05 |
90 |
02 |
3C |
B2 |
23 |
84 |
0EB1 |
80 |
FD |
30 |
B4 |
01 |
54 |
3C |
3C |
EC |
10E1 |
11 |
38 |
BE |
40 |
F0 |
CF |
EB |
AE |
01 |
0C89 |
CA |
AA |
CA |
BD |
46 |
50 |
AB |
40 |
Fl |
0EB9 |
E3 |
8A |
75 |
8D |
60 |
66 |
8D |
9A |
C6 |
10E9 |
A4 |
IE |
9D |
99 |
41 |
91 |
03 |
A3 |
2B |
0C91 |
04 |
AC |
A4 |
AD |
40 |
0A |
4B |
A4 |
AB |
0EC1 |
48 |
9C |
40 |
3A |
9E |
44 |
0C |
04 |
F3 |
10F1 |
36 |
F0 |
BF |
23 |
98 |
62 |
47 |
El |
A2 |
0C99 |
A9 |
IE |
BD |
50 |
00 |
05 |
00 |
23 |
FE |
0EC9 |
8C |
80 |
8D |
9fl |
21 |
01 |
9D |
IE |
IE |
10F9 |
16 |
40 |
E4 |
0E |
D8 |
FB |
12 |
EE |
7P |
0CA1 |
20 |
7 5 |
0B |
AD |
B4 |
75 |
85 |
06 |
EF |
OEDl |
8D |
13 |
EE |
9F |
20 |
04 |
93 |
0F |
98 |
1131 |
9F |
E5 |
D2 |
A0 |
8F |
A3 |
8C |
47 |
3C |
0CA9 |
90 |
06 |
38 |
E9 |
05 |
4C |
60 |
84 |
CF |
0ED9 |
02 |
0E |
E2 |
A3 |
20 |
A5 |
0F |
D3 |
2B |
1109 |
2A |
80 |
84 |
17 |
B6 |
40 |
Al |
58 |
B7 |
0CB1 |
27 |
00 |
0E |
24 |
60 |
48 |
C2 |
C6 |
Dl |
0EE1 |
AB |
Fl |
60 |
6B |
A9 |
C9 |
FF |
F0 |
78 |
1111 |
DF |
18 |
25 |
99 |
46 |
05 |
7A |
0B |
AD |
0CB9 |
Bl |
ec |
E2 |
24 |
6C |
14 |
43 |
78 |
17 |
0EE9 |
22 |
C9 |
23 |
F0 |
E0 |
43 |
F0 |
21 |
B4 |
1119 |
02 |
F0 |
0C |
FA |
09 |
E4 |
F9 |
DE |
5E |
0CC1 |
.82 |
24 |
64 |
28 |
03 |
06 |
20 |
84 |
28 |
0EF1 |
C9 |
16 |
F0 |
14 |
AS |
IB |
FC |
A7 |
2B |
1121 |
00 |
DD |
20 |
BE |
13 |
AO |
3E |
35 |
64 |
0CC9 |
OA |
4C |
9 5 |
0C |
20 |
90 |
C5 |
05 |
41 |
0EF9 |
A0 |
F0 |
2E |
55 |
FD |
09 |
66 |
D0 |
B2 |
1129 |
BD |
CI |
D0 |
09 |
15 |
D0 |
ID |
C5 |
3D |
0CD1 |
.FE |
0A |
AS |
AE |
C0 |
IE |
68 |
32 |
BD |
0F01 |
09 |
E9 |
3E |
8A |
0E |
21 |
42 |
60 |
68 |
1131 |
EA |
22 |
63 |
43 |
33 |
FF |
74 |
FA |
6F |
0CD9 |
BA |
24 |
14 |
E0 |
85 |
0B |
C9 |
0B |
DF |
0F09 |
60 |
A 8 |
B0 |
88 |
B3 |
20 |
20 |
E0 |
87 |
1139 |
82 |
A6 |
13 |
72 |
CD |
04 |
D0 |
EB |
DB |
0CE1 |
05 |
B2 |
0B |
4C |
DB |
gB |
DC |
C9 |
DD |
0F11 |
35 |
03 |
10 |
A9 |
2E |
D0 |
02 |
A9 |
CA |
1141 |
20 |
72 |
09 |
F6 |
B9 |
14 |
35 |
A0 |
C9 |
0CE9 |
A2 |
29 |
D8 |
0F |
00 |
32 |
0F |
C9 |
IE |
0F19 |
20 |
80 |
E0 |
IE |
10 |
93 |
98 |
IE |
C6 |
1149 |
83 |
CF |
F6 |
IC |
90 |
A9 |
7A |
BC |
9E |
0CF1 |
04 |
F0 |
0B |
72 |
33 |
A2 |
03 |
20 |
IB |
0F21 |
AA |
C7 |
15 |
A8 |
F0 |
IB |
5C |
86 |
E6 |
1151 |
88 |
8E |
82 |
67 |
08 |
03 |
4C |
D0 |
59 |
0CP9 |
9A |
09 |
CA |
D0 |
FA |
20 |
08 |
0A |
7A |
0F29 |
68 |
90 |
03 |
2E |
F0 |
95 |
20 |
D0 |
72 |
1159 |
4A |
FE |
10 |
57 |
OE |
A9 |
32 |
EC |
46 |
0D01 |
EE |
SA |
2E |
AD |
20 |
35 |
IF |
CA |
A8 |
0F31 |
0C |
67 |
93 |
41 |
E0 |
89 |
86 |
91 |
22 |
1161 |
93 |
8E |
A2 |
B6 |
43 |
lA |
3C |
CF |
44 |
0D09 |
A8 |
0E |
35 |
B5 |
AD |
C6 |
C4 |
8D |
9C |
0F39 |
FB |
13 |
ID |
A2 |
06 |
50 |
BE |
30 |
0D |
1169 |
CD |
79 |
3E |
21 |
32 |
3C |
3C |
8A |
30 |
0D11 |
CA |
AD |
AA |
C4 |
SD |
CA |
AD |
AA |
3B |
0F41 |
42 |
40 |
39 |
20 |
97 |
E0 |
A5 |
SF |
D4 |
1171 |
C9 |
27 |
B0 |
13 |
C9 |
26 |
B0 |
0A |
DB |
0D19 |
C4 |
8D |
CA |
2A |
94 |
8E |
C8 |
14 |
79 |
0F49 |
29 |
BF |
F0 |
30 |
IF |
F7 |
2B |
8A |
9A |
1179 |
C9 |
25 |
B0 |
01 |
94 |
2B |
8D |
36 |
92 |
0D21 |
B4 |
C4 |
3B |
D3 |
52 |
07 |
E0 |
06 |
El |
0F51 |
83 |
38 |
FD |
92 |
2E |
42 |
25 |
44 |
31 |
1181 |
10 |
40 |
50 |
38 |
C0 |
44 |
CI |
AD |
91 |
0D29 |
0E |
79 |
15 |
7E |
19 |
20 |
A3 |
09 |
CC |
0F59 |
29 |
F0 |
ID |
2E |
DF |
FD |
63 |
58 |
DE |
1189 |
B0 |
40 |
AB |
Bl |
C5 |
08 |
B2 |
IE |
76 |
0D31 |
:4C |
91 |
09 |
20 |
E2 |
19 |
C9 |
81 |
89 |
eF61 |
30 |
09 |
90 |
39 |
93 |
88 |
F0 |
31 |
79 |
1191 |
6D |
B3 |
IE |
D0 |
05 |
00 |
5F |
97 |
A6 |
SEPTEMBER 1993 COMPUTE G-29
PROGRAMS
1199 |
:6F |
30 |
83 |
08 |
IE |
0C |
B0 |
02 |
F4 |
13C9 |
:A4 |
31 |
64 |
EA |
8C |
17 |
4C |
83 |
9A |
15F9 |
77 |
4C |
EB |
19 |
D5 |
15 |
64 |
4C |
lA |
llAl |
:A9 |
0C |
D6 |
89 |
48 |
3C |
3C |
01 |
5C |
13D1 |
:17 |
AD |
83 |
E0 |
AD |
10 |
40 |
21 |
BC |
1601 |
40 |
41 |
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Maurice Yanney is the author of Cats & Mice and Umbrellas, games that ap- peared In Gazette earlier this year He lives in Lebanon, Pennsylvania.
CD+
By Daniel Lightner
Character Designer (September 1992) is a utility program tliat lets you create your own characters and use them to set up animation sequences. With its sketch pad you can create a design, character, or picture that you can save as a sequen- tial file.
CD+ is a special addition to Character Designer (CD) that lets you use the orig- inal program to design high-resolution bitmapped graphics. (Note: You will need a copy of Character Designer in or-
der to useCD+.)
CD+ is written in machine language. To enter it, use MLX, Gazette's machine language entry program, which you'll find elsewhere in this section. When MLX prompts for starting and ending address- es, supply the following values.
Starting address: 0801 Ending address: 1003
When you have finished entering the program:, be sure to save a copy of it to a disk that contains the original Char- acter Designer program. Character De- signer must be named CD, because CD+ looks for that name and loads it while booting.
Using the Program
To use CD+. just load and run it as you would any BASIC program. CD+ then loads and activates Character Design- er. The program begins on CD's work screen. Using CD's design and draw- ing features, you can create an image in the program's sketch window. When you have finished sketching, press the back arrow key to exit Sketch mode and then press the aster- isk key ("). At this point, you'll see a menu new to Character Designer.
CD Bitmap Menu
Option 1 is Enter Bitmap Mode. Select this first option by pressing the 1 key. If the screen contains garbage, press Shift and CIr/Home simultaneously to clear it. Press Return whenever you wish to return to the Bitmap menu.
Your cursor will appear as four visi- ble corners that define a section of the screen. You can move to a new sec- tion of the screen using your joystick or the cursor keys. If you wish to stamp the image from the sketch window into one of these 12 screen sections, move to the desired section and press either the fire button or the f7 key.
You may stamp the image into as many of the sections as you like. If you want to remove an image, press the CIr/ Home key without using the Shift key.
Color
CD+ allows you to enter different col- ors in different areas of the screen. This color depends on the color used in the sketch window, if you need to col-
or a section of the screen but don't wish to stamp the graphic image there, just press the C key. That sec- tion of the screen will change to the background color of the sketch win- dow, but it won't contain any graphics. You can equalize the color of the entire screen by pressing the E key.
By pressing the f 1 key, you can trans- fer whatever image is under the mark- ers to the sketch window. This is just the opposite of pressing f7. You can toggle the markers on and off by press- ing the asterisk key. Remember, to ex- it Bitmap mode, just hit the Return key.
Loading and Saving
Option 2 lets you load a bitmap from disk. Doodie sketches will load into CD+ just fine.
Option 3 lets you save a screen to disk. This gives you a more powerful way to save character sets created us- ing Character Designer. Just store them in the sketch window as you cre- ate them, When you wish to save them, stamp them on the bitmap and save the file. Later, you can load the bitmap and add more characters or take some or all from the bitmap and save them as sequential files using Character Designer's old Save option.
Disk Commands
Option 4 lets you enter a disk com- mand. Be sure that you have the de- sired disk in the drive.
Disk commands should follow the same format that is used when open- ing the command channel to drive 8. ex- cept for the NEW disk command.
The COPYFILE command is CO: or C: followed by the new filename, an equal sign, and the old name. Here's an example.
CG:NEW FILE=ORIGiNAL FILE
The RENAME FILE command works with a similar syntax.
RO:NEW NAiVIE=OLD NAME
The SCRATCH command is SO: fol- lowed by the filename to be scratched. Wildcards are allowed. INI- TIALIZE is 10, and VALIDATE is VO.
The NEW command to format a disk works a little different from what you're
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used to. The syntax for this command is NO; followed by a disl< name, but don't enter a unique ID at ttiis point. Simply press Return, You will then be prompted for a two-character ID. Enter an ID and press Return again.
While in Disk Command mode, enter- ing a dollar sign ($) will give you the disk directory- You don't have to use quotation marks. To abort any of the above options, simply press the aster- isk key and then press Return. The last option (5) will return you lo Char- acter Designer.
Doodle Converter
Although CD-i- can load Doodle bitnnaps, Doodle cannot load CD+ bitmaps. So I've included a short utili- ty program that will convert CD+ bitmaps to Doodle.
CD Doodle is whtten in machine lan- guage, and it will have to be entered with MLX, When entering it, use the fal- lowing addresses.
Starting address: 0801 Ending address: OBAD
Be sure to save a copy of CD Doodle to disk before leaving fvlLX.
First create and save a bitmap from CD+. Then exit to BASIC and ioad and run CD Doodle. You will be prompted for the filename that you used to save the bitmap graphic. Enter that fiiename and press Return. Be sure that the disk containing the graphic is in the drive.
After the file loads, the program prompts you to place a disk in the drive onto which you want to save the converted image. Do this and press the spacebar when ready.
CD Doodle will save the file as DD plus the filename that you used. This file can now be used in Doodle.
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SEPTEMBER 1993 COMPUTE G-33
PROGRAMS
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Daniel Lightner. the author of Risers and Sliders, lives in Sidney, Montana.
SILICON COBBLER
By Bob Markland
Convenience! Webster defines conven- ience as "anything that saves work." Busy people of the nineties demand con- venience. Recognizing this, many com- mercial programs load and run with the fewest possible keystrokes from the us- er. Unfortunately, this convenience isn't available on many disks and most short- er programs.
Silicon Cobbler is an autoboot maker that provides a simple solution to this and requires no computer or programming ex- perience. Although there have been a number of autoboot makers written, many attach themselves to a program and permanently alter it. Some work on- ly with BASiC programs: others work on- ly with machine language routines.
Silicon Cobbler works with virtually any program and allows maximum flexibility. Most important, it creates a one-block au- toboot program that is totally independ- ent of the original program.
With an autoboot as the first file on the disk followed by a menu/loader, you have a combination that creates effort- less program selection and loading.
Typing It In
Silicon Cobbler is written entirely in BA- SIC. To help avoid errors, enter it with The Automatic Proofreader, which you will find elsewhere in this section. Be- fore exiting Proofreader, be sure to save a copy of the program to disk.
Creating an Autoboot
To use Silicon Cobbler, load and run it as you would any BASIC program. It
G-34 COMPUTE SEPTEMBER 1993
takes only a few minutes to create an autoboot. Silicon Cobbler walks you through, letting you select the border, screen, and character colors during the initial loading. These attributes en- able you to select the visual effects you want for a smooth transition while your main program loads.
You are then prompted for the name of the program to be loaded and run. Enter the filename of the program for which you are creating the auto- boot. You may type the first few letters followed by an asterisk (*) wildcard, as long as no filename conflicts result.
You are then asked for the com- mand to activate the program. Type in the command that you normally use to activate the main program. This is usu- ally RUN or SYS and a starting ad- dress. The next prompt asks for a char- acter color following the load, in most cases, set this attribute to match the screen and border color in steps 1 and 2. This provides for a smooth transition. You are then asked for a filename for the autoboot program. For easy identi- fication, give the autoboot a name sim- ilar to the name of the program it boots. For example, you might add the suffix LOAD or BOOT to the filename. Silicon Cobbler then lists the choices that you have made. Carefully check each attribute. If you find an error, press S to start over; otherwise, press C to Continue.
When you continue, the autoboot will be created. Be sure the destination disk is in the drive. There are two tech- niques for utilizing autoboots. If the au- toboot is the first directory entry, the pro- gram may be booted by typing LOAD""', 8, 1. For programs elsewhere in the directory, load the autoboot pro- gram with the ,8,1 extension,
The final prompt gives you the op- tion to make additional autoboots or quit to BASIC.
Troubleshooting
If a BASIC program will not autoboot, check the program's load address. If it's not 2049, change it.
Silicon Cobbler checks for disk drive errors. If a filename already exists on your disk, select another name, or overwrite the existing autoboot. If you find that an autoboot does not work properly, create a new autoboot and
overwrite the old one.
Advanced Techniques
Autoboots can be successfully added to nearly all disks, including backups of commercial software. If the program uses a standard directory, save the au- toboot as you normally would, and then move its filename to the first direc- tory position.
In cases where there is only one file listed and no bytes free, there may still be a solution. With a sector editor, carefully check track 18's directory sec- tors. They may be standard even if the other tracks and sectors are not. If this is the case, create an autoboot on an- other disk and copy it to an unused sec- tor on track 18. Use your sector editor to move the existing filenames In order to open the first position.
Finally, write the first directory entry for the autoboot and set its pointers to the sector on track 18 containing the au- toboot, What with the possibility of a crash, never attempt this on the origi- nal commercial disk!
SILICON COBBLER
JS 10 REM: COPYRIGHT 1993 - CO MPUTE PUBLICATIONS INTL {SPACE}LTD - ALL RIGHTS {SPACE}RESERVED
FF JP
20 50
CM 60
HB 70
HB
GE SP
SB PX
FA BD
80
90
100
110
120
130
140
PRINT"{CLR)"CHRS(14 2)CHR
$(8) : POKE 53 280, 2: POKE 53 2
81,7:DIMC$(15) : POKE 7 8 8, 5
2
PORR=0TO15 : READJUS : NEXT :
FORR=lT0125:READDT:CK=CK
+DT:NEXT
ifck015188thenprint"
{homeHblk}(10 down}
{8 spaces }err0r in nuher
ical data": stop
ml5="" : restore :forr=0to1
5:readc$(r) :next
bl$= forr=it039:bl$=bl
5+" ":NEXT PRINT"{CLR) (BLK]"TAB(12 ) "{DOWN}SILICON COBBLER ";PRINTTAB(11) "PROGRAM {SPACE} BOOT MAKER" PRINTTAB{12) "(DOWN}BY R . MARKLAND"
PRINTTAB(16)"(C) 1993": PRINTTAB (5) "COMPUTE PUB LIGATIONS INTL LTD" FORR=lT024;READDT:HL$=M L9+CHRS(DT) :NEXT GOSDB830:PRINT" {4 SPACESlSELECT BORDER COLOR DURING LOAD":PRI
NTTAB(16) " (0-15) [DOWN)" PK 153 TB=18:NT=3:LE=2:GOSOB85
a:BC=VAL(TP$) :IFBC>15TH
EN140 EX 160 MLS=MLS+CHR$ (EC) :G0SUB8
20 HQ 170 F0RR=1T04:READDT:ML3=ML
$+CHRS (DT) :NEXT CE 1B0 GOSUB830: PRINT"
[4 5PACES]SELECT SCREEN COLOR DURING LOAD":PRI
.MTTAB(16) " (0-15) {DOWN}" FP 190 TB = 13:NT = (l:LE = 2:GOSUB85
0:SC=VAL(TP$) :IFSC>15TH
EN180 HP 200 HLS=ML$+CHRS(SC) :G0SUB8
20 JS 210 F0RR=1T04:READDT:ML$=ML
$+CHRS (DT) :NEXT KJ 220 GOSUB830:PRINT"
{3 SPACES) SELECT CHftRAC
TER COLOR DURING LOAD":
PRINTTAB(16) " (0-15)
{DOWN)" XK 230 TB=18:NT=G:LE=2:GOSUB85
0:CL=VAL{TP$) :IFCL>15TH
EN220 FX 240 ML$=ML$+CHR5 (CL) :G0SUB8
20 GP 250 F0RR=1T033:READDT:HL$=M
LS+CHR$ (DT) :NEXT CD 260 GOSUB830:PR:NTTAB (9) "EN
TER NAME OF PROGRAM"
{17 SPACES) BF 270 PRINTTAB(ll) "TO BE LOAD
ED/RUH : " : PR I NTT AB ( 1 1 ) " (
1-16 CHARACTERS) [DOWN)" HE 280 TB=12:NT=l:LE=16:GOSUB8
50:NAS=TPS:ML$=ML$+CHR$
{LEN (HAS) ) :GOSUQ820 QK 290 F0RR=1T031:READDT:MLS=M
LS+CHR5 (DT) :NEXT FE 300 GOSUB830: PRINTTAB (8) "EN
TER NECESSARY COMMAND" MF 310 PRINTTAB {10} "TO ACTIVAT
E PR0GRAM":PRINTTAB(11)
"YOU WISH TO BOOT: " BK 320 PRINTTAB (8) " (E.G. RUN 0
R SYS49152) {DOWN}" EP 333 TB=12:NT=l:LE=8:GOSUB35
0:CMS=TPS:MLS=MLS+CHR$ (
len{cm$) ) :gosub820
ak 343 f0rr=1t013:readdt:ml$=m ls+chrs(dt) :next
ph 350 mls=mls+chr5(len (cms) +1 ) :forr=1t011:readdt:hls =ml$+chr$ (dt) :next
jr 360 gosob930:print" select {space)character color {spacsJfollowing load"
dr 370 printtab(16) " (0-15)
{ DOWN ) " PQ 380 TB=18:NT=0:LE=2:GOSUB85
a:CP=VAL(TP$) :IFCP>15TH
EN360 MH 390 GOSUB820:HL$=ML$+CHRS (C
P) :F0RR=1T08:READDT:ML5
ES 400
CX 410
XC 420
PB 430
XA 440
KS 450
HD 460
PC 470
HP 480
GX 490
FX 500
GE 510
QF 520
ES 510
PP 540
CH 550
CB 560
HR 570
EE 580
EQ 590
JQ 603
CG 610 AF 620
DS 630
PS 640 CE 650
=ML9+CHRS
MLS=«L$+" E WAIT. . . F0RR=1T0L $+HIDS{NA LEN (NAS) = FORR=LEN( = riL$+CHRS FORR=1TOL 5+MIDS (CM S=ML5+CHR GOSUB830: NTER A FI PRINTTAB ( UTOBOOT: " (1-16 CHA
(DT) :NEXT LOADING, PLEAS ."+CHR5{a) EN(NAS) :MLS=ML S,R,1} :NEXT:IF 16THEN430 NA$)+1T016:ML$ (234) :NEXT EN (CMS) :MLS=ML S,R,1) :NEXT:ML S{13)
PRINTTA0{11) "E LE NAME" 11) "FOR THIS A :PRINTTAB (11) " RACTERS) {DOWN}
TB=12tHT=l:LE=16:GOSUB8 50:LHS=TPS:GOSUB820 GOSUB830: PRINTTAB (2) "BO RDER COLOR IS:"TAB(38-L EN(CS(BC) ) )CS(BC) PRINTTAB (2) "SCREEN COLO R IS: "TAB(38-LEN(C$ (SO ))CS(SC)
PRINTTAB (2) "LOAD CHR CO LOR IS:"TAB{38-LeN(C5{C L)))CS(CL)
PRINTTAB (2) "PROGRAM TO [SPACE] BOOT IS : "TAB (38- LEN (NAS) )NAS PRINT1>-AB{2) "CHD TO ACT I VATE IS:"TAB (38-LEN (CMS ) )CMS
PRINTTAB (2) "PROG CHR CO LOR IS:"TAB{38-LEN(C$(C P}))CS{CP)
PRINTTAB(2) "AUTOBOOT NA ME IS: "TAB (38-LEN (LNS) ) LN$
PRINTTAB (7) "[2 DOWNjPLE ASE REVIEW VOUR CHOICES ": PRINTTAB (15) "[D0WN)TH EN PRESS"
PRINT" (DOWN) (C) TO CON TINUE -/- (S) TO START (SPACE)OVER" GETDS: IFDS=""THEN560 IFD$="S"THEN80 IFDS<>"C"THEN560 GOSUB830: PRINTTAB (8) "IN SERT DESTINATION DISK": PRINTTAB (15) "[D0HN}THEN
PRESS" PRINTTAB (7) "{DOWN}ANY K EY TO CREATE AUTOBOOT": POKE198,0
GETDS: IFDS=""THEN610 GOSUB830:PRINTTAB(a) " {4 DOWN5W0RKING, PLEASE
WAIT. . . ." 0PEN15,a,15, "I0:":OPEN8 ,8,8,"0:"+LNS+",P,R":CL OSEa:FL=0:GOSUB96a IFFLTHEN470
OPEN 15, 8, 15: OPENS, 8, 8," 0 : "+LNS+" , P,W" :CL0SE8 : F
CB DX DK
RC GJ
JR PK RK RE
660 670 680
690 700
710 720 730 740
SJ 75e
PX 760
DF 770
PQ KF MS XD
780 790 800 810
L-0:GOSUB960
IFFLTHEN470
IFE1O63THEN740
GOSUB830:HS$="FILE "+CH
RS (34)+LN$+CHRS (34)+" A
LREADY EXISTS"
PRINTTAB ( (40- (LEN(MSS) )
)/2)MS$
PRINTTAB (13) "{D0WN}0VER
WRITE IT?":PRINTTAB{16)
"Y -/- N"
GETDS: I FD$=" "THEN? 10
IFDS=''n"THEN440
IFDS<>"Y"THeN710
OPEN15,8,15,"I0:":PRINT
#15, "50: " + LNS: CLOSE 15
OPENS, 8, a, "0: "+LN$+",P,
W" : PRINT If 8, MLS: CLOSES :C
L0SE15
GOSUB830;PRINT"{2 DOWN)
{2 SPACES}AUTOBOOT COMP
LETED, DO YOU WISH TO:"
PRINTTAB (10) "{D0WN)1.
{2 SPACES)CREATE ANOTHE
R?":PRINTTAB (10) "{DOWN}
2. [2 SPACES}QUIT?"
GETDS:IFDS=""THEN780
IFDS="1"THEN80
IFDS<>"2"THEN780
PRINT"{CLR}":P0KE64 6,14
: POKE 64 7, 14: POKE 53 2 8 0,1
4: POKE53 2 81,6:POKE78 8,4
9:END
PRINT:PRINTTAB(16) "
[DOWN}ENTERSD" :F0RT=1T0
1000:NEXT
PRINT" {HOME] {9 D0WN)":F
0RR=1T014:PRINTBLS:NEXT
: PRINT" {home) {9 DOWN}"
RETURN
POKE198,0:PRINTTAB{TB) ;
:POKE204,0:TPS=""
P0KE647,PEEK(646) :GETKI
$: IFKI5=""THEN860
IFKI5=CHR? C34)THEN86 0
IFKI$=CHR$ (13) ANDLEN(TP
S) >0THENPRINT" ";:P0KE2
04, 1: RETURN
IFKIS=CHR$ (20)AHDLEN(TP
S) >0THENTPS=LEFTS(TPS,L
EN (TPS)-l) :GOTO950
IFKI$=>CHRS (43) AHDKIS=<
CHRS (57)THEN930 »
IFNTTHENIFKI$=>CHRS (32)
ANDKIS=<CHRS(90)THEN930
GOTQ860
IFLEN(TPS)= (LE)THENa60
TPS=TP5+KI5
PRINTKIS; :GOTO860
INPUT#15,E1,ERS,E2,E3
IFE1=0ORE1=S2ORE1=G3THS
NCL0SE15:RET0RN
CL0SE15:FL=1
GO3UB830: PRINTTAB (9) "*
[SPACE)* * DISK ERROR *
KK 1000 PRINTTAB (10) "{DOWH)";E
BE 820
HF 830
CM GM
840 850
GS 360
KM JF
870 380
FR 890
KR 900
DB 910
CA |
920 |
PG |
930 |
SD |
940 |
HK |
950 |
GQ |
960 |
GF |
970 |
XF |
980 |
HC |
990 |
SEPTEMBER 1993 COMPUTE G-35
PROGRAMS/ THE AUTOMATIC PROOFREADER
BR 1010
MB 1023
EX 1030 DA 1043 PH 1050
KH 1060
RF 1070
RF 1080
QR 1090 RR 1100 BX 1110
GQ 1120
KB 1130
1;ER$|E2;E3
PRI«TTAB(3) "{DOWN}CHEC
S DISK & DRIVE, THEN T
RY AGAIN"
PRINTTAB (7) "{DOHN}PRES
S ANY KEY TO CONTINUE"
GET05: IFD$=""THENl03a
RETURH
DATA BLACK, WHITE, RED, C
Y AN, PURPLE, GREEN, BLUE,
YELLOW, ORANGE , BROWN, LI
GHT RED
DATA DARK GRAY, MEDIUM
{SPACE}GRAY, LIGHT GREE
N, LIGHT BLUE, LIGHT GRA
Y
DATA 44,3,60,3,102,254
,165,244,237,245,0,0,3
,0,0,0,0,3
DATA 169,147,32,210,25
5,169
DATA 141,32,208,169
DATA 141,33,208,169
DATA 141,134,2,32,138,
255,32,231,255,160,0,2
4,152,12,160,8,32,240,
255
DATA 160,0,185,174,3,2
40,6, 32,210,255,200,20
3,245,169
DATA 162,199,160,3,32,
189,255,169,1,168,162,
8,32,186,255,173,33,20
PE 1140 DATA 141,134,2,169,0,3
2,213,255,134,45, 132,4
6,160 MR 1150 DATA 185,215,3,153,119
,2,136,16,247,169 HP 1160 DATA 133,198,32,94,166
,169,147,32,210,255,16
9 AJ 1170 DATA 141,134,2,162,128
,103,2,3
Bob Markland is the author of Electron- ic Billboard, a bonus program on the March Gazette Disk. He lives in Newcastle, Wyoming.
TELEWORD128
Donald G, Klich
Have you ever watched a television com- mercial and been asked to call a tele- phone number that's in the form of a catchy phrase for the advertiser's prod- uct? A financial lender might want you to dial CASH NOW for a quicl<; loan, or per- haps an automobile dealer might tell you to call 1-800 CAR DEAL for a great deal in a used car.
Except for numbers 1 and 0, each num- ber on a standard U.S. telephone con-
G-36 COMPUTE SEPTEMBER 1993
tains a group of three letters. All the let- ters of the alphabet except O and Zare represented. So, to dial CASH NOW. you'd press the numbers that correspond to those letters on the dial. In this exam- ple, those numbers would be 2274669. Have you ever wondered if the letters associated with your telephone number might spell something clever? Rather than trying to go through all of the com- binations mentally, Teleword 128 is the program you need.
Entering the Program
Teleword 128 is written entirely in BA- SIC 7.0 for the 128. To help avoid typ- ing errors, enter it with The Automatic Proofreader, which can be found else- where in this section. Be sure to save a copy of the program before you try to run it.
Number, Please
All you have to do is run Teleword 128 and enter a seven-digit number. The program will print out or display on- screen every combination of letters pos- sible for that number. In case you are wondering, the maximum number of possibilities is 2178. {That's 3 to the sev- enth power.) That many combinations will fill four printed pages or 20 screens.
If you have any Os or Is in your tel- ephone number, you'll end up with few- er combinations since there are no cor- responding letters for these numbers.
You may be surprised at how few good word combinations turn up. I'm convinced that the stores first devise a clever word/number and then attempt to get that number from the telephone company. That's particularly easy to do with 800 numbers.
Just in case you're wondenng, if you have telephone number 266-7883. that's the one that spells COMPUTE. Of course, it also spells BOOSTUF. whatever that means!
TELEWORD 128
MS 10 REM COPYRIGHT 1993 - COM PUTE PUBLICATION.? INTL L TD - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
XD 20 DIMA5 (10,3) :FORI=0TO9:FO RJ=1T03:READB$:A$(I, J)=B 5 : NEXT J, I; COLOR 0, 1: COLOR l,ll:COLOR4,l:GRAPHIC2,l ,7:L=2:R=0:LS=2:RS=0
SR 30 CHARl, 7, 4, "TELEPHONE NUM
XM S0
JM 90 XP 100
SD 110
BER CONVERTER":COLOR1,2: CIRCLEl, 160,35,120,15
hd 40 input"cwht}output to the {red3p{wht}rinter or
[RED}T{WHT}UBE P/T";Q5:I FQ$="T"THENSW=0:GOTO7 0 FA 50 IFQS="P"THENSW=1:0PEN1,4
lELSERUN JE 60 PRINT"(3 D0WN){CYN}BE SU RE THAT YOUR PRINTER IS (SPACEjSET TO THE":PRINT SPC(ia)"TOP OF A PAGE... {6}" DP 70 PRINT"(3 DOWN} (2 SPACES} WHAT IS THE TELEPHONE NU MBER{2 SPACES}NNNNNNN"; : SLEEP1:INPUT"{9 LEFT)";B 5: IFLEN (B$) >70RLEN (B?) <7 THENPRINT"{4 DOWN)SEVEN {SPACE}DIGITS PLEASE":SL EEP1:RUN
FDRI=1T07:CS«HID$(B$,I,1 ) :IFVAL(C$) <2THENN (I)=l: ELSEN (I)=3 NEXTI IFSWTHENGOSUB160:GOTO11 0:ELSEGOSUB200 FORA=1TON (1) :F0RB = 1T0N ( 2) :F0RC=1T0N (3) :F0RD = 1T ON (4) :F0RE=1T0N (S) :FOHF = 1T0N (6) :F0RG = 1T0N(7) :T $=A${VAL(MID$(B5,1,1) ) , A)+A$ (VAL(MID$(B$,2,1) ) ,B) HC 120 T$=T5+A${VAL (MIDS (BS,3, 1) ) ,C)+A5(VAL(MID$(B$,4 , 1) ) ,D) +AS (VAL (MID$ (B$, 5,1) ) ,E)+AS(VAL{HID5 (B$ ,6,1) ) ,F)+AS(VAL(HID$(B S,7,l)) ,Q)
IFSWTHENGOSUB170:GOTO14 0:ELSEGOSUB21fl NEXTG,F,E,D,C,B,A: IFSWG OTO190:ELSE250 DATA0,0,0, 1,1,1,A,B,C,D ,E,F,G,H,I, J,K,L,M,N,0, P,R,S,T,U,V,W,X,Y PRINT#1, "PRINTOUT FOR T ELEPHONE NUMBER "rLEFTS (B$,3) ;"-";RIGHT9(B$,4) :PRINT#1:RETURN PRINT#1,T5;" ";:T=T+1:R =R+1 : IFR=10THENR=0 : prin T#1:L=L+1
IFL=60THENFORL=1TO6:PRI NT#1:NEXTL:L = 0: RETURN: E LSERETURN
PRINT#1:PRI NT #1, "THERE {SPACE)WERE "T" COMBINA TIONS":CLOSEl:END GRAPHIC0,1:PRINT"DISPLA y OF TELEPHONE NUMBER " ;LEFTS(e$,3) ;"-";RIGHT$ (BS,4) :print:RETURN QG 210 Printt?;" "; :T=T + 1:RS = R S+1:1FRS=5THENRS=0:PRIN T:LS=LS-H
DS |
130 |
EP |
140 |
HE |
150 |
BK |
160 |
MM |
170 |
JH |
180 |
DJ |
190 |
XR |
200 |
KE 220 IFLS<>23THENRET0RN:ELSE LS=2:PRINT"PRESS SPACE {SPACE}TO CONTINUE"
FD 230 GETKEYQS;IFQ$<>" "THEN2 30
MM 240 GOSUB200:RETURN
QB 250 PRINT:PRINT"THERE WERE {SPACE}"T" COMBINATIONS ":END
Donald Klich lives In Mount Prospect, Illinois. He didn't say anything about his own telephone number. 3
ONLY ON DISK
In addition to ihe type-in programs found in each issue of the magazine, Gazette Disl< offers bonus programs. Here's a special program that you'll find only on this month's disk.
Football
By Jack Rollan New York, NY
Summer is drawing to a close, leaves are beginning to change color, and back-to-school sales are popping up at the mall. These signs can mean just one thing: FOOTBALL!
Jack Rollan's Football is a real- time, solitaire football simulation that al- lows users to design their own plays and then attempt to execute them on the field. You'll control the players in the yellow and white uniforms (the home team) with your joystick in port 2.
Load Football with the ,8,1 exten- sion, and then type SYS 49152 to start. This is a large game, and it takes several minutes to load. If you have an accelerator cartridge, it'll come in handy here.
With your joystick, you design plays to run. pass, punt, or attempt field goals. After the center hikes the ball, the screen changes to graphics mode. At this point, you control the quarterback on offense or the free safe- ty on defense.
You can have this program, our PD selections, and all the other pro- grams in this issue by ordering the Sep- tember Gazette Disk. The U.S. price is S9.95 plus $2,00 shipping and han- dling. Send your order to Gazette Disk, COMPUTE Publications, 324 West Wendover Avenue, Suite 200, Greensboro, North Carolina 27408.
The Automatic Proofreader fielps you type in program listings for the 128 and 64 and prevents nearly every kind of typing mistake.
Type in Proofreader exactly as list- ed. Because the program can't check itself, be sure to enter each line care- fully to avoid typographical errors or oth- er mistakes. Don't omit any lines, even if they contain unusual commands. Af- ter you've finished, save a copy of the program before running it.
Next, type RUN and press Return. Af- ter the program displays the message Proofreader Active, you're ready to type in a BASIC program.
Every time you finish typing a iine and press Return, Proofreader displays a two-letter checksum in the upper left corner of the screen. Compare this re- sult with the two-letter checksum print- ed to the left of the line in the program listing. If the letters match, the line prob- ably was typed correctly. If not, check for your mistake and correct the line. Al- so, be sure not to skip any lines.
Proofreader ignores spaces not en- closed in quotation marks, so you can omit or add spaces between keywords and still see a matching checksum. Spaces inside quotes are almost al- ways significant, so the program pays attention to them.
Proofreader does not accept key- word abbreviations (for example. ? in- stead of PRINT), If you use abbrevi- ations, you can still check the line by listing it, moving the cursor back to the line, and pressing Return.
If you're using Proofreader on the 128, do not perform any GRAPHIC com- mands while Proofreader is active. When you perform a command like GRAPHIC 1, the computer moves eve- rything at the start of BASIC program space — including the Proofreader — to another memory area, causing Proof- reader to crash. The same thing hap- pens if you run any program with a GRAPHIC command while Proofreader is in memory
Though Proofreader doesn't interfere with other BASIC operations, it's a good idea to disable it before running another program. To disable it, turn the computer off and then on. A gentler method is to SYS to the computer's built-in reset routine (65341 for the 128. 64738 for the 64).
AUTOMATIC PROOFREADER
0 CLR
10 VE=PEEK(772)+256*PEEK(773) : LO=43:H 1=44: PRINT" (CLR) {WHT} AUTOMATIC PROOFREADER (SPACE) FOR "; 20 IF VE=42364 THEN PRINT "64" 30 IF VE=17165 THEN LO=45:HI=4
6:WAIT CLR:PRINT"128" 40 SA= (PEEK(LQ>+256*PEEK(HI) )+ 6:F0R J=SA TO SA+166:READ B :POKE J,B:CH=CH+B:NEXT 50 IF CH<>2a570 THEN PRIHT "*E RROR* CHECK TYPING IN DATA (SPACE) STATEMENTS": END 60 FOR J=l TO 5:READ RF,LF,HF: RS=SAtRF:HB=IHT (RS/256) :LB= RS- (256*HB) 70 CH=CH+8F+LF+HF:P0KE SA+LF,L
B:POKE SA+HF,HB:NEXT 80 IF CHO22054 THEN PRINT "*S RROR* RELOAD PROGRAM AND CH ECK FINAL LINE";END 90 IF VE = ni65 THEN POKE SA + 14 ,22:POKE SA+-18,23:POKESA + 29 ,224:POKESA+139,224 100 POKE SA+149,PEEK(772) :POKE SA+150,PEEK(773) :PRINT" {CLR}PROOFREADER ACTIVE" 110 SYS SA:POKE HI,PEEKCHI)+1: POKE (PEEK(LO) +256*PEEK(HI ) ) -1,0: NEW 123 DATA120,169,73,141,4,3,169 ,3,141,5,3,88,96,165,20,13 3,167 133 DATA165,21,i33,168,169,0,l 41,0,2 55,16 2,31,181,199,15 7,227 140 DATA3, 202, 16, 248, 169, 19, 32 ,210,255,169,18,32,219,25 5 ,160 150 DATA0, 132, 180, 132, 176, 136, 230,180,200,185,0,2,24 0,46 ,201 160 DATA34,208,8,72,165,176,73 ,255,133,176,104,72,201,32 ,208 170 DATA7, 165, 176,208,3,104,20 a, 226, 104, 166, 180, 24, 165,1 67 180 DATA121, 0,2, 133, 167, 165,16 8,105,0,13 3,16 8,20 2,208,23 9,240 190 DATA202,165,167,69,168,72, 41,15,168,185,211,3,32,210 ,255 200 DATAl04,74,74,74,74,168,ia 5,211,3,32,210,255,162,31, 189 210 DATA227,3,149,199,202,16,2 48,169,146,32,210,255,76,8 6,137 220 DATA65,66,67,6a,69,70,71,7
2,74,75,77,80,81,82,83,88 230 DATA 13,2,7,167,31,32,151, 116,117,151,128,129,167,13 6,137 a
SEPTEMBER 1993 COMPUTE 6-37
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Machine Language Entry Program MLX for Commodore 64 Ottis R. Cowper
Type in and save some copies of MLX — you'll want to use it to enter fu- ture ivlll programs from Gazette. Whien you're ready to'enter an ML program, load and run MLX. It asks you for a start- ing address and an ending address. Tfiese addresses appear in tfie article accompanying thie MLX-format pro- gram listing you're typing.
If you're unfamiliar withi macfiine lan- guage, the addresses {and all other val- ues you enter in MLX} may appear strange. Instead of tfie usual decimal numbers you're accustomed to, these numbers are in hexadecimal — a base 16 numbering system commonly used by ML programmers. Hexadecimal — hex for short — includes the numerals 0- 9 and the letters A-F. But even if you know nothing about ML or hex, you should have no trouble using MLX.
After you've entered the starting and ending addresses, you'll be offered the option of clearing the workspace. Choose this option if you're starting to enter a new listing. If you're continuing a listing that's partially typed from a pre- vious session, don't choose this option. A functions menu will appear. The first option in the menu is Enter Data. If you're just starting to type in a pro- gram, pick this. Press the E key and type the first number in the first line of the program listing. If you've already typed in part of a program, type the line number where you stopped typing at the end of the previous session (be sure to load the partially completed pro- gram before you resume entry), In any case, make sure the address you en- ter corresponds to the address of a line in the listing you are entering. Oth- erwise, you'll be unable to enter the da- ta correctly. If you pressed E by mis- take, you can return to the command menu by pressing Return alone when asked for the address. (You can get back to the menu from most options in the program by pressing Return with no other input.)
Enfering a Listing
Once you're in Enter nnode, MLX prints the address for each program line for you. You then type in all nine numbers on that line, beginning with the first two-digit number after the co- lon {:). Each line represents eight data bytes and a checksum. Although an
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MLX-format listing appears similar to the "hex dump" listings from a ma- chine language monitor program, the extra checksum number on the end al- lows MLX to check your typing.
When you enter a line, MLX recalcu- lates the checksum from the eight bytes and the address and compares this value to the number from the ninth column. If the values match, you'll hear a bell tone, the data will be add- ed to the workspace area, and the prompt for the next line of data will ap- pear. But if MLX detects a typing error, you'll hear a low buzz and see an er- ror message. The line will then be re- displayed for editing.
Invalid Characters Banned
Only a few keys are active while you're entering data, so you may have to un- learn some habits. You do no! type spaces between the columns; MLX au- tomatically inserts these for you. You do not press Return after typing the last number in a line; MLX automatical- ly enters and checks the line after you type the last digit.
64 MLX |
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Only the numerals 0-9 and the letters A-F can be entered. If you press any other key (with some exceptions noted below), you'll hear a warning buzz. To simplify typing, a numeric keypad func- tion is included. The keypad is active only while entering data. Addresses must be entered with the normal letter and number keys. The figure below shows the keypad configuration. MLX checks for transposed charac- ters. If you're supposed to type in AO
and instead enter OA, MLX will catch your mistake. There is one error that can slip past MLX: Because of the checksum formula used, MLX won't no- tice if you accidentally type FF in place of 00, and vice versa. And there's a very slim chance that you could garble a line and still end up with a combination of characters that adds up to the proper checksum. How- ever, these mistakes should not occur if you take care while entering data.
Editing Features
To correct typing mistakes before fin- ishing a line, use the Inst/Del key to de- lete the character to the left of the cur- sor. If you mess up a line badly, press CIr/Home to start the line over. The Re- turn key is also active, but only before any data is typed on a line. Pressing Re- turn at this point returns you to the com- mand menu, After you type a charac- ter, MLX disables Return until the cur- sor returns to the start of a line. Remem- ber, press CIr/Home to quickly get to a line-number prompt. To make correc- tions in a line that MLX has redisplayed for editing, compare the line on the screen with the one printed in the list- ing and then move the cursor to the mis- take and type the correct key. The cur- sor- left and -right keys provide the normal cursor controls. (The Inst/Del key now works as an alternative cursor- left key.) You cannot move left beyond the first character in the line. If you try to move beyond the rightmost charac- ter, you'll reenter the line, During edit- ing, Return is active; pressing it tells MLX to recheck the line. You can press the CIr/Home key to clear the en- tire line if you want to start from scratch or if you want to get to a line- number prompt to use Return to get back to the menu.
Display Data
The second menu choice, Display Da- ta, examines memory and shows the contents in the same format as the pro- gram listing (including the checksum}. When you press D, MLX asks you for a starting address, Be sure that the start- ing address you give corresponds to a line number in the listing. Otherwise, the checksum display will be meaning- less. MLX displays program lines until it reaches the end of the program, at
which point the menu is redisplayed. You can pause the display by pressing the space bar. (MLX finishes printing the current line before halting.) Press the space bar again to restart the dis- play To break out of the display and get back to the menu before the end- ing address is reached, press Return.
Other Menu Options
Two more menu selections let you save programs and load them back in- to the computer. These are Save File and Load File. When you press S or L, f\yiLX asks you for the filename. You'll then be asked to press either D or T to select disk or tape.
You'll notice the disk drive starting and stopping several times during a load or save. This is normal behavior. MIX opens and reads from or writes to the file instead of using the usual LOAD and SAVE commands. Also note that the drive prefix 0: is added to the filename (line 750), so this should no! be included when entering the name. This also precludes the use of @ for save-with-replace, so be sure to give each version saved a different name.
Remember that MLX saves the en- tire workspace area from the starting ad- dress to the ending address, so the save or load may take longer than you might expect if you've entered only a small amount of data from a long list- ing. When you're saving a partially com- pleted listing, make sure to note the ad- dress where you stopped typing.
MLX reports the standard disk or tape error messages if any problems are detected during the save or load. It also has three special load error mes- sages: INCORRECT STARTING AD- DRESS, which means the file you're try- ing to load does not have the starting address you specified when you ran MLX; LOAD ENDED AT address. which means the file you're trying to load ends before the ending address you specified when you started MLX; and TRUNCATED AT ENDING AD- DRESS, which means the file you're try- ing to load extends beyond the ending address you specified when you start- ed MLX. If you see one of these mes- sages and fee! certain that you've load- ed the right file, exit and rerun MLX, being careful to enter the correct start-
ing and ending addresses.
The Quit menu option has the obvi- ous effect — it stops MLX and enters BA- SIC. The Run/Stop key is disabled, so the Q option lets you exit the program without turning off the computer. {Of course, Run/Stop-Restore also gets you out.) You'll be asked for verifica- tion; press Y to exit to BASIC, or press any other key to return to the menu. Af- ter quitting, you can type RUN again and reenter MLX without losing your da- ta, as long as you don't use the Clear Workspace option.
The Finished Product
When you've finished typing all the da- ta for an ML program and saved your work, you're ready for the results. Re- fer to the corresponding article for details on loading and running the program,
An Ounce of Prevention
Don't take chances — use The Automat- ic Proofreader to type the new MLX, and then test your copy thoroughly be- fore first using it to enter any significant amount of data. Make sure all the menu options work as they should. En- ter fragments of the program starting at several different addresses; then use the display option to verify that the da- ta has been entered correctly. Test the save and load options to ensure that you can recall your work from disk.
64 MLX
SS 10 REM VERSION 1.1: 30,950 MODIFIED, 85-487 ADDED EK 100 POKE 56,50:CLR:
I,J,A,B,AS,BS,R DM 110 C4=48:C6=16:C7
4-254:Z5=255:Z6
127 CJ 120 Fft=PEEK(45)+Z6*
:BS=PEEK(55)+Z6
) :HS="012345678 SB 130 RS=CHRS(13) :LS-
:SS=" ":dS=Chr9 CHR$(0) :T$="{13
CQ 140 SD=S4272:FOR I +23:POKE I,0SNE {SPACE}SD+24,15 8,52
FC 150 PRINT" (CLR}"CHR RS (8) :POKE 5328 E 53281,15
EJ 160 PRINT TS" (RED) {2 SPACES}-t8 @}
LINES 8 LINES 4
DIM IN$, (7) ,N$ 7:z2=2:z ='256:Z7 =
PEEK(46) *PEEK(56 9ABCDEF"
"Cleft}" (20) :z$= RIGHT)" SD TO SD XT: POKE :POKE 78
$(142)CH 0,15:POK
{RVS)
{2 SPACES}"SPC(2B) " {2 SPACES}{OFF}{BLU) ML X ir {RED} {RVS} {2 SPACES}"SPC(28) " {12 SPACES) {BLU}" FR 170 PRINT" {3 DOWN)
(3 SPACES}C0HPUTE1 'S MA CHINE LANGUAGE EDITOR (3 DOWN}"
JB 180 print"{blk5starting add
RES.'3t4>"; :GOSUB300 : SA = A D:GOSUB1040:IF F THEN18 0
GF 190 PRINT"{BLK} {2 SPACES}EN DING ADDRESS<4}"; :GOSUB 300:EA=AD:GOSUB103n: IF {SPACE}F THEN190
KR 200 INPt;T"{3 DOWN}{BLK}CLEA R WORKSPACE [Y/N]{4}";A S:IF LEFTS (A$,1)<>"Y"TH EN220
PG 210 PRINT"{2 DOWN} { BLU }WORK ING. . ."; ;FORI=BS TO BS+ EA-SA+7:P0KE I,0:NEXT:P RINT"DONE"
DR 220 PRINTTAB (10) "{2 DOWN) {BLK}(RVS} MLX COMMAND {SPACE}MENU {DQWN)i4}": PRINT TS"{RVS)E{OFF}NTE R DATA"
BD 230 PRINT TS" { RVS 3d {OFF } ISP LAY DATA": PRINT TS" {RVS}L(0FF}0AD FILE"
JS 240 PRINT TS"{RVS3S{0FF}AVE FILE":PRINT TS"{RVS)Q {0FF}UIT{2 D0WN}{BLK3" GET A?:IF AS=NS THEN250 A=a:FOR 1=1 TO 5:IP AS= MID$("EDLSQ",I,1)THEN A =I:I=5
NEXTtON A GOTO420,610,6 9a,7 00,280:GOSUBl060;GO TO250
PRINT"(RVS} QUIT ":INPU T"{D0WN}<4JARE YOU SURE lY/N] ";A5:IF LEFT5(A$, 1) <>"Y"THEN220 POKE SD+24,0:END INS=NS:AD=0:INPUTINS:IF LEN (IN$) 04THENRETURN BS=IN$:GOSUB320:AD=A:BS =MIDS(IN$,3) :GOSUB320:A D=AD*256+A:RETURN A=0:FOR J=l TO 2:AS=MID S (BS,J,1) :B=ASC (A?) ~C4+ (AS>"@")*C7:A=A*C6+B IF B<0 OR B>15 THEN AD= 0:A=-1:J=2 NEXT: RETURN
B=INT (A/C6) :PRINT MID$ ( H$,B+1,1) ; ;B=A-B*C6:PRI NT MID$ (H$,B+1,1) ; :RETO RN
RR 360 A=INT (AD/Z6) :GOSUB350: A =AD-A*Z6:G0SUB 350: PRINT
fi . II . " f
BE 370 CK=INT (AD/Z6) :CK=AD-Z4*
CK+Z5* (CK>Z7) :GOTO390
SEPTEMBER 1993 COMPUTE G-39
JH |
250 |
HK |
260 |
FD |
273 |
EJ |
280 |
EM |
290 |
JX |
300 |
KF |
310 |
PP |
320 |
JA |
330 |
GX |
340 |
CH |
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MLX
PX 380 CK=CK*Z2+Z5* (CK>Z7)+fl JC 390 CK=CK+Z5*{CK>Z5) :RETURN QS 400 PRINT" {DOWN}STARTING AT
{4^'; :GOSUB3B0:IF IN$<>
MS THEN GOSUB1030:IF F
{SPACE}THEN4a0 EX 410 RETURN HD 420 PRINT" {RVS} ENTER DATA
(SPACE}":GOSUB400: IF IN
$=N$ THEN22B JK 430 OPEN3,3:PRINT SK 440 POKE198,0:GOSUB360:IF F THEN PRINT INS: PRINT"
{aP}{5 RIGHT}"; GC 450 FOR 1=0 TO 24 STEP 3:BS
=SS:FOR J=l TO 2:IF F T
HEN BS=MID$ (IN$,I+J,1) HA 460 PRINT"CRVS}"B$L$; :IF I<
24THEN PRINT'MOFF}"; HD 470 GET AS:1F AS=N$ THEN470 FK 480 IF(AS>"/"ANDA$<":")OR(A
$>"@"ANDAS<"G")THEN540 GS 485 A=- (AS="M") -2*(AS=",") -
3*(,AS = ".")-4*(A5="/") -5
* (AS="J") -6* (A$="K") FX 486 A=A-7*(AS="L")-8*(A5=":
")-9*(A$="U")-10*(A5="I
")-ll*(A$="0")-12*{A$="
P") CM 487 A=A-13*{A$=S$) :IF A THE
N A5=MID$ ("ABCD123E456F
0",A,1) :GOTO 540 HP 490 IF h$ = -R$ AND ((1=0) AND (J
=1>0R F)THEN PRINT BS ; :
J=2:NEXT:I=24:GOTO550 KC 500 IF A5="{H0ME)" THEN PRI
NT BS: J=2:NEXT:I=24:NEX
T:F=0:GOTO440 MX 510 IF(A$="{RIGHT}") ANDF TH
ENPRINT B5L$; :GOTO540 GK 520 IF A$<>L$ AND A$<>DS OR
( (I=0)AHD(J=1))THEN GOS
UB1060;GOTO470 HG 530 A$=LS+SS+LS:PRINT B$L$;
:J=2-J:IF J THEN PRINT
{SPACE}L5; :l=l-3
QS 540 PRINT A$;:NEXT J:PRINT {SPACE}S5;
PM 550 NEXT I: PRINT: PRINT" {UP} {5 RIGHT}"; :INPUT#3,IN$ :IF IN$=NS THEN CLOSES: GOTO220
QC 560 FOR 1=1 TO 25 STEP3:BS= MID$(INS,I) :GOSUB320:IF I<25 THEN GOSUB380:A(I /3)=A
PK S70 NEXT: IF ROCK THEN GOSU B 1 060 : PRINT" {BLK}{ RVS} {SPACE}ERR0R: REENTER L INE <4>":F=1:GOTO440
HJ 580 GOSOB1080:B=BS4AD-SA:FO R 1=0 TO 7:P0KE B+I,A(I ) :NEXT
QQ 590 AD=AD+8:IF AD>EA THEN C L0SE3:PRINT"(D0WN} {BLU} ** END OF ENTRY **{BLK) [2 DOWN}":GOTO700
GQ 600 F=0:GOTO440
QA 610 PRINT"{CLR} {DOWN} {RVS} {SPACE}DISPLAY DATA ":G OSUB400:IF IN$=N$ THEN2 20
RJ 620 PRINT" {DOWN} {BLU}PRESS: {RVS} SPACE {OFF} TO PAU SE, {RVS} RETURN {OFF} TO BREAK<4}{D0WN}"
KS 630 GOSUB36{!l:B=BS+AD-SA:FOR I=BTO B+7:A=PESK(I) xGOfi UB350:GOSUB3a0:PRINT S$
r
CC 640 NEXT:PRINT"{RVS}"; :A=CK
:GOSUB350:PRINT KH 650 F»1:AD=AD+8:IF AD>EA TH
ENPRINT"{DOWN} {BLU}** E
ND OF DATA **":GOTO220 KC 660 GET A$:IF A$=R$ THEN GO
SUB1080:GOTO220 EQ 670 IF A$=SS THEN F-F+1:G0S
UB1080 AD 680 ONFGOTO630,660,630 CM 690 PRINT"{DOWN} {RVS} LOAD
{SPACE}DATA ":0P=1:G0T0
710 PC 700 PRINT"{D0WN} {RVS} SAVE
{SPACE}FILE ":OP=0 RX 710 IN$=NS:INPUT"{DOWN}FILE
NAHE<4}"; IN$:IF IN$=NS
{SPACE}THEN220 PR 720 F=0:PRINT"{DOWN}{BLK}
{RVS}T{0FF}APE OR {RVS}
D{0FF}ISK: {4}"; FP 730 GET A$:IF A$="T"THEN PR
INT"T{DOWN}":GOTO8fl0 HQ 740 IF A$<>"D"THEN730 HH 750 PRINT"D{DOWN}":OPEN15,8
,15,"I0:":B=EA-SA: INS="
0:"+INS:IF OP THEN810 SQ 760 OPEN 1,8,8,IN$+",P,W":G
OSUB860:IF a THEN220 FJ 770 AH = INT (SA/256) :AL = SA-(A
H * 256 ): PRINT! 1,CHR$ (AL)
;CHR$ (AH) ; PE 780 FOR 1=0 TO B:PRINT#1,CH
R5 (PEEK(BS + I) ) ; :IF ST T
HEN800 FC 790 NEXT:CLOSE1:CLOSE15:GOT
0940 GS 800 GOSUB1060:PRINT"{DOWN)
{BLK}ERROR DURING SAVE:
<4}":GOSUB860!GOTO220 MA 810 OPEN 1,8,B,INS+",P,R":G
OSUB860:IF A THEN220 GE B20 GET#1,AS,B$:AD=ASC(AS+Z
S)+256*ASC{BS+ZS) : IF AD
OSA THEN F = l:GOTOa50 RX 830 FOR 1=0 TO B:GET#1,AS:P
OKE BS+I,ASC(A$+Z5) :IF(
I<>B)AND ST THEN F=2:AD
=I:I=B FA 840 NEXTlIF ST064 THEN F = 3 FQ 850 CL0EE1:CL0SE15:0N ADS (F
>0)+l GOTO960,970 SA 860 INPUT#15,A,A$:IF A THEN CLOSE 1; CLOSE 15 :GOSUB10
60; PRINT" {RVS} ERROR: "A
5
GQ 870 RETURN
EJ 880 POKEl83,PEEK(FA+2) :POKE 187,PEEK(FA+3) :P0KE188, PEEK (FA+4) : IFOP=0THEN92 0 HJ 890 SYS 63466:IF(PEEK(783) A NDDTHEN GOSUB1060:PRIN T"{DOWN} {RVS} FILE NOT {SPACE} FOUND ":GOTO690 CS 900 AD=PEEK(829}+256*PEEK(8 30):IF ADOSA THEN F = l: GOTO970 SC 910 A=PEEK(831)4256*PEEK(83 2) -i:F=F-2* (A<EA) -3* (A> EA) :AD=A-AD:GOTO930 KM 920 A=SA:B=EA+1:GOSUB1010:P
OKE780,3:SYS 63338 JF 930 A=BS:B=BS+ (EA~SA)+1:G0S UB1010:ON OP GOTO950:Sy S 63591 AE 940 GOSUB1080:PRINT"{BLU}** SAVE COMPLETED **":GOT 0220 XP 950 POKE147,0:SYS 63562:IF
{SPACE}ST>0 THEN970 FR 960 GOSUB1080:PRINT"{BLU}** LOAD COMPLETED **":GOT 0220 DP 970 GOSUB1060:PRINT"{BLK}
{RVS}ERR0R DURING LOAD: {D0WN}<4>":ON F GOSUB98 0,990,1000:GOTO220 PP 980 PRINT"INCORRECT STARTIN G ADDRESS (" ; :GOSUB360: PRINT") ":RETURN GR 990 PRINT"LOAD ENDED AT ";: AD=SA+AD:GOSUB3 60:PRINT D$: RETURN FD 1000 PRINT"TRUNCATED AT END
ING ADDRESS":RETURN RX 1010 AH=INT (A/256) :AL=A-(AH *256) :POKE193,AL:POKEl 94, AH FF 1020 AH=INT (B/256) :AL=5-(AH *256) : POKE 174, AL: POKE 1 75,AH:RETURN PX 1030 IF AD<SA OR AD>EA THEN
1050 OR 1040 IF (AD>5H AND AD<6528 0) THEN GOSUBl0a0: F=0 : RETURN HC 1050 GOSUB1060:PRINT"{RVS} {SPACE}INVALID ADDRESS {D0WN}{BLK}":F=1:RETU RN AR 1060 POKE SD+5,31:POKE SD+6 ,208:POKE SD,240:POKE {SPACE}SD+1,4:P0KE SD+ 4,33 DX 1070 FOR S=l TO 100:NEXT:GO
TO1090 PF 1080 POKE SD+5,8:P0KE SD+6, 240:POKE SD,0:POKE SD+ 1,90:POKE SD+4,17 AC 1090 FOR S=l TO 100 : NEXT :P0 KE SD+4,0:POKE SD,0:PO KE SD+1,0: RETURN
G-40 COMPUTE SEPTEMBER 1993
REVIEWS
GATEWAY 2000 NOMAD 450DXL NOTEBOOK
Gateway's new Nomad 450DXL was designed and built specifically for power us- ers who want all the muscle usually found in a high-end desktop PC but who also want tfie convenience and mobility of a notebook com- puter. If you're one of those users, the Nomad is what you've been waiting for. Weighing less than 6 pounds and measuring 8,5 X 11 X 1.8 inches, it tucks easily under your arm or in a briefcase.
The CPU is an Intel 80486DXLP2/50, a new chip that consumes less pow- er (hence the LP designa- tion) than conventional DX2 CPUs. This low-power CPU, combined with Gateway's other power-management features, gives the Nomad excellent nicad battery life (more than two hours, even under heavy use) between recharges.
The dark, charcoal gray color and squared, no-frills styling give the Nomad a bold, handsome appear- ance that would be equally at home on an airline seat- back tray or on a boardroom conference ta- ble. A custom, color-coordi- nated, miniature hand-held trackball provides a supple and surprisingly easy-to-use pointing device for navigat- ing your way around Win- dows (included with the com- puter) or other GUI-based applications. The trackball connects to a dedicated mouse port at the left side of the machine via a two- foot cable.
The Nomad's 10-inch LCD {measured diagonally) is a backlit, triple supertwist
unit that affords good view- ing in all lighting conditions, although some of the LCD's pathways are visible when the brightness or contrast controls (dials located at the right of the display) are turned all the way up. Under most conditions this isn't nec- essary, however, and on the
tions, although the LCD's pathways become more pro- nounced in the reversed-vid- eo mode.
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whole the display is quite good. The Nomad is capa- ble of displaying up to 64 shades of gray in normal VGA (640 X 480) mode. With an external monitor con- nected, the Nomad can pro- vide 800 x 600 and 1024x 768 SVGA resolutions as well, and it supports simulta- neous display of the LCD and CRT. A unique feature of the Nomad is its screen in- version switch, also located next to the LCD. By chang- ing the position of this switch, you can reverse the video display from its nor- mal dark-on-light display to light-on-dark. This affords bet- ter viewing for some applica-
hard drive is also standard equipment on this model, as is a front-mounted 1.44MB high-density floppy drive.
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The product is almost obsessively flexible. For example, you can specify line widths to .01 of a pixel. Each tool can be used anti-aliased, hard- edged, or as an airbrush. And, as I men- tioned, you can use any tool at any lev- el of opacity. The program supports the Wacom pressure-sensitive tablet.
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Compaq's Prolinea 4/50 is a fast and ca- pable 486DX2. Whether you have an extensive database to search, a de- manding modern game to run, or Win- dows applications that you want to come up quickly and smoothly, this could be your machine.
The microprocessor zips along at 50 MHz in turbo mode, and the bus is of the PC/AT ISA variety. The standard configuration for this model — as well as for the other Prolinea 486 models — consists of 4f\/IB of RAM (expandable to 32MB); one 3'/?-inch high-density floppy drive; a 1024 x 768, 256-color graphics controller; two additional drive bays for a hard drive and 5Va- inch floppy drive; one parallel port; two serial ports; a pointing-device inter- face; three 16-bit ISA expansion slots; and DOS 5 preinstalled. The Prolinea Windows+ models also have Windows 3.1 and PFS: WindowWorks preinstal- led, as well as a Compaq mouse and a 5V4-inch floppy drive.
In addition to these standard fea- tures, the unit I tried came equipped with a 240MB hard drive, 5120K of ex^ tended memory, a 101 -key keyboard, and a Compaq SVGA coior monitor. Among the nice security features includ- ed on all of these models is power-on password protection and keyboard password protection. The unit's easy to access and expand, especially when in- serting additional RAM (except that the hard drive must first be removed), There are four memory expansion sock- ets, which accept snap-in modules for ease of insertion. Case dimensions are about 16 inches wide, 15 inches deep, and 4 inches high, so good de- sign is evident in the way limited space is handled here,
Upon first running the 4/50, I found that there was a little adjustment nec- essary for the SVGA display. The first thing I noticed was that text mode was in monochrome; I had to experiment with some paint programs to find out which video-board specification worked best for high-resolution graph- ics displays. One that did was a Sigma VESA driver, and a brief online search located one for nearly all my graphics utilities, Windows and Mathematica were still showing graphics in mono- chrome, as was text mode. More on- line searching revealed the source of the problem, Conversation in the mes- sage bases indicated that some Com- paq Prolinea systems using Compaq SVGA coior monitors come up in mon- ochrome mode rather than color mode. More searching turned up a de-
vice driver that prevents other drivers from detecting a monochrome display. At that point, I was down to serious test- ing of the system with full color and full resolution on all counts.
Although Windows and DOS 5 came preinstalled, I found that there was a problem after reformatting the hard drive for a UNIX partition. Fully ex- pecting to replace Windows and DOS upon completion, I was shocked to dis- cover that neither was packaged with the computer. That's bad — under oth- er circumstances, the drive head could get moved dunng shipment and damage the installed software, I can't emphasize enough the Importance of having the floppy disks around for back- up and system modification.
To test speed and smoothness of op- eration, I ran several power-intensive programs on the 4/50, a Data Stor 486SX/25, and a 3a6DX/33 These in- cluded Windows applications such as MacDraft and Hollywood — which are heavily graphics and processing orient- ed—and DOS applications like Dance of the Planets, Color Works, Derive, Lemmings 2, X-Wing, and DeluxePaint lie — also heavily processing oriented. This test wasn't entirely scientific be- cause Dance of the Planets runs best with a math coprocessor and fvlathe- matica and Macsyma require one. With all appropriate tested software, the 4/50 visibly outpaced the others.
In order to obtain data not biased by my own interpretation, I also ran the Nor- ton Utilities SI program and looked at the benchmark tests. The benchmarks confirmed significant speed differenc- es between the three computers in both file access and processing. With an IBM PC XT 8088 running at 4.77 MHz as a base value of 1 in all index- es, the 4/50 has a computing index (CPU speed) value of 95, a disk speed index approximated at 8.2, and an overall performance index value of 66. Compare this with the Data Stor 486SX/25 values of, respectively, 54, 7.5, and 38.5, and the 386DX/33 val- ues of 34.8, 7, and 25.5. (One note about the disk speed, however: The benchmark test reported finding an ad- vanced disk controller, further advising that the disk controller had blocked the drive-seek timing test. Many advanced controllers will ignore attempts to move the drive heads unless data's ac- tually being transferred,)
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Few of us watch black-and- white TV sets any more, and most of us even have color monitors on our computers. So why do we put up with boring gray-scale output? If you're looking to add a spiash of color to your doc- uments and presentations, Hewlett-Packard's DeskJet 550C printer is just what you need.
The HP DeskJet series of printers has been around awhile, providing crisp, 300- dots-per-inch output at a
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ting your printer driver con- trol the mixing, if you print a monochrome document, on- ly the black cartridge is used. When color comes in- to play, the printer driver ac- tivates the other cartridge, mixing the colors with the true black from the black ink cartridge- Output quality from the DeskJet 550C is nothing short of wonderful. The 300- dpi text output rivals laser printing — only a very close look discerns any differ- ence. Both gray-scale and color graphics look very good as well. The printer mix- es and dithers the three pri- mary colors and black to rep- resent thousands of differ- ent colors. I tested the print- er using the included Win-
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give excellent results, as do Paper Direct's fancy letter- head papers, Only single- sheet paper is supported; the paper tray supports let- ter, legal, and executive pa- per sizes, as well as Europe- an sizes. You can even print on transparency film. New to the DeskJet 550C is an en- velope feeder that holds up to 20 envelopes.
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Sooner or later, like hard drives, CD- ROM drives will be required equipment for even the most casual user, Though hardly a household name, Texel has a drive that boasts features comparable to those with more familiar names, and at a considerably lower price.
Texel is a subsidiary of a 74-year- old Japanese manufacturing company called Shinano Kenshi. It's been mak- ing precision motors for computer pe- ripherals since 1962, heavy-duty com- mercial audio CD players (like the ones used at radfo stations) since 1989. and CD-ROM drives since 1990. With cre- dentials like that, I think Texel's quali- fied to compete.
This drive has some impressive fea- tures, not the least of which are its 265- ms access time and 300-kbps data transfer rate. If this all sounds like Greek to you, then think of it this way: It's about ten times slower than a fast hard drive and about two to three times faster than a floppy drive. An au- dio CD (the kind you listen to on your stereo) player transfers data at 150 kbps. Because the Texel is twice as fast as that, it's called a double-speed drive.
Equally impressive is its ability to read audio CDs, Kodak fvlultisession Photo CDs, High Sierra CDs, and ISO 9660 CDs. It's also XA compliant, which means that with a special decod- er board, it won't necessarily have to slow down to 150 kbps to play the au- dio track on a game or encyclopedia but instead can read it at 300 kbps and buffer its output to the speakers.
As far as compatibility and ease of in- stallation go, I had the dhve and card installed and running in less than ten minutes. The Texel operated impressive- ly under both DOS and Windows. I al- so received excellent — and freel— tech- nical support when I ran into a problem running it under OS/2.
If you need a CD-ROfvl drive, the Texel is well worth consideration. It's a very fast and quite reasonably priced drive with excellent technical support. It's the most drive for the money.
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Texel
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ERIC THE UNREADY
Fantasy role-players get a healthy kick in the pants from Eric the Unready, a de- lightfully twisted text-and- graphic adventure, Packed witli thriils, spills, and outra- geous humor, the game is without a doubt Legend En- tertainment's best effort yet.
Step inside the tarnished armor of young Eric, a fledg- ling Knight of the Rhomboid Table. Your task is to find Princess Loreaile, abducted by her wicked stepmother. Queen Morgana, and her lov- er. Sir PeotoraL Outwardly, the story follows the stan- dard fantasy formula, re- plete with magic, puzzles, monsters, and miniquests, Hack away the slick veneer, however, and you'll enter a role-playing realm turned up- side down and tickled till it begs for mercy From mov- ies and television to classic computer games, few pop culture icons escape the swath of playful ribbing.
Designer Bob Bates and programmer Duane Beck have fashioned one of the slickest system architec- tures in the genre. Every- thing needed to communi- cate, manipulate, and moni- tor your progress is within easy reach on the high-res- olution windowed interface. You can either type full sen- tences into the story window or use the mouse to assem- ble commands from the scrolling verb, preposition, and object menus. Other fea- tures include one-touch com- mand buttons to display your inventory, status, and score; call up online help; run automapping: and tog- gle the graphics window.
Bates's text parser is intel- ligent, intuitive, and excruci- atingly funny. Puzzles are of
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average difficulty, but they're varied enough to sus- tain long-term interest. Graph- ics are handsomely drawn and feature an exciting mix of windowed and full- screen animated art. Almost all pictures are interactive, in- viting realtime participation in a wide range of settings
ic animation, stunning hi-res Super VGA graphics, and an awesome soundtrack. Princess Loreaile the Worthy has never looked so good. Al- so, the CD-ROtVl version us- es only 3MB on your hard drive, a welcome benefit in the world of huge games. Perfectly realized from con-
"Fear not, my lady. No one would dare harm the daughter of good King Fudd. To do so woutd incur the wrath of that flower of chivalry, the Knights of the Rhomboid Table. No one would be so foolish as to take that risk - even for one so beautiful as yourself."
Legend Entertainment's Eric the Unready packs megabytes of humor on both floppy and CD-ROM versions.
Kid Desk lets you set up attractive and fun-filled menus tor every kid in the house — including yourself.
and activities. Tastefully un- derstated music and sound effects lend a rich air of ele- gance to the overall silliness of the game.
If you have a CD-ROfvl drive, check out the new CD version of Eric the Unready, which takes the same hilari- ous story and adds cinemat-
cept to execution. Eric the Unready is a rare treat that's not to be missed.
SCOTT A MAY
Legend Enlertainment Distributed by Accolade (800) 245-7744 $59.95
Circle Reader Senice Number 441
KID DESK
EdMark's Kid Desk packs more fun than you'll find in any other menu program. With it, you can set up attrac- tive and fun-fil!ed individual menus for every kid in the house — including yourself!
Kid Desk places a color- ful "menu" onscreen, but it doesn't look like a tradition- al computer menu; it looks like a desk. The desk comes with fun-filled acces- sories: pen and pencil sets you can click on to select a different desk style, an Ear- ly American scroll-top, for in- stance; a single date calen- dar that flips up to a monthly calendar that you can write on; a clock that speaks the time; a desk light that turns on or off to brighten or dark- en the screen; and a tele- phone that actually talks in many languages when you click on it to pick up the handset.
Press a three-key combina- tion, and the program switch- es to Adult mode, where f^om and Dad can add pro- grams to the desktop, set up individual menus for each child, passv/ord-pro- tect the Adult mode with a word only they know, and se- lect attractive icons to launch the programs they add to the desk.
Icons for each child ap- pear on an opening menu. Children click on their own icons to launch their individ- ual desktops. The program can be installed so that Kid Desk is launched when the computer is turned on, and you can configure it so that children cannot escape to DOS where they can get in- to grownups' files.
Almost everything here can be individualized. If you have a scanned image of your child, you can load it in- to a picture frame displayed
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on the desk, or you can place clip art pictures in the frame. If you have a sound card with a microphone, a re- corder on the desk lets you and your child record messages to one another that can be played back.
Kid Desk offers a unique — and quite fun— menu solution just for kids, one that assures children have fun while parents' files and applications re- main safe from curious hands.
CAROL ELLISON
EdWark
(206) 556-8484
339.95
Circle Reader Service Number 442
INSTANT ROLODEX
Instant Rolodex isn't the most complete personal information manager (PIM) on the market, but it may be the perfect or- ganizer for smali-business managers, in- cluded in this package are an eiectron- ic Rolodex, an appointment calendar, a to-do list, and sundry utilities for print- ing forms, cards, and labels. To make Instant Rolodex as convenient as pos- sible, an icon bar across the top of the main window and various toolboxes ac- cess program features with a single but- ton click.
As the program's name suggests, the Rolodex module — an address- book database using a Rolodex meta- phor—is the package's focus. The Ro- lodex allows you not only to create and delete address cards but also to add notes to each card. Fields in the data- base include the usual name, address, and phone, as well as additional fields for storing alternative addresses; fax, beeper, home, and car phone num- bers; important dates; and titles. Nine user-defined fields let you personalize the database to your specific needs.
More than just a straight Rolodex file. Instant Rolodex provides full data- base search features. You can find a card by searching the key field, or you can create subgroups of cards using search logic that compares specific fields with such operators as equal-to, less-than, greater-than, and between.
The calendar can be viewed as an entire year, month, or week, or you can bring up an appointment book for a spe- cific day, which lists by time all activi- ties planned for that day. Scheduling events is as easy as clicking on a time and typing a quick description. Recur- ring events can also be scheduled. Fi- nally, the built-in alarm function warns you of any impending event.
The to-do list is Instant Rolodex's
weakest feature. While you can check off tasks as you do them, the tasks ar- en't related in any way to the calendar. In other words, all tasks appear in a sin- gle list that can be prioritized by task but not by date.
Despite its weak task handling, in- stant Rolodex is perfect for business folks with modest needs. When you add its ability to dial numbers and send faxes. Instant Rolodex is a fine package at a great price.
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DacEasy
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THRUSTMASTER RUDDER CONTROL SYSTEM
If you spend much time flying flight sim- ulators, you know that reaching for the keyboard can be the kiss of death. Se- rious sim fans have looked to Thrust- Master for relief; the company's Flight Control System and Weapons Control System put most of the controls on the joystick and throttle, respectively. This simulates the HOTAS (Hands On Throt- tle And Stick) approach used in mod- ern jet fighters. Even then, though, you're still forced to use the keyboard for rudder control, which can be a dead- ly distraction when lining up for a diffi- cult strafing run or landing approach.
The Thrustfy/laster Rudder Control Sys- tem solves this problem by giving your virtual cockpit a set of authentic rudder pedals. Real aircraft use rudder pedals to control yaw — a movement of the plane's nose to the left or right without banking. Rudder pedals come into play most often when lining up for land- ing, conducting strafing runs, or engag- ing in slow air combat. If you're shoot- ing at an enemy plane and you see your tracers are flying by just to the right of the plane's cockpit, for in- stance, a quick kick of the left rudder pedal will likely score a kill.
Unlike some less expensive pedals that place the footpads right next to each other, the ThrustMaster pedals are distanced almost 20 inches apart, allowing you to sit in a comfortable, natural position. (I often use them as footrests when I'm not flying simula- tors.) They're very sturdily constructed, built of gold-anodized aluminum and ABB plastic, which is good for a device whose main purpose is to be kicked around. The heavy construction and rub- ber feet on the bottom of the pedals keep them in place on wood or tile
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Many MS-DOS flight sim- ulators support rudder ped- als, including Aces of the Pa- cific, Comanche: Maximum Overkill, Falcon 3.0, Gun- ship 2000, Flight Simulator 4, ATP, Flight of the Intrud- er, and A-10 Tank Killer 1.5. ThrustMaster sells a special TSR that will add rudder ped- al support to Secret Weap- ons of the Luftwaffe. The on- ly problem I encountered was trying to use the Thrust- Master PCS joystick control- ler and the Rudder Control System with Flight Simulator 4; Ihe coolie-hat switch on the top must be disabled {re- quiring you to add a switch to the stick yourself) for the program to function correct- ly, The pedals worked fine with Flight Simulator 4 and a different joystick. I also suc- cessfully tested the pedals using an adapter cabie on an Amiga 4000 running Fight- er Duel Pro.
Although the Rudder Con- trol System is a bit expen- sive for the occasional play- er, serious simulator pilots will find it well worth the mon- ey for the added control and realism it affords.
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AV-8B HARRIER ASSAULT
Like the redoubtable jump jet, Domark's AV-8B Harrier Assault takes off in more than one direction. Not only is it a flight simulator, but it's also a war game based on a somewhat unlikely, UN- backed invasion of the Indi-
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an Ocean island of Timor. Likely or not, though, both el- ements are quite creditable. Each benefits from the oth> ar, with the result that Harri- er Assault's whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
For starters, the flight sim is far superior to Domark's previous effort in this field,
that makes a computer pilot feel he's not operating in a vacuum — that the mission has more than an imagined impact on the game's flow — is valuable, and Harrier As- sault conveys this well, albe- it in a somewhat abstract way. It allows you to order amphibious landings, to set
Domark's AV-8B Harrier Assault is now available in a special Super VGA version for computers wilti S3 video chips.
tvliG-29 Fulcrum, and com- pares favorably to Micro- Prose's Jump Jet. Harrier As- sault flies beautifully, with a smooth-as-butter update on a 486/33 (a 16-MHz 386 ma- chine is the minimum recom- mended) and a delightful view. I liked the hazy hori- zons and the way terrain emerges from mist as land- fall approaches, lending a you-are-there sense of mom- entousness. I liked the slight lag to the controls, a feel more realistic than that of some turn-on-a-dime flight Sims. And I liked all the stuff on the ground — even the stuff shooting at me. It's a lively place, this Ti- mor. {Wish the explosions were spiffier, though.)
The war game is fought out on a console — a sharp SVGA screen — aboard your flotilla's flagship. Anything
up air missions against an aggressive, intelligent ene- my, and to zoom in on indi- vidual trees, if you wish (I'm not certain what this is good for, but you can do it). This isn't anything especially new — games such as Fal- con 3,0, ATAC, and Cam- paign are ail variations on this strategy/action combina- tion—but it gets damnably in- volving here when you know that what you do counts.
Harrier Assault doesn't have the most intuitive com- mand screen I've ever seen, but its complexities are nicely unraveled in a sub- stantial, plain-English manu- al. (But next time, use some- thing stickier than chewing gum to bind it, folks,)
It's also at the command screen that the program com- mits some rather basic tech-
nical gaffes. I consistently ran into crashes (the comput- er kind) when plotting mis- sion way points on a zoomed-in tactical screen, and I couldn't get the mouse pointer below the top third of the screen. (There's a work-around for the latter problem — use a joystick instead of the mouse — and a fix is availa- ble from Domark.)
But that's it for flak. Other- wise, this Harrier goes up like a rocket.
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AIR BUCKS VERSION 1.2
A version number in a game's title is a pretty sure sign that the game in ques- tion is a flight simulator: Wit- ness Flight Simulator 4,0, Fal- con 3,0, and Chuck Yea- ger's Flight Trainer 2.0, You could hardly be blamed for figuring Air Bucks version 1.2 to be a flight sim as well.
It is, but only in an ab- stract sense, Air Bucks 1.2 is a substantially improved version of Impressions' well- received airline simulator, and it's first class all the way.
You're placed in charge of a startup company with a base of operations (Miami) and a little pool of money ($100,000). Over the years (beginning in 1946), you're expected to transform the company into the talk of the industry. You can't control the weather or the baggage- handlers' union, but you do have intimate control over capital expenditures such as new planes, landing rights, routing, fares, adver-
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tising, and maintenance — all handled rather elegantly via the mouse or keyboard.
Of course, there are as many as three other little air- lines — controlled either by the computer or other aspir- ing Richard Bransons — try- ing to pull the same stunt. They are acquiring landing rights in the same cities and flying the same domestic and intercontinental routes. And your board of directors is watching how you do.
It's easy to play, even vi'ith- out the manuals, and easy to enjoy. {Beating out the competition is quite another matter.} There are lots of pleasant little features — espe- cially on the fare-setting screen— and detailed finan- cial information is always at your fingertips. You can even invent your airline's slo- gan— a charming touch — or pay for market research to tell how you're doing. It's all nicety knit together, so it's never overwhelming. And the hours spent in Air Bucks drift by unbidden.
Unlike some corporate Sims like Black Gold (oil) or Ports of Call (freighters), how- ever, this one doesn't have any lighthearted arcade ex- tras (no lining up incoming planes with runway lights or extracting seagulls from a tur- bine engine). It's still a game, naturally, but it's also a broad business simulation as opposed to a toy. And though it has been sweet- ened with digitized sound, 256-color graphics, and some modest animation, it never bumps that basic premise, (The music's de- lightful, too; it seems to take off from Ultima VI.}
My only objections are a certain lack of integration — it would be nice to be able to see and edit everything about a route and its planes on a single screen — and the
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AirBucks 1.2 from Impressions isn'ta traditional flight simulator but is instead an innovative airline simulator
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absence of online help. An Are you sure? requester might have headed off situ- ations in which, for example, you assign a plane to a route that exceeds its range or neglect to assign ticket prices. (Passengers then fly free.)
For registered owners of the original Air Bucks, ver- sion 1 .2 is available free as an upgrade. (There have been a host of user-suggest- ed changes, so basically it's smarter, prettier, and better stocked with info.) Impres- sions also makes upgrades
to Air Bucks and its other products available through its online support area on the CompuServe online net- work. And if you haven't al- ready had the pleasure of fly- ing the not-so-friendly skies, be sure all carry-on luggage is safely stowed and raise your seat back to its full up- right position. You're in for a delightful ride.
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Dynodex is a Windows da- tabase application that man- ages the names, numbers, and addresses of those cru- cial to your business's oper- ation, as well as any notes you may want to keep track of. It can print such things as address books, mailing la- bels, rotary cards, and enve- lopes. Phone-dialing options are also available. All you need to begin are an IBM PC or compatible computer, 2MB of RAM, a hard drive with 2MB of available space, a VGA display, DOS version 3.1 or higher, Micro- soft Windows 3.1 or higher, a floppy drive, and a Micro- soft-compatible mouse.
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Color printing has traditional- ly been an expensive, time- consuming process, particu- larly when you're iooking for the kind of color you can on- ly get from thermal transfer printing. Fargo Electronics, a producer of bar-code print- ers, has attempted to elimi- nate the expense and delay
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involved in the thermal trans- fer process. The Primera is in- expensive (at least when compared to other printers of similar technology) and fairly rapid (taking about 180 seconds to produce a three-color printout). But there's a catch. First, don't be misled by
special coated paper need- ed by the printer isn't inex- pensive, either.
The printer has a resolu- tion of only 203 dots per inch (dpi). A fax at fine res- olution is 200 dpi, so if you've ever seen a fax, you've seen the kind of jag- gies the Primera produces.
The Primera color printer from Fargo Electronics Ijnngs color thermal printing into an affordable price range.
the term three-color printing. The printer can produce vir- tually any color by overprint- ing. First, it prints yeliow, then magenta, and then cy- an. By printing these colors on top of one another, the Primera can produce shades of gray and a rich palette of colors. You have the option of purchasing a four-color ribbon that'll allow you to add true black to the palette (the black produced by the three-color ribbon is actually a dark bluish brown that's very close to black),
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The color registration {color alignment) of the printouts was very good, and when I used extremely smooth, coat- ed paper (like the sample sheets provided with the printer) or acetate sheets, my printouts had dense, sol- id colors (the waxy thermal transfer material left a sheen, mal<ing the printouts look vaguely photographic). But when I used common photocopy paper, my print- outs were spotty and plagued by dropouts where one or all of the colors didn't print.
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If you're looking for NEC qual- ity and engineering but are new to computing and don't have elaborate plans for ex- panding a computer, take a look at the NEC Ready 425,
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The standard hardware leaves you ready to handle most computing challenges. You get SVa-inch and 5'/i- inch high-density floppy drives, a 170fvlB 3'/s-inch IDE hard drive, a built-in fax/ data modem (2400 bps for data, 9600 bps for fax trans- mission, and 4800 bps for fax reception), and a moni- tor capable of 1024 x 768 pixels with 256 colors, Be- cause the PS/2 mouse port, keyboard port, parallel port, serial port, and video adapt- er are all built into the moth- erboard, all three of the sys- tem's full-length 16-bit slots are available for any boards you might wish to add. The system comes with 4fVIB of RAM, upgradable to 64MB using SIMMs. You also get 1MB of video RAM for the adapter and an upgradable BIOS from Phoenix. Should you ever decide to speed up your Ready, NEC pro- vides a press-pin socket for an Intel overdrive processor.
I like the sleek design and easy access (one sim- ple cover release) of the sys- tem box, the pieasing tactile and auditory feedback of the keyboard, and the com- fortable and responsive op- eration of the NEC mouse. The Ready 1024 monitor per- formed very well on the whole. Its .28-mm dot pitch made text easy to read for long periods of time, and this monitor didn't give me the exaggerated bounce I find on so many monitors when I shift between text and graphics modes.
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every user, and there are some things I missed in this system. NEC didn't include a reset button, you have to request and pay shipping and handling for floppy cop- ies of the software, and there are no available bays for adding drives. If you want a CD-ROM drive, a tape drive, or some other drive, you'll have to opt for an external version. Be- cause of the highly integrat- ed system board and be- cause the fax/data modem doesn't take one of the bus slots, the three available slots will be enough for many users — but not for all. These problems can be worked around and won't af- fect the needs of many COM- PUTE readers. In fact, if your computing needs ar- en't heavy-duty, you may well be ready for this attrac- tive and well-engineered sys- tem from NEC.
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MNP stands for Micro- corn Networking Protocol. It refers to standard protocol methiods used by manufac- turers of modems in provid- ing error-free transfer of da- ta from one computer to an- otfier. V,42bis is a similar pro- tocol set by the CCITT organ- ization. These protocols en- sure the fastest, most effi- cient transfer speeds possi- ble with the widest range of other faxes and nnodems.
I tried the external version of the Spirit. As long as there's a serial port availa- ble, hardware installation con- sists of simply connecting the fax/data modem to the computer with the supplied cable, plugging the phone line into the standard modu- lar connector on the Spirit II, and attaching the unit's pow- er supply. The documenta- tion is clear, and phone sup- port is available.
Three programs are includ- ed with the Spirit II— the Qmodem data communica- tions software and both DosF- ax Lite and WinFax Lite. While all three programs work well, the Spirit II also works with other communica- tions and fax programs. If you already have modem software installed, you can continue using the program you're familiar with white still taking advantage of the Spir- it ll's new technology.
In fact, after experiment- ing with the supplied pro- grams here, that's exactly what I did. My regular com- munications software — Pro- YAM — worked just fine, as did the many scripts pro- grammed in over the years.
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Hayes-compatible 9600-bps modem {circa 1990) that I re- placed with the Spirit II for this review is in use every day for data transfers. The Spirit II, at the same bps rates, was markedly faster in both uploading and down- loading files. The bottom line: Modem technology has improved a lot in the past three years, and the Spirit li gives you the advantage of this improvement at a good price.
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Time to recover from back-to- back compuhypefests — COM- DEX in Atlanta and CES in Ctii- cago. For me, COMDEX was boring. Favorite quote: "The problem withi COMDEX isn't so much infoglut as substance anorexia." Said by: me.
Among ttie brigtit lights were object-oriented paint pro- grams from Micrografx (the lat- est version of COMPUTE Cfioice Award winner Picture Publisher) and Fractal Design (an add-on to COMPUTE Choice Award winner Fractal Design Painter called Painter/ X2). These paint programs al- low you to paint or import ob- jects on layers independent of the painting surface.
Also at COMDEX I saw an up-to-the-minute release of Mi- crografx Designer with a sharp new interface and tons of new capabilities, and a dye- sublimation add-on for the Primera color printer that al- lows the printer to create pho- tographic-quality color print- outs on special coated paper. The add-on is only $249.95 (making the final cost of the printer just $1 ,244.95). But get ready for a Kodak moment. The special paper and "rib- bon" for dye sublimation print- ing boost the $0.45 cost of an ordinary Primera printout to $3.00 per page.
CES, on the other hand, was not boring. But it was re- ally, really, really, really loud. Ordinarily, you can maintain your hearing at CES through the simple expedient of avoid- ing the cardiac arrhythmia- inducing car stereo area, but ever since sound moved to the PC, the CES floor has be- come a kind of blastfest, be- tween the karaoke vendors, rock bands, and computer game sound effects. Each vol- ume control has to be turned
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to 1 1 to overwhelm the noise pollution from the next booth.
Hot stuff? Lots. Like Micro- soft's new Flight Simulator, which brings greater realism to the landscape, and Space Simulator, which lets you fly to distant galaxies — even gener- ating planets to form undiscov- ered solar systems. Microsoft is also releasing a collection of nostalgia arcade games for Windows, including Asteroids, Missile Command, Centipede, and (a game I never thought Vi'ould make it to the PC) Tem- pest. These games feature ear- ly-eighties-style graphics that will surely bring a tear to the eye of every erstwhile quarter- pumping arcade junkie. Multi- media Golf features Pro Notes from COMPUTE Books' Pro- Links: The Official Guide to Links and Microsoft Golfoy for- mer COMPUTE editor Peter Scisco.
Great parties: Dynamix chose the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry (home port of the only WWII German U-boat in the Western Hemisphere) to showcase Ac- es over Europe and Graue Wolfe, its new convoy-sinking sub Sim. Knowledge Adven- ture hired the Shedd Aquari- um for the announcement of its latest how-the-heck-did- they-do-it floppy-based multi- media product, Undersea Ad- venture. Each introduction par- ty had excellent food. And drink. The work of a journalist is tough, but somebody has to do it.
IBM is bundling a raft of Dis- ney products with its latest PS/ 1 series of computers. The computer giant will also be put- ting a lot of effort into periph- erals designed to be easy to install on any machine (not just IBM machines). Watch for Windsurfer, an Mwave-based do-it-all card with sound, fax- ing, voice mail, and so on.
Maxis will be releasing SimCity 2000, an upgrade to
its addictive SimCiy game, that allows you to import your "SimCity 1 .0" cities for further development. Complete with contour mapping (and lots of terraforming tools), SimCity 2000's angled view makes your cities stand out in three di- mensions. New convenience features abound.
MECC is releasing a busi- ness simulator, DinoPark Ty- coon, for budding entrepre- neurs. It lets you develop your own Jurassic Park-like theme park while coping with budg- ets, crowd appeal, and ecolo- gy. Davidson is releasing Al- geBlaster and a very exciting upgrade to MathBlaster, plus Kid CAD, a three-dimensional architecture program special- ly designed for children. The tlearning Company is adding Math Rabbit and a new Read- er Rabbit for the prereader called Reader Rabbit's Ready for Letters, plus a new adven- ture called Treasure Math- Storm. The competition is heat- ing up nicely in educational software, yielding better, deep- er, richer products across the board. What a great time to be small!
Sega and AT&T are collab- orating on an online game-play- ing network. Details were sketchy, but this could give Se- ga a definite edge in the videogame-machine war.
Whatever your interests, your favorite games will prob- ably appear in multimedia for- mat on CD-ROM and on much- hyped 3D0 (if software sup- port is any predictor of suc- cess, 3D0 may already be over the top). Virtually every- thing is being upgraded to multimedia and making use of the huge capacity of CD- ROM, which looks like the dis- tribution medium of choice.
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