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VOLUME  14,  NO,  3,  ISSUE  139 


APRIL  1992 


FEATURES 
6 

PC  JARGON  MADE  EASY 

By  Robert  Bixby,  Clifton 

Karnes,  and  Joyce  Sides 

A  guided  tour  ttirough  the 

essential  PC  terms. 

18 

TEST  LAB 

We  test  four  20-MHz  386SX 

and  seven  33-MHz 

486DX  desktop  PCs, 

64 

ACCESS  AND  SECURITY 

By  Gregg  Keizer 

How  to  get 

and  protect  information. 

76 

THE  RHURN  OF  THE  PEN 

By  Scott  Leibs 

Is  pen  computing  thie 

tectinology  of  the  future? 

92 

SOUNDINGS 

By  Lamont  Wood 

How  to  choose  a  sound 

investment, 

COLUMNS 
4 

EDITORIAL  LICENSE 

By  Clifton  Karnes 
COMPUTE  goes  metric. 

36 

NEWS  &  NOTES 

By  Jill  Champion 
Top  computer  news. 

40 

FEEDBACK 

We  answer 
our  readers'  questions. 

44 

POINT  &  CLICK 

By  Clifton  Karnes 
Create  real  C-based 
Windows  programs. 

46 

INTRODOS 

By  Tony  Roberts 

Get  the  most  from 

your  hardware. 


ARTS  Otters 

By  Robert  Bixby 

More  on  real-world  desktop 

publishing. 

discoverychoice 

By  Peter  Scisco 
Operation  Neptune. 


Cover  photo  by  Steve  Krongard 


48 

PROGRAMMING  POWER 

By  Tom  Campbell 
PDQ  BASIC. 

52 

TIPS  &  TOOLS 

Compiled  by 
Richard  C.  Leinecker 
Tips  from  our  readers. 

56 

COMPUTE/NET 

By  Richard  C.  Leinecker 
Expand  your  horizons. 

58 

HARDWARE  CLINIC 

By  Mark  Minasi 

How  to  select  your  laser 

printer  fonts. 


62 

SHAREPAK 

By  Bruce  M.  Bowden 
Three  shareware  gems. 

136 

LATE-BREAKING  NEWS 

By  Jill  Champion 
Hot  off  the  press. 

DEPARTMENTS 
70 

PRODUCTIVITY  CHOICE 

By  Alfred  Giovetti 
TurboTax  for  Windows. 

72 

PERSONAL  PRODUCTIVITY 

By  Daniel  Janal 
How  to  apply  for  credit. 


PATHWAYS 

By  Steven  Anzovin 

Are  computers  intelligent 

enough  to  follow  your  lead? 


MULTIfflEDlA  PC 

By  David  English 

Create  instant  multimedia 

presentations, 

GAMEPLAY 

By  Orson  Scott  Card 

Games  to  keep  hidden  from 

your  mom. 

ENTERTAIiImFNT  CHOICE 

By  David  Sears 

The  Adventures 

of  Willy  Beamish. 

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Panasonic  KX-P2624, 

Schueler's  Home  Medical 

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Megafortress, 

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Tony  LaRussa's  Ultimate 

Baseball, 

Microsoft  Press  Computer 

Dictionary, 

Tandy  DMP  202, 

Personal  Pro, 

Kris  Ivlaster, 

GrandView  2.0, 

Super  Munchers 

Midwinter, 

Vengeance  of  Excalibur, 

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nnh  the  popular  Ad  Lib  Music  Card. 
The  day  if  hit  store  shelves,  the  Sound 
Blaster  could  be  used  with  hufldred* 
of  Ad  Ijb  compatible  fames  and  edo- 
cational  proframs.  To  add  cs  en  more 
[  salue.  the  original  Sound  Blaster  in- 
cluded a  DAC  (Di|ilal  to  Analog  Con- 
vener) for  diptind  voice  and  sound 
cffecls.  a  microphone  jack  for  voice 
inpuL  a  buili-in  game  port,  a  Iniih-in 
I  4-tt-3tt  amplifier,  and  an  optional 
MIDI  inieriace. 

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

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

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

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

Blaster  worth  the 
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veilV.  When  you  hear  how  much  the  Sound  | 
Blaster  incteases  the  capabilities  of  your 
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EDITORIAL  LICENSE 


Clifton  Karnes 


Tfie  international 

organization 

MISERY  has  recently 

adopted 

improved  metric 

equivalents  for 

common  computer 

measurements. 


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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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KNOWING  THE  LINGO 

IS  THE  FIRST  STEP 

IN  BECOMING  A  PC  EXPERT 

HERE'S  A  GUIDED  TOUR 

OF  THE  ESSENTIAL  PC  TERMS. 

PC  JARGON 
MADE  EASY 


GENERAL  TERMS 

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

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


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

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

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


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

BY  ROBERT  BIXBY,  CLIFTON  KARNES, 
AND  JOYCE  SIDES 


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

S        COMPUTE     APRIL  1992 


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

MEMORY 

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

DISKS 

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10        COMPUTE    APRIL  1992 


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

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

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

VIDEO 

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Before 

GeoWorks 

Designer. 


After 

GeoWorks 

Designer. 


'  '  I  can't  believe  how  easy  it  was 

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


all  myself  on  my  first  day  with  GeoWorks 
Designer. 

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

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


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

So  if  you're  tired  of  anemic  artwork, 
make  a  change.  Go  for  GeoWorks."'  !f  it  can 
make  me  look  this  good,  imagine  what  it 
will  do  for  you." 

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

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

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


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

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

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

PRINTERS 

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


PC  SLANG 


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

try.  Synonym  for  crash  and  bum. 

glitch.  A  bug. 


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

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

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

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

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

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

vaporware.  Software  that  is  publicized  but 
which  never  appears. 

—CLIFTON  KARNES 


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

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

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

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

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

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


12        COt^PUTE     APRIL  1992 


Before  GeoWorks 
Desktop^ 


After  GeoWo 
Desktop. 


■Si^       T* 


I  can't  believe  how  easy  it  was  to 

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


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

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


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

So  don't  waste  time  with  chaos,  make  a 
change.  Go  for  GeoWorks.™  If  it  can  organ- 
ize me,  imagine  what  it  can  do  for  you." 

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VISTAPRO 


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LANDSCAPE  MARS 
DESIGN  ANEW  lAKE 
RELEASE  A  RIVER 
SHAPE  NEW  WORLDS 
LEARN  GEOGR\PHY 
PREVIEW  A  lOURNEY 
DEVELOP  UNDERSEAS 
CREATE  NEW  FORESTS 
STUDY  TOPOGRAPHY 
CHANGE  THE  SEASONS 
DIRECT  THE  SUN 


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fiction,  Arthur  C.  Clarlte, 
warns  Stanley  Kubrick,  "If 
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your  computer,  you'll  never 
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Vistapro  can  also  create  imagin- 
eiy  landscapes  using  its  fractal 
landscape  generatoL 


Mt  SL  Helens 


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

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

14        COMPUTE    APRIL  1992 


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

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

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

COMMUNICATIONS  AND  PERIPH^ALS 

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


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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

ALR  POWERFLEX 
20SX 

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

With  a  footprint  of  only  14% 
inches  wide  by  16y2  inches 
deep  by  6V^  inches  high,  the 
PowerFiex  20SX  offers  lots  of 
expansion  room  in  this  baby-AT 
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cally at  the  right  side  of  the  ma- 
chine next  to  two  vacant  half- 
height  bays  which  can  be 
used  for  additional  drives. 
An  82MB  thin-line  IDE  hard       / 
drive  is  also  mounted  verti- 
cally, next  to  the  power  sup- 
ply at  the  rear  of  the  chassis;  it's 
hidden  from  view  when  the  sys- 
tem cover  Is  in  place. 

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

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

Upgrading  this  2B6-based  sys- 
tem involves  using  a  slot  called 
the  386/1486  Feature  Connector. 
The  various  configurations  possi- 


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

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

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

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

TOM  BENFORD 

Circle  Reader  Service  Number  301 


"Prices  for  this  computer  system  and 
the  others  vary  according  to  the  con- 
figuration/options chosen.  Contact 
the  manufacturer  for  further  informa- 
tion. Street  prices  are  generally  lower 
than  the  list  price. 


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COMPAQ  386S/20N 

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

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

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

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


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card,  taut  the  system  is  clearly  in- 
tended for  someone  with  limited 

expansion  needs.  The  386s/ 
20N  comes  with  two  drive 
bays,  one  housing  a  high- 
. 'i  density  3y2-inch   drive 

and  the  other  housing  a 
60MB  IDE  drive.  There  are  no  ex- 
tra drive  bays.  Although  small, 
the  power  supply  appears  to  of- 
fer all  that  this  machine  needs. 

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

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


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

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

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

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

PEER  PLAUT 

Circle  Reader  Service  Number  302 


386/486  TEST 

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

Our  database  test  times  how 
long  it  takes  to  sort  a  1000-record 
database.  The  word  processor  test 
uses  a  40-page  text  document  and 
times  tiow  long  it  takes  to  search 
and  replace  text  that  occurs  691 
times  throughout  (tie  document. 

The  spreadsheet  lest  times  the 
elapsed  time  for  calculating  an  amor- 
tization table  that  yields  the  interest 
and  principal  amounts  on  a  month- 
ly basis  over  a  1500-month  term  us- 
ing an  eight-digit  (two  decimal  plac- 
es) principal  and  a  four-digit  {two 
decimal  places)  interest  rate. 

The  graphics  test  limes  the  load 
of  a  complex  color  graphic  incorporat- 
ing thousands  of  gradient  dithered 


METHODOLOGY 

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

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

-TOM  BENFORD.  PRESIDENT 
COMPUTER  PRODUCT  TESTING  SERVICES 


APRIL  1992     COMPUTE        19 


TEST  LAB 


CUMULUS  GLC 
486DX/33 

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

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

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


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23500  Mercantile  Rd. 
Cleveland,  OH  44122 
(216)464-221? 

List  Price:  S4,350  configured  as 
reviewed  (including  the  following 
options:  256K  caclie— $400,  SVt- 
inclr  floppy  drive— $100,  .28  color 
VGA  monitor--S425) 
Wananty:  one  year,  limited 


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does  Cumulus  do  it?  A  vertical 
backplane  connector  accepts  ex- 
pansion boards  on  both  the  left 
and  the  right  sides  of  the  back- 
plane—two rows  of  slots — a 
most  efficient  and  well-engi- 
neered arrangement  that  maximiz- 
es all  available  space  within  the 
cabinet. 

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


20        COMPUTE    APRIL  1992 


Scroll  lock  indicators. 

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

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

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

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

TOM  BEDFORD 

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DELL  COMPUTER 

9505  Arboretum  Blvd. 

Austin,  TX  78759-7289 

(800)  289-3355 

(512)338-4Aa0 

List  Price:  $4,187.95  conligured  as 

reviewed 

Warranty:  one  year,  parts  and  labon 

30  days,  money  back;  one  year  of 

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DELL  SYSTEM 
486D/a3 

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

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

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

The  standard  cor  guration  is 


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COMPUTE     APRIL  1992 


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

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


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

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

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

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

TOM  BENFORD 

Circle  Reader  Service  Number  304 


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GATEWAY  33MHZ 
486 

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

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

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

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

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20OMB  Piranha  4200  hard  drive 
manufactured  by  Western  Digital. 
Though  a  little  noisy,  this  drive  is 
plenty  fast. 

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

PEER  PLAUT 

Circle  Reader  Service  Number  305 


IhuNDER  Board.  PC  games  like 

YOU'VE  NEVER  HEARD  THEM  BEFORE. 


Lend  us  your  ear.  And  we'll  stuff  it  with  a  calibre  of 
sound  that's  cars  ahead  of  the  competition. 

Introducing  Thunder  Board"'  from  Media  Vision.  No 
other  sound  card  out  there  ttxlay  can  soar  to  such  incredibl 
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Thunder  Board's  dynamic  filtering  means  dyna- 
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Our  guarantee  is  that  we  put  the  quality  where 
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In  fact,  we'll  refund  your  money  if  you  don't  agree 
Thunder  Board  is  the  best  sound  board  for  your 
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In  addition,  with  Thunder  Board  you  get  three 
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barriers.  Like  twice  the  Digitized  Audio  Playback 
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compiired  to  the  competition's  puny  11  kHz. 

.Also,  you  get  a  squadron  of  powerful  extras. 
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music  as  well  as  score  points.  And  a  Power  .Ampli- 
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So  take  off— for  a  dealer  near  you.  And  go  from 
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Because,  with 
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KRIS  SYSTEM  48E-3 

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

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

The  motherboard  occupies 
about  two-thirds  of  the  large  tow- 
er case,  largely  because  of  the 
dozens  of  discrete  components 
(mostly  chips)  used  for  various 
computing  functions.  In  this  re- 
spect, the  KRIS  board  differs  sig- 
nificantly from  many  VLSI  (Very 


KRIS  TECHNOLOGIES 

260  E.  Grand  Ave. 

S.  San  Francisco,  CA  S4080 

(800)  282-5747 

List  Price:  $5,039 

Warranty:  two  years,  parts;  IB 

montlis,  labor/service;  on-site 

service  optionally  available 

from  Dow  Jones 


Large  Scale  Integration) 
motherboards  offered  in  oth- 
er 486s  (and  386s,  for  that  mat- 
ter) today 

KRIS  builds  its  computer  to  cus- 
tomer specifications,  which  ex- 
plains why  standard  documenta- 
tion nnanuals  are  not  supplied 
with  the  unit.  Instead,  a  system- 
board  manual  is  supplied,  along 
with  another  dedicated  manual 
for  the  VGA  video  board  and  sep- 
arate data  sheets  for  other  com- 
ponent assemblies  (disk  drives, 
I/O  cards,  and  so  forth). 

fvlS-DOS  5.0  came  already  in- 
stalled on  the  150MB  full-height 
drive  in  the  KRIS  tower  case.  I 


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was  quite  surprised  to  see  a  full- 
height  drive  on  a  machine  like 
this,  since  I  fully  expected  to  see 
a  half-height  (or  even  a  thin-line) 
IDE  drive.  Unfortunately,  this 
drive  slowed  down  the  overall  per- 
formance of  the  system  consider- 
ably; while  its  average  seek  time 
was  15.42  milliseconds,  its  data 
transfer  rate  was  only  490.4  kilo- 
bytes per  second,  The  Norton 
computing  index  for  the  KRIS 
pegged  it  at  a  very  respectable 
70.5,  but  the  slow  speed  of  the 


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

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

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


RAM  CACHES  EXPLAINED 

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

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


caches,  which  are  often  hit-or-mlss. 

The  cache  size  you  need  de- 
pends on  such  factors  as  how  much 
money  you  can  spend  on  the  system 
and  additional  DRAM  chips  to  ex- 
pand the  cache,  what  types  of  ap- 
plications you  normally  use,  and  how 
much  of  your  computing  Involves  ac- 
cessing the  same  information  over 
and  over.  Generally  32K  is  a  practi- 
cal size  for  most  users,  since  the 
vast  majority  (about  90  percent)  of 
the  data  in  use  at  any  given  time  will 
remain  In  the  cache  until  summoned 
by  the  user  or  program. 

Performance  increases  over  a  32K 
cache  with  larger  caches  (64K,  128K, 
or  256K)  are  generally  imperceptible 
except  when  you're  usng  the  most  de- 
manding applications.  Even  then, 
you'll  have  to  carefully  consider  wheth- 
er the  slight  performance  gains  of- 
fered by  larger  caches  will  offset  the 
extra  expense  involved  in  purchasing 
additional  RAM  chips. 

—TOM  BENFORD.  PRESIDENT 
COMPUTER  PRODUCT  TESTING  SERVICES 


26        COMPUTE    APRIL  1992 


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drive  resulted  in  a  somewhat  lack- 
luster Norton  overall  performance 
index  of  only  48.6. 

With  a  machine  this  fast,  you 
sometimes  need  to  slow  down  to 
run  certain  appiicatJons.  An  illumi- 
nated LED  panel  on  the  front  of 
the  KRIS  system  shows  whether 
you're  running  at  the  normal  33 
fvlHz  or  the  slower  25  MHz. 

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

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

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

Circle  Reader  Service  Number  31)6 

28        COMPUTE     APRIL  1992 


LUCKY  486/33 

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

TOM  BENFORD 

Circle  Reader  Service  Number  3D7 


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Micro  Generation's  parent  compa- 
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ponents. Withi  experience  and  a 
wealth  of  component  brands  to 
choose  from,  it's  in  a  good  position 
to  put  together  high-quality  sys- 
tems. The  Micro  Generation  386SX/ 
20  is  a  good  case  in  point. 

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

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

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


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two.  Dual  serial 
ports,  a  parallel 
port,  and  a  game 
port  round  out  the  I/O 
connectors. 

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

Because  each  system  is  built 


30        COMPUTE    APRIL  1992 


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

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

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

TOM  BENFORD 

Circle  Reader  Service  Number  308 


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NEC  POWERMATE 
SX/20i 

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

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

The  PowerMate's  plastic  case 
makes  for  a  very  ligfit  computer. 
That's  a  nice  change  from  those 
huge  steel  cases  that  used  to  sur- 
round the  old  8088s.  There's  plen- 
ty of  room  for  the  computer  to 
breathe,  and  the  fan  located  on 
the  back  of  the  computer  is  larg- 
er than  usual,  which  should  keep 
it  cool.  Opening  the  case  is  as  sim- 
ple as  turning  one  knob  and  pop- 
ping the  top,  Being  able  to  get  in- 
to the  computer  this  easily  should 
-allow  you  to  upgrade  quickly  and 
without  many  tools. 

32        COMPUTE     APRIL  1992 


NEC  TECHNOLOGIES 

1414  Massachusetts  Ave. 

Boxborough,  MA  01719-2298 

[800]  388-8888 

List  Price:  $2,049  configureif  as 

reviewed 

Warranty:  one  year,  parts  and  fabor 


NEC  sent  me  this  review  sys- 
tem with  the  new  MultiSync  4FG. 
I've  never  seen  a  monitor  as 
sharp  or  as  bright  as  this  one. 
It's  a  real  treat. 
.a>.  With  one  meg  of  RAM,  the 
Tseng  video  controller  can 
show  256  colors  in  1024  x 
768.  Tseng  Labs  is  fast  becoming 
one  of  the  leaders  in  state-of-the- 
art  video  controllers,  and  this  con- 
troller proves  it.  There's  no  fading 
or  distortion  of  colors  when  you 
push  this  controlier  to  its  limits. 

Today's  graphics-intensive  ap- 
plications look  great  but  can 
stow  your  system  considerably. 
To  speed  things  along,  NEC  has 
developed  Image  Video  Technol- 
ogy. A  bus  built  into  the  video  con- 
troller allows  the  video  processor 
to  operate  at  the  same  speed  as 
the  CPU,  20  MHz,  rather  than  the 


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

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

This  system  is  designed  to  be 
upgradable,  allowing  the  CPU, 
cache,  memory  bus,  and  video 
all  to  be  upgraded  by  simply  swap- 
ping boards. 


SPEED 

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

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


FACTORS 

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

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

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

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

-MIKE  HUDNALL 


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For  the  person  who  uses  graph- 
ics heavily,  this  could  be  the  per- 
fect system.  The  NEC  PowerMate 
comes  ready  to  go  right  out  of  the 
package.  As  is,  this  machine  will 
make  a  wonderful  stand-alone  or 
an  excellent  station  on  a  LAN. 

PEER  PLAUT 

Circle  Reader  Service  Number  309 

WYSE  DECISION 
486/33 

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

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

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


WYSE  TECHNOLOGY 

3471  N.  First  Street 

San  Jose,  CA  95134 

(800)  GET-WYSE 

List  Price:  $5,677 

Warranty:  one  year,  parts  and  labor; 

on-site  service  warranty  available 

for  $99 


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

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


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

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

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

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

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

TOM  BENFOHD 

Circle  Reader  Service  Number  310 


Time  for  Loading  a  Windows  Application 


386  besichmajks  appear  in  Iha  latl  group;  486  beiioiimarta  in  Die  lialit  group. 


APRIL  1992     COMPUTE        33 


TEST  LAB 


ZEOS  486-33 

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

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

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

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


ZEOS  INTERNATIONAL 

530  Fttth  Ave.  NW 

St.  Paul,  MN  55112 

(800)  423-5891 

List  Price:  31,795 

Warranty:  one  year,  parts  anif  labor; 

live  years,  keyboard;  365-days- 

per-year  toll-tree  support 


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

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


ing 256  colors  m 
1024  X  768  mode. 

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

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

PEER  PLAUT 

Circle  Reader  Service  Number  311 


Next  month: 

POWER 

SPREADSHEETS 


34         COMPUTE     APRIL  1992 


THE  ASSOCIATION  FOR  COMPUTING  MACHINERY  PROUDLY  PRESENTS 


iiHE  COMPUTER  MUSEUM'S  1992  COMPUTER  BQWL 


F    R    I    DAY 


MAY 


1    9    92 


m  HASSLE  IHWi  mi 

\another     technical     k  n  o  c  k  o  u  t 


CHARLIE 
"JOHANN  SEBASTIAN" 


EASTvs  WEST 


BACHMAN  SHOO 


JOHNF. 
"FUTURB" 


Captain.  Bachman  IntBrmBtian  Systems.  Inc. 
BILL  "THEBLBOW" 


MACHRONE 


Caplaia,  Ji^et  Management  Company 


m-Oavis  Publisliing  Company 


RABURN 


stale  Corporaliaa 


THE     EXAMirjER 

BILL  GATES 

Microsoti  Cerporjncii 


Pmi"BEAaER" 


SEVERINO 


V/ellUeef  Communications,  lac. 


vs 


DR.  JOHN  E.  "KHOCKKNOCK 

WARNOCK 

Aiobe  Systems,  tncorporalei 


LIVE  SITE  IffiK  PLAZA  CASTLE  ^  CLOSED  CIRCUIT  SITE 


XEROX  PALO  ALTO 
RESEARCH  CENTER, 
CALIFORNIA 


This  is  therematch  fans  have  been  watting  for    Judges 
all  year.  Ever  since  the  last  action-packed  Techni- 
cal Knockout,  the  West  has  been  clannoring  for 
another  go  at  the  Champions  trom  the  East.  On 
May  1,. they'll  get  their  chance  to  lace  'em  up. 

Join  us  at  live  at  ringside  or  at  the  closed 
circuit  site  for  all  the  blow  by  blow  excitement 
of  The  Hassle  In  Vie  Castle  -  The  Computer 
Museum's  4th  Annual  Computer  Bowl.  It's  sure 
to  be  Another  Technical  Knockout. 


Pamela  McCorduck 
Author 

Heidi  Roizen 
T/Maker  Cotnpmy 


Founders 


Pat  Collins  Nelson  & 
Dr.  David  L.  Nelson 


Presenter 


The  Association  for  Computino  Machinery 
Underwriters 

Apple  Computer,  Inc. 

Digital  Equipment  Corporation 


Official  Sponsors 

Bank  of  Boston 
The  Bank 

BASF  Information 

Systems 

The  Diskette 


Intel  Corporation 
The  Microprocessor 

MasPar  Computer 
Corporation 
The  Massively  Parallel 
-  ComputerCompany 

Merrill,  Pickard. 
Anderson  &  Eyre 
The  Venture  Capital  Firm 

Price  Waterhouse 
The  Accounting  Firm 

Radius  Inc. 
TheSystems 
Efthancemerrt  Company 


Robertson, 
Stephens  &  Co. 
The  Investment  Bank 

Stratus  Computer.  Inc. 
The  Transaction 
Processor 

Visix  Software  Inc. 
The  High  Performance 
Workstation  Software  Co. 

Wellfleet 

Communications,  Inc. 
Tfie  Internetworking . 
Company ' 

Promotion 

PARTNERS  &  Simons      HK  Graphics 


The  Computer  Bowl 
is  broadcast  on  the 
PBS  series.  Computer 
Chronicles,  hosted  by 
Stewart  Cheifet.  The 
Computer  Bowl  is  a 
project  to  benefit  the 
educational  programs 
of  The  Computer  Mu- 
seum, 300  Congress  St., 
Boston,  MA  02210. 

For  tickets  and  spon- 
sorship information 
61 7- 426-2800  ext.  346. 

Engraving 


NEWS  &  NOTES 


Jill  Champion 


Designer  PCs 

are  the  thing  of 

the  tuture— 

so  says  Persanai 

Enciosures  of 

Phoenix,  Arizona,  a 

company  that 

buiids  custom!zeti 

casings  for 

computers  anil 

peripherais. 


PC  Couture 

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

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

If  the  idea  takes  off,  what's 
next?  A  Calvin  Klein  Obses- 
sion model  for  hackers  burn- 
ing the  midnight  oil?  Or  a 
Chanel  line  for  those  who  use 
elegantly  written  software? 


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PC  users  with  discriminat- 
ing tastes  can  contact  Person- 
al Enclosures  at  P.O.  Box 
44296,  Phoenix,  Arizona 
85064;  (602)  952-8983. 

Collector  Series  Software 

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

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

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

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


The  Radio  Shack  House 

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

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

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

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

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

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


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SSORION 


circle  Reader  Service  Number  1M 


NEWS  &  NOTES 


A  virtoal 

plleup— lust  one  of 

liie  risks 

you'll  lace  in 

tlie  world 

Inside  VIrtuallty. 


Dings,  along  with  the  garage 
ligtit  and  the  front-door  light, 

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

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


erate it  independently,  freeing 
your  PC  for  other  tasks. 

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

Step  into  My  Virtual  Parlor 

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


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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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


Companies  with  items  of  inter- 
est suitable  for  "News  & 
Notes"  should  send  informa- 
tion along  with  a  color  slide  or 
color  transparency  to  News  & 
Notes,  Attn:  Jill  Champion, 
COMPUTE.  324  West  Wen- 
dover  Avenue,  Suite  200, 
Greensboro.  North  Carolina 
27408.  Although  space  is  lim- 
ited, all  items  will  be  consid- 
ered for  inclusion.  3 


38        COMPUTE    APRIL  1992 


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


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

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


Ciick  on  the  mailbox  and 
see  what  comes  out! 


Click  on  Little  Critter  and 
he  talks  to  Grandma. 


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


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


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

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


Click  on  the  page  number  to  go  back  to  the  beginning 


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

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


Broderbund's  Living 
Books.  Children  don't 
just  read  them.  They  live 
them. 

Just  Grandma  and  Me 

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


Click  on  the  nest  and 
wake  the  baby  bird. 

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

Click  on  the  cow  and  il 
moos. 

Click  here  and  the  fence 
comes  alive. 

Click  on  the  ball  and  the 
sentence  is  read  aloud. 

Click  on  any  word  and 
hear  it  pronounced. 

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


Mercer  Mayer  is  the  award-win- 
ning author  and  illustrator  of 
more  than  100  books,  includ- 
ing the  LilrfcCrilterand  liltie 
MoiisiL'r  scries. 


L'vJ'SeS-BaWf 


Tiriiethvni's 


X^^ihs^^ooi^S 


FEEDBACK 


Plugging  info 

Atex,  waiting  for 

the  boot, 

learning  online, 

screening 

scripts,  and  more 


Atex  Redux 

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

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

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

PETER  CACOPARDO 
GEBMANTOWN.  MD 

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

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

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

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


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

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

Cold  Hord  Disk 

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

CHARLKSW  GRAHAM 
HAIvlPTOM.  VA 

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

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

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


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

More  Education 

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

NEIL  SERDINSKY 
MILFORD  CT 

Mystery  Driver 

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

RAYMOND  ROBIDOUX 
CORNWALL.  ON.  CANADA 

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

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


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FEEDBACK 


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

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

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

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

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

It's  in  the  Script 

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

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

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

CLEMENT G  SCERBACK 
SEMINOLE,  FL 

42        COMPUTE     APBtL  1992 


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

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

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

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

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

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

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POINT  &  CLICK 


Clifton  Karnes 


If  you  know 

some  C  and  you're 

familiar  witfi 

Windows  as  a  user, 

you  tiave 

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with  QC/Win. 


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

You  still  have  to  learn  the 
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DOS  programmers  can  write  re- 
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MDI  compatible,  which 
means  that  you  can  handle  mul- 
tiple files  easily.  There's  also 
a  toolbar  that  quickly  be- 
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sports  buttons  for  compiling, 
building,  adding  breakpoints, 
calling  the  watch  window,  trac- 
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The  editing  environment  is 
the  most  customizable  I've  ev- 
er seen.  It  even  puts  some  Win- 
dows-based  word  processors 
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can  choose  your  default  font. 
Included  is  the  fixed  system 
font,  which  is  ideal  for  program- 
ming. Next  you  have  a  choice 
of  colors  for  the  background 
and  foreground  text.  If  you 
want  a  deep  blue  background 
with  a  white  foreground,  for  ex- 


ample, it's  easy  to  set  up. 

Perhaps  the  best  feature  of 
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ier to  create  and  edit. 

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

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

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

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


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

return  WinExec(lpCmdLme, 
SW.SHOWMAXIMIZED); 

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

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

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

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

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


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INTRODOS 


Tony  Roberts 


Having  hardware 

problems? 

Here's  how  to 

chase  away 

those  peripheral 

blues. 


HELP  WITH 
HARDWARE 

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

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

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

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

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

In  addition  to  picking  up  the 
news  about  the  new  BIOS 


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

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

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

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

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

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

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


the  manufacturer  and  place  a 
call  to  technical  support. 

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

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

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

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

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


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There  are  lots  of 

great  example 

programs  on  the  disk, 

and  the  manual 

explains  everything 

beautifully. 


MAKE  BASIC 
RUN  PDQ 

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

Ethan  Winer,  a  widely  pub- 
lished BASIC  columnist,  has  re- 
leased a  superb  S29.95  Ziff- 
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combination,  BASIC  Tech- 
niques and  Utilities,  that 
should  find  its  way  onto  the 
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go  beyond  the  QuickBASIC 
and  PDS  7  manuals. 

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

The  example  code  is  al- 
ways useful:  random  access 
files  with  indexing,  reading 
and  writing  dBASEiWes,  soun- 
dex  pattern  matching,  directo- 
ry searching  with  DOS  servic- 
es, and  quite  a  bit  more.  One 
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reer giving  away  valuable  infor- 
mation by  the  boatload. 

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a  good  example  of  the  scope 
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disk  are  crammed  with  eminent- 
ly usable  routines  wrapped  in 
effective  demo  programs. 

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cussing ways  to  make  use  of 
undocumented  Ou;'c/(B/4S/C  in- 
ternals or  making  expiicit  the 
secrets  he  uses  to  write  his 
own  software,  and  his  lucid  writ- 
ing is  a  remarkable  contribu- 
tion to  BASIC  literature. 

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


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

Basic  PDQ 

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

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

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

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


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

PDQ  in  Action 

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

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

CurrRow  =  1 

translates  into  this  modest 
amount  of  assembly  code. 

MOV  AX,  1 
MOV_CurrRow,AX 

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


48        COMPUTE     APRIL  1992 


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

'  Use  integers  by  default. 

DEFINT  A-Z 

'  Allow  user  to  enter  two  integers 

'  separated  by  a  comma. 

INPUT  X,  Y 

'  Divide  them  and  print 

'  the  quotient. 

PRINT  X/Y 

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

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

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

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


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

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

'  To  ccmplJa: 

*  BC  flOXl  /S/0; 

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

DEFINT  A-Z 

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

DECLARE  FUNCTIOH   GalKiy*    () 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

orh«tvlaa,    1i-b  B&OOh. 


*  P*«k   In   lov  BIOS  R<M  at   lagnant    0. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

thank  you.' 

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

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


Saw  Undarlyirbc  cursor. 
Go  to  bottoo  of  Bcraan 


and  print  tiajp. 


curtKalalic   m  HltiH^ighc 

currwldtii  -  Mlnwidth 

CurcRow   ■   10    :   CurrCol    ■   1 

FraiMi$    ■    ■+  +  »*-!    ' 

'    ASCII   ccxlas    (or   FranaS   ax*,    in  crdar 

Qt^tyPiansS  ■    *  ' 

IF  PDQKOnltor  <  3  THEN 

ScnSeg  >  faHBOOO 
ELSE 

ScnSag  >  bHBdOO 
EWDIF 

DEP  SBO  -  0 

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

PRIHT   -BOX   is   already   Installsd 

EKD 
ENDIF 

CALL  PopUpHarafbHOCJO.  ID$) 
GOTO  Endlt 

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

LOCATE  ScraanRouB  -1,1  __ 

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

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

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

LOCATE  currRow,  currcol  +  1  "  Draw  initial  box. 

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

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

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

DO  UflTIL  MaxtXay  >  Esc  *  Dispatch  kaystrokas  until  usar  prassas 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CALL  PopDowi  '  Return  Eo  foreground  app. 

ENDIF 
E«0  SELECT 

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

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

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

CALL  PopDown  ■  Return  to  app. 


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

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

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

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

'  Draw  left  and  right  Vertical*. 

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

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

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


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


FUNCTIOM   CeCKoy 
KeyHlt  a   0 
DO  1<WILE  KeyHlE    -   0 
KeyHlt  s  Bloflnkayl 

LOOP 

GetKey  ^  KeyHit 
END  FUNCTIOM 


Await  a  keystroke. 

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


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Subdirectories 

can  liave 

extensions  and 

tiles  may 

not.  DIRDiR.COM  is 

your  best  bet. 


Subdirectory  Confusion 

In  December  1991  i  wrote  a 
short  program  that  showed  on- 
ly a  directory  of  subdirecto- 
ries and  got  a  flood  of  letters. 
Most  people  said  something 
to  the  effect  that  DIR  ".  did 
the  same  thing.  DIR  *.  shows 
all  files  and  subdirectories 
with  no  extension.  And  since 
subdirectories  can  have  exten- 
sions and  files  might  not,  DIR 
*.  isn't  a  valid  way  of  showing 
a  directory  listing  that  con- 
tains only  subdirectories. 

The  rules  for  naming  files 
and  subdirectories  are  the 
same:  up  to  eight  valid  char- 
acters for  the  name  and  up  to 
three  characters  for  the  exten- 
sion. While  it's  true  that  sub- 
directories usualiy  don't  have 
an  extension,  this  is  only  a  con- 
vention— not  a  limitation  im- 
posed by  DOS. 

RICHARD  C   LEINECKER 
REIDSVILLE,  NO 

Can't  See  the  Forest? 

If  you  have  DOS  5.0,  make 
use  of  the  handy  TREE  com- 
mand. This  shows  the  directo- 
ry structure  for  all  subdirecto- 
ries on  the  drive.  Two  capa- 
ble alternatives  are  shareware 
programs,  ZDIR.COM  and 
HDIR.COM.  Both  are  customi- 
zable so  you  can  make  them 
show  whatever  you  want  in  dif- 
ferent display  configurations. 
(And  both  of  these  programs 
can  be  found  in  the  COM- 
PUTE/NET PC  Magazine  on- 
line software  library.) 

WAYNE  RICE 
RUTLAND.  MA 

Mousing  QuiclcBASIC 

Here's  a  way  to  add  basic 
mouse  support  to  QuickBA- 
SIC programs. 

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


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

STARTMOUSE 
SHOWMOUSE 

DO 

GETMOUSECORD  K,  X,  Y 

LOCATE  1,  1 

PRINT  X,  Y,  K 
LOOP  WHILE  K=Q 

HiDEhflOUSE 
END 

SUB  GETMOUSECORD  (K%,  M3%, 

M4%) 

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

Outregs) 

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

SUB  HIDEMOUSE 
lnregs.ax%  =  2 

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

SUB  SHOWMOUSE 
lnregs.ax%  =  1 

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

SUB  STARTMOUSE 
tnregs.ax%  =  D 

CALL  INTERRUPT(&H33,  Inregs, 
Outregs) 

Mouselnitlalize%  =  Outreg$.ax% 
END  SUB 

MIKE  KONESKY 
PITTSBURGH.  PA 

Customizing  PC/GEOS 

If  you're  like  me,  you  enjoy 
customizing  programs  for 
your  own  personal  tastes. 
Sometimes  I'd  like  a  higher 
resolution  display,  but  I  can't 
afford  Super  VGA.  Here's  an- 
other way  to  boost  your  dis- 
play screen  resolution  in 
GeoWorks  Ensemble. 

In  your  GEOS.INI  file,  find 
lines  similar  to  this.  Don't  be 


confused  if  they  have  differ- 
ent capitalization. 
fontID  =  Berkely 
fontSize  =  10 

Replace  them  with  these  two 
lines. 

fontlD  =  University 
fantSize  =  8 

Changing  these  two  lines  will 
allow  more  text  on  the 
screen.  If  you  don't  change 
both  lines,  you'll  probably  en- 
counter problems.  Maite  sure 
you  change  them  both, 

To  change  to  any  font,  you 
need  to  use  the  name  that  ap- 
pears in  the  font  menu.  That 
may  be  different  than  the 
disk  file  that  contains  the 
font.  You  can  see  the  actual 
font  name  by  loading  a  font 
file  into  a  text  editor.  The  first 
30  characters  you  see  will  be 
the  actual  font  name. 

PIERRE  ROCHEFORT 
HAWKESBURY,  ONTARIO 

CONFIG.SYS  from  Ensemble 

If  you  modify  your  CON- 
FIG.SYS file  often,  you  can 
change  the  GEOS.INI  file  so 
that  CONFIG.SYS  loads  into 
the  Notepad  for  editing  when 
you  double-click  on  it  from 
the  Tree  window.  Simply  add 
this  line  in  the  fileManager  sec- 
tion just  before  the  closing 
brace  (I). 

CONFIG.SYS  = 
"FILE",0,"NPAD",0 

Now,  whenever  you  double- 
click on  the  CONFIG.SYS  file, 
it'll  load  into  the  Notepad 
ready  for  editing. 

PIERRE  ROCHEFORT 
HAWKESBURY.  ONTARIO 

Renaming  Subdirectories 

Have  you  ever  tried  to  re- 
name a  subdirectory?  Wheth- 
er it's  possible  or  not  depends 
on  the  version  of  DOS  you're  us- 
ing.  Here's  a  short  program 


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Save  typing  when 

copying  files 

or  importing  text 

Into  a  desktop 

publisliing  pacltage. 


that  you  can  type  in  using  thie 
DOS  Debug  command. 

Make  sure  the  DOS  pro- 
gram called  DEBUG  is  in 
your  path  or  the  current  direc- 
tory. In  these  examples,  the 
italic  text  is  what  the  comput- 
er prints;  the  roman  text  is 
what  you  should  type.  One 
way  to  be  sure  you  get  these 
programs  exactly  right  is  to 
have  someone  read  the  num- 
bers to  you  as  you  type  them 
in.  Another  way  suggested  by 
one  of  our  readers  is  to  read 
the  numbers  into  a  tape  re- 
corder and  then  play  them 
back  as  you  enter  the  pro- 
gram code. 

DEBUG  RENSUB.COM 

File  not  found 

-e  100  be  80  00  ac  Oa  cO  74  22 

-e  103  68  23  00  8b  d6  4a  e8  27 

-e  110  DO  3c  Od  74  15  c6  44  ff 

-e118  00e3  12OO8bfe4f  e8 

-e120  16  00c6  44ff  0Db4  56 

-e  128  cd  21  b4  4c  cd  21  ac  3c 

•e  130  Od  74  f7  3c  20  74  f7  c3 

-e  138  ac  3c  Od  74  04  3c  20  75 

-B  140  f7  c3 

-RCX 

CX  0000 

:42 

-W 

Writing  0042  bytes 

■Q 

To  use  it,  just  type  the  com- 
mand with  its  two  parameters: 
RENSUB  CurrentName  New- 
Name. 

RICHARD  C   LEINECKEH 
REIDSVILLE.  NC 

Formatting  with  Style 

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


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

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

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

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

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

Ventura  would  understand 
this  tag: 

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

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


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

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

WILLIAM  HARRELL 
VENTURA.  CA 

Seeing  Stars 

I  found  a  shortcut  to  copy  all 
files  in  a  directory.  Instead  of 
typing  *.*  you  can  simply 
type  .  (a  single  dot)  to  stand 
for  the  entire  directory.  For  ex- 
ample, to  copy  all  fiies  from 
the  current  directory  to  the 
disk  in  drive  A,  just  type 
COPY  .  A:  and  press  Enter.  If 
you  want  to  copy  all  files  from 
drive  A  to  the  current  directo- 
ry, just  type  COPY  A:,  and 
press  Enter. 

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

SEN  TAN 
ROSELLE.  NJ 


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I  relish  every  conversation 
that  stretches  my  imagination 
and  feeds  my  creativity.  But 
these  conversations  are  some- 
times few  and  far  between. 
That's  why  I  love  the  COM- 
PUTE/NET bulletin  board  on 
GEnie.  At  any  time  of  day  or 
night.  I  can  participate  in  the 
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around.  We  cover  logic  rid- 
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There's  an  extra  bonus  to 
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way  anyone  reading  the  mes- 
sages for  the  first  time  can  go 
back  to  the  beginning,  read 
what's  happened,  and  get 
right  into  the  swing  of  things. 

To  find  what  I'm  talking 
about,  log  on  to  GEnie,  type 
COMPUTE  and  arrive  at  the 
COMPUTE/NET  main  menu, 
pick  the  first  menu  choice, 
and  set  to  category  2.  You'll 
be  in  the  COMPUTE/NET  bul- 
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brations of  the  Mind. 

Here's  one  interesting  ques- 
tion found  within  the  Logic  Puz- 
zle topic.  (Someone  actually 
got  it  right,  and  if  you  read  the 
messages  in  this  topic,  you'il 
find  out  what  the  answer  is.)  A 
man  is  in  a  room  with  two 
doors.  Beside  each  door  is  a 
computer.  The  man  knows 
that  the  first  door  leads  to  free- 
dom and  the  second  to  a  hor- 
rible fate.  The  man  also 
knows  that  one  of  the  comput- 
ers always  lies  and  the  other 
always  tells  the  truth.  The  last 
thing  he  knows  is  that  there's 
only  enough  power  for  one  an- 
swer from  one  computer, 
What  single  question  can  the 
man  ask  in  order  to  achieve 
his  freedom? 


Here's  a  question  in  the  Par- 
adox Box  topic  that  sparked 
hot  debate.  The  barber 
shaves  only  those  men  who 
don't  shave  themselves.  Who 
shaves  the  barber?  Among 
some  of  the  comments  were 
the  following:  "The  barber  is  a 
babe"  and  "The  barber  isn't  in 
the  set  of  those  men  who  don't 
shave  themselves  and  there- 
fore does  shave  himself." 
What  do  you  think? 

My  favorite  of  the  topics  is 
rvlinds  and  Computers.  The  dis- 
cussion is  primarily  concerned 
with  the  question  of  whether 
computers  can  or  will  ever  be 
able  to  think.  There  are  lots  of 
comments  about  the  need  for 
more  powerful  computers  and 
why  the  human  spirit  can't  ex- 
ist within  silicon. 

There  are  more  practical  cat- 
egories than  these  brain  bend- 
ers. One  is  devoted  to  introduc- 
tory DOS  topics,  and  another 
covers  DOS  hints  and  tips. 
You'd  be  surprised  at  how 
many  valuable  and  useful 
things  you  can  pick  up  in  these 
categories.  I  learned  about  load- 
ing TSRs  and  device  drivers  in- 
to high  memory  with  DOS  5.0. 
There  are  some  informative  con- 
versations about  installing  equip- 
ment, too.  And  you'll  encounter 
some  controversy  over  hard 
drive  types. 

For  the  programmers  or  pro- 
grammer wannabes,  there's 
the  Programming  Power  cate- 
gory The  well-known  languag- 
es are  all  covered.  If  you  read 
through  the  messages,  you'll 
see  questions  and  answers  on 
a  wide  range  of  subjects. 
There  are  even  examples  of 
how  to  load  PCX  pictures.  If 
you've  read  Tom  Campbell's 
"Programming  Power,"  this  ar- 
ea will  be  of  special  interest  fo 
you.  Tom  frequents  this  cate- 
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FONTS 


Use  the 

Hewlett-Packaitl 

Printer 

Control  Language 

to  select 

your  laser  printer 

fonts. 


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

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

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

Courier  Isn't  a  Font 

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

Stroke  Weight  specifies 
whether  to  select  a  font  that  is 
lightly  drawn,  normal,  or  bold- 
face, Activated  with  the 
<ESC>(s#B  sequence,  where 


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#  is  an  integer  fronn  -7  to  7.  Normal  is  0; 
normal  boid  is  3. 

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

Using  Font  Attributes 

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

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

Now  we  match  up  the  attributes 
with  commands. 

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

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Proportionally  spaced 
12  point  height 
Upright 
Normal  weight 

Times  Roman 


<ESC>(s1P 

<ESC>(s12V 

<ESC>(sOS 

<ESC>(sOB 

<ESC>(s5T 


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

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

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

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

We  then  can  apply  LaserJet  Short- 


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

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

Understanding  tlie  Process 

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

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

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

The  printer  uses  the  following  set  of 
criteria,  in  descending  order,  to  de- 


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cide:  orientation,  symbol  set,  spacing, 
widtli,  height,  style,  and  (finally) 
typeface. 

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

IID  and  later  Printers 

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

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


er or  not  to  rotate  an  already  selected 
font.  That  means  that  IID  and  IIP  font- 
selection  strings  look  like  the  II  com- 
mands with  one  difference — the  orienta- 
tion part  goes  at  the  end  of  the  string. 

That  means  that  the  previous  font  se- 
lection example  would  look  like  the  fol- 
lowing on  the  IID  or  IIP:  <ESC>(10U 
<ESC>(s1  p12vsb5T<ESC>&IOO. 

Let's  finish  off  with  what  we  came 
here  to  do  in  the  first  place:  set  up  the 
laser  to  print  Lineprinter.  The  Lineprin- 
ter font  has  the  following  characteris- 
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8,  fixed  spacing,  pitch  of  16.67  charac- 
ters per  inch,  height  of  8.5  points,  up- 
right, normal  weight,  and  Lineprinter 
typeface.  That  adds  up  to  a  command 
string  of  <ESC>8.10O<ESC>(10u< 
ESC>(s0p16.67h8.5v0sObOT 

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SfvlALLPRTTXT  and  I  have  an  accom- 
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IF  INFORMATION 

IS  THE  GOLD  OF  THE  FUTURE, 

WHO  HOLDS 

THE  KEY  TO  THE  VAULT? 


_^>_  BY  GREGG  KEIZER 

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

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

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

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


APRIL  1992     COMPUTE 


65 


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

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

Tap  the  Phone 

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

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

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

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

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

Pay  the  Piper 

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

66        COMPUTE     APRIL  1992 


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

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

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

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

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

Four  Steps  to  a  Data  Diet 

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

How  to  Keep  What's  Yours,  Yours 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Don't  Get  Paranoid,  But . . . 

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

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

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

68        COti/lPUTE    APRIL  1992 


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

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

Take  My  Number?  No  Way! 

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

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

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

Is  Anybody  Listening? 

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

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


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

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

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

•  Assume  that  someone  is  Sistening. 
With  the  exception  of  Prodigy,  which 
screens  messages  before  they're  post- 
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This  powerful  Windows-based  personal  income 
tax-preparation  tool  for  the  average 
taxpayer  makes  IRS  schedules  less  taxing. 

Alfred  Giovetti 


TURBOTAX  FOR 
WINDOWS 

If  you  liked  TurboTax or  Macln- 
Tax  for  Windows,  you'll  love 
this  newly  updated  tax-prepa- 
ration program,  TurboTax  for 
Windows.  It  combines  the 
best  features  of  the  two  older 
packages  and  boasts  a  num- 
ber of  new  options. 

After  last  year's  tax  season 
ended,  ChipSoft.  maker  of  the 
award-winning  TurboTax.  ac- 
quired Softview,  producer  of 
MaclnTax  for  Windows.  Chip- 
Soft  is  dedicated  to  support- 
ing former  Softview  customers 
and  using  its  newly  purchased 
technology  to  enhance  both 
product  lines. 

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

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


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

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


up warning  screen  that  ex- 
plains the  problem  in  easy-to- 
understand  language,  which 
helps  you  answer  the  ques- 
tions correctly  You  can  enter 
estimates  and  questionable 
items  followed  by  the  letter  E 
or  a  question  mark  to  allow 
these  items  to  be  used  for 
what-if  situations  or  to  give  you 
an  early  estimate  of  your  re- 
fund or  tax  due.  The  program 
then  identifies  these  estimates 
and  questionable  entries  so 
that  you  can  enter  the  correct 
data  later. 

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

The  override  function,  a  car- 
ry-over from  earlier  versions  of 
■  TurboTax,  continues  to  be  use- 
ful. Override  allows  you  to  by- 
pass normal  calculations  and 


70        COMPUTE    APRIL  1992 


defaults  with  otherwise  correct 
information  or  to  prepare 
forms  where  even  the  IRS  in- 
structions have  proven  incor- 
rect. Many  other  programs 
don't  have  such  a  function, 
the  lack  of  v^^hich  makes  it  vir- 
tually impossible  to  prepare  a 
return  correctly 

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

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

With  55  forms  and  sched- 
ules, TurboTax  for  Windows 


will  accommodate  many  of  the 
simpler  income-tax  calcula- 
tions and  some  of  the  most 
complex,  including  the  new 
four-page  Earned  Income 
Credit  calculation.  It  also  ac- 
commodates some  52  other 
schedules,  work  sheets,  and 
supporting  statements  for  spe- 
cific calculations. 

The  program  supports  the 
forms  for  nine  sole-proprietor- 
ship businesses,  27  rental  prop- 
erties, nine  farms.  62  deprecia- 
tion schedules  for  an  unlimited 
number  of  assets,  two  employ- 
ee business-expense  sched- 
ules, 11  sales  of  personal  resi- 
dence,  and  ample  multiples  of 
many  other  forms.  Except  for 
the  two  employee  business-ex- 
pense forms,  there  should  be 
enough  forms  for  the  average 
individual's  persona!  tax  return. 

The  ability  to  exchange  in- 
formation with  other  programs 
is  a  very  important  feature  in 
modern  software.  Software 
that  can  update  information  to 
incorporate  new  items  is  a 
real  boon.  TurboTax  for  Win- 
dows allows  you  1o  impart  per- 
sonal and  business  informa- 
tion from  Quicl<en,  the  popular 
accounting  and  budgeting  pro- 
gram. Also,  you  can  import  da- 
ta from  any  text  file  produced 
by  popular  packages  such  as 
Lolus  1-2-3.  WordPerfect,  and 
others.  And  you  can  use  the 
cut-and-paste  feature  of  Win- 
dows to  import  data  from  oth- 
er applications  within  the  Win- 
dows environment. 

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


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for  mmws 


TurboTax, 


make  the  program  more  versa- 
tile. The  program  also  suffers 
from  the  lack  of  a  financial  cal- 
culator. The  final  review  of  com- 
pleted forms  should  have  an  au- 
tomated audit-potential  screen 
that  offers  normal  ranges  for 
many  items  and  warns  taxpay- 
ers of  potential  audit  problems. 
Expansion  of  the  excellent  but 
limited  interview  feature  of  the 
program  v/ould  also  make  this 
great  package  better. 

While  Congress  seems  to 
think  that  tax  simplification  is 
another  form  of  making  the  tax 
code  more  complex  and  less 
fair,  TurboTax  for  Windows 
takes  tax  simplification  serious- 
ly and  has  made  real  inroads 
into  making  the  process  easi- 
er and  more  pleasant.  While 
most  of  us  can't  say  that  we 
look  forward  to  preparing  our 
taxes,  with  the  guidance  and 
help  of  TurboTax  for  Windows, 
at  least  preparing  our  taxes 
can  be  a  bit  less  painful. 

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PERSONAL  PRODUCTIVITY 


Daniel  Janal 


Designers,  consultants. 

professlonais,  and 

publishers  who  use 

their  computers 

to  work  at  home  need 

the  benefits  ol 

a  merchant  card. 


DON'T  GO  HOME 
WITHOUT  IT. 

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


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

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

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

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


about  four  months  of  going  to 
different  banks." 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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


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

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

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

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


so means  that  you  need  to 
work  on  the  design. 

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

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

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

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


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THE  RETURN  OF  THE  PEN 


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

76        COMPUTE    APRIL  1992 


BY  SCOTT  LEIBS 

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

Handwriting  on  the  Wall 

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


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

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


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

The  Theory  of  Evolution 

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


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


Connect  to  radio  LANs. 

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


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

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


Two  words  you  often  hear  in  discussions 

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

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


TAKING  PEN  IN  HAND 

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

—ROBERT  BIXBY 


78        COIVlPUTE    APRIL  1992 


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based  versions  of  their  products. 

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

In  Search  of  the  Right  GUI 

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


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Siirplify  remote  data  enlry. 

small  Scottsdale,  Arizona,  startup 
that's  focusing  exclusively  on  pen- 
based  software),  says  the  major  bene- 
fit of  the  new  machines  is  their  "'pencen- 
tricity."  He  says  Slate's  litmus  test  for 
new  software  is  simple:  Is  it  as  good  as 
paper  and  pencil?  "Every  time  we 
come  up  with  new  technology,"  Ra- 
burn explains,  "we  try  to  [tack]  it  onto 
existing  technology  instead  of  using  it 
in  new  ways." 

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


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

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

—SCOTT  LQBS 


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


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

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

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

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

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

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Track  production  on  the  plant  floor 

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

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


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

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

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


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Scriptwriter 

SI  ,495 

Data  Entry  Systems 
701  Pratt  Ave.,  Ste.  101 
Huntsville,  AL  35801 
(205)  539-2483 

TraveLite 

$2,745  (no  hard  disk) 

$3,245  (20MB  hard  disk) 

DFM  Systems 

1601  48th  St. 

W.  Des  Moines,  I A  50265 

(515)  225-6744 

PenPoint 

GO 

950  Tower  Ln,,  Ste,  1400 

Foster  City,  CA  94404 

(415)  358-2000 

GRiDPAD 

$2,370  (nonbacklit) 

GRiDPAD  RC 

$2,870  (backlit,  radio  interface) 

GRiDPAD  HD 

$3,570  (backlit,  20MB  hard  disk) 

GRID  Systems 

47211  Lakeview  Blvd. 

Fremont,  CA  94538 

(415)656-4700 

Datellite 

$5,995 

MicroSlate 


9625  Ignace  St.,  Ste.  D 
Brossard,  PQ 
Canada  J4Y  2P3 
(514)  444-3680 

Windows  with  Pen  Computing 

Microsoft 

One  Microsoft  Way 
Redmond.  WA  98052 
(300)  426-9400 

Momenta 

$4,995  (nonbacklit) 

$5,495  (backlit) 

Momenta 

189  N,  Bernardo  Ave. 

Mountain  View,  CA  94043 

(415)  969-3876 

PenApps 

$2,500 

PenBook 

$695  (author) 

$99  (reader) 

Slate 

15035  N.  73rd  St. 

Scottsdale,  A2  85260 

(602)  443-7322 

Superscript  II 

$1,595 

Superscript 

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

Peter  Scisco 


OPERATION 
NEPTUNE 

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

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

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

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


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

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

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


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

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

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

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


84        COMPUTE    APRIL  1992 


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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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ARTIFICIAL 
MUSICIAN 


Could  a  computer  be 

a  music  tutor, 

a  professional-level 

accompanist,  or 

even  a  performer  in  a 

first-rank  orchestra? 


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

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

AlCP  exists  only  in  the  for- 


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

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

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

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


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

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

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


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MULTIMEDIA  PC 


David  English 


With  MacroMind 

Action!,  you 

can  create  instant 

muitimedia 

presentations. 


PRESENTATIONS 
THAT  SPARKLE 

Multimedia  is  finally  here. 
Some  of  you  may  already 
have  bought  a  Multimedia  PC. 
Even  more  of  you  are  proba- 
bly thinking  about  buying  one. 
You've  seen  the  flashy  multime- 
dia demos  at  your  local  com- 
puter store  or  industry  trade 
show,  and  you  want  in  on  the 
action.  Some  of  you  may  even 
want  to  take  the  bull  by  the 
horns  and  create  your  own  mul- 
timedia applications  or  presen- 
tations. The  hardware  is 
easy — pick  a  certified  MPC 


computer  or  appropriate  MPC 
upgrade  kit — but  which  soft- 
ware should  you  choose? 

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


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

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

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


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

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

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


88        COMPUTE    Aff'Ril,.1992 


GAMEPLAY 


Orson  Scott  Card 


FOR  (IM)IViATURE 
AUDIENCES  ONLY 

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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


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


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for  instance)  of  putting  the  nu- 
dity and  suggestive  activities 
in  a  grayed-out  background 
Still,  kids  discover  soon 
enough  that  in  playing  this 
game  you  can  "do  it"  with 
your  (the  hero's)  girlfriend. 
Nothing  is  shown,  but  having 
sex  is  one  of  the  options  in 
the  game  expenence. 

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

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


Some  of  the  best 
games  have  R-rateri 
scenes.  It's  time 
for  ttie  industry  to  take 
responsibility  for 
games  created  by  the 
Immature 
for  tlie  underaged. 


MAY  1992    COMPUTE        B9 


ENTERTAINMENT  CHOICE 


Rediscover  lazy  summer  days, 

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

in  this  fun,  satirical  adventure  game. 

David  Sears 


THE  ADVENTURES 
OF  WILLY 
BEAMISH 

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

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

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


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

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

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

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


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

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

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


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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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wrong  disk  in  drive  A,  sound 
adds  an  important  new  dimension  to  com- 
puter interaction.  PC  games  and  tutorials 
make  increasing  use  of  sound,  and  many 
require  sound  cards  to  achieve  their  full 
potential.  Although  other  computers  like 
the  Apple  IIgs,  the  Commodore  64,  and 
the  Amig^  were  designed  around  sound 
chips,  the  PC  has  been  justly  famous  for 
its  tinny  little  speaker  and  poor  sound  re- 
production. As  a  result,  an  entire  industry 
has  grown  up  around  this  shortcoming— 
an  industry  entering  its  second  generation 
and  enjoying  an  unexpected  boost  from 
the  movement  to  multimedia. 


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BY  LAMONT  WOOD 


APRIL  1992    COMPUTE        93 


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

The  Great  Divide 

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

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

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

The  Ele{troni(  Ocarina 

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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


REALLY  HIGH  QUALITY:  ROLAND  LAPC-1 


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

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

Besides  the  price,  there  are  other  draw- 


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

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


REALLY  ENTERTAINING:  DISNEY'S  SOUND  SOURCE 


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

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


by  a  standard  nine-volt  battery 

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

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


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

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


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

Getftng  Creative 

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

ENTS 

Price 

MIDI  Port 

Mike  Port 

MIDI  Voices 

Stereo  Output 

stereo  F/X 
ATI  Technologies 
3761  Victoria  Park  Ave. 
Scarborough,  ON 
Canada  M1W  3S2 

(416)  756-0718 

S199.00 

yes 

1 

11 

yes 

Sound  Master  li 

Covox 

675  Conger  St. 

Eugene,  OR  97402 

(503)  342-1271 

$229.95 

yes 

2 

11 

no 

Sound  Blaster  Pro 
Creative  Labs 
2050  Duane  Ave. 
Santa  Clara,  CA  95054 
(406)  986-1461 

$299.95 
($849.95  MFC  kit) 

yes 

2 

22 
(11  stereo) 

yes 

Ad  Lib  MSC 

Ad  Ub  Gold 

AdLib 

220  GrandeAllee  East  #850 

Quebec.  PO 

Canada  GIR  2J1 

(4181  529-9676 

5119,95 
$293.95 

no 
yes 

no 
1 

11 
20 

no 
yes 

LAPC-1 

Roland 

7200  Dominion  Cir. 

Los  Angeles,  CA  90050-0911 

(213)  685-5141 

$595.00 

yes 

no 

32 

yes 

Sound  Source 

Walt  Disney  Computer  Software 

500  S.  Bue,na  Vista 

Burbank,  CA  91521 

(818)  841-3326 

S39.00 

no 

no 

n/a 

no 

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

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

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

Trump  Card 

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

96        COMPUTE    APRIL  1992 


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

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

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

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


To  Master  Sound 

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

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

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

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

Special  F/X 

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

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

Whatever  sound  decision  you 
make,  you'll  find  that  many  of  your  ac- 
tion and  adventure  games — most 
games  now  support  sound  cards — are 
more  enjoyable  when  you  can  hear 
them.  And  who  knows?  Once  you  be- 
come familiar  with  some  of  the  MIDI  mu- 
sic-composition software  available  on 
the  market,  you  might  discover  that 
you  or  someone  else  in  your  family  is  a 
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64/128  VIEW 


New  titles  trickle  into 

Nortli  America  as  the  64  continues 

to  create  interest  abroad. 

Tom  Netsel 


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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


GAZETTE 

64/128  VIEW                                        G-1 

New  64  software  was  scarce  at  the  World  of 
Commodore,  but  products  from  abroad  are  trickling  in. 
By  Tom  Netsel. 

FEEDBACK 

Questions  and  comments  from  our  readers. 

G-2 

AN  UPDATED  GUIDE  TO 
COMMODORE  USER  GROUPS 

Here's  an  update  to  the  user  group  listing 
that  we  published  last  summer. 
Edited  by  Dana  Stoll. 

G-5 

REVIEWS 

Tony  LaRussa  's  Ultimate  Baseball, 
/Medieval  Lords,  and  The  Write  Stuff. 

G-10 

MACHINE  LANGUAGE 

Putting  a  hex  on  your  output. 
By  Jim:  Butterfield. 

G-1 8 

GEOS 

GEOS  tidbits,  nuggets,  and  odds  and  ends. 
By  Steve  Vander  Ark. 

G-20 

DIVERSIONS 

Winners  of  the  Design-a-Robot  Contest. 
By  Ered  D'Ignazio. 

G-22 

BEGINNER  BASIC 

Learn  about  the  keyboard  buffer. 
By  Larry  Cotton. 

G-23 

PROGRAMMER'S  PAGE 

Peek  the  SID  chip's  registers. 
By  Randy  Thompson. 

G-24 

PROGRAMS 

Graphos 

The  Cube 

geoLynx 

HAG 

Pegman 

Bug-Swatter 

G-25 
G-27 
G.28 
G-33 
G-36 
G-39 

APRIL  1992     COMPUTE         G-1 


FEEDBACK 


Questions 

and  answers  about 

disk  life, 

diflerent  model 

64s,  drive 

belts,  magnetic 

Interference, 

and  more 


Bug-Swatter 

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

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

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

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

Disk  of  Ages 

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

DOREEN  HORNE 
BRISBANE.  QUEENSLAND 
AUSTRALIA 

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

Different  A/lode! 

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

MILES  NOON  AN 
TINLEY  PARK.  IL 

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


Side  by  Side 

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

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

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

JIM  KVARNBERG 
EDMONTON.  AB 
CANADA 

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

Blue  Chip  Drive 

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

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


Long  Printouts 

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

LARRY  NESSRALLAH 
LAVAL.  PO 
CANADA 

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

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

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


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Problems  with 

spaces  in 

BASiC,  detecting 

modes  of 

operation,  and 

comments 

alioiit  our  format 


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XOR  or  X  OR? 

When  I  run  Fraction  Practice 

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

JOHN  E.  POTTER 
NEW  LEXINGTON.  OH 

r/ie  program  line  in  question 
reads  tike  this. 

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

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

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

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

IF  A=XOR  A=Y  THEN  150 

The  syntax  of  the  XOR  func- 


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

Mode  Detection 

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

HENRY  WILLIAMS 
COALDALE.  AB 
CANADA 

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


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

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

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

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

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

PRINT  CHR$(27)"X" 

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

Format  Feedback 

I  appreciate  the  present  Ga- 
zette format  because  it  gives 
me  information  about  other 
computers  and  their  applica- 
tions. I  am  70  years  old,  and 
!  use  a  64;  my  grandchildren 
use  IBM  computers. 

HUGH  F.  SAUTTER 
PERRYSBUHG,  OH 

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

DOYLE  R.  PAYNE 
BILOXI.  MS 

Write  to  Gazette  Feedback, 
324  West  Wendover  Avenue, 
Suite  200,  Greensboro,  North 
Carolina  27408.  O 


G-4        COMPUTE    APRIL  1992 


AN  UPDATED  GUIDE  TO 


'M 


EDITED  BY  DANA  STOLL 


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

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

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

Commodore  64/128  User  Group 
COMPUTE  Publications 
324  W.  Wendover  Ave.,  Ste,  200 
Greensboro,  NC  27408 

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

ALABAMA 

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

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

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

ARIZONA 

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

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

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

ARKANSAS 

Pine  Bluff  Users  Group  (PBUG),  PO.  Box 

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

6000.  Fort  Smith,  AR  72906 

CALIFORNIA 

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

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

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

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

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

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

North  Orange  County  Computer  Club, 


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

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

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

385,  Clearlake.  CA  95422 

COLORADO 

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

CONNECTICUT 

Fairfield  County  C=UG,  PO.  Box  212. 

Danbury.  CT  06813 
Stamford  Area  Commodore  Society,  RO. 

Box  2122,  Stamford,  CT  06906 

FLORIDA 

Commodore     Computer     Club,     6956 

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

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

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

1200  baud  and  904-862-8830  for  2400- 

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

RO.  Box  361348,  tvlelbourne,  FL  32836- 

1348 
Big  One  Group,  Erick  Rodriguez,  4271  NW 

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

Box  271471,  Tampa.  FL  33688 
Charlotte    County    Commodore    Ciub 

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

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

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

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

RO.  Box  416,  Leesburg,  FL  34749 

ILLINOIS 

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

60016 
Fox  Vaiiey  64  User  Group,  833  Prospect, 

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

Bedford  Parl<,  IL  60449 
Peoria  Area  Commodore  Users  Group 

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

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

Purcell  St,  PO.  Box  135.  Murrayville.  IL 

62668 

INDIANA 

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

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

IOWA 

Product  Engineering  Center  Commodore 

Users,  319  Ivanhoe  Rd..  Waterloo,  lA 

50701 
Cedar  Vaiiey  Commodore  User's  Group, 

PO.  Box  2254,  Waterloo,  lA  50704 
Clinton  Commodore  User's  Group,  RO. 

Box  743,  Clinton,  lA  52732 


KANSAS 

Salt  City  Commodore  Club,  P.O.  Box 
2644.  Hutchinson,  KS  67501 

LOUISIANA 

Northwest  Louisiana  PC  Users  Group, 

945  Dudley  Dr.,  Shreveporl,  LA  71104- 
4815 

MARYLAND 

Gaithersburg  Commodore  User's  Group, 

PO.  Box  2033,  Gaithersburg.  MD  20886 
Columbia  Commodore  User  Group,  455 

Joetta  Dr.,  Elkridge,  MD  21227 
Westinghouse     Commodore     User's 
Group,  PO.  Box  8756,  Baltimore.  MD 
21240 
Hagerstown  User's  Group,  953  W.  Wash- 
ington St.,  Hagerstown,  MD  21740 

MASSACHUSETTS 

Worcester  Area  Com-Rades,  35  Hilltop 
Ave.,  Jefferson,  MA  01522 

MICHIGAN 

Commodore  Operators  of  Marysvliie/Pt. 

Huron,  4579  Lake  Shore  Rd.,  Fort  Gra- 

toite  Tpk,,  Pt.  Huron,  Ml  48060 
Computer  Users  of  Lexington,  RO.  Box 

482.  Lexington,  Ml  48450-0482 
Lansing  Area  Commodore  Club,  RO.  Box 

1065,  E.  Lansing,  Ml  48826  (BBS#  517- 

339-0618) 
Lenawee  Commodore  User's  Group,  210 

Chestnut  St.,  Adrian,  Ml  49221 
West  IVIichigan  Commodore  Users  Group 

(WMCUG),  1334  Riley  Hudsonville.  Ml 

49426 

MONTANA 

Missoula  Commodore  User's  Group,  P.O. 
Box  331,  Missoula,  MT  59806 

NEBRASKA 

Lincoln  Commodore  User's  Group,  5742 

Saylor,  Lincoln,  NE  68124 
Alliance  Commodore  Computer  Club,  607 

Toluca,  Alliance,  NE  69301 
Panhandle  Computer  User  Group,  1122 
Ave.  L,  Scottsbluff.  NE  69361  (BBS#  308- 
635-7244  andTDD#  308-635-7244) 

NEW  MEXICO 

Deming  Commodore  User's  Group,  1400 
Mallery  St..  Deming.  NM  88C30 

NEW  YORK 

Bronx  User's  Group,  RO.  Box  523,  Bronx, 

NY  10475 
Morrisonville  Commodore  User's  Group, 

Rt.  1.  Box  61,  Morrisonville,  NY  12962 
Triple  Cities  Commodore  Society,  P.O. 
Box  476,  Binghampton,  NY  13902 

NORTH  CAROLINA 

Mayodan  Commodore  Users  Group,  707 

Virginia  St.,  Mayodan,  NC  27027  (BBS# 
919-623-8900) 
Greater    Onsiow    Commodore    Users 
Group    (GOCUG),    RO.     Box     1644, 
Jacksonville,  NC  28541 

OHIO 

Commodore  Computer  Ciub  of  Toledo, 

PO.  Box  8909,  Toledo,  OH  43623 
COM-NET,  c/o  Gladys  Reinhardt,  PO.  Box 


G-6        COMPUTE    APRIL  1992 


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TONY  LARUSSA'S 

ULTIMATE 

BASEBALL 

Recently,  there's  been  a 
wave  of  sports  games  for 
home  computers  released 
with  celebrity  endorsements. 
From  Joe  fvlontana  to  Jack 
Nicklaus,  famous  sports  fig- 
ures are  lending  their  names 
to  computer  sports  titles, 
some  excellent  and  some  on- 
ly average. 

The  Oakland  A's  Tony 
LaRussa  is  the  latest  base- 
ball manager  to  put  his 
name  on  a  game.  The  result, 
Tony  LaRussa's  Ultimate 
Baseball,  has  smooth  graph- 
ics and  simple  gameplay. 
It's  a  whole  lot  of  fun,  but  I'm 
not  sure  the  word  ultimate 
fits  well  in  the  title.  That's  be- 
cause no  game  has  every- 
thing that  players  want,  but 
Ultimate  Baseball  is  definite- 
ly one  of  the  best  baseball 
games  out  for  the  64/128. 

The  game's  interface  is 
easy  to  learn.  The  main 
screen  shows  the  bases  and 
a  little  bit  of  the  outfield,  and 
the  view  shifts  when  neces- 
sary, During  a  pitch,  a 
closeup  of  the  pitcher  and 
batter  appears  in  the  center 
of  the  main  screen.  The  view 
is  from  behind  the  batter. 
When  the  ball  is  hit,  the  view 
tracks  the  flight  of  the  ball. 
The  statistics  (score,  runs, 
balls,  strikes,  and  outs)  are 
displayed  beneath  the  main 
playing  screen.  Also,  Ulti- 
mate Baseball  displays  the 
pitcher's  name  and  average 
and  the  batter's  name  and 
batting  average.  Importantly, 
in  the  center  of  the  strip 
along  the  bottom  is  a  radar 
view  with  a  black  dot  that  rep- 
resents each  runner.  This 
lets  you  keep  track  of  the 
men  on  base  when  the  view 
shifts  into  the  outfield  and  bas- 
es are  no  longer  visible. 

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Action  begins  after  a 
short  setup  phase.  Players  se- 
lect the  difficulty  level  first. 
The  Pro  difficulty  level  re- 
quires the  player  to  do  eve- 
rything. In  the  Rookie  level, 
the  computer  fields  the  ball 
but  doesn't  throw  it  to  the 
right  plate.  Also  in  the  Rook- 


When  your  team  is  field- 
ing, there  are  more  options. 
You  can  bring  in  a  new  pitch- 
er; change  your  infield  de- 
fense strategy;  and  play  the 
outfield  deep,  shallow,  or  nor- 
mal. These  manager  options 
require  only  a  push  of  the  joys- 
tick and  allow  complete  con- 


Smooth  graphics  and  simple  gameplay,  mai<e Tony  LaRussas 
Ultimate  Baseball  a  whole  lot  of  fun. 


ie  level,  when  the  player 
turns  pitching  over  to  the  com- 
puter, it  always  tries  to  throw 
a  strike.  The  difficulty  option 
allows  newcomers  to  Ulti- 
mate Baseball  to  jump  right 
in  and  have  a  fighting 
chance.  Next,  players 
choose  the  starting  lineup 
and  batting  order.  Then  the 
real  fun  begins! 

Ultimate  Baseball  has  a 
lot  of  features  that  make  play- 
ing the  game  effortless,  with 
all  of  the  attention  placed  on 
the  game  itself.  The  feature 
that  separates  this  game 
from  other  baseball  simula- 
tions is  the  manager  option. 
At  any  time  in  the  game,  you 
can  interrupt  the  current 
play  and  make  a  managerial 
decision  or  turn  control  over 
to  the  computer.  If  your 
team  is  at  bat,  the  manager 
options  are  pinch  hit,  pinch 
run,  and  bullpen  (to  warm  up 
a  relief  pitcher). 


trol  of  your  team's  strategy. 
You  make  your  selections 
and  all  other  choices  in  Ulti- 
mate Baseball  by  moving 
the  joystick. 

Graphically,  Ultimate  Base- 
ball is  very  nice.  The  stadium 
is  big,  and  it  takes  a  good  wal- 
lop to  knock  a  ball  out  of  the 
park.  The  animation  is  very 
good,  especially  in  the 
closeup  view  of  the  pitcher 
and  batter.  Their  movements 
are  realistic.  Also,  if  there's  a 
runner  on  second  base,  you 
can  see  him  shifting  back 
and  forth  in  the  background. 

Ultimate  Baseball  pans 
the  view  to  follow  the  ball 
quickly.  This  is  important  for 
close  plays.  The  radar  view 
completes  the  graphics  infor- 
mation both  players  need. 
Overall,  Ultimate  Baseball  \s 
a  slick-looking  game  with  a 
well-organized  screen.  Play- 
ers can  focus  on  the  game 
and  not  have  to  worry  about 


finding  the  right  view. 

Expansion  disks  are  on 
the  way  to  complete  the  Ulti- 
mate Baseball  playing  envi- 
ronment. The  teams  that 
come  with  the  game  have 
the  best  players  from  the  his- 
tory of  baseball  on  each 
team.  From  Ivlike  Schmidt 
and  Nolan  Ryan  to  Wade 
Boggs  and  the  infamous  Pe- 
te Rose,  players  are  repre- 
sented by  their  average  ca- 
reer stats.  Future  expansion 
disks  include  the  greatest 
teams  from  1901  to  1968, 
the  greatest  teams  from 
1969  to  1989,  and  the  1990 
teams.  These  disks  will  add 
more  excitement  to  the 
game,  but  nothing  beats 
head-to-head  play  in  Ulti- 
mate Baseball.  The  game  al- 
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MEDIEVAL  LORDS 

War  games  set  in  modern 
limes  sometimes  contain  too 
mucti  detail  to  be  fun.  Witii 
the  availability  of  so  many 
tanks,  planes,  ships,  other  ve- 
hicles, and  weapons  in  your 
electronic  arsenal,  there's  no 
limit  to  scenarios  or  focus. 

Medieval  Lords  takes  the 
player  back  to  a  time  where 
such  machines  didn't  exist. 
It  puts  the  emphasis  on  the 
power  of  soldiers  to  win  bat- 
tles. With  the  feel  of  the  con- 
quest board  game  Risk  and 
enough  pseudohistorical 
events  to  make  the  game 
more  realistic.  Medieval 
Lords  is  a  challenging  romp 
through  the  fvliddle  Ages  in 
Europe,  North  Africa,  and 
the  Middle  East. 

Your  role  in  Medieval 
Lords  is  that  of  an  adviser  to 
a  leader  (king,  emperor,  sul- 
tan, or  duke)  of  a  number  of 
provinces.  Each  group  of 
provinces  is  a  domain.  The 
goal  of  the  game  is  to  help  ex- 
pand your  lord's  domain 
through  diplomacy,  politics, 
economics,  and  battles. 
Points  earned  throughout 
the  game  determine  your 
overall  success. 

The  game  system  is  flexi- 
ble and  lets  you  alter  the  com- 
puter player's  skill  level, 
game  length,  portion  of  map 
used,  and  number  of  actions 
per  turn.  Medieval  Lords  al- 
lows as  many  as  ten  players, 
with  up  to  six  computer  play- 
ers. Each  turn  phase  in  Me- 
dieval Lords  represents  one 
game  year.  With  six  scenari- 
os in  the  game  and  variable 
game  length,  players  can  en- 
joy simple  ten-year  challeng- 
es or  undertake  century- 
long  conquests. 

Medieval  Lords  starts  the 
player  with  only  a  few  prov- 
inces in  a  domain,  It  takes  on- 
ly a  few  moves  to  get  used 
to  the  game's  interface. 
From  then,  you'll  be  building 

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empires  of  which  Napoleon 
himself  would  be  proud.  The 
game  is  controlled  entirely 
by  joystick.  You  enter  com- 
mands by  making  selections 
from  various  menus.  A  map 
of  nearby  provinces  takes  up 
almost  the  entire  screen, 
with  room  left  on  the  bottom 
for  the  current  command 
menu.  The  map  scrolls  and 
shows  only  a  small  portion  of 
the  overall  game  map, 

Each  turn  in  Medieval 
Lords  consists  of  three  phas- 
es: an  events/tax  collection 
phase,  an  action  phase,  and 
an  end  year  phase.  The  first 
phase  is  largely  information- 
al. It  itemizes  any  significant 
events  and  tells  you  how 
much  money  you'll  take  in 
that  year. 

One  of  the  setup  options 
at  the  beginning  of  the 
game  concerns  display 
mode.  The  choices  are  to  dis- 
play all  actions,  war  actions 
only  actions  affecting  play- 
ers only,  and  actions  affect- 
ing humans  only.  You  will  in- 
itially notice  the  differences 
in  display  mode  in  the  events/ 
tax  collection  phase, 

You  can  waste  a  lot  of 
time  reading  messages  in  Me- 
dieval Lords.  To  speed  game- 
play,  I  would  suggest  setting 
the  display  mode  to  actions 
affecting  players  only  to  elimi- 
nate extra  information  that 
may  not  affect  the  game.  Af- 
ter the  events/tax  collection 
phase,  you'll  know  how  you 
stand  financially  as  well  as  po- 
litically. Deaths,  births,  cru- 
sades, plagues,  and  inva- 
sions are  all  revealed  during 
this  phase.  Note  each  event 
and  use  that  information  to 
guide  your  actions  in  the 
next  phase  of  the  game. 

You  make  all  your  deci- 
sions and  important  moves 
in  the  action  phase.  You  can 
perform  as  many  minor  ac- 
tions and  information  re- 
quests as  you  want,  but  only 
as  many  major  actions  as 


you  selected  during  game  set- 
up. Major  actions  include  rais- 
ing armies,  subverting  no- 
bles, building  castles,  and 
supporting  towns,  fvlinor  ac- 
tions include  moving  armies, 
declaring  war,  and  propos- 
ing an  alliance. 

You'll  quickly  learn  the 
best  approach  to  some  situ- 
ations. If  you  make  the 
wrong  decisions,  you  have  an- 
other chance  to  better  your 
position  during  the  next 
year.  The  first  phase  sets  up 
the  situation,  and  the  action 
phase  lets  you  react.  The  ac- 
tion phase  is  the  fun  part  of 
the  game. 

The  end  year  phase  in- 
forms you  of  your  financial  sit- 
uation and  updates  your 
score.  You  quickly  learn 
whether  or  not  you've  made 
the  right  moves  in  the  action 
phase.  In  the  first  few  turns 
of  the  game,  you'll  probably 
fall  into  debt.  If  you  go  into 
debt  beyond  double  your  in- 
come for  that  year,  you  have 
to  correct  your  status  in  this 
phase.  A  deficit  strategy 
menu  pops  up  from  which 
you  may  choose  such  ac- 
tions as  bluffing  it  out  or  de- 
priving forces  by  not  paying 
soldiers. 

Medieval  Lords  is  set  up 
logically,  and  gameplay 
goes  smoothly.  The  variety 
of  conditions  under  which 
you  may  play  increases  the 
game's  replay  value.  The 
manual  is  well  organized, 
and  a  reference  section 
takes  up  half  of  the  text. 

fvlartin  Campion,  a  profes- 
sor of  history  designed  the 
game  and  brought  his  profes- 
sional expertise  into  the 
gameplay.  Events  like  the 
Black  Plague,  nomadic  inva- 
sions, and  the  influential  pres- 
ence of  a  Pope  make  Medie- 
val Lords  more  historically 
accurate.  Campion's  goal 
was  to  design  a  game  in 
which  you  can  take  an  active 
part  in  the   Middle  Ages 


through  your  advice  to  a  pow- 
erful ruler,  He  succeeds  in 
this  goal  and  provides  us 
with  a  game  tha:'s  fun  and 
challenging  as  well  as  infor- 
mative and  dynamic. 

Instructors  can  easily  use 
Medieval  Lords  as  an  effec- 
tive teaching  tool.  It  would  cer- 
tainly make  a  history  class 
more  interesting.  Graphics 
are  nothing  special  in  Medi- 
eval Lords.  The  map  con- 
sists of  rough  shapes  to  rep- 
resent provinces.  It  does  its 
job  and  nothing  more. 

There's  no  sound  in  the 
game.  The  strength  of  Medi- 
eval Lords  is  in  its  detail  and 
successful  attempt  to  bring 
the  fvliddle  Ages  to  life.  Me- 
dieval times  have  always  fas- 
cinated me.  Life  was  simple 
by  today's  standards,  but 
people  who  lived  then  had  to 
be  tough  to  survive. 

Medieval  Lords  is  perfect 
for  anyone  either  interested 
in  this  time  pehod  or  looking 
for  a  dynamic  game  of  con- 
quest that  puts  the  action 
back  in  the  hands  of  players. 

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gram's macros  and  other  ad- 
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The  manuals  are  very  well 
laid  out,  indexed  in  detail, 
clear,  and  informative  (al- 
most pithy  in  places).  Plenty 
of  help  files  and  tutorials  ex- 
ist on  the  disks  for  those  who 
need  more  assistance.  The 
program  isn't  copy-protect- 
ed; therefore,  you  don't 
have  to  shell  out  extra  dollars 
for  backups. 

The  integrated  spelling 
checker  is  reasonably  fast 


and  intelligently  designed.  It 
uses  two  dictionaries,  a 
short  one  (17,000  words)  for 
quick  checking  and  a  larger 
one  (61 ,000  words}  for  more 
thorough  checking.  If  you 
need  additional  words,  anoth- 
er 15,000  can  be  added, 
bringing  the  total  to  more 
than  93,000  words 

The  REU  can  hold  the  dic- 
tionary and  speed  up  the 
spelling-check  process  im- 
mensely, providing  you  don't 
mind  the  initial  loading  time. 
If  you  plan  to  check  the  spell- 
ing of  several  documents  in 
one  session,  then  using  the 
REU  IS  a  worthwhile  option. 

A  readable  high-resolu- 
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helps  you  check  page  format- 
ting and  the  layout  of  any  ta- 
bles. All  colors  (menu,  back- 
ground, clock,  and  so  on) 
can  be  modified  and  saved 
as  defaults. 

The  program's  16  printer 
toggles  and  20  printer  mac- 
ros enable  you  to  invoke  ad- 
vanced printer  functions.  Up 
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control  codes  can  be  sent 
for  each  macro.  You  can 
even  change  the  printer's  sec- 
ondary address  while  print- 
ing. Thus,  Commodoregraph- 
ic  characters  can  be  printed 
using  secondary  address  0 
(Commodore  emulation)  and 
advanced  printer  functions 
can  be  accessed  using  sec- 
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ent emulation)  in  the  same 
document.  Since  all  printer 
codes  are  user-definable. 
The  Write  Stuff  can  support 
most  dot-matrix,  letter  quali- 
ty, and  laser  printers. 

Now  to  voice  some  beefs. 
The  manual  glosses  over  the 
actual  method  of  invoking 
printer  macros,  although  a 
help  file  makes  il  easy  to  fig- 
ure out.  Also,  the  program  in- 
dicates the  cursor  position 
by  column  and  paragraph 
numbers,  but  not  by  line  num- 
ber. That  added  feature 
would  help  when  formatting 
nonstandard  page  lengths 
or  pages  with  a  mixture  of 
fonts  that  print  six  or  eight 
lines  per  inch. 

One  gripe  that  I  have 
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geoWrite)  is  the  limited  size 


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mis  program  will 

read  any 

flie  you  name 

and  print 

tlie  first  two 

bytes  as  a 

hex  address. 


PUTTING  A  HEX 
ON  YOUR  OUTPUT 

Sometimes,  a  program  needs 
to  print  a  value  in  hexadeci- 
mal. The  byte  to  be  printed 
must  be  broken  in  two.  The 
high  nybble  is  obtained  by  per- 
forming four  LSR  operations, 
and  the  low  nybble  by  ANDing 
#$0F  with  the  original  value. 
Each  of  the  two  values  will 
then  be  a  binary  number  0- 
15.  All  you  need  to  do  is 
change  this  value  into  a  print- 
able ASCII  character  from  0  to 
9  or  A  to  F. 

If  the  binary  value  is  in  the 
range  from  0  to  9,  you  can  OR 
a  value  of  $30  to  get  the  ASCII 
equivalent.  If  the  value  is  in  the 
range  from  10  to  15,  you  must 
add  $37  to  put  it  in  the  range 
A-F. 

Assume  that  a  four-bit  value, 
0-15,  is  in  the  A  register. 

ORA    #$30 
CMP   #S3A 
BCC    GOTDIG 
ADC    #SD6 
GOTDIG.  ... 

The  program  adds  S30.  If  the 
value  exceeds  $3B,  it  adds 
$07  more.  It  looks  as  if  we're 
adding  $06,  but  the  set  carry 
bit  makes  a  total  of  S07. 

The  method  described  us- 
es eight  bytes  of  code  and 
does  the  job  well.  You  might 
occasionally  see  an  interest- 
ing alternative  method  which 
uses  the  computer's  decima! 
mode.  Decimal  mode  for  hex 
calculations?  Read  on.  Deci- 
mal mode  operates  only  on 
the  ADC  (Add  with  Carry)  and 
SBC  (Subtract)  commands.  In 
decimal  mode,  the  normal  bi- 
nary add  or  subtract  is  per- 
formed; then  the  computer  in- 
spects the  result  to  see  if  it 
needs  decimal  adjustment. 
Thus,  binary  $08  plus  binary 
$07  would  add  to  produce  bi- 
nary SOF;  in  decimal  mode, 
the  computer  would  say,  "I'll 


adjust  that  to  hex  $15,  since 
F  is  not  a  valid  decimal  digit." 
Consider  what  would  happen 
if  we  added  0  in  decimal 
mode  to  a  nybble  value  in  the 
range  from  0  to  15.  Decimal 
mode  performs  the  addition: 
0  to  9  remain  unchanged,  but 
value  10  to  15  (hex  A  to  F) 
are  adjusted  to  new  values  of 
$10  to  $15.  We've  added  six 
to  those  numbers — without  a 
program  test! 

There's  stil)  a  piece  miss- 
ing. We  wish  to  add  seven, 
not  six,  to  these  high  values. 
Can  we  do  it?  Yes,  if  we  use 
a  trick.  Instead  of  adding  30 
to  your  original  nybble,  we'll 
use  two  additions  to  add  a  to- 
tal of  130 — in  decimal  mode, 
of  course.  The  extra  hun- 
dreds digit  wiil  disappear.  It's 
a  carry  that  we'll  never  use, 

In  tfie  following  code,  see  if 
you  can  detect  how  the  carry 
bit  is  triggered. 

SED 
CLC 

ADC  #S90 
ADC  #$40 
CLD 

This  month's  program  will 
read  any  program  file  you 
name  and  print  out  the  first 
two  bytes  as  a  hexadecimal 
address.  If  the  load  address 
is  $0801,  the  program  file  is 
likely  from  a  64,  A  vaiue  of 
$1C01  signals  a  128,  and 
$0401  will  spot  a  program 
that's  load-compatible  with 
the  early  PET/CBM  type  com- 
puters. Addresses  from  the 
VIC-20  will  vary,  depending 
on  how  much  memory  has 
been  fitted. 

The  128  wiil  produce  a  var- 
iant address  if  you  save  a  pro- 
gram while  in  graphics 
mode.  Almost  all  BASIC  pro- 
grams will  have  addresses 
that  end  in  the  digits  01.  Ad- 
dresses that  don't  end  in  01 
signal  a  program  that  starts  in 
an  unusual  way.  Such  pro- 
grams will  usually  be  machine 


language  programs  loaded 
with  LOAD  "filename'.QA. 

The  machine  language  pro- 
gram is  poked  into  addresses 
$2000  to  S2040.  When  it's 
called  by  the  BASIC  program, 
the  selected  file  will  already 
be  open  as  logical  file  num- 
ber 1.  Our  program  connects 
to  this  file,  grabs  two  bytes, 
and  puts  them  into  addresses 
$2200  and  $2201.  Then  it 
prints  a  dollar  sign.  It  calls  a 
subroutine  at  $202A  to  con- 
vert to  hexadecimal  and 
print.  A  carriage  return  is  print- 
ed to  wind  up  the  job  neatly; 
then  control  is  passed  back 
to  BASIC. 

The  subroutine  at  $202A 
splits  the  value  it  finds  in  the 
A  register  into  two  pieces  of 
data  (a  high  nybble  and  a  low 
nybble).  At  $2035,  it  converts 
each  nybble  to  a  printable 
hex  digit  and  prints  it.  The 
decimal  mode  method  is 
used. 

BASIC  pokes  the  machine 
language  program  into 
place,  asks  for  the  filename, 
opens  the  file,  calls  the  ma- 
chine language  program, 
then  closes  the  file.  The  file 
could  have  been  opened  and 
closed  within  the  miachine  lan- 
guage program,  but  it's  often 
more  convenient  to  do  a  job 
like  this  in  BASIC. 

100  DATA  162,1,32,198,255 
110  DATA  32,228,255,141,0,34 
120  DATA  32,228,255,141,1,34 
130  DATA  169,36,32,210,255,162 
140  DATA  1,189,0,34,32,42,32 
150  DATA  202,16,247,32,204,255 
160  DATA  169,13,32,210,255,96 
170  DATA  72,74,74,74,74,32,53 
180  DATA  32,104,41,15,120,248 
190  DATA  24,105,144,105,64,216 
200  DATA  88,76,210,255 
300  FOR  J=8192  TO  8256:READ  X 
310P0KEJ,X:T=T+X:NEXTJ 
400  INPUT  "FILENAIVIE";F$ 
410  OPEN  15,8,15:0PEN1,a,3,FS 
420  INPUT#15,E,E$,E1,E2 
430  IF  EoD  THEN  PRINT 

E;ES;E1;E2:END 
440  SYS  8192:CL0SE  1  3 


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CLEANING 
MY  DESK 


Here's  a  collection 

of  odds  and 

ends,  that  include 

REtJs,  graphic 

utilities,  and  AUTO. 

EXEC  programs 

that  refuse  to  run. 


It's  about  time  I  did  something 
with  the  odds  and  ends  that 
have  been  accumulating  on 
my  desk,  tidbits  of  information 
which  don't  lend  themselves 
to  a  whole  column  or  are  fol- 
low-ups to  previous  columns. 

Some  of  this  information 
has  been  sent  in  by  readers, 
some  I've  picked  up  on  Q- 
Link,  and  some  has  come 
from  chatting  with  people  like 
Jim  Collette  {geoProgrammer 
extraordinaire)  and  Doug  Cot- 
ton (chief  something-or-other 
at  Creative  Micro  Designs).  I 
figure  we  can't  go  wrong  with 
a  column  like  this  once  in  a 
while.  I  gain  mouse-space  on 
my  desk,  and  you  get  a  few 
gems  of  geoKnowledge  to  im- 
prove your  work  with  GEOS. 

Probably  the  most  impor- 
tant addition  you  can  make  to 
your  GEOS  system  is  RAfvl  ex- 
pansion of  some  kind.  While 
512K  is  great,  it's  not  the  top 
of  the  line.  REU  upgrades  are 
available  from  Melvin  Montgom- 
ery (1504  Amherst  Drive.  Pia- 
no, Texas  75075);  he  will  turn 
your  1750  into  a  2MB  power- 
house for  $200.  If  that's  a  little 
too  expensive  for  you,  he  of- 
fers a  variety  of  configurations 
for  any  of  the  1700-series  ex- 
panders or  for  geoRAM.  He  al- 
so sells  RAM  chips  with  instruc- 
tions enabling  you  to  do  the 
upgrade  yourself.  If  you  want 
more  information,  write  or  talk 
to  him  on  Q-Link,  where  his 
screen  name  is  CMDR  FIXER. 

In  my  the  August  1991  col- 
umn, I  discussed  graphics  util- 
ities. I  mentioned  Scrapit, 
which  clips  large  photo 
scraps  from  geoPaint  pages. 
Several  readers  have  written 
or  sent  me  E-mail  to  suggest 
other  useful  graphics  utilities. 

Dick  Estel  of  Fresno.  Califor- 
nia, recommends  another  util- 
ity called  Scrapit! — same 
name  but  with  an  exclamation 


point.  This  program  has  the 
added  feature  of  being  able  to 
import  oversized  scraps  into 
geoPaint,  not  just  geoPublish. 
Scrapit!  is  by  Michael  W.  Sch- 
ell.  It's  shareware,  with  the  fee 
to  be  donated  to  the  Cystic  Fi- 
brosis Foundation. 

Scrapit!  is  also  a  graphics 
conversion  program,  translat- 
ing Doodle  and  even  Koala 
files  with  colors  pretty  much  in- 
tact. Now  that's  quite  a  trick! 
You  can  download  Scrapit! 
from  Q-Link,  The  files  you 
need  are  SCRAPITSDA64 
and  SCRAPITDOC.SDA, 
uploaded  by  MichaelS30.  I'll  al- 
so put  copies  in  BBS  Post's 
GEOS  section.  Its  telephone 
number  is  (616)  534-1346), 

Also  in  the  August  column 
I  mentioned  Screen  Grabber, 
which  allows  you  to  clip  any 
section  of  the  screen  into  a  pho- 
to scrap.  A  similar  program 
called  geoFetch  appeared  on 
Lodestar  disk  #65.  Back  is- 
sues of  Lodestar  disks  are  avail- 
able  for  $1 4.95  plus  $1 .50  ship- 
ping and  handling  from 
Softdisk  Publishing,  PC.  Box 
30008,  Shreveport,  Louisiana 
71130-0008.  Make  sure  you  re- 
quest the  disk  by  number. 

I  was  getting  very  frustrated 
the  other  day  trying  to  get  a 
new  AUTO.EXEC  file  to  run  on 
my  boot  disk.  I  called  Jim  Col- 
lette, the  program's  author, 
and  he  assured  me  that  it 
should  work,  even  with 
geoRAM,  which  occasionally 
causes  troubles.  As  it  turned 
out,  the  culprit  wasn't  the  pro- 
gram but  my  boot  disk.  I  had 
created  a  double-sided  boot 
disk  using  Maverick  so  that  I 
could  put  more  files  on  it.  I  use 
a  routine  to  load  my  RAM  au- 
tomatically as  1  boot,  so  I  want- 
ed geoWrite  and  some  asso- 
ciated files  on  the  boot  disk. 
The  AUTO.EXEC  wouldn't  run. 

When  I  mentioned  this  prob- 
lem to  Collette.  who  has  writ- 
ten plenty  of  AUTO.EXEC  pro- 
grams {geoWizard  for  exam- 
ple), he  told  me  that  the  Mav- 


erick routine  for  creating  a  dou- 
ble-sided boot  disk  has  a  bug 
in  it.  ft  makes  the  disk's  boot 
routine  forget  that  its  double- 
sided  during  the  boot  proc- 
ess. By  the  time  the  boot  is 
over  everything  is  back  to  nor- 
mal, but  if  an  AUTO.EXEC  file 
is  stored  even  panially  on  the 
back  side  of  the  disk,  it  will  be 
inaccessable  during  the  boot. 
Obviously,  this  would  prevent 
the  AUTO.EXEC  from  running. 

A  partial  solution  to  this  prob- 
lem is  lo  put  your  AUTO.EXEC 
files  onto  a  new  double-sided 
boot  disk,  before  filling  the 
disk  with  other  files,  This  will  en- 
sure that  the  program  is 
stored  entirely  on  the  front  of 
the  disk.  Unfortunately,  if  your 
AUTO, EXEC  is  a  file  copier,  as 
mine  was,  the  files  it'll  be  try- 
ing to  copy  might  also  be  in- 
visible on  the  back  of  the  disk. 
As  if  that  weren't  enough, 
there's  another  possible  prob- 
lem. If  you're  booting  in  80  col- 
umns, an  AUTO.EXEC  written 
only  for  40  columns  will  be  ig- 
nored during  the  boot  routine. 
It  simply  won't  run. 

If  you  bought  your  geoPub- 
lish when  it  was  first  released, 
you  probably  received  the  one- 
disk  version.  This  program  is 
currently  shipped  m  a  two- 
disk  version  which  has  fixed 
several  niggling  little  bugs. 
The  version  is  still  1,0,  al- 
though I'm  told  some  files  cre- 
ated with  the  second  version 
difficult  for  the  earlier  version 
to  read.  The  second  disk  is  a 
clip  art  disk.  If  you  want  the  up- 
graded version  of  geoPubiish, 
send  your  old  disk  and  a  $7  up- 
grade fee  to  BSW  Replace- 
ment Department,  2150  Shat- 
tuck  Avenue,  Berkeley,  Califor- 
nia 94704.  Include  a  note  re- 
questing the  free  upgrade/fix. 

There!  My  desk  is  some- 
what cleaner,  but  feel  free  to 
help  me  add  to  the  clutter. 
Write  to  me  in  care  of  this  col- 
umn or  send  me  E-mail  on 
QuantumLink  {SteveV14),  I'll 
pass  the  word  along,  O 


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DIVERSIONS 


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Winners  excelled  in 

the  areas  of 

creative  applications, 

design  concepts, 

electronic  applications, 

and  tuture  plans. 


DESIGN-A-ROBOT 
CONTEST  WINNERS 

The  winners  of  the  Design-a- 
Robot  Contest  have  been  se- 
lected, and  here  they  are. 

Grand  Prize  Winner 

GOLMER 

By  Gordon  H.  Smith 

Kenosha,  Wl 

According  to  the  judges, 
"Golmer  embodies  a  unique  ro- 
bot-rental idea.  He  demon- 
strates extensive  design 
plans  with  additional  ideas  in 
the  works.  Here  are  some 
great  thoughts  about  what  a  ro- 
bot can  be!" 

Runners-Up 

CAT 

By  Lin  Tholborn 

Stockton.  CA 

"CAT  (Certified  Actual  Tool) 
has  clever  adaptive  attach- 
ments, both  whimsy  and  pre- 
cision in  the  design,  and  well- 
thought-out  remarks  on  func- 
tions and  purpose:  Robots 
are  the  outstretched  arm  of 
mankind." 

ALFRED 

By  Michael  Tennant 

Washington,  PA 

"Alfred  shows  a  delightful  ad- 
aptation of  butler  features  (a 
solar  cell  bowler,  for  exam- 
ple). It  connbines  a  match  of  ro- 
bot design  and  personal  ro- 
bot experiences  and  ideas." 

ISAAC 

By  David  Barrett 

Saginaw,  MI 

"Isaac  indicates  a  clear  under- 
standing of  robot  elements 
and  exemplifies  a  unique 
idea  of  robot  software.  With 
Isaac  around,  there  would  be 
many  less  worhes." 


IMMACUBOT 

By  Matthew  Boardman 

Chester  Basin,  Nova  Scotia 

Canada 

"Immacubot  acts  as  a  thought- 
ful explanation  of  what  will 
work  and  what  won't  work.  Im- 
macubot demonstrates  many 
clever  ideas  about  a  robot  as 
maid  and  house  servant." 

CRAMBOT  64 
By  Colin  Wiebe 
Guernsey,  Saskatchewan 
Canada 

"Crambot  64  has  a  great  illus- 
tration and  key  and  is  a  dem- 
onstration of  a  nice  design  ap- 
plication of  general  robotic 
capabilities." 

Additional  runners-up  include 
Gary  Croll  of  Moreno  Valley, 
California;  R.W.  Hansen  of 
Cheyenne,  Wyoming;  Ray- 
mond Ellsworth  of  Charlotte, 
North  Carolina;  Randall  Slink- 
ard  of  San  Diego,  California; 
and  Anthony  Dannoifo  of  Whi- 
testone.  New  York. 

Judges'  Summary 

As  a  judging  team  we  were 
first  impressed  with  the  varie- 
ty of  responses.  Each  design- 
er clearly  created  a  robot  of 
his  or  her  own  imagining.  The 
robots'  functions  ranged  from 
home  security  to  mainte- 
nance of  a  golf  ball  driving 
range.  In  all,  the  most  favora- 
ble entries  were  those  which, 
more  than  supercomputers,  fit 
the  definition  of  a  robot  as  a 
reprogrammable,  multifunction- 
al manipulator  with  mobility 
and  sensory  capabilities  as  de- 
fined by  job  needs.  Further- 
more, the  contest  winners 
demonstrated  extensive  think- 
ing in  the  areas  of  creative  ap- 
plications, design  concepts, 
electronic  applications,  and  fu- 
ture plans. 

With  these  parameters,  nei- 
ther the  age  of  the  designer 
nor  the  actuality  of  the  design 


(several  entries  are  possible 
fantasies)  seemed  relevant. 
The  ability  of  the  entrants  to 
communicate  their  ideas  be- 
came the  great  equalizer, 

The  Judges 

Julie  Thomas  is  an  ele- 
mentary teacher  who  caught 
the  robot  bug  from  her  stu- 
dents. She  has  been  recog- 
nized by  US  West,  the  Coo- 
per Foundation,  and  the  Na- 
tional Science  Teachers  Asso- 
ciation for  her  work  m  teach- 
ing  robot  classes  for  teachers 
and  kids  in  Nebraska.  Tho- 
mas is  a  graduate  teaching 
assistant  at  the  University  of 
Nebraska  at  Lincoln  while 
working  on  a  doctorate  in  sci- 
ence education.  Thomas  has 
an  art  teacher  husband  and 
two  teenage  daughters. 

Edward  Radanovich  was 
our  other  judge.  He  is  a  math 
teacher,  computer  science 
teacher,  and  computer  special- 
ist at  Omaha  South  High 
School  in  Nebraska.  Radanovi- 
ch became  interested  in  the 
use  of  robots  in  education 
while  teaching  at  South  High. 
During  the  last  five  years  he 
has  included  units  on  robot- 
ics in  his  computer  literacy 
classes.  He  and  his  classes 
have  programmed  the  RB5X 
robot  and  have  assembled 
several  of  the  MOVIT  robots 
like  those  offered  as  prizes  in 
the  contest. 

Prizes  for  the  contest  in- 
clude a  CompuBot  robot,  a 
Capsela  2000  robot,  and 
MOVIT  robots. 

1  want  to  thank  everyone 
for  your  delightful,  humorous, 
and  ingenious  robots!  They 
were  a  pleasure  to  review, 
and  they've  given  the  judges 
and  me  hope  that  the  robot 
revolution  may  one  day  still 
happen. 

In  my  column  next  month, 
we'll  take  an  in-depth  look  at 
the  grand  prize-winning  ro- 
bot, Golmer,  and  its  design- 
er, Gordon  H.  Smith.  O 


G-22        COI^PUTE    APRIL  1992 


BEGINNER  BASIC 


Larry  Cotton 


THE  KEYBOARD 
BUFFER 

This  month  I'll  present  a  short 
program  that  makes  use  of  the 
64's  keyboard  buffer.  For 
those  who  are  unfamiliar  with 
the  buffer,  it's  a  ten-byte  long 
area  in  the  64's  memory,  from 
631  to  640,  which  stores  key- 
strokes until  the  computer  has 
time  to  process  them.  There's 
also  a  memory  location,  198, 
which  contains  the  number  of 
bytes  currently  stored  in  the 
keyboard  buffer.  We'll  touch 
on  that  as  well. 

You  may  have  noticed  the 
buffer  in  action  when  you  out- 
type  SpeedScriptor  some  oth- 
er word  processor.  When  you 
pause,  the  buffer  gets  its 
chance  to  spew  its  contents. 
You  can  also  see  its  effect  by 
listing  a  BASIC  program  and 
then,  while  it's  listing,  entering 
RtJN  and  pressing  Return. 

To  test  the  effects  of  the  key- 
board buffer  in  the  immediate 
mode,  enter  a  fairly  long  FOR- 
NEXT  loop  and  then  type  a 
few  (ten  or  less)  keys  while  the 
loop  is  running.  Make  sure 
your  loop  is  long  enough  to 
give  yourself  enough  time  to  en- 
ter several  numbers  or  letters. 
After  the  loop  ends,  the  char- 
acters you  typed  will  be  dis- 
played on  the  screen.  Those 
characters  were  stored  in  mem- 
ory locations  631-640,  while 
the  total  number  of  characters 
entered  was  stored  in  memo- 
ry location  198. 

This  type  of  buffer  is  known 
as  FIFO.  That  stands  for  First 
In,  First  Out.  This  lets  you  en- 
ter characters  or  text  faster 
than  the  computer  can  print 
them,  without  losing  charac- 
ters. The  first  character  you 
type  will  be  the  first  one  the 
computer  prints.  Characters  en- 
tered after  the  buffer  is  full  will 
be  ignored. 

You  can  use  this  little  buffer 
in  an  unusual  way  to  simulate 
keystrokes.  That  is,  you  can 


trick  the  64  into  thinking  that 
you  have  typed  characters, 
when  in  fact  they  were  poked 
in.  Tricking  the  computer  in 
this  way  is  called  using  the 
dynamic  keyboard  technique. 
The  below  program  illustrates 
this  technique. 


COLORULC 


EA  10 

SM  20 

GF  30 

ME  40 

HB  50 

DD  60 

BQ  70 


TO    DO    SQRCX) 
PER    XT  (1/2) 
?=CHR5(175) :D5 


AK  8  0 
BP    90 

BK    10 

BD    11 

GJ    12 

AH  13 
CS  14 
MR  15 
MH  16 
BB    17 

EQ    18 

PJ    19 

MQ    23 

XX    21 


BH    220 


MC    2  3 
KG    24 


JC    25 
CG    26 


REM 
NTEF 

C$=CHR^(175) :DS=CH 
R5(20)  :E$=CHRS  (61) 
POKE214,13:PRINT:P 
RINT"(GRN)PRESS  AN 
Y  KEY.  .  . 
P0KE214,16:PRINT:P 
RINT"C6  SPACES}" 
GETAS:IFA$=""THEN5 
0 

PRINTCHR${147) : POK 
E532B0,1:POKE53281 
,1 

POKE214,7:PRINT:PR 
INT"{RED}ENTER    NUM 
BERS    AND    SIGNS,    TH 
EN    PRESS    ={DOWN} 
{BLUl 

GOSUB150:XS=BS 
PRrKT"{WHT)PRlNT"X 
$ 
0    PRINT"{3    DOWN}RUN 

{BLU} 

FORT=631T0637:POK 

ET,145;NEXT 

POKE638,13:POKE63 

9,13 

POKE198,9 

END 

BS="":L»0 

PRINTCS; 

GETASMFAS  =  ""THEN 

170 

IFAS=DSTHENG0SUB2 

40:GOTO160 

IFRS=E$THENPRINTD 

$AS: RETURN 

IFA5=CHRS (94)THEN 

220 

IFAS<CHRS{40)ORAS 

>CHR$(57)ORA5=CHR 

${44)THEN170 

PRINTDSAS; :BS=B$+ 

AS:L=L+1:IFL=39TH 

ENEND 

GOTO160 

ifl=0thenprintdS; 

: RETURN 

PRINTD$A$; :L=L-1: 
B$=LEFTS(B$,L) 
RETURN 


This  is  a  program  that  con- 
verts your  64  into  a  calculator. 
You  may  enter  any  string  of 
numbers  and  signs,  and  the 
computer  will  process  them  in 


the  correct  mathematical  or- 
der. (This  simple  program  will 
not  accept  trigonometric  func- 
tions or  scientific  notation,  but 
it  will  accept  parentheses  and 
exponents.) 

Briefly,  here's  how  it  works. 
The  calculation  line,  as  it's  en- 
tered, is  stored  as  B$  (line 
220).  Illegal  characters  are 
screened  out,  except  for  the  In- 
st/Del key.  When  the  user 
presses  the  equal  sign,  X$  be- 
comes B$  (line  80).  The  tricky 
part  is  line  90,  where  the 
word  PRINT  and  X$  get  print- 
ed in  the  same  color  as  the 
screen.  Since  that  color  is 
white,  you  can'l  see  it,  but  it's 
there. 

Then  the  cursor  moves 
down  three  lines  and  prints 
the  word  RUN — again  in 
white — so  it's  hidden  from  the 
user.  Now  it's  simply  a  matter 
of  bringing  the  cursor  up  to 
the  line  which  contains 
PRINT  and  simulating  a 
press  of  the  Return  key.  This 
is  where  the  dynamic  key- 
board comes  in.  Line  110 
pokes  seven  cursor-ups  into 
the  keyboard  buffer,  while 
line  120  pokes  CHR$(13) 
twice.  Line  130  pokes  the  num- 
ber of  keystrokes  to  memory 
register  198.  Meanwhile,  the 
cursor  has  been  changed 
from  white  back  to  blue  (end 
of  line  100),  so  the  answer  is 
printed  in  blue  on  a  white 
background — quite  readable. 
The  second  carriage  return  is 
strategically  placed  on  the 
line  where  RUN  has  been  en- 
tered and  is  waiting  for  a  new 
caiculation,  which  effectively 
starts  the  program  from  the  be- 
ginning again.  If  you'd  like  to 
see  what's  happening — albe- 
it rather  quickly— POKE 
53280  and  53281  with  a  0  in 
line  60. 

Next  month  we'll  write  a 
handy  little  program  that  will 
print  amortization  schedules. 
It  can  be  of  use  to  anyone 
who  is  buying  a  home  and 
has  a  mortgage.  O 


Tlie  64's  keyboard 
buffer  holds 
keystrokes  until 
the  CPU  Is 
ready  to  process 
them. 


APRIL  1992    COMPUTE        G-23 


PROGRAMMER'S  PAGE 


Randy  Thompson 


Here's  a  way 

to  peek 

the  SID  diip's  first 

25  registers 

to  determine  what 

values  have 

been  poked  there. 


PEEKABLE  POKES 

I  remember  how  frustrating  It 
was  when  1  wrote  my  first  BA- 
SIC sound  program.  Poking 
the  proper  numbers  Into  the 
64's  SID  chip  registers  was  dif- 
ficult enough,  but  every  time  I 
peeked  those  registers  to  ma- 
nipulate the  values  stored 
there,  all  I  got  was  a  0.  Noth- 
ing seemed  to  work. 

No  doubt  you  veteran  64  pro- 
grammers  out  there  know 
what  I  was  doing  wrong.  As 
most  of  us  have  already 
learned,  all  but  the  last  four 
SID  chip  registers  are  write- 
only.  In  other  words,  they  can 
be  poked  but  not  peeked. 
Peeking  any  one  of  the  SID 
chip's  first  25  registers  returns 
a  value  of  0,  no  matter  what  val- 
ue that  register  actually  con- 
tains. When  trying  to  create 
and  edit  sounds,  this  limitation 
can  be  quite  irritating. 

A  few  years  ago  I  solved 
this  problem  with  a  little  ma- 
chine language  routine  I  call 
Peekabte  Pokes.  As  the  title 
suggests,  this  program  allows 
you  to  peek  the  SID  chip  reg- 
isters (locations  54272- 
54300)  and  receive  the  value 
of  the  last  number  poked 
there.  For  example,  to  find 
your  64's  volume  setting,  all 
you  have  to  do  is  peek  loca- 
tion  54296. 

Peekable  Pokes  is  listed  be- 
low in  the  form  of  a  BASIC  sub- 
routine. When  executed,  this 
subroutine  stores  Peekable 
Potes'machine  code  in  mem- 
ory at  locations  49152-49295 
and  then  installs  the  routine 
with  a  SYS  command.  You 
can  include  this  subroutine  in 
your  own  programs  and  exe- 
cute a  GOSUB  1000  to  acti- 
vate Peekable  Pokes.  Of 
course,  you  may  change  the 
subroutine's  line  numbers  if 
you  need  to.  Line  1030  returns 
you  to  your  main  program. 

Peekable  Pokes  works  by  in- 
tercepting the  computer's  nor- 
mal PEEK  and  POKE  routines. 


When  one  of  these  two  BASIC 
commands  is  used,  Peekable 
Pokes  is  called  instead.  At 
this  point,  Peekable  Pokes  de- 
termines  whether  or  not  the 
memory  location  being  ac- 
cessed is  a  SID  chip  register. 
If  not,  control  is  given  back  to 
the  normal  ROM  routines.  If  it 
is,  one  of  two  things  happens, 
depending  on  whether  the 
statement  intercepted  is  a 
PEEK  or  a  POKE. 

In  the  case  of  a  POKE,  the 
value  being  poked  is  stored  in 
{vjo  places.  Not  only  is  it 
placed  in  the  appropriate  SID 
chip  register,  but  it  is  also 
placed  in  a  special  storage 
buffer  located  in  memory  at  lo- 
cations 49295-49323.  By  plac- 
ing this  number  into  normal 
RAM,  we  can  peek  it  iater. 

The  way  this  new  PEEK  rou- 
tine works  is  simple.  Instead  of 
fruitlessly  peeking  the  speci- 
fied SID  chip  register  (as  the 
BASIC  command  would  do), 
Peekable  Pokes  retrieves  the 
corresponding  value  from  its 
storage  buffer. 

When  using  Peekable 
Pokes,  keep  in  mind  that  you 
must  install  the  machine  code 
before  you  poke  any  values  in- 
to the  SID  chip.  And  unless 
you  have  previously  poked  a 
number  into  a  register,  you  can- 
not reliably  read  that  register 
via  PEEK. 

Speaking  of  the  SID  chip, 
this  music  and  sound  effects 
generator  gives  the  64  impres- 
sive audio  capabilities.  Each 
of  its  three  separate  voices 
has  16-bit  frequency  resolu- 
tion, waveform  control,  enve- 
lope shaping,  oscillator  syn- 
cftronization,  and  ring  modula- 
tion. When  you  add  high-pass, 
low-pass,  and  band-pass  fil- 
ters, it's  no  wonder  program- 
mers can  make  the  64  talk. 

How  about  sending  me 
some  small  sound  programs 
for  possible  publication  here 
in  "Programmer's  Page." 
What  I'm  lookng  for  are  crazy 
sound  effects — no  songs,  just 


some  good  honest  weird  nois- 
es. I'd  like  to  build  a  collection 
of  laser  zaps,  engine  roars, 
squeals,  blips,  kabloooeees, 
and  so  on.  If  your  sound  is  pub- 
lished, you'll  receive  our  usual 
monetary  compensation. 

So,  please,  mail  in  those 
sound  effects.  Send  your  pro- 
gramming tips  and  tricks  to 
Programmer's  Page,  COM- 
PUTE'S Gazette,  324  West 
Wendover  Avenue,  Suite  200, 
Greensboro.  North  Carolina 
27408.  We  pay  $25-$50  for 
each  tip  we  use. 


POKES 

REM  PEEKABLE  POK 

ES 

FOR  1=49152  TO  4 

9295:READ  D:CK=C 

K+D:POKE  I,D:NEX 

T 

IF  CK015281  THE 

N  PRINT  "**  ERRO 

R  IN  DATA  STATEM 

ENTS  **":END 

SYS    49152:RETURN 

DATA    169,21,141, 

8,3,169,192,141 

DATA    9,3,169,70, 

141,10,3,169 

DATA    192,141,11, 

3,96,32,115,0 

DATA    32,30,192,7 

6,174,167,208,1 

DATA    96,233,128, 

144,7,2CI1,23,240 

DATA    6,7  6,24  3,16 

7,76,165,169,32 

DATA    115,0,32,23 

5,183,32,132,192 

DATA    208,9,32,39 

,184,164,20,153 

DATA    143,192,96, 

76,39,184,169,0 

DATA    133,13,32,1 

15,0,201,194,240 

DATA    6,32,121,0, 

76,141,174,32 

DATA    115,0,32,24 

1,174,169,107,13 

3 

DATA    85,169,192, 

133,86, 32,84,0 

DATA    76,141,173, 

165,21,72,165,20 

DATA    72, 32,247,1 

83,32,132,192,20 


QK  1190  DATA  8,164,20,18 
5,143,192,76,26 

FQ  1200  DATA  184,76,22,1 
84,165,20,201,24 

JE  1210  DATA  176,4,165,2 
1,201,212,96,0    □ 


PEEKABLE 

CK 

1000 

MB 

1010 

ED 

1020 

JD 

1030 

HA 

1040 

GG 

1050 

RK 

1060 

FP 

1070 

FF 

1080 

BD 

1090 

GR 

1100 

XR 

1110 

DC 

1120 

KR 

1130 

KJ 

1140 

GO 

1150 

RR 

1160 

JM 

1170 

KE 

1180 

6-24        COMPUTE    APRIL  1992 


PROGRAMS 


GRAPHOS     For  0  a^ 

By  Frank  Gordon 

Certain  aspects  of  math  and  science  can 
be  difficult  to  comprehend  in  a  purely  thie- 
oreticai  presentation.  For  many  people,  it 
helps  to  fiave  such  material  presented  in 
the  form  of  a  graph.  That's  where  Gra- 
phos  comes  in. 

Graphos  (graph  operating  system)  is 
a  graphics  tool  for  studying  math  and  sci- 
ence formulas.  It  serves  as  electronic 
graph  paper,  enabling  a  student  to  rap- 
idly explore  and  plot  different  math  and 
science  equations. 

Typing  It  In 

Graphos  is  written  entirely  in  machine 
language,  but  it  loads  and  runs  like  a 
BASIC  program.  To  enter  it,  use  MLX, 
our  machine  language  entry  program; 
see  "Typing  Aids"  elsewhere  in  this  sec- 
tion. When  MLX  prompts  you,  respond 
with  the  values  given  below. 

Starting  address:  0BD1 
Ending  address:  OBEO 

Be  sure  to  save  a  copy  of  the  program 
before  you  exit  MLX. 

Graphos  installs  a  modified  copy  of 
BASIC  in  RAM,  giving  you  four  new  pro- 
gramming commands. 

SCREEN1  turns  the  hi-res  screen 
on,  and  SCREENO  turns  it  off. 

HUE0,1  provides  for  a  plot  of  black 
lines  on  a  white  bacl<ground.  HUE1,0 
would  print  white  on  black.  Use  any  of 
the  64's  16  colors  for  the  combination 
of  your  choice. 

WIPE  rapidiy  clears  the  hi-res 
screen. 

PLOTx,y(or  other  defined  variables) 
graphs  a  function. 

Since  Graphos  operates  with  a  mod- 
ified BASIC  in  RAM,  certain  error  con- 
ditions and  pressing  the  Run/Stop-Re- 
store keys  will  cause  the  original  ROM 
to  reappear.  To  reengage  Graphos,  en- 
ter POKE  1,54.  These  new  functions 
are  illustrated  in  the  demonstration  pro- 
grams Axis  and  Vibration. 

Using  the  Program 

When  you  load  and  run  Graphos.  it 
sets  up  the  graph  operating  system 
with  its  new  BASIC  commands.  You 
can  then  load  and  run  your  own  BASIC 
plotting  programs  such  as  Axis,  which 


serves  as  a  demonstration  program. 

0859 

:1D 

A0 

A9 

82 

80 

30 

A0 

A9 

95 

Let's  take  a  look  at  Axis  to  examine 

0861 

:C4 

8D 

31 

A0 

A9 

35 

80 

40 

E4 

some  useful  features.  Because  the  x- 

0369 

:A0 

A9 

C4 

30 

41 

A0 

A9 

0B 

90 

axls  prints  differently  to  the  screen  and 

0871 
0879 

:8D 
:A9 

36 
4C 

A0 

80 

A9 
3A 

C4 
A4 

80 

A9 

37 
00 

A0 

80 

EF 
20 

printer,  line  110  gives  you  a  choice  be- 

0881 

:3B 

A4 

A9 

C4 

80 

3C 

A4 

A0 

21 

tween  the  two.  The  default  is  S.  For  ei- 

0889 

:EA 

84 

FB 

A9 

08 

85 

FO 

A0 

3B 

ther  the  screen  or  printer,  the  con- 

0891 

:0a 

84 

FD 

A9 

04 

85 

FE 

A0 

F7 

stants  Z,  Z1 ,  and  Z2  are  set  to  give  an 
undistorted  graph.  The  position  of  the 

0899 

:00 

Bl 

FB 

91 

FD 

C8 

D0 

F9 

50 

08A1 
08A9 

:E6 

■.cs 

FC 

C0 

E6 
31 

FE 
00 

Bl 

F7 

FB 
A0 

91 

IB 

FD 
84 

CF 

7E 

coordinate  system  is  controlled  by  the 

08B1 

:FB 

A9 

0A 

85 

FC 

A0 

00 

84 

B2 

variables  XT  YT  XS,  and  YS  in  line 

08B9 

:FD 

A9 

CC 

85 

FB 

A0 

00 

Bl 

51 

155.  These  establish  the  position  of  the 

0801 

:fb 

91 

FD 

08 

D0 

F9 

E6 

FC 

B9 

X-  and  y-axes  and  their  starting  posi- 

0809 

E6 

FE 

Bl 

FB 

91 

FD 

08 

00 

09 

tions.  Then  EX  and  EY  expand  or 

08D1 
0809 

■C5 

43 

D0 
55 

F7 
C5 

A9 

50 

36 

4C 

85 

4F 

01 
04 

60 
53 

BC 
BD 

scale  the  graph.  Setting  these  varia- 

08E1 

■43 

52 

45 

45 

CE 

57 

49 

50 

DB 

bles  in  line  155  means  that  you  can  rap- 

03E9 

C5 

20 

18 

04 

8A 

0A 

AA 

4C 

52 

idly  change  the  axis  positions.  For  ex- 

08F1 

3D 

A4 

50 

46 

53 

20 

9E 

B7 

48 

ample,  list  Axis  and  change  a  few  of 

08F9 

E0 

01 

90 

05 

F0 

13 

4C 

48 

Dl 

the  variables.  Here  are  three  different 

0901 
0909 

B2 

3D 

A9 
18 

IB 
00 

80 
A9 

11 
97 

D0 
3D 

a9 

00 

15 
DD 

47 
60 

versions  you  may  want  to  try.  The  first 

0911 

60 

A9 

3B 

8D 

11 

00 

A9 

08 

25 

changes  only  line  155;  then  a  few  ad- 

0919 

8D 

18 

00 

A9 

94 

00 

EE 

A2 

15 

ditional  changes  are  added. 

0921 

20 

A9 

E0 

85 

FC 

A0 

00 

84 

11 

0929 

FB 

98 

91 

FB 

C8 

00 

FB 

E6 

B9 

155  XT=159:  YT=10:  XS=Z1:  YS=10:  EX=5*Z: 

0931 

FC 

CA 

00 

F6 

60 

20 

7B 

C4 

3D 

EY=2 

0939 

8A 

0A 

0A 

0A 

0A 

85 

02 

20 

7F 

0941 

FD 

AE 

20 

7B 

C4 

8A 

05 

02 

16 

0949 

A0 

00 

84 

FC 

A0 

00 

84 

FB 

46 

155  XT=Z2:  YT=10:  XS=Z2:  YS=10:  EX=20*Z: 

0951 

A2 

02 

91 

FB 

C8 

D0 

FB 

E6 

8F 

EY=2 

0959 

FC 

CA 

10 

F6 

91 

FB 

08 

00 

DC 

250  FOR  X=0  TO  8  STEP  .GS 

0961 

E8 

90 

F9 

60 

20 

9E 

B7 

E0 

ID 

0969 

10 

B0 

11 

60 

20 

EB 

B7 

86 

7E 

0971 

02 

A9 

C7 

38 

E5 

02 

85 

02 

AF 

155  XT=Z2:  YT=100:  XS=Z2:  YS=0:  EX=3*Z: 

0979 

C9 

C8 

90 

03 

40 

46 

B2 

A5 

73 

EY=10 

0981 

15 

F0 

0A 

C9 

01 

D0 

F5 

A5 

15 

250  FOR  Y=-B  TO  8  STEP  .05 

0989 

14 

C9 

40 

B0 

EF 

A9 

00 

85 

06 

260  X=Y*Y 

270  X1=EX*X+XT:  Y1=EY*Y+YT:  PL0TX1,Y1: 

0991 

FB 

A9 

E0 

85 

FC 

AS 

14 

29 

50 

0999 
09A1 

F8 
65 

18 
FC 

65 

85 

FB 
FC 

85 

A5 

FB 
02 

A5 
29 

15 
07 

17 
B4 

NEXTY 

09A9 

IB 

65 

FB 

85 

FB 

90 

02 

E6 

06 

89B1 

FC 

A5 

02 

4A 

4A 

4A 

0A 

AA 

CA 

Once  the  x-axis  and  y-axis  have  been 

09B9 

BD 

F7 

C4 

18 

65 

FB 

85 

FB 

E4 

set,  the  program  can  be  used  as  a  tem- 
plate for  others. 

09C1 

BD 

P8 

C4 

65 

FC 

85 

FC 

A5 

70 

0  9C9 
09D1 

14 
34 

29 
85 

07 
01 

AA 
Bl 

A0 
FB 

00 
10 

78 
29 

A9 
05 

5B 
07 

Vibration  is  another  sample  pro- 

09D9 

91 

FB 

A9 

36 

35 

01 

58 

60 

8D 

gram,  it  illustrates  a  common  curve 

09E1 

00 

00 

40 

01 

80 

02 

C0 

03 

9C 

found  in  science.  The  vibration  is 

09E9 

00 

05 

40 

06 

30 

07 

C0 

08 

4F 

damped  by  friction  or  some  other  out- 

09F1 

00 

0A 

40 

0B 

80 

0C 

C0 

00 

02 

side  force,  such  as  a  shock  absorber. 

09F9 
0A01 

00 
00 

0F 
14 

40 
40 

10 
15 

30 
80 

11 
16 

C0 
C0 

12 
17 

B4 
68 

Change  variable  DF  to  modify  the  de- 

0A09 

00 

19 

40 

lA 

30 

IB 

00 

IC 

IB 

gree  of  damping.                    , 

0A11 

00 

IE 

80 

40 

20 

10 

08 

04 

16 

0A19 

02 

01 

AD 

00 

00 

29 

03 

4  9 

07 

GRAPHOS 

0A21 

03 

A0 

06 

BA 

88 

D0 

FC 

8D 

4F 

0A29 

84 

03 

AD 

18 

00 

29 

08 

F0 

A3 

I3B01:0C    08    0A    00    9E    20    32    30    £4 

0A31 

09 

13 

A9 

20 

60 

84 

03 

8D 

18 

0B09:36    32    00    00    00    A0    00    84    C7 

0A39 

84 

03 

A9 

00 

20 

BD 

FF 

A9 

27 

0811:61    A9    A0    85    62    Bl    61    91   D6 

0A41 

04 

AA 

A0 

FF 

20 

BA 

FF 

20 

22 

0819:61    C8    D0    F9    E6    62    A5    62    34 

0A49 

C0 

FF 

A2 

04 

20 

C9 

FF 

B0 

2B 

0821:C9    C0    D0    Fl    A0    02    B9    D9    D9 

0A51 

03 

40 

3D 

CO 

4C 

20 

CD 

A9 

96 

0829:08    99   BE    A0    88    10    F7   A0    9A 

0A59- 

03 

20 

02 

FF 

A9 

00 

20 

D2 

68 

0831:33    B9    DC    08    99    E5    A0    88    7B 

0A61 

FF 

A2 

00 

A9 

01 

80 

C6 

CD 

52 

0839:10    F7    A2    05    BD    E0    08    9D    13 

0A69: 

A9 

00 

BD 

C7 

CD 

A9 

00 

8D 

23 

0841;F1    A0    CA    10    F7    A2    03    BD    DA 

0A71. 

C8 

CD 

A9 

C7 

3D 

09 

OD 

20 

5E 

0849:E6    08    9D    09    Al    CA    10    F7    63 

0A79: 

El 

FF 

00 

03 

4C 

20 

CD 

8A 

Dl 

0851 :A9    4B    80    IC    A0    A9    C4    80    3F 

0A31: 

48 

98 

48 

20 

29 

CD 

68 

A8 

E4 

APRIL  1992    COMPUTE        G-25 


PROGRAMS 


0A89 
0A91 
0fl99 

0Aft9 
0AB1 
0AB9 
0AC1 
0AC9 
0AD1 
0AD9 
0AE1 
0AE9 
0AF1 
0AF9 
0B01 
0839 
0B11 
0B19 
0B21 
0B29 
0B31 
0B39 
0B41 
0B49 
0B51 
0B59 
0B61 
0B69 
0B71 
0B79 
0B31 
0BS9 
0B91 
0B99 
0BA1 
0BA9 
0BB1 
0BB9 
0BC1 
0BC9 
0BD1 
0BD9: 

AXIS 


QA  100 
CE  105 
QH  110 


KB  115 


BE  120 
SC  125 


QJ  130 
BE  135 
FJ  140 


:68  AA  AD 
:F0  0C  AD 
:8D  CA  CD 
:CD  49  FF 
;CD  0E  C6 
:S<3  F0  14 
;01  8D  C7 
:00  8D  ca 
;CA  CD  09 
;AD  CA  CD 
tCA  CD  8E 
:CE  CD  AB 
:CE  CD  D0 
:01  3D  C6 
;CD  38  AD 
;C7  CD  AD 
;Ce  CD  CE 
;C9  FF  F0 
;2D  B0  IF 
107  8D  C7 
;00  8D  C8 
;C9  CD  A9 
; 5D  CC  A9 
;E7  FF  60 
;8D  CC  CD 
t4A  AS 
;AC  CD 
!CC  CD 
I  85  FC 
r85  FC 
107  A8 
:D0  FC 
;CD  65  FC 
:29  F8  AS 
:86  01  Bl 
:58  A8  68 
iSD  CD  CD 


B9 
85 
85 
18 
AD 
C8 
8D 


00  40 
00  40 
00  40 
02  03 
0C  0D  0F 
16  17  19 


80 
80 
80 
05 


CD  CD 
CA  CD 
4C  8F 

2D  CA 
CD  AD 
18  AD 
CD  AD 
CD  4C 
30  E0 
29  IF 
CF  CD 
20  D2 
F6  AE 
CD  A9 
C7  CD 
C8  CD 
C9  CD 
03  4C 
18  AD 
CD  AD 
CD  E8 
0D  20 
0D  20 
AD  C9 
AD  C9 
92  CD 
FC  18 
FB  A5 
AD  8  4 
C7  CD 
A9  00 
CB  CD 
8  5  FC 
8A  48 
FB  A2 
AA  98 
60  00 
C0  00 
Ca  00 
C0  00 
06  07 
10  11 
TA  IB 


2D  CB 
0D  06 

CC  AD 
CD  8D 
C6  CD 
C7  CD 
C8  CD 
5D  CC 
2D  90 
09  80 
A6  02 
FF  98 
CF  CD 
00  8D 
E9  06 
E9  00 
AD  C9 
5D  CC 
C7  CD 
C8  CD 
A9  C7 
D2  FF 
D2  FF 
CD  29 
CD  4A 
8  5  FB 
A5  FB 
FC  69 
03  65 
29  07 
38  2A 
18  AD 
AD  C7 
78  A2 
36  86 
2D  CB 
40  80 
40  80 
40  80 
40  00 
03  0A 
12  14 
IC  IE 


CD  97 
CD  81 
C6  77 
CA  3  5 
C9  CB 
69  D7 
69  ID 
AD  4E 
0A  C6 
8D  67 
8E  31 
CE  7E 
A9  5C 
CA  D2 
8D  E4 
8D  54 
CD  F3 
E0  AC 
69  E8 
69  89 
8D  A3 
4C  3E 
20  A3 
07  11 
4A  52 
B9  4D 
6D  76 

00  B5 
FC  57 
49  26 
88  AE 
C8  A0 
CD  D3 
34  D5 

01  25 
CD  A4 
C0  7C 
C0  B6 
C0  BE 
01  06 
0B  lA 
15  22 
IF  2A 


REM  —  AXIS  — 
PRINT "{CLR}" 
PRINT "OUTPUT  TO  SCREEN 
{SPACEJOR  PRINTER  (S/P) 
(4  SPACES}S{3  LEFT)"; :I 
NPUTAS 

IF  A$="S"  THEN  Z=1.33:Z 
1=0:Z2=26.4:GOTO130:REM 
VALUES  FOR  SCREEN  OUTP 
UT 

IF  AS<>"P"  THEmi0 
Z>'1.208:Z1  =  2.01:Z2  =  38.2 
4: REM  VALUES  FOR  PRINTS 
R  OUTPUT 
SCREEN  1:HUE0,1 
WIPE 
REM  —  SET  UP  CONSTANTS 


EX  155 

GX  160 

HH  165 

KJ  170 

JF  175 

BP  180 

XH  185 

XE  190 

AE  195 

JB  200 

KP  205 

BX  210 

RH  215 

EB  220 

FG  225 

BS  249 

SQ  250 

HP  260 

GX  270 

PQ  999 

GE  1000 

JK  1010 

RF  102  0 


PANS  ION  FACTORS  FOR  X  A 

ND  Y  COORDINATES. 

XT=159:VT=100:XS=Z1:YS= 

0:EX=5*Z:EY=1 

REM  —  CALIBRATE  X  COOR 

DINATES  — 

FORX=XS    T0319    STEP5*Z 

Y  =  YT : PLOTX , Y : NE  XTX 

FORX=XS    T0319    STEP10*Z 

F0RY=YT-1    TO    YT+1:PL0TX 

,  Y:NEXTY'.NEXTX 

FORX=Z2T0319    STEP50*Z 

F0RY=YT-2    TO    YT+2: PLOTX 

, Y:NEXTY:NEXTX 

REM  —  CALIBRATE  Y  COOR 

DINATES  — 

FOR    Y=YST0199    STEP5 

X=XT : PLOTX , Y : NEXT Y 

FOR  Y=YS  TO  199  STEP  10 

FOR    X=XT-1    TO    XT+1;PL0T 

X,Y:NEXTX:NEXTY 

FOR    Y=YS    TO    199    STEP50 

FOR    X=XT-3    TO    XT+3:PL0T 


X,Y:NEXTX:NEXTY 


HS    145    REM    --    XT    AND    YT    SET    X 
CSPACE}AND    Y    AXES.    XS    A 
ND    YS    SET    START    OF    X    AN 
D    Y    AXES. 

DG    150    REM    —    EX    AND    EY    ARE    EX 

G-26       COMPUTE    APRIL  1992 


REM  —  AXIS.l  GRAPH  — 
FOR  X=-8  TO  8  STEP  .05 
Y=X*X 

Xl=EX*X+XT: Y1=EY*Y+YT: P 
L0TX1,Y1:NEXTX 
REM    —    SCREEN    OR    HARDCO 
PY    -- 
GET    AS: IF    AS=""    THEN10 
00 

PRINT    "{CLR}":SCREEN    0 
IPRINTCHRS (14) 
PRINT"HARDCOPV     (Y/N) 
{4    SPACES3n{3    LEFT}";: 
INPUTAS: IFA$="N"    THENl 
080 
JR    1030    IFAS<>"Y"THEN1010 
GF    1040    PRINT"SINGLE    OR    DOUBLE 
WIDTH     (S/D) {4    SPACES} 
S{3    LEFT}"; : INPUT AS 
XB    1050     IFA5="S"    THEN    POKE 2, I: 

GOTO1070 
KS    1360    POKE2,2:IPA$<>"D"THENl 

040 
CR    1070    SCREEN    1;SYS52224 
KS    1080    SCREEN    0 : PRINTCHR? ( 14 ) 
:LIST 


VIBRATION 

BA  100  REM  —  DAMPED  VIBRATION 

CE     105    PRINT" (CLR}" 

QH     110     PRINT"OUTPUT    TO    SCREEN 

{SPACE}OR  PRINTER  (S/P) 

(4  SPACSS}S{3  LEFT}";:I 

NPUTAS 
KB  115  IF  A$="S"  THEN  Z=1.33:Z 

1=0:Z2=26.4:GOTO130:REM 
VALUES  FOR  SCREEN  OUTP 

UT 
BE  120  IF  AS<>"P"  THEN110 
SC  125  Z  =  1.208;Zl=2. 01:32  =  38. 2 

4: REM  VALUES  FOR  PRINTE 

R  OUTPUT 


QJ  130  SCREEN  1:HUE«,1 

BE  135  WIPE 

FJ  140  REM  —  SET  UP  CONSTANTS 

HS  14  5  REM  —  XT  AND  YT  SET  X 

{SPACE} AND  Y  AXES.  XS  A 

ND  YS  SET  START  OF  X  AN 

D  Y  AXES. 
DG  150  REM  —  EX  AND  EY  ARE  EX 

PANSION  FACTORS  FOR  X  A 

ND  Y  COORDINATES, 
KB  155  XT=Z2:YT=100:XS=Z2:YS=0 

:EX=ia*Z:EY=l 
GX  160  REM  —  CALIBRATE  X  COOR 

DINATES  — 
HM  165  FORX=XS  TO  319  STEP  5*Z 
KJ  170  Y=YT:PLOTX,Y:NEXTX 
JF  175  FORX=XS  TO  319  STEP  10* 

Z 
BP  180  F0RY=YT-1  TO  YT+1: PLOTX 

,Y:NEXTY:NEXTX 
XH  185  F0RX=Z2  TO  319  STEP  50* 

Z 
XE  190  F0RY=YT-2  TO  YT+2: PLOTX 

, Y : NEXT Y:NE XTX 
AE  195  REM  —  CALIBRATE  Y  COOR 

DINATES  — 
JB  200  FOR  Y=yS  TO  199  STEP  5 
KP  205  X=XT:PLOTX,Y:NEXTY 
BX  210  FOR  Y=YS  TO  199  STEP  10 
RH  215  FOR  X=XT-1  TO  XT+1:PL0T 

X,Y:NEXTX:NEXTY 
EB  220  FOR  Y=YS  TO  199  STEP  50 
FG  225  FOR  X=XT-3  TO  XT+3:PL0T 

X,Y:NEXTX:NEXTY 
AD  249  DF=5:REM  DAMPING  FA 

CTOR  — 
CK  250  FOR  X=.001  TO  20  STEP  . 

05 
QB  260  Y-a0*SIN(3*X)*EXP(-X/DF 

) 
MJ  270  X1=EX*X+Z2;Y1=EY*Y+YT:P 

L0TX1,Y1:NEXTX 
PQ  999  REM  —  SCREEN  OR  HARDCO 

PY  — 
GE  1000  GET  A$:IF  A$=""  THEN10 
00 
' JK  1010  PRINT  "{CLR}":SCREEN  0 
:PRINTCHRS (14) 
RF  1020  PRINT"HARDCOPY  (Y/N) 

{4  SPACES}N{3  LEFT}";: 
INPUTAS:IFA$="N"  THENl 
080 
JR  1030  IFA$<>"Y"THEN1010 
GF  1040  PRINT"SINGLE  OR  DOUBLE 
WIDTH  (S/D) {4  SPACES) 
S{3  LEFT}"; : I NPUTAS 
XB  1050  IFAS="S"  THEN  P0KE2,1: 

GOTO1070 
KS  1060  POKE2,2:IFAS<>"D"THENl 

040 
CR  1070  SCREEN  1:SYS52224 
KS  1080  SCREEN  0:PRINTCHR$(14) 
:LIST 


Frank     Gordon     lives     in     Orono, 
Maine. 


THE  CUBE 


By  Michael  J.  Pope  Jr. 

If  you  like  mind  games,  you'll  love  The 
Cube.  The  object  of  this  simple  but  per- 
plexing game  is  to  move  the  15  colored 
blocks  to  create  the  shape  shown  in  the 
upper  right-hand  part  of  the  screen. 

Gettmg  Started 

The  Cube  is  written  entirely  in  BASIC. 
To  avoid  typing  errors,  use  The  Automat- 
ic Proofreader;  see  "Typing  Aids"  else- 
where in  this  section.  Be  sure  to  save 
a  copy  of  the  program  before  you  exit 
Proofreader, 

Playing  the  Game 

When  the  game  begins,  you'll  see  four 
rows  of  colored  blocks.  All  but  one  of 
the  rows  will  contain  four  blocks.  One 
row  will  contain  a  blank  space.  You'll 
see  a  gray  frame  around  the  first 
block;  this  frame  represents  your  cur- 
sor. Use  the  cursor  keys  to  move  the 
frame  from  block  to  block. 

To  move  the  colored  blocks  around 
the  screen,  place  your  cursor  on  any 
block  adjacent  to  the  blank  space  and 
press  f1.  That  block  will  move  into  the 
space  that  formerly  was  blank.  (Diago- 
nal moves  are  not  allowed.)  By  moving 
blocks  around  in  this  fashion,  you  can 
eventually  re-create  the  shape  shown 
in  the  corner.  To  check  your  progress 
during  the  game,  press  f7.  Press  f7  at 
the  end  to  see  how  many  moves  it 
took  you  to  complete  the  puzzle. 

THE  CUBE 


LR 

REM   COPYRIGHT    1992    -   COM 
PUTE    PUBLICATIONS    INTL    L 
TD    -    ALL    RIGHTS    RESERVED 
PRINT" {CLR}":POKE53281,l 
:POKE53280,1 
R=0:PRINT"{8    SPACES}THE 
{SPACE) CUBE    " 
A=1133:B=55410:FORK=1TO4 
:READG:F0RT=1T04:P0KE    A, 
160:POKEB,G:A=A+1:B=B+1 
NEXTT:A=A+36:B=B+36:NEXT 
K:P0KE1141,32 
DIM    Al (16) :B1=1:TR=0 
R=R+1:K=INT (RND (0)*16+1 
) :IF    A1(K) =0THEN    T=T: 
{4    SPACES  }READL:A1(K)=-L 
:GOTO230 
R=R-1:GOTO210 
IF    RO16THEN210 
A=1105:C=55377:Z=1 


AS 

0  C 

EQ 

10 

CQ 

60 

GR 

70 

DQ 

80 

MG    90 


RD    100 
AG    210 


QQ    220 
BX    230 

RF    235 


JH 

240 

F0RM=Z  TOZ+3  ;B-A:D-C 

B1=14THEN620 

QS 

250 

F0RK=1  T04;FORT=1  T06:P 

JE 

525 

GOTO320 

0KED,A1(M) ;POKEB,160:B= 

BX 

530 

IF  B1=10ORB1=7ORB1=12OR 

B+1:D=D+1 

B1=15THEN620 

CX 

260 

NEXT  T:B=B+34:D=D+34:NE 

QF 

535 

GOTO320 

XT  K;A=A+7  :C=C+  7:NEXT 

GO 

540 

IF  B1=110RB1=8  0RB1=16T 

M:A=B+19:C=D+19 

HEN620 

SE 

270 

IFB>1690THENPRINT" 

AF 

545 

GOTO320 

{3  UP}":GOTO30a 

BA 

550 

IF  Bl=9  ORB1=14THEN630 

SK 

280 

Z=Z+4:GOTO240 

EG 

555 

GOTO320 

BB 

300 

V=5324  8:POKE2040,13:FOR 
S=83  2T0832+62:READGtPOK 

QF 

560 

IF  Bl=13ORBl=10ORBl=15T 
HEN630 

ES,G:NEXT 

JH 

56  5 

GOTO 3 20 

EF 

310 

POKEV+2 1 , 1 : POKE V+39 ,  15 : 

POKEV,32:POKEV+1,60  : PO 

XB 

57  0 

IF  Bl=140RBl=110RBl=16T 
HEN630 

KEV+23,l;P0KEV+29,l:X=3 

QJ 

575 

GOTO 3 20 

2:Y=60 

EQ 

580 

IF  Bl=15ORBl=12THEN630 

JS 

320 

GET  A$:IF  A$="(UP}"AND 

AJ 

585 

GOTO 3 20 

{SPACEjY>=100THEN  Y=y-4 

JB 

600 

IF  G=l  THEN  B=1105:D=55 

0:POKEV+l,Y:Bl=Bl-4:  GO 

377;GOTO  640 

TO320 

MM 

601 

IF  G=2  THEN  B=1112:D=55 

KR 

330 

IP  A$="{ DOWN) "AND  Y<=14 

384:GOTO  640 

0THEN  Y=Y+40:POKEV+1,Y: 

XB 

602 

IF  G=3  THEN  B=1119:D=55 

Bl=Bl+4:  GOTO320 

391:GOTO  640 

DH 

340 

IF  A$="[RIGHT}"AND  X<=1 
44THEN  X=X+56:P0KEV 

RP 

603 

IF  G=4  THEN  B=1126:D=55 
398:GOTO  640 

{2  SPACES}, X:B1=B1+I:  G 

FK 

610 

IF  G=5  THEN  B=1305:D=55 

OTO320 

577:GOTO  640 

MM 

350 

IF  AS="{LEFTl"AND  X>=88 
THEN  X=X-56:P0KEV 

GO 

611 

IF  G=6  THEN  B=1312:D=^5 
584:GOTO  640 

{2  SPACES}, X:B1=B1-1:G0 

MK 

612 

IF  G=7  THEN  B=1319:0=55 

TO320 

591:GOTO  640 

GD 

360 

IF  A$="{F1}"  THEN  400 

KD 

613 

IF  G=8  THEN  B=1326:D=55 

GX 

370 

IF  A$="fF7}"  THEN  760 

598:GOTO  640 

XP 

380 

GOTO 32  0 

BB 

620 

IF  G=9  THEN  B=1505;D=55 

GP 

400 

F0RG=1T016:IF  A1(G)=1TH 

777:GOTO  640 

ES  420 

SH 

621 

IF  G=10THEN  B=1512:D=55 

EM 

410 

NEXT 

784:GOTO  640 

DE 

420 

ON  G  GOTO  430,440,450,4 
60,470,480,490,500,510, 

JR 

622 

IF  G=11THEK  B=1519:D=55 
791:GOTO  640 

520.,530,540,550,560,570 

RH 

623 

IF  G=12THEN  B=1526;D=55 

,580 

798:GOTO  640 

CE 

430 

IF  Bl=2  OR  Bl=5  THEN600 

CC 

630 

IF  G=13THEN  B=I705:D=55 

AS 

435 

GOTO320 

977:GOTO  640 

SP 

440 

IF  Bl=l  OR  Bl=3  OR  Bl=6 

THEN600 

DX 

631 

IF  G=14THEN  B=1712:D=55 
984:GOT0  640 

EX 

445 

GOTO320 

QF 

632 

IF  G=15THEN  B=1719:D=55 

CH 

450 

IF  Bl=2  OR  Bl=4  OR  Bl=7 

991:GOTO  640 

THEN600 

CX 

633 

IF  G=16THEN  B=1726:D-55 

KA 

455 

GOTO320 

998:GOTO  640 

JS 

460 

IF  Bl=3  ORBl=a  THEN600 

HP 

635 

GOTO  320 

RB 

465 

GOTO320 

SS 

640 

J=0:TR=TR+1 

AS 

470 

IF  Bl=l  0RB1=6  0RB1=9  T 
HEN610 

QS 

650 

J=J+1:F0RT*1  T06:POKED, 
Al(Bl): POKES, 160 :B-B+1: 

BB 

475 

GOTO320 

D=D+l:NEXTT 

ES 

480 

IF  Bl=5  0RB1=2  0RB1=70R 
BI=10THEN610 

XM 

660 

B=B+34;D=D+34:IF  J>3THE 
N  670 

FC 

485 

G0T032a 

AX 

661 

GOTO 650 

BF 

490 

IF  Bl=6  0RB1=3  0RB1-80R 
B1=11THEN610 

SB 

670 

IFB1=1  THEN  B=110S;D»55 
377:GOTO  710 

KD 

495 

GOTO320 

KM 

671 

IFB1=2  THEN  B=1112:D»55 

FH 

500 

IF  B1=70RB1=4  0RB1=12TH 

384:GOTO  710 

EN610 

JA 

672 

IFB1=3  THEN  B=1119:D=55 

AC 

505 

GOTO320 

391: GOTO  710 

GS 

510 

IF  Bl=5  ORBl=10ORBl=13T 

HEN620 

MM 

673 

IFB1=4  THEN  B=1126:D-55 
398:GOTO  710 

ED 

515 

GOTO320 

DK 

680 

IFB1=5  THEN  B=1305:D=55 

JB 

520 

IF  Bl=9  0RB1=60RB1=110R 

577:GOTO  710 

APRIL  1992    COMPUTE        G-27 


PROGRAMS 


BC 

681 

RJ 

682 

sc 

683 

HB 

690 

HP 

691 

GR 

692 

CJ 

693 

CE 

700 

SC 

701 

BF 

702 

PD 

703 

GX 

705 

XG 

710 

CX 

720 

DJ 

730 

FC 

740 

KA 

750 

XF 

760 

OB   770 

MQ    780 

SQ    790 

XG    800 

EE    810 
GQ    820 


IFB1=6  THEN  B=1312:D=55 
584:GOTO  710 
IFB1=7  THEN  6=1319:0=55 
591:G0TO  710 
IFB1=8  THEN  B=1326:D=55 
598:GOTO  710 
IFB1=9  THEN  B=1505:D=55 
777: GOTO  710 
IFBl=10THEN  B=1512:D=55 
784: GOTO  710 
IFB1=11THEN  B=1519:D=55 
791:GOTO  710 
IFB1=12THEN  B=1526;D=55 
798:G0TO  710 
IFB1=13THEN  B=1705;D=55 
977:GOTO  710 
IFB1=14THEN  B=1712:D=55 
984:GOTO  710 
IFB1=15THEN  B=1719:D=55 
991:GOTO  710 
IFBl=ieTHEN  B=1726:D=55 
998:GOTO  710 
GOTO  3  20 
J  =  0 

J=J+1;F0RT=1  T06:P0KED, 
A1(G  ) ;POKEB,160:B=B+1: 
D=D+1:NEXTT 

B=B+34:D=D+34:IF  J>3THE 
N  750 
GOTO720 

Al(0) =A1(B1) :A1(B1)=A1  ( 
G) :Al(G)=al(0) :G=B1:G0T 
0320 

R=0:IF  A1{1}=0  AND  Al(2 
)=0  AND  Al(3)=0  THEN  R= 
R+1 

IF  Al (5)=2  AND  Al (e)=2 
{SPACEjAND  fll(7)=2  AND 
{SPACEiAlC8)=2  THEN  R=R 
+  1 

IP  Al(9)=6  AND  Al(10)=6 
AND  Al(H)=6  AND  Al(12 
}=6  THEN  R=»R  +  1 
IF  Al(13)=5  AND  Al(14>= 
5  AND  Altl5)=5  AND  Al(l 
6)=  5f2  SPACES }THEN  R=B 
+  1 

IF  R=4  THEN  PRINT" 
{HOME) {21  DOWNlCONGRATU 
LATIONS  IT  ONLY  TOOK  YO 
U"; 

IF  R=4  THEN  PRINT  TR;"T 
IMES  TO  SOLVE  THE  POZZL 
E":END 

PRINT"{HOHE) {22  DOWN}  K 
EEP  TRYING" :F0RT=1  TO  3 


AM  830  POKE209,0:POKE210,212tP 

OKE211,0:PRINT"0D  HU{V> 

{RVS}<0>{OFF}@@@9@S@«U 

RF  840  N=54296:NEXT:POKEN,0:PR 
INT" {HOME} {22  DOWN) 
{12  EPACES}":GOTO3Z0 

PX  850  REM  ***************** 

KM    860    REM    "{RIGHT}"    =    RIGHT    M 
OVEMENT 

MK    870    REM    "{LEFT}"    =    LEFT    MOV 

G-28        COMPUTE    APRIL  1992 


RH 

880 

AC 

890 

HK 

90  0 

PD 

910 

SX 

920 

FC 

930 

RG 

100 

MR 

101 

JM 

102 

AQ  103 


EMENT 

REM  "{OP}"  =  UPWARD  MOV 

EMENT 

REM  "{DOWN}"  =  DOWNWARD 

MOVEMENT 
REM  "{Fl}"  =  SWITCHES  T 
HE  BLOCKS 

REM  "{F7}"  =  CHECKS  TO 
{SPACE}SEE  IF  PUZZLE  IS 

SOLVED 
REM  PROGRAM  WRITTEN  BY 
{SPACE}HICHAEL  POPE 

RgJ^   ***************** 

0  DATA  0,2,6,5,0,0,0,1,2 
,2,2,2,6,6,6,6,5,5,5,5 
,0,0,0,255,255,255 

0  DATA  255,255,255,192,0 
,3,192,0,3,192,0,3,192 
,0,3,192,0,3,192,0,3,1 
92,0,3 

0  DATA  192,0,3,192,0,3,1 
92,0,3,192,0,3,192,0,3 
,192,0,3,192,0,3,192,0 
,3 

0  DATA  192,0,3,255,255,2 
55,255,255,255 


Michael  J.  Pope  Jr, 
North  Carolina. 


lives  in  Raleigh, 


GEOLYNX  For  Cil^ 

By  Stephen  Van  Egmond 
Telecommunication  has  revolutionized 
computers.  We  can  send  electronic  mail 
across  the  country  at  the  push  of  a  but- 
ton; we  can  chat  with  hundreds  of  other 
people;  and  we  can  get  to  know  people 
without  ever  seeing  their  faces. 

For  some  time  now,  GEOS  and  tele- 
communication haven't  merged  well  be- 
cause of  GEOS'  new  file  format.  I  imag- 
ine that  some  people  have  attempted  to 
transfer  a  G£OS file  and  have  been  sur- 
prised by  the  fact  that  most  or  all  of  the 
file  has  disappeared. 

GeoLynx  converts  GEOS  files  so  that 
they  can  be  sent  via  modem.  It  doesn't 
combine  files,  as  the  name  would  seem 
to  imply.  I  thought  it  best  to  leave  that  to 
the  otfier  programs  made  to  do  this, 
such  as  Archive,  LHArchive,  and  the 
like,  rather  than  make  my  own  compres- 
sion routine. 

The  files  that  geoLynx  creates  are  on- 
ly one  block  longer  than  the  original 
ones,  and  the  program  works  with  either 
SEQor  VLIR  (Variable  Length  Indexed  Re- 
cord) files.  The  program  can't  be  used  for 
sending  applications  by  modem  for  the 
purposes  of  pirating  because  of  the 
GfOS  serial  number  copy  protection. 


Getting  Started 

GeoLynx  is  written  entirely  in  machine 
language.  To  type  it  in,  use  MLX.  our 
machine  language  entry  program;  see 
"Typing  Aids"  elsewhere  in  this  sec- 
tion. When  MLX  prompts,  respond 
with  the  following  values. 

Starting  address:  0247 
Ending  address:  1526 

After  you've  typed  in  the  program,  be 
sure  to  save  it  before  you  exit  MLX. 
Next,  you'll  have  to  convert  the  pro- 
gram so  it  will  run  under  GEOS.  To  do 
that,  you'll  need  a  copy  of  geoCon- 
verter.  GEOS  users  may  already  have 
a  copy  of  this  utility  since  we  have  pub- 
lished it  before.  You  can  also  find  a 
copy  on  Gazette's  GEOS  Collection 
disk,  A  copy  of  the  program  is  printed 
below,  It  is  whtten  entirely  in  BASIC.  To 
help  avoid  typing  errors,  enter  it  with 
The  Automatic  Proofreader.  See  "Typ- 
ing Aids"  again. 

When  you  have  both  programs  on 
disk,  run  geoConverter.  When  it  asks 
for  a  file  name  to  convert  to  GEOS  for- 
mat, give  it  the  filename  you  used  to 
save  geoLynx.  It  will  then  copy  the  pro- 
gram and  convert  it  into  a  file  that 
GEOS  will  recognize.  Your  new  geoL- 
ynx file  will  then  be  ready  to  use  when 
you  boot  GEOS. 

Using  the  Program 

GeoLynx  works  with  any  model  floppy 
drive  that  works  with  GEOS.  I  don't 
know  of  its  performance  on  the  CtvlD 
HD  series,  but  I  suspect  that  Cf\j1D 
knew  what  it  was  doing  when  it  made 
its  hard  drive  100  percent  compatible 
with  GEOS.  GeoLynx  aWows  you  to  en- 
ter a  description  for  each  file  that  you 
pack  and  displays  this  description 
while  it's  unpacking  the  file. 

After  running  the  program  from  the 
deskTop,  you  are  presented  with  a  col- 
ored screen  with  three  options:  Pack, 
Unpack,  and  Quit.  The  screen  is  divid- 
ed into  several  areas.  The  middle  of 
the  screen  is  your  main  work  area. 
Here,  you  will  highlight  your  flies  and  se- 
lect different  icons  to  do  different 
tasks.  At  the  bottom  left  of  the  screen 
is  an  information  area  that  gives  you  sta- 
tistics on  how  geoLynx  is  progressing 
through  your  files. 

The  Quit  option  takes  you  back  to 


the  deskTop  on  the  most  recently  ac- 
cessed drive.  Pack  converts  a  GEOS 
file  into  a  Commodore  file.  Unpack 
does  the  reverse,  converting  files  from 
Commodore  to  GEOS. 

Selecting  Files 

After  selecting  your  desired  option, 
you're  presented  with  the  files  to 
choose  from.  If  you  decide  to  pack  a 
GEOS  file,  the  program  will  load  a  list 
of  all  the  USR  files  on  the  drive.  Since 
all  GEOS  files  are  of  the  USR  type,  you 
should  have  no  problems.  If  you  de- 
cide to  unpack  files,  the  directory  will 
be  loaded,  and  all  the  PPG  files  will  be 
searched  for  a  special  geoLynx  flag  in 
the  first  block.  All  files  that  match  this 
search  are  listed,  and  those  that  don't 
match  are  rejected.  Only  files  eligible 
to  be  unpacked  will  be  listed;  your  or- 
dinary files  are  at  no  risk,  unless  they 
should  contain  the  geoLynx  flag. 

One  problem  which  may  result  with 
the  Pack  routine  is  that  while  all  GEOS 
files  are  USR,  not  all  USR  files  are 
GEOS.  If  you  should,  by  chance,  hap- 
pen to  pack  a  USR  file  that  isn't  a 
GEOS  file,  then  geoLynx  might  com- 
plain; if  it  doesn't,  then  your  program 
has  all  the  looks  of  a  GEOS  file. 

The  current  disk  name  and  the 
amount  of  room  available  are  dis- 
played in  the  top  window.  To  select  the 
files  you  wish  to  work  with,  simply 
click  on  the  needed  files  in  the  selec- 
tion window,  toggling  them  on  and  off. 
The  window  doesn't  display  all  the 
files.  To  see  more,  use  the  up  and 
down  arrows.  To  cancel  your  Pack  or 
Unpack  choice,  use  the  Cancel  icon  to 
return  to  the  initial  dialog  box. 

To  move  to  another  drive,  use  the 
Drive  icon.  GeoLynx  cycles  sequential- 
ly through  the  drives  that  you  have  con- 
nected. To  work  with  another  disk, 
ciick  on  the  Disk  icon,  insert  a  new 
disk  in  the  current  drive,  and  click  on 
OK. 

To  have  geoLynx  start  work  on  your 
files,  click  on  the  Go!  icon.  If  you  are 
packing  files,  you  will  be  prompted  to 
enter  a  description  for  the  files  you  high- 
lighted. If  you  click  on  Yes,  geoLynx 
will  pause  at  the  beginning  of  each  file 
and  allow  you  to  enter  a  text  descrip- 
tion of  it.  Enter  the  description  and 
press  Return.  If  you  click  on  No,  geoL- 
ynx W\\\  place  the  description  "Not  giv- 


en" in  each  of  the  files.  If  you  are  un- 
packing the  files,  geoLynx  will  get  to 
work  right  away,  displaying  the  descrip- 
tion of  each  new  file  it  works  on. 

When  the  operation  is  complete,  you 
are  returned  to  the  Pack/Unpack/Quit 
dialog  box.  One  final  note  about  the 
packing  operations.  For  the  filename, 
GEOS  uses  standard  ASCII,  and  the 
64/128  uses  Commodore  ASCII.  Stan- 
dard ASCII  lowercase  characters  can't 
be  accessed  when  the  computer  is  us- 
ing Commodore  ASCII.  To  make  your 
life  easier,  geoLynx  converts  all  the 
characters  into  GEOS  uppercase  char- 
acters, which  are  considered  lower- 
case in  Commodore  ASCII. 

Disk  Errors 

Under  normal  conditions,  geoLynx  will 
perform  without  a  hitch.  The  program 
checks  for  disk  errors  whenever  it  at- 
tempts to  write  a  block  to  the  disk,  but 
it  doesn't  bother  when  reading.  If  a 
disk  error  occurs,  the  entire  operation 
is  aborted,  all  the  files  are  deselected, 
and  you  are  shown  what  the  GEOS  Ker- 
nal  thinks  the  error  is.  If  the  error  oc- 
curred in  a  file,  then  the  file  is  proba- 
bly corrupt.  If  you  have  a  disk  editor, 
you  may  be  able  to  recover  the  file;  re- 
fer to  the  next  section  for  more  informa- 
tion on  the  file  format. 

File  Format 

GEOS  supports  Sequential  and  VLIR 
file  formats.  GeoLynx  doesn't  care 
which  one  you  are  working  with.  The  on- 
ly difference  between  the  two  is  that  the 
Sequential  files  are  processed  with  ge- 
oLynx  considerably  faster  than  VLIR,  be- 
cause every  single  block  of  the  VLIR 
file  must  be  visited  for  accurate  informa- 
tion. What  follows  is  a  description  of 
what  geoLynx  does  to  each  file  type 
and  what's  located  where. 


Sequential  File  Format 

Block 

Index 

Description 

1 

GeoLynx  information  block, 
null-iilled  except  for: 

1-2 

Pointer  lo  next  block. 

3-31 

Original  directory  entry  of 
file. 

64-73 

GeoLynx  indicator. 

128- 

Variable  length  file  descrip- 
tion. 

Original  header  block. 
1  -2     Pointer  to  first  block  of  the  ac- 
tual program. 

The  complete  GEOS  pro- 
gram. 


VUR  File  Format 

Block   Index    Description 

1  GeoLynx  information  block, 
null-filled  except  for; 

0-1     Pointer  to  next  block. 
2-30  Original  directory  entry  of 
file. 
63-72  GeoLynx  indicator. 
127-       Variable  length  file  descrip- 
tion. 

2  Original  header  block. 

0-1  Pointer  lo  VLIR  record  infor- 
mation block. 

3  Block  with  detailed   info 
about  records;  null  except: 

0-1  Pointer  to  first  block  of  first 
used  VLIR  record. 

2N  Length,  in  blocks,  of  record 
#N. 

2N-f-i  Number  of  bytes  in  last 
block  of  record  #n, 

4-  The  complete  file,   with 

each  VLIR  record  chained 
one  after  the  otiier. 

From  the  above  table,  it's  obvious  that 
the  GEOS  Sequential  flies  are  not  guar- 
anteed to  be  the  exact  length  after 
transmission  over  the  modem  because 
of  padding  brought  in  by  such  proto- 
cols as  XMODEM.  Thus,  if  your  files 
seem  to  grow  by  up  to  128  bytes  each 
time  you  transmit  them,  try  a  decent  pro- 
tocol or  terminal  program. 

GEOLYNX 


0247 :5F 

03 

15 

BF 

00 

00 

00 

7D 

D7 

024F:FF 

F8 

47 

30 

cc 

6E 

D7 

B4 

02 

0257:2E 

F7 

B4 

2E 

Fl 

B4 

2E 

97 

40 

025F;B4 

2E 

D7 

B4 

2F 

30 

cc 

2F 

92 

0267:FF 

FE 

2E 

6A 

6A 

2P 

AD 

B6 

B9 

026Ft6E 

AD 

B6 

40 

S9 

2A 

7F 

EF 

D4 

0277:FE 

00 

E8 

26 

00 

9B 

FA 

00 

DE 

027F:F2 

B6 

00 

02 

2E 

00 

03 

62 

A4 

0287:00 

01 

FE 

83 

06 

00 

00 

04 

18 

028f;ff 

03 

00 

04 

67 

65 

6F 

4C 

90 

0297:79 

6E 

78 

5F 

05 

00 

20 

56 

B7 

029F;32 

2E 

30 

00 

00 

00 

00 

53 

Al 

02S.7;74 

65 

70 

68 

65 

6E 

20 

56 

4F 

02AF!61 

SE 

20 

45 

67 

6D 

SF 

6E 

96 

APRIL  1992     COMPUTE        G-29 


PROGRAMS 


02B7: 
02BF: 
02C7: 
02CF: 
02D7: 
02DF: 
02E7: 
02EF: 
fl2F7: 
a2FF: 
0307: 
03flF: 
0317: 
031F: 
0327: 
032F: 
0337: 
033F: 
0347: 
034F: 
0357: 
035F: 
0367: 
036F: 
0377: 
037F: 
0387: 
038F: 
0397: 
039F: 
03A7: 
03AF: 
03B7: 
03BF: 
03C7: 
03CF: 
03D7: 
03DF: 
0  3E7: 
03EF: 
03F7: 
03FF: 
0407: 
040F: 
0417: 
041F: 
0427: 
042F: 
0437: 
a43F: 
0447: 
044F: 
0457; 
045F: 
0467: 
04eF: 
0477: 
047F: 
0487! 
048F; 
0497! 
049F; 
04A7; 
04AF; 
04B7: 
04BF; 
04C7; 
04CF; 
04D7; 
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GEOCONVERTER  2.0 


DS  10  REM  COPYRIGHT  1992  COMPU 
TE!  PUBLICATIONS,  INC.  - 
ALL  BIGHTS  RESERVED 

SE  20  IF(PEEK{772)+PEEK(773)*2 
S6)=42364THEN40 

PD  30  LIST0,1:LIST4,1:LIST6,I: 
SA=PEEK{46  25)*256+PEEK(4 
624) ;GOTO50 

SX  40  P0KES6,PEEK(46) +40:CLR:P 
OKE532 80, 0:POKE53 281,0:3 
A=PEEK{56)*256+PEEK(55) 

RP  50  PRINT"(CLR)'f8>{N}{D0WN}" 
TAB  (12) "{RVS3GE0C0NVERTE 
R  2.0[OFF} {GRN}{3  DOWN}" 
: PRINTT AB ( 13 ) "COPYRIGHT 
{SPACE) 1990 {DOWN}" 

KR  60  PRINTTAB (7) "COMPUTE  1  PUB 
LIGATIONS  _INO.  {DOWN}":  PR 
INTTAB(ll) "ALL  RIGHTS  RE 
SERVED {2  DOWN}" 

HK  70  N=8:PRINT"DRIVE  NUMBER  " 
N"{4  LEFT}"; :INPUTN:IFN< 
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170 

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130 

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190 

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210 

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260 

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270 

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280 

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290 

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300 

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NS  =  STR$  (EN) :ETS  =  STRS (ET 

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EH    450   DATA    0,255,3,21,87,10,1 

,0,0 

Stephen  Van  Egmond  lives  in  LaSalle, 
Ontario,  Canada. 


HAG 


By  Bruce  M.  Bowden 
HAG,  which  stands  for  High-resolution  An- 
imation Generator,  lets  you  quickly  create 
your  own  movies  with  the  64. 

HAG  combines  a  set  of  individual  im- 
ages into  an  animated  sequenceor,  in  oth- 
er words,  combines  bitmapped  pictures 
into  a  movie.  The  images  must  be  two  col- 
or and  high  resolution  like  those  pro- 
duced by  programs  such  as  The  Print- 
shop.  WorldMap  64.  and  V^rldMap  128 
(October  1991  Gazette  Disk  bonus).  LI- 
SA, the  Little  ISometrtc  Artist  (January 
1992),  will  also  generate  images  of  this 
type. 

To  use  the  images,  place  them  on  the 
same  disk  and  name  them:  SLlDExx, 
where  xx  is  a  two-digit  number.  The  im- 
ages must  be  numbered  in  the  desired  or- 
der: SLIDEOO,  SLIDE01.  SLIDE02,  for  ex- 
ample.  The  numbering,  however,  may 
begin  anyvi^here. 

Getting  Started 

HAG  is  written  entirely  in  machine  lan- 
guage. Use  MLX.  our  machine  lan- 
guage entry  program,  to  enter  it.  See 
"Typing  Aids"  elsewhere  in  this  issue. 
When  MLX  prompts,  respond  with  the 
following  values. 

Starting  address:  0801 
Ending  address:  1SF8 

Be  sure  to  save  a  copy  of  the  program 
before  exiting  MLX. 

Making  Movies 

To  run  HAG,  load  and  run  it  like  a  BA- 
SIC program.  The  first  prompt  asks  you 


to  place  a  disk  containing  your  set  of  im- 
ages in  the  disk  drive  8.  It  then  asks  for 
a  starting  number,  01-99.  An  ending 
number  is  entered  the  same  way. 

Next,  you  are  asked  how  you  want 
the  movie  to  run.  Do  you  want  a 
straight  run  from  the  first  image  to  the 
last?  Or  do  you  want  it  to  oscillate 
from  start  to  finish  and  then  back 
down  to  start?  Press  S  for  a  straight  run 
or  0  to  oscillate.  The  graphic  screen 
will  appear  after  this  selection,  and  you 
can  watch  as  the  first  image  is  loaded. 
After  loading,  a  new  text  screen  will  ap- 
pear for  selecting  colors.  Press  a  key 
to  return  to  the  picture,  and  choose  suit- 
able background  and  foreground  col- 
ors by  pressing  the  1  (background)  or 
2  (foreground)  keys.  After  you've 
made  your  selections,  press  f^eturn, 
and  the  slides  will  be  loaded,  com- 
pressed, and  merged  one  by  one.  The 
screen  Is  updated  as  each  new  slide  is 
appended. 

After  all  of  the  slides  have  been  load- 
ed, a  prompt  will  appear  on  the  text 
screen,  asking  you  to  insert  the  disk  up- 
on which  you  wish  to  save  the  movie 
and  to  enter  the  movie  name.  You  can 
abort  the  process  by  entering  a  per- 
cent (%)  symbol.  If  you  abort  the 
save,  you  can  still  run  the  movie  by  en- 
tering SYS  16384.  Vary  the  speed  of 
the  movie  with  POKE  163844-3,  x,  with 
X  being  any  value  between  1  and  255. 

Showing  a  Movie 

You  can  load  a  saved  movie  to  the 
same  location,  16384  ($4000),  with 
LOAD  "filename". 8,1.  The  advantage 
of  this  arrangement  is  that  it  allows  you 
to  run  movies  from  within  a  small  BA- 
SIC or  machine  language  program  un- 
der the  movie  data.  It  may  be  as  sim- 
ple as  10  SYS  16384:GOTO  10  or  as 
complicated  as  something  that  loads 
several  movies  and  varies  the  speed  ac- 
cording to  user  input.  Each  time  a  mov- 
ie is  run,  control  is  returned  to  the  call- 
ing routine.  That's  the  reason  for  the 
iterative  example  above. 

If  necessary,  the  calling  routine 
must  also  recover  text  mode.  This  is 
done,  from  BASIC,  with  these  three 
pokes: 

POKE  53265,PEEK(53265)  AND  223 
POKE  53272, (PEEK(53272)  AND  260)  OR  6 
POKE  53270,  PEEK(53270)  AND  239 

APRIL  1992    COMPUTE        G-33 


PROGRAMS 


Pressing  Run/Stop-Restore  also  recov- 
ers from  the  graphics  mode  without  dis- 
turbing the  movie  code. 

If  the  storage  required  for  the  movie 
exceeds  the  64's  available  memory, 
loading  will  stop  with  a  message  say- 
ing so.  In  that  case,  the  generator  pro- 
gram must  be  reloaded  and  an  alterna- 
tive series  of  images  loaded.  Choosing 
a  sequential  run  over  an  oscillating  one 
will  also  conserve  memory. 

Memory  Locations 

The  loader  code  resides  from  address- 
es 16384  ($4000)  to  16806  ($41A6), 
and  the  movie  data  is  stored  from 
16807  {$41 A7)  to  a  maximum  address 
of  53247  (SCFFF).  This  is  142  blocks, 
more  than  36K  of  movie  storage.  The 
rate  of  speed  at  which  the  movie  is  run 
is  stored  in  16387  ($4003)  and  has  a  de- 
fault value  which  is  normally  adequate. 
Background  and  foreground  defaults 
may  also  be  modified  by  poking  the  col- 
ors to  16390  and  16393  respectively. 
Any  BASIC  program  using  the  mov- 
ie must  set  a  ceiling  for  storage  at 
16384  ($4000),  This  is  done  with 
POKE  55,254:POKE  56,63:CLR. 


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PEGMAN 


Bruce  M.  Bowden  is  a  programmer  at 
COMPUTE  Publications.  He  lives  in 
Greensboro,  North  Carolina. 

G-36        COMPUTE    APRIL  1992 


By  Alain  Tremblay 

You're  in  a  world  that  is  filling  with  water. 
Dripping  faucets  are  everywhere,  and  it's 
your  job  to  plug  thenn.  Climb  ladders  to 
escape  the  rising  flood  and  leap  from 
ledge  to  ledge  to  reach  the  errant  fau- 
cets. 

Pegman,  written  in  machine  language, 
is  a  one-player  game  for  the  64.  To  enter 
it.  use  MLX,  our  machine  language  entry 
program.  See  "Typing  Aids"  elsewhere  in 
this  section.  When  MLX  prompts,  re- 
spond with  the  following  values. 

Starting  address:  Q801 
Ending  address:  1B90 

Be  sure  to  save  a  copy  of  the  program 
before  exiting  MLX. 

How  to  Start 

Pegman  loads  and  runs  like  a  BASIC 
program.  Press  the  fire  button  to  bring 
up  the  first  screen  after  the  game 
loads. 

Your  task  is  to  plug  all  the  dripping 
faucets  on  a  given  screen.  There  are 
ten  screens  in  all  (levels  0-9),  and 
they  can  be  played  at  random.  The 
computer  will  make  the  choice,  or  you 
can  play  them  in  order  one  after  the  oth- 
er. When  you  are  asked  if  you  want  to 
start  again  after  a  game,  move  the  joys- 
tick (plugged  in  port  2)  left  to  select  ran- 
dom play  or  right  to  select  sequential 
play.  You  may  also  choose  between  a 
fast  or  slow  flooding  speed  by  moving 
the  joystick  up  or  down.  Push  the  fire 
button  when  you  are  ready  to  play. 

How  to  Play 

Move  the  joystick  right  or  left  to  run.  To 
plug  a  dripping  faucet,  simply  come  in 
contact  with  it.  Use  the  ladders  by  mov- 
ing the  joystick  up  or  down  to  reach 
higher  or  lower  floors.  Simply  push  the 
fire  button  to  jump  up  or  push  it  while 
holding  the  joystick  in  the  appropriate 
direction  to  jump  either  right  or  left. 
You  can  jump  to  grab  a  ladder  or  leap 
onto  another  floor.  Don't  worry  about  fall- 
ing; you  won't  lose  a  life  by  falling 
down  to  a  lower  floor. 

If  you  fall  into  the  water,  you  can 
swim  in  all  eight  directions  to  reach 
any  faucets  that  happen  to  be  below 
the  surface.  Sounds  change  depend- 


ing on  whether  you  are  above  or  below 
the  surface.  The  only  way  to  get  out  of 
the  water  is  to  use  a  ladder. 

Dangers 

Once  a  big  fish  becomes  aware  of 
your  presence,  he  will  try  to  devour 
you.  If  you  are  swimming  on  the  sur- 
face, he  may  bear  down  on  you  or 
leap  from  the  water  to  get  you.  You 
can  deal  him  a  fatal  blow  if  you  are  un- 
der him  when  he  falls  back  into  the  wa- 
ter. Push  the  fire  button  to  thrust  at  him. 
The  timing  is  critical. 

The  only  other  threats  to  your  life  are 
two  crabs.  You  can  brush  against 
them,  but  don't  run  into  them.  The  lad- 
der-eating snails  and  the  fish  that  some- 
one keeps  tossing  at  you  are  harmless, 
but  they  can  impede  your  progress. 

You  earn  20  points  for  each  faucet 
plugged.  After  completing  a  screen, 
you  get  points  according  to  the  level 
the  flood  has  reached.  You  gain  an  ex- 
tra life  as  a  bonus  for  every  1000 
points. 

After  completing  the  tenth  screen  on 
a  sequential  game,  you  may  continue 
with  random  or  sequential  play  and 
fast  or  slow  flooding  speed,  just  as  you 
did  at  the  start  of  the  game. 


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Quebec.  Canada, 

BUG-SWATTER 

Please  let  us  know  whenever  you  en- 
counter a  problem  with  any  of  the  pro- 
grams printed  in  the  Gazette  section  of 
COMPUTE.  Every  program  is  thorough- 
ly checked  before  it's  printed,  but  occa- 
sional problems  still  occur.  Often  it's  a 
reader  who  first  spots  an  error  and  lets 
us  know.  Here  are  corrections  to  a  cou- 
ple of  our  recent  program  listings. 

Padlock 

The  machine  language  listing  for  Pad- 
lock (January  1992)  was  not  complete. 
One  column  of  data  was  omitted.  In  or- 
der to  add  the  missing  code,  load  and 
run  MLX  and  respond  with  Padlock's 
original  starting  and  ending  addresses, 
0801  and  OEDO,  respectively.  Then  se- 
lect Load  File  from  the  MLX  menu  and 
load  your  copy  of  Padlock. 

When  the  MLX  menu  returns,  select 
Enter  Data.  When  prompted  for  a  start- 
ing address,  give  the  address  listed  be- 

APRIl,  1992    COMPUTE        G-39 


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PROGRAMS 


low;  then  type  in  the  remaining  lines  of 
code.  When  all  of  the  data  has  been  en- 
tered, save  the  program  with  a  new 
nanne  before  exiting  MLX. 

Starling  address:  0C51 


PADLOCK 


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54  C2 
20  AS 
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45  E6 
20  6B 
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46  B8 
41  6D 
00  E2 


Janus 

There  are  two  misprints  in  the  Janus  pro- 
gram listing  (December  1991).  In  lines 
680  and  690,  replace  each  of  the  (  1 1 
figures  with  a  comma.  □ 


TYPING  AIDS 

MLX,  our  machine  language  entry  program  for  the 
64  and  128,  and  The  Automatic  Proofreader  are 
utilities  that  help  you  type  in  Gaiette  programs  with- 
out making  mistakes.  To  make  room  for  more  pro- 
grams, we  no  longer  include  these  labor-saving  util- 
ities in  every  issue,  but  they  can  be  found  on  each 
Gazette  Disk  and  are  printed  in  all  issues  of  Ga- 
zette through  June  1990. 
If  you  don't  have  access  to  a  back  issue  or  lo 
one  of  our  disks,  virrite  to  us,  and  we'll  send  you 
free  copies  of  both  of  ttiese  handy  programs.  We'll 
also  include  instructions  on  how  to  type  in  Gazette 
programs.  Please  enclose  a  self-addressed, 
stamped  envelope- 
Write  to  Typing  Aids,  COIilPUTE's  Gazette, 
324  West  Wandover  Avenue,  Suite  200,  Greens- 
boro, North  Carolina  27408. 


Gazette  is  Icxjking  for  utililies,  games,  applica- 
tions, educalional  programs,  and  tutorial  arti- 
cles. If  you've  created  a  program  that  you  ttiink 
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it  on  disk  to 

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ONLY 

ON 

DISK 


In  addition  to  the  type-in  programs 
found  in  the  magazine,  here's  the  bo- 
nus program  found  on  this  month's  Ga- 
zette Disk. 

Color  Isolation  Tool 

By  Bruce  M.  Bowden 
Greensboro,  NC 

Have  you  ever  needed  to  pick  a  multi- 
color image  apart?  Perhaps  certain 
colors  define  a  specific  part  of  an  im- 
age which  you'd  like  to  isolate  from  the 
rest,  perhaps  for  importing  into  anoth- 
er image.  VIC  multicolor  graphics  offer 
no  convenient  way  of  doing  this.  Color 
Isolation  Tool  gives  you  that  power, 
Color  Isolation  Tool  will  also  give  you 
exceptional  power  for  manipulating  the 
actual  color  content  of  multicolor  Com- 
modore 40-column  graphics  images. 
Each  color  in  an  image  can  be  sepa- 
rated and  viewed,  printed,  or  saved  to 
disk.  When  you  use  this  program  with 
a  flexible  graphics-manipulation  pro- 
gram, such  as  Bowden's  Graphic  As- 
sault System  (GAS),  you'll  have  total  con- 
trol over  all  yotjr  graphic  images. 
Color  Isolation  Tool  supports  Koala, 
DootJIe,  GAS  compressed/tagged  for- 
mat, and  8K  bitmap  images. 

Gazette  Gallery 

Picture  of  the  Month 
"The  UFO" 
By  Jack  Modjallal 
Encino,  CA 

"Sword"  and  "Lissa" 
By  Dotan  Haim 
Askelon,  Israel 

"Golden  Age  SF" 
By  Vince  Zahnle 
Mt.  Holly,  NJ 

Order  this  disk  for  $9.95  plus  $2.00  ship- 
ping and  handling  from  Gazette  Disk, 
COMPUTE  Publications,  324  West  Wen- 
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North  Carolina  27408. 


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REVIEWS 


AMI  PRO  2.0 

With  the  second  generation 
of  Windows  word  proces- 
sors, we're  seeing  a  handful 
of  pacl<ages  create  a  new 
minicategory  of  software. 
Products  like  Word  for  Win- 
dows and  Ami  Pro  for  Win- 
dows are  much  more  than  tra- 
ditional word  processors,  yet 
they're  stilf  less  than  full- 
blown desktop  publishers. 
They're  document-prepara- 
tion packages. 

The  recently  released  Ami 
Pro  2.0  offers  significant  en- 
hancements on  three  levels. 
Power  users  will  likely  be 
pleased  with  some  new  so- 
phisticated features  like  the 
improved  macro  language 
and  the  addition  of  power 
fields.  Connectivity  needs 
are  better  met  with  this  ver- 
sion, too. 

if  you  prepare  documents 
in  conjunction  with  other  peo- 
ple, require  sophisticated 
document-merging  and  revi- 
sion-marking tools,  or  need 
integration  with  other  Lotus 
products  like  1-2-3,  Notes, 
and  cc:Mail,  version  2.0  of- 
fers you  new  capabilities.  If 
you  simply  want  better,  fast- 
er access  to  information 
about  a  document  in  pro- 
gress, tools  for  dressing  it  up 
and  making  its  information 
more  understandable 

through  charts  and  tables, 
and  customization  features 
that  make  the  program's 
most  often-used  functions 
quickly  available,  this  up- 
grade offers  significantly 
more  power  to  you. 

The  cosmetic  changes 
are  visible  the  first  time  you 
run  Ami  Pro.  Lotus  has  add- 
ed Smartlcons,  a  row  of 
icons  that  can  be  placed  in 
different  sections  of  the 
screen.  The  default  group 
that  comes  up  includes  stan- 
dards like  the  spelling  check- 
er and  thesaurus,  the  open- 
and  save-file  commands, 

98        COMPUTE    APBiL  1992 


and  some  font  and  align- 
ment features  (bold,  italic, 
centered).  You  can  change 
this  default  set,  even  replac- 
ing the  default  icons  with 
your  own. 

Furthermore,  the  Style  box 
that  once  popped  out  in  the 
upper  right  corner  of  the 
screen  whenever  you  started 


gives  you  an  instant  picture 
of  the  file  size  and  word, 
page,  and  character  count. 
(In  the  previous  version,  you 
had  to  run  a  spelling  check 
to  get  a  word  count.)  Unfor- 
tunately, when  you  enter 
text  it  still  twitches  and  re- 
sponds slowly  to  the  cursor, 
though  not  as  noticeably  as 


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the  program  has  been  re- 
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the  new  status  bar  that  runs 
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noise  and  dramatically  im- 
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to  compete  with  the  laser 
and  ink-jet  printer  market, 
Panasonic  has  unveiled  the 
KX-P2624  quiet  printer. 

Aside  from  some  confu- 
sion about  which  paper-instal- 
lation method  to  use,  it  took 
very  little  to  connect  my  PC 
and  the  KX-P2624.  You 
have  to  choose  where  you 
feed  your  paper — either 
front,  rear,  top,  or  bottom — 
and  this  allows  you  to  place 
this  unassuming  hardware 
nearly  anywhere  in  your  of- 
fice or  home.  With  two  of  the 
most  popular  emulation 
modes,  Epson  LQ-850  and 
IBfvl  ProPrinter  X24E,  the  KX- 
2624  is  compatible  with  just 
about  any  software. 

Designed  with  the  consum- 
er in  mind,  the  Operating  In- 
structions manual  should  an- 
swer most  questions  that 
arise.  The  EZ  Set  operator 
panel  located  on  the  front  of 
the  unit  offers  menu-selecta- 
ble fonts,  pitch,  text  enhance- 
ments, form  length,  lines  per 
inch,  margins,  quiet  mode, 
and  emulation.  You  can  also 
install  four  macros  and  set 


the  LCD  display  in  one  of 
five  user-selected  languag- 
es. This  panel  eliminates  the 
need  for  DIP  switches. 

To  change  the  emulation 
mode  from  the  standard  Ep- 
son LQ-850  to  IBfi,/l  takes  sev- 
eral keypresses.  I  set  up  a 
macro  to  switch  to  IBM 
mode  at  power-up  because 
I  like  the  more  compact  print 
style  characteristic  of  the 
IBM  mode.  I  needed  only  a 
couple  of  ininutes  to  find  the 
necessary  information  in  the 
manual,  and  less  than  a  min- 
ute to  install  the  macro. 

The  KX-P2624  offers  300- 
cps  draft  mode  and  100-cps 
LQ  (Letter  Quality)  mode, 
and  it  features  40-cps  SLQ 
(Super  Letter  Quality)  mode. 
To  the  uncritical  eye,  SLQ  al- 
most rivals  laser  printer  out- 
put. Graphics  print  at  360  x 
360  dpi.  The  voluminous 
font  options  include  three 
draft  and  seven  LQ.  Under 
the  heading  of  SLQ,  you'll 
find  Courier,  Prestige,  Bold 
PS,  Script,  Sans  Serif,  Ora^ 
tor,  and  Roman. 

Other  features  include 
three  individual  top-of-form 
settings,  paper  park,  and  an 
adjustable  push-pull  tractor 
feed.  An  optional  100-sheet 
cut  sheet  feeder  is  available 
for  $239.95. 

The  26K  buffer  expands 
to  58K  with  a  32K  chip.  You 
can  use  either  the  standard 
Centronics  parallel  interface 
or  one  of  two  optional  RS- 
232C  serial  interfaces. 

With  the  wide  carriage 
width  of  ^6V?.  inches,  you 
can  print  on  just  about  any  pa- 
per. You  can  also  print  enve- 
lopes or  single  sheets  with 
the  friction  feed  feature. 
With  SLQ  I  created  wedding 
and  baby  shower  invitafions 
using  Express  Publisher 
The  near  laser  quality  output 
saved  money;  1  didn't  need 
to  pay  a  printing  service  to 
print  these  professional-look- 
ing invitations. 


Most  notable  of  all  the  KX- 
P2624's  lovable  features  is 
the  insignificant  noise  level 
of  the  motor  and  printhead. 
in  superquiet  mode,  I  didn't 
have  to  raise  my  voice  to  be 
heard  above  the  printer.  In 
fact,  typing  on  the  keyboard 
made  more  racket  than  the 
printer. 

Based  on  a  consolidated 
chip  design,  the  KX-P2624  de- 
livers increased  speed.  The 
pins  fire  consecutively,  one  at 
a  time,  to  disperse  the  noise 
created  by  their  impact.  In  ad- 
dition to  the  chip  technology. 
Panasonic  engineers  packed 
rubber  around  the  phnthead 
and  cushioned  other  areas 
around  the  printer  with  sound- 
absorbing  materials. 

Available  through  author- 
ized dealers,  the  KX-P2624 
sells  for  $699.95  and  comes 
with  a  two-year  limited  warran- 
ty for  parts  and  labor.  The 
competitive  price,  the  print 
quality,  and  the  reduced 
noise  level  make  this  printer 
a  contender  in  the  highly  com- 
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ment,  and  the  user  interface 
seems  much  like  most  other 
desktop  publishing  packag- 
es. When  you  load  a  file,  how- 
ever, you'll  notice  a  conspic- 
uous difference.  Publish-IV. 
uses  the  library  concept  to 
list  imported  text  files  and 
graphics.  Depending  on  the 
current  mode  (Frame,  Para- 
graph, Text,  or  Graphics), 
the  contents  of  the  library 
change.  For  instance,  in 
Frame  mode,  only  the 
names  of  text  and  picture 
files  used  in  your  work  ap- 
pear. When  you  activate 
Text  mode,  the  library  fills 
with  text  style  options. 

Version  2.0  introduces 
many  features,  including  ex- 
panded or  extended  memo- 
ry support:  text  autoflow, 
which  adds  pages  and  ex- 
tends the  text  to  keep  the  lay- 
out intact;  and  Select  All, 
which  selects  all  the  frames 
on  a  page. 

Another  added  feature  al- 
lows you  to  create  your  own 
fonts.  Typografica,  a  program 
included  in  the  package,  gen- 
erates fonts  from  6  to  72 
points  in  Sans  Serif,  Serif,  Cou- 
rier, Symbols,  and  several  oth- 
er typefaces.  Make  sure  you 
use  the  correct  printer  driver 
when  creating  your  fonts  so 
that  Publish-IV.  can  read  the 
new  typefaces,  though. 

Even  the  best  desktop  pub- 
lishers don't  always  think  to 
stop  and  save  their  work 
when  in  the  heat  of  the  de- 
sign process.  This  pro- 
gram's new  automatic  back- 
up feature  ensures  your 
work  against  power  failures. 
Simply  specify  a  time  inter- 
val, and  the  program  takes 
care  of  the  rest — no  more 
disasters! 

Draft  printing,  a  feature 
that  I  haven't  seen  in  other 
desktop  publishing  pro- 
grams, allows  you  to  inspect 
layouts  without  printing 
graphics.  This  timesaver 
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hard  copy  for  proofing  and 
an  excellent  opportunity  to 
correct  typographical  errors. 

Unlike  the  previous  ver- 
sion of  Publish-It!,  version 
2.0  allows  you  to  create  cus- 
tom page  sizes  when  creat- 
ing a  new  document,  In  ad- 
dition to  the  standard  size, 
you  can  create  a  document 
up  to  22Vj  inches  wide  and 
2272  inches  long. 

Not  only  can  you  import 
text  and  graphics  with  this 
version,  but  now  you  can  ex- 
port text,  too.  You  can  also 
name  text  by  typing  directly 
into  a  frame  (instead  of  im- 
porting a  story).  Once  you 
name  the  text,  it  becomes  a 
story  in  the  library. 

The  program  supports  sev- 
eral new  printer  drivers,  in- 
cluding the  Canon  Bubble 
Jet,  the  NEC  Pinwriter  se- 
ries, the  Canon  LBP  ll/lll/IV 
series  {bitmap  fonts),  and 
the  Canon  LBP  Ill/iV  series 
(scalable  fonts),  Previously, 
Publish-It!  imported  ASCII, 
WordStar,  Microsoft  Word 
4.0.  and  WordPerfect  files. 
Version  2,0  imports  these 
file  types  as  well  as  six  addi- 
tional word  processor  files, 
including  heavyweights  iike 
Microsoft  Works. 

Publ'ish-ltl  2,0  not  only  in- 
cludes greater  versatility  in 
importing  text  but  also 
shows  a  big  improvement  in 
importing  graphics.  The 
new  version  imports  PCX 
(PC  Paintbrush).  IMG  (GEM 
Paint).  GEM  (GEM  Draw). 
and  PIC  (Lotus  1-2-3)  files 
like  the  previous  version.  It  al- 
so imports  LBM  (De- 
luxePalnt).  EPS  (Encapsulat- 
ed PostScript).  SS  (Splash). 
and  TIF  (TIFF)  files.  Not  only 
has  Timeworks  improved 
the  import  options,  but  it's  al- 
so added  an  additional  ruler 
option  and  additional  text 
styles  such  as  box  and 
rounded  box. 

The  Online  Help  option  is 
adequate  for  simple  explana- 


tions but  not  for  detailed  de- 
scriptions. You'll  have  to 
look  in  the  well-developed  us- 
er's manual  (which  includes 
a  quick-start  minimanual) 
for  details. 

With  the  additional  fea- 
tures and  bonuses  (two 
disks  full  of  design  ideas 
and  the  Typografica  pro- 
gram), as  well  as  the  speed 
of  this  new  version  (screen  re- 
draw is  significantly  faster 
than  with  Express  Publish- 
er), Publish-It!  2.0  is  worth  a 
look.  The  price  is  right,  and 
the  quality  of  the  product  is 
outstanding. 

JOYCE  SIDES 

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ADVISOR 

Schueler's  Home  Medical  Ad- 
visor (HMA)  claims  to  "send 
your  computer  to  medical 
school."  This  program  con- 
tains an  up-to-date,  encyclo- 
pedic database  of  informa- 
tion on  common  symptoms, 
diseases,  injuries,  drugs  and 
poisons,  and  medical  tests, 
with  each  category  of  infor- 
mation in  its  own  module.  By 
far  the  most  interesting  and 
useful  capability  of  HMA  is 
its  medical  expert  system. 
Choose  a  general  symptom 
like  back  pain,  and  the  pro- 
gram will  ask  you  a  series  of 
questions  that  lead  to  a  spe- 
cific diagnosis.  Did  you  mere- 
ly strain  your  back,  or  is  it  a 


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Consult  Schueler's  Home  Medical 
Advisor  for  a  quick  diagnosis. 

kidney  stone?  (The  program 
warns  you  six  ways  to  Sun- 
day that  it  isn't  meant  to  re- 
place the  services  of  a  real 
physician.) 

HMA  is  a  valuable  pro- 
gram, but  it  has  a  few  rough 
edges.  Sometimes  the  infor- 
mation isn't  organized  in  the 
most  logical  way.  For  exam- 
ple, the  article  on  AIDS  be- 
gins with  a  lengthy  discus- 
sion of  how  many  people 
have  AIDS  or  are  at  risk  of 
contracting  the  disease  and 
only  then  gives  a  definition  of 
the  term. 

The  interface  is  attractive 
but  a  bit  awkward.  You  must 
scroll  through  long  lists  of  key- 
words to  find  the  information 
you  need.  (Pixel  Perfect  is 
working  hard  to  improve  this 
product,  including  implement- 
ing a  way  to  search  directly 
for  text  typed  into  a  string 
gadget.)  And  HMA  is  copy- 
protected, which  is  a  mistake. 
You  have  to  hunt  for  a  manu- 
al, find  a  word,  and  type  it  in 
before  getting  any  informa- 
tion. Of  course,  I  don't  like 
spending  an  hour  in  my  doc- 
tor's waiting  room,  either. 

Overall,  Schueler's  Home 
Medical  Advisor  is  a  good 
first  crack  at  what  in  the  fu- 
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Armchair  pilots  who  feel  that 
getting  tfiere  is  tfie  best 
part  of  the  journey  will  thor- 
oughly enjoy  Megafortress, 
a  remarkable  strategic  bomb- 
ing simulation  from  Three- 
Sixty  Pacific. 

The  game  offers  a  sense 
of  artistic  redemption  for  de- 
signers Rick  Banks  and 
Paul  Butler,  cofounders  ot  Ar- 
tech  Digital  Entertainments. 
The  company's  two  previ- 
ous titles.  Blue  Max  and  Das 
Boot,  were  ambitious  fail- 
ures— thoughtfully  planned 
but  poorly  executed.  Neither 
simulation  proved  special 
enough  to  stand  out  in  a 
competitive  market. 

There's  nothing  quite  like 
Megafortress,  however,  an 
air  combat  simulator  inspired 
by  Dale  Brown's  gripping  nov- 
el. Flight  of  the  Old  Dog.  Ac- 
cording to  the  story,  the  Old 
Dog  is  a  heavily  modified,  25- 
year-old  B-52  Stratofortress. 
Engineers  at  Dreamland — 
the  USAF's  top-secret  testing 
facility — used  the  stripped- 
down,  redesigned  craft  as  a 
test  bed  for  stealth  technolo- 
gy destined  for  the  B-1  and 
B-2  long-range  bombers.  Al- 
though armed  to  the  teeth, 
the  Old  Dog  was  never  intend- 
ed to  see  combat. 

Instead,  tragic  circum- 
stances force  the  aircraft  in- 
to action.  Players  take  full 
control  of  the  EB-52  Megafor- 

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tress,  so  dubbed  for  its  amaz- 
ing array  of  advanced  ord- 
nance and  high-tech  defen- 
sive systems.  It's  a  daunting 
challenge  but  full  of  reward 
for  those  who  can  handle 
the  pressure. 

Sixteen  introductory  mis- 


ceptionally  well,  thanks  in 
large  part  to  Bruce  f\/launer's 
comprehensive  96-page  in- 
struction manual. 

The  EB-52  boasts  a  pay- 
load  capacity  of  more  than 
50,000  pounds  of  mixed  ord- 
nance. State-of-the-art  elec- 


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The  Old  Dog,  an  updated  B-52  and  namesake  for  Megafortress.  has 
learned  new  tricks  tor  riveting  air-combat  simulation. 


sions  offer  hands-on  training 
in  such  essentials  as  naviga- 
tion, radar  evasion,  in-flight 
refueling,  MIG  defense,  and 
precision  bombing.  Sea- 
soned fliers  can  then  test 
their  mettle  in  12  tough  Per- 
sian Gulf  scenarios.  It  all 
comes  together  in  one  final, 
tremendous  mission:  a 
spine-tingling  re-creation  of 
Brown's  novel.  Whoever 
walks  away  intact  from  this 
assignment  deserves  more 
than  a  victory  screen. 

Players  are  required  to 
wear  many  uniforms  in  the 
game:  pilot,  copilot  (flight  en- 
gineer), navigator,  and  elec- 
tronics warfare  and  offen- 
sive weapons  officers,  The 
bomber's  five  stations  are 
rendered  with  exacting  de- 
tail in  256-color  VGA.  Doz- 
ens of  dials,  displays,  gaug- 
es, knobs,  buttons,  and 
switches— all  completely  op- 
erational— fill  each  screen. 
What  could  easily  result  in 
sensory  overload  flows  ex- 


tronics  assure  that  the 
goods  are  delivered  and  the 
crew  returns  intact.  Among 
the  equipment  you  must  mas- 
ter: terrain  avoidance  com- 
puters, satellite  communica- 
tions, "active"  attack  radar, 
an  electro-optical  guidance 
system,  and  numerous  elec- 
tronic countermeasures. 

Success  in  the  game  de- 
mands not  only  a  thorough 
understanding  of  all  on- 
board systems  but  also  a 
feel  for  the  in-flight  routine. 
The  nature  of  the  simulation 
dictates  that  much  time  be 
spent  in  mission  planning,  air- 
craft management,  and  elec- 
tronic analysis.  Although 
this  sounds  rather  passive, 
the  program  evokes  incredi- 
ble atmosphere,  Nervous  an- 
ticipation explodes  in  a  real- 
time flurry  of  activity.  From 
last-second  jamming  of  In- 
coming missiles  to  the  rerout- 
ing of  burned-out  hydraulic 
pumps,  every  action  contrib- 
utes to  the  success  of  the 


mission.  The  sheer  number 
of  interrelated  actions  is 
staggering. 

The  only  thing  more  sen- 
sational than  the  game's 
eclectic  avionics  is  its  flaw- 
less execution.  With  Megafor- 
tress. Three-Sixty  Pacific  final- 
ly has  an  air-combat  simula- 
tor to  be  proud  of. 

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Creative  thinking  involves 
not  only  a  goal  but  also  a 
large  amount  of  healthy  men- 
tal rambling — a  loose,  idio- 
syncratic juggling  of  words 
and  concepts  that  you  hope 
will  connect  to  form  an  actu- 
al idea.  But  the  routine  of  a 
job  doesn't  encourage  ram- 
bling, and  if  your  education 
has  been  overly  specialized, 
you  may  simply  not  l<now 
enough  about  things  even  to 
see  the  connections.  What 
you  need  to  get  creative  is  a 
good  jolt  of  lateral  thinking — 
something  to  question  your 
assumptions,  cut  through  rou- 
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back  to  the  fundamental 
questions  about  your  work. 
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end,  IdeaFisherhas  been  de- 
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more  than  60,000  words, 
phrases,  and  concepts  that 
are  extensively  cross-refer- 
enced to  form  what  is,  at  the 
very  least,  one  heck  of  a  the- 
saurus. But  IdeaFisher  also 
contains  about  3,000  ques- 
tions that  cross-examine 
your  project's  aims  and  as- 
sumptions, inviting  you  to 
think  more  clearly  about 
what  you  want  to  do  and 
how  you  intend  to  do  it. 

Suppose  you  want  to  de- 
velop a  new  product  or  serv- 
ice or  to  devise  an  advertis- 
ing strategy — or  even  to 
write  a  story.  The  first  step  is 
to  jot  down  your  ideas  on  the 
Idea  Notepad,  a  basic  word 
processor  built  into  IdeaFish- 
er. The  more  specific  your  ide- 
as, the  more  IdeaFisher  will 
be  able  to  serve  you — and 
its  Qbank  can  help  sharpen 
your  concept.  Pull  down  the 
Qbank  menu  and  select  Ori- 
ent-Clarily.  The  Qbank  will 
supply  a  number  of  basic 
questions  regarding  the 
aims  of  your  project.  For  in- 
stance, it  will  ask  storywrit- 
ers,  "Are  you  keeping  thesis/ 
antithesis/synthesis  in  mind? 
Are  your  characters*  motiva- 
tions clear?"  For  people  in 
marketing:  "Who  is  your  tar- 
get audience?  How  will  your 
product  appeal  to  them? 
How  do  you  know  this?"  An- 
swer the  questions  you  think 
appropriate,  and  then 
IdeaFisher  will  examine  your 
answers,  produce  a  list  of 
your  key  words  and  con- 
cepts, and  append  them  to 
your  Idea  Notepad. 

After  returning  to  the  note- 
pad, you  can  place  the  cur- 
sor beside  any  of  the  words 
or  ideas  you  want  to  consid- 
er in  more  detail,  and 
IdeaFisher  will  go  to  its 
Ideabank  to  provide  further 
lists  of  words  or  ideas  relat- 

106        COMPUTE    APRIL  1992 


ed  to  your  list — sometimes  re- 
lated in  ways  you  hadn't  imag- 
ined— any  of  which  may  be 
copied  back  to  the  Idea  Note- 
pad. If  you'd  like  to  see  how 
two  concepts  relate  to  each 
other,  you  can  use  the  Com- 
pare function  to  produce 
even  more  words  and  ideas 
to  work  from.  As  you  work  on 
your  project,  you  can  return 
to  the  Qbank  for  further  ques- 
tions that  help  you  to  clarify 
or  modify  your  aims — or  you 
can  personalize  IdeaFisher 
by  adding  your  own  ques- 
tions, words,  and  key  con- 
cepts that  relate  more  direct- 
ly to  your  specific  project. 

Don't  expect  IdeaFisher  to 
assimilate  everything,  mull  it 
over,  and  get  back  to  you 
with  the  Answer  to  Your  Prob- 
lem. /cfeaF/s/ier  doesn't  pre- 
tend to  so/i/e  anything.  What 
IdeaFisher  does  do  is  to 
help  you  make  creative  asso- 
ciations far  more  quickly — 
and  perhaps  more  extensive- 
ly— than  you  might  make  by 
yourself.  You  might  not 
know  enough  about  litera- 
ture, popular  art,  religion, 
and  sports  to  imagine  how 
Dorothy  and  Toto,  the  Har- 
lem Globetrotters,  Garrison 
Keillor.  Nirvana,  and  Beaver 
Cleaver  could  be  conceptu- 
ally related,  but  IdeaFisher 
knows  and  can  help  you 
track  them,  down.  But  the  fi- 
nal creative  leap — the 
"Aha!"  of  recognition  or  in- 
sight— has  to  be  your  own, 
as  it  should  be. 

Although  the  Qbank  ques- 
tions suggest  that  IdeaFish- 
erwas  chiefly  designed  with 
product  development  and 
marketing  in  mind,  its  range 
of  possible  uses  is  much  larg- 
er, including  story  develop- 
ment, speech  writing,  and 
general  problem  solving, 
IdeaFisher  also  has  an  engag- 
ing fiddle-around  factor,  lur- 
ing you  to  browse  through 
the  Ideabank's  collection  of 
I  words,  phrases,  and  key  con- 


cepts, so  that  it's  possible  to 
begin  with,  for  example,  the 
word  turtle  and  follow  a  trail 
leading  through  fiber  optics, 
body  language,  the  f^ohs 
scale  of  hardness,  and  the 
sound  of  high  heels.  You 
may  begin  to  suspect  that 
the  Unified  Field  Theory — 
Einstein's  elusive,  long- 
sought  key  to  the  mysteries 
of  the  universe — is  lurking  in 
there  somewhere. 

Qne  friend  commented 
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drawback  is  its  7fv1B  of  disk 
space;  others  might  blanch 
at  IdeaFlsher's,  list  price  of 
$595  (the  Strategic  Planning 
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and  even  the  wind. 

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lineup,  and  on-field  signal  call- 
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Decisions  are  made  quickly 
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pen screens. 

The  Exhibition  mode  is  a 
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on  a  very  large  cake.  In 
league  play,  the  program's 
complex  statistical  database 
can  simulate  an  entire  162- 
game  season  in  a  matter  of 
hours.  For  the  ultimate  in  re- 
alism, how/ever,  players  in- 
voke what  amounts  to  major 
league  multitasking.  In  this 
mode,  you  can  participate  in 
feature  games — or  merely 
view  the  highlights — while 
the  rest  of  the  teams  slug  it 
out  in  the  background.  From 
the  day-to-day  grind  to  the 
race  for  the  World  Series, 
this  unique  environment 
gives  players  a  taste  of  the 
bigger  picture. 

Baseball  number-crunch- 
ers will  revel  in  the  game's 
seemingiy  endless  statistical 
reports,  including  14  catego- 
ries for  fielding,  49  for  bat- 
ting, and  44  for  pitching.  A 
mammoth  Statistical  Lead- 
ers database  analyzes, 
sorts,  and  displays  both  real- 
life  and  simulated  player 
stats  in  more  than  a  dozen  dif- 
ferent categories.  The  pro- 
gram encourages  multiplay- 
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trades,  and  comprehensive 
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represents  a  major  achieve- 
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ly when  implemented. 

You  may  need  to  take 
this  a  step  at  a  time.  Trying 
to  keep  your  back  upright, 
chin  up,  neck  unbent,  and 
knees  flexed  with  weight 
evenly  on  the  insides  of 
your  feet  while  turning  your 
right  shoulder  more  to  the 
right,  maintaining  a  constant 
spine  angle,  clearing  your 
left  hip  to  the  left,  fully  un- 
cocking your  wrists  at  im- 
pact, and  keeping  your 
chest  down  .  .  .  well,  it's 
hard  to  do  it  all  at  once. 

Let's  apply  a  little  rule- 
based  artificial  intelligence 
of  our  own  here.  Are  you  se- 
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another  environment,  such 
as  Geo  Works  Ensemble, 
you'll  also  be  pleased  with 
the  notebook's  performance. 
The  system  I  reviewed 
shipped  with  DOS  5.0, 
which,  when  combined  with 
Windows,  formed  the  basis 


The  high-powered,  aptly  named  Kris  Master  makes  it  easy  lor  you 
to  taice  your  office  on  the  road. 

for  a  powerful  mobile  office. 
I  added  Ami  Pro  and  several 
DOS-based  applications,  in- 
cluding XyWrlte.  a  contact 
manager  called  Maximizer 
Lite.  GrandVlew.  Quicken. 
The  Norton  Utilities,  and  a 
few  others.  All  my  applica- 
tions performed  as  well  as  or 
even  better  than  they  do  on 
my  home  office  system,  a  16- 
MHz  386SX. 

Other  system  specifica- 
tions include  a  backlit  VGA- 
compatible  display  with  640 
X  480  resolution  in  16- 
shade  gray  scale,  a  high-den- 
sity 3y2-inch  floppy  disk 
drive,  a  socket  for  a  387SX 
math  coprocessor,  a  hard 
disk  (20.  30,  40,  or  60  mega- 
bytes}, two  serial  ports  and 
one  parallel  port,  and  a  PC- 
compatible  keyboard  with  em- 
bedded keypad.  1  found  the 


KRIS  MASTER 

Sleek,  fast,  powerful,  respon- 
sive— all  suitable  adjectives 
for  this  7. 1  -pound  3B6SX  note- 
book from  Kris  Technolo- 
gies. From  the  sharp  char- 
coal-gray housing  to  the  ag- 
ile keyboard  to  the  powerful 
and  functional  20-MH2  proc- 
essor, this  machine  is  every- 
thing you  might  want  or 
need  when  you  take  your  of- 
fice on  the  road. 

Underscoring  this  conclu- 
sion is  the  Kris  Master's  inclu- 
sion of  WindowsS.O  and  a  Lo- 
gitech serial  mouse.  This  note- 
book certainly  has  the  mus- 
cle to  run  Windows,  if  that's 
the  environment  you've  cho- 
sen for  your  applications.  It 
goes  without  saying  that  it's 
suitable  for  straight  DOS  ap- 
plications. If  you've  chosen 


display  quite  clear  and  the 
keyboard  comfortable  and  re- 
sponsive. I  did  wish  for  a 
trackball  or  similar  pointing 
device — I  swapped  the  Lo- 
gitech serial  mouse  for  a 
MousePen  Pro  from  Appoint 
because  it's  much  more  porta- 
ble. Topping  off  the  system 
is  a  nylon  carrying  case — a 
nice  touch,  even  though  the 
bag  isn't  large  enough  to 
hold  the  Master  and  the  AC 
adapter  unit  at  the  same 
time. 

Installation  of  a  fax/mo- 
dem card  took  five  minutes 
and  couldn't  have  been  eas- 
ier. With  the  extraction  of  one 
screw  and  the  removal  of  a 
cover,  the  receptacle  was  in 
view.  The  small  4x4  inch 
card  eased  snugly  into  the 
socket,  and  the  provided 
screw  held  it  in  place.  After 
replacing  the  cover,  I  was  in 
business. 

The  2400-baud  modem 
worked  like  a  charm.  I  did 
have  to  run  the  setup  pro- 
gram to  turn  it  on,  but  that  il- 
lustrates one  of  its  strong 
points — you  can  turn  it  off  to 
save  power.  A  fax/modem 
card  works  wonders  while  on 
the  road  to  keep  you  in 
close  touch  with  your  office 
and  help  you  communicate 
with  associates. 

The  purpose  of  a  note- 
book, of  course,  is  to  take  all 
of  this  technology  on  the 
road.  The  Kris  Master  draws 
portable  power  from  a  re- 
chargeable ni-cad  battery  rat- 
ed at  2%  hours  of  operation, 
depending  on  the  power-sav- 
ing features  you've  enabled. 
When  the  battery  is  fully  dis- 
charged, a  fast-charge  fea- 
ture allows  you  to  charge  the 
battery  pack  in  2'/2  to  3 
hours,  also  depending  on 
the  power-saving  features 
you've  enabled,  I  found  that 
the  system  lived  up  to  both 
of  these  claims,  Note,  howev- 
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only  when  the  computer  is 


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charge  while  you're  using 
the  computer  from  an  AC 
power  source.  The  battery- 
charging  indicator  lights  are 
located  on  the  AC  power 
adapter  unit  rather  than  the 
computer  itself. 

As  previously  mentioned, 
you  can  extend  the  Master's 
battery  operation  by  ena- 
bling a  host  of  power-saving 
features.  While  enabling 
these  features  makes  power 
management  an  automatic 
function,  there's  also  a  man- 
ual power-management  tech- 
nique that  makes  use  of  the 
suspend-resume  switch  lo- 
cated just  above  the  key- 
board on  the  right,  next  to 
the  on-off  switch.  By  press- 
ing this  button,  you  can  sus- 
pend all  computer  opera- 
tions— disk  access,  screen 
display,  and  so  on.  While  in 
the  suspend  mode,  your 
work  is  maintained  in  memo- 
ry Pressing  the  button  again 
awakens  the  notebook  and  re- 
turns you  to  where  you  left 
off.  The  power  LED  below 
the  screen  blinks  green 
when  you  place  the  system 
in  suspend  mode.  I  used  the 
suspend-resume  feature  an- 
ytime I  paused  my  work 
while  running  off  battery  pow- 
er, and  it  added  noticeably 
to  the  unit's  battery  life. 

You  can  access  the  auto- 
matic power-saving  features 
through  the  Setup  screen  by 
pressing  the  Ctrl-Alt-S  key 
combination.  The  setup  pro- 
gram consists  of  three 
screens,  which  you  page 
through  by  pressing  Fn- 
PgDn.  The  first  page  dis- 
plays basic  CMOS  data 
such  as  time,  date,  disk 
type,  memory  setup,  CPU 
speed  {fast  or  slow,  but 
there's  no  reason  to  set  it  at 
slow  unless  your  application 
requires  it),  and  the  initial 
state  of  the  video  display. 

The  second  page  of  the 
setup  program  contains  the 

114         COMPUTE     APRIL  1992 


computer's  memory  map.  Al- 
though the  screen  displays 
a  detailed  map  of  the  com- 
puter's memory  allocation, 
the  only  areas  you  should 
concern  yourself  with  are  the 
Shadow  BIOS  ROM  and  the 
640K-1MB  Relocation  (you 
can  enable  or  disable  either 
or  both  of  these).  Enabling 
the  Shadow  BIOS  ROM  will 
speed  up  the  computer's  per- 
formance. Enabling  the  Relo- 
cation option  maps  all  un- 
used memory  found  be- 
tween 640K  and  1MB  as  ex- 
tended memory.  The  Kris 
Master  ships  with  2  MB  of 
memory  in  its  standard  con- 
figurations; enabling  this  fea- 
ture will  give  you  even  more 
extended  memory  for  your 
applications. 

The  third  page  of  the  set- 
up program  lets  you  set  the 
computer's  power-saving  fea- 
tures to  the  most  effective  set- 
ting for  your  travel  use.  The 
hard  disk,  LCD  display,  and 
suspend  mode  features  can 
all  be  set  to  take  effect  in  1- 
minute  increments  up  to  15 
minutes  (you  can  disable  the 
hard  disk-saving  feature  by 
setting  the  time  increment  to 
0).  Doze  mode,  which  con- 
trols the  main  CPU,  can  be 
set  to  take  effect  in  as  little  as 
Vb  second.  Sleep  mode, 
which  controls  the  peripher- 
als, can  be  set  for  between 
1  and  15  minutes. 

Despite  the  flexibility  and 
power  of  this  notebook, 
there  are  some  curious  over- 
sights. For  example,  neither 
of  the  small  manuals  lists  a 
technical  support  number  or 
even  a  main  company  num- 
ber. I  had  to  call  directory  as- 
sistance to  track  down  Kris 
Technologies.  My  call  was 
precipitated  by  another  omis- 
sion from  the  documenta- 
tion—there was  no  explana- 
tion of  how  to  access  the 
setup  program,  though  the 
explanation  of  the  program 
and  tips  on  optimum  use 


were  well  written  and  clear. 
Power  users  may  shrug 
off  these  omissions  and  look 
to  the  Kris  Master  for  its  sol- 
id performance  and  speed. 
On  that  level,  the  Master 
gives  all  you'll  need  in  a  pow- 
erful notebook  configura- 
tion— even  if  you  keep  it  on 
your  desktop. 
PETER  scisco 

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GRANDVIEW  2.0 

From  its  inception  as  an  out- 
liner  and  personal  informa- 
tion manager,  Symantec's 
GrandView2.0  has  success- 
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those  who  have  found  the  pro- 
gram's unique  blend  of  out- 
lining, categorizing,  and  print- 
ing to  be  a  worthwhile  addi- 
tion to  the  desktop — even  if 
these  same  tools  can  now 
be  found  in  spreadsheets, 
word  processors,  and  other 
productivity  applications. 

In  its  latest  incarnation, 
GrancfWewemerges  as  a  full- 
blown project  management 
tool,  minus  the  Gantt  charts 
and  other  features  that 
many  managers  find  too 
complex  or  rigid  to  use  in 
managing  day-to-day  affairs 
at  the  office. 

The  program's  many  new 
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these  tasks  to  a  person,  giv- 
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a  due  date. 

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your  assignments  and  writing 
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program's  templates. 

The  templates  are  a  fine  ad- 
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key  combination  (such  as 
Alt-F  for  the  file  menu), 
Symantec  insists  on  using 
the  F10  or  backslash  keys 
to  activate  menus.  Few  pro- 
grams use  this  interface  any- 
more, although  those  few 
are  well  known  (Lotus  1-2-3 
and  older  versions  of  The 
Norton  Utilities,  for  exam- 
ple). In  this  GUI  world, 
when  it  seems  that  the  en- 
tire software  industry  is  rac- 
ing away  from  DOS  applica- 
tions, it  makes  better  sense 
to  design  a  consistent  inter- 
face so  that  users  who  ha- 
ven't opted  for  Windows  will 
at  least  not  have  to  re-edu- 

116        COMPUTE     APRIL  1992 


cate  their  fingers  when  it 
comes  to  using  a  keyboard. 
Effective  project  manage- 
ment, no  matter  what  the 
scale  or  variety,  is  key  to  ef- 
fective and  creative  work. 


Muncher  if  you  chomp  down 
on  an  object  that  doesn't  fit 
the  rule.  The  game  ends 
when  no  reserve  Munchers 
are  left  for  board  duty.  High 
scorers  earn  a  place  of  honor 


This  tiappy  Muncher— one  of  many  to  be  found  in  Super  Munchers- 
must  lihow  its  facts  and  avoid  the  Troggles. 


With  its  emphasis  on  outlin- 
ing and  its  support  structure 
of  categories,  priorities,  and 
responsibilities,  GrandView 
can  manage  the  information 
you  need  to  get  the  job 
done  right. 
PETER  scisco 

IBM  PC  and  compatibles,  320K 
RAM.  two  floppy  drives  or  one  floppy 
drive  and  a  hard  drive  (tiard  drive  or 
expanded  memory  required  to  use 
memory-residenl  oplion) — $295 

SYfJANTEC 

10201  Torre  Ave. 

Cupertino,  CA  95014-2132 

(408)  253-9600 

Circle  Reader  Service  Number  373 

SUPER 
MUNCHERS 

Super  l^unctiers  offers  fast- 
paced,  arcade-style  family 
entertainment  in  the  classic 
Pac-Man  tradition — but  with  a 
brain-teasing  twist.  You  move 
a  friendly  animated  character 
known  as  a  Muncher  around 
an  electronic  game  board, 
gobbling  up  words  that 
match  a  target  rule.  You  earn 
points  for  each  correct  item 
munched,  but  you  lose  a 


in  the  Super  Munchers  Hall  of 
Heroes. 

Five  types  of  Troggles,  or 
fvluncher-gobbling  meanies, 
make  life  difficult  for  morsel- 
masticating  Munchers.  Trog- 
gles pop  up  onscreen  at  ran- 
dom locations  and  devour 
unsuspecting  Munchers  on 
contact.  The  higher  the  level 
of  gameplay,  the  greater  the 
Troggle  menace.  Munchers 
find  temporary  relief  in  Trog- 
gle-repelling  Safe  Zones, 
which  Troggles  can't  enter. 

To  spice  up  the  action,  a 
special  transformation  cell  ap- 
pears whenever  Munchers 
chow  down  on  20  correct 
items  in  a  row.  If  players  di- 
rect their  Munchers  to  this 
cell,  their  game  pieces 
change  into  Super  Munch- 
ers! Super  Munchers  have 
20  seconds  to  earn  bonus 
points  by  trouncing  every 
Troggle  in  sight.  They  earn 
extra  super  time  if  they 
chomp  down  on  correct 
items  as  they  navigate  the 
board.  As  an  added  treat, 
after  every  three  levels  of 
play,  players  get  to  help  Su- 
per Munchers  on  a  special 
problem-solving  mission. 


Super  Munchers  is  a  terri- 
fic computer  game  because 
success  requires  more  than 
just  hand-eye  coordination. 
Players  also  have  to  think. 
How  well  you  do  depends 
upon  your  ability  to  identify, 
classify,  and  categorize. 
The  package  features  six  ma- 
jor subject  areas:  Animals, 
Famous  Americans,  Food 
and  Health,  Geography,  Mu- 
sic, plus  Odds  'n'  Ends. 
Each  topic,  in  turn,  has  sev- 
eral target  rules  for  a  total  of 
150  categories  (twice  that 
many  if  you  include  nega- 
tions). If  you're  looking  for 
the  ultimate  in  mind-build- 
ing challenges.  Super 
Munchers  is  a  gaming  en- 
thusiast's dream  come  true. 

CAROL  HOLZB  ERG 

IBM  PC  anfl  compatibles;  512K 
RAK^:  CGA.  EGA,  MCGA.  or  VGA; 
SVi-incfr  or5'/i-incfi  floppy  drive;  key- 
board or  mouse;  supports  Ad  Lib  and 
Sound  Blaster— $49.95 

MECC 

6160  Summit  Dr.  N 

Minneapolis,  MN  55430-4003 

(800)  685- MECC 

(612)  569-1640 

Circle  Reader  Service  Mumljer  374 

MIDWINTER 

Mother  Nature  has  delivered 
a  premature  ice  age  in  re- 
sponse to  global  warming, 
When  the  level  of  the  seas 
dropped,  a  submarine  moun- 
tain peak  emerged  from  the 
depths  to  form  the  frozen  is- 
land you  now  inhabit.  You 
are  Captain  John  Stark,  a 
peace  officer,  and  you  have 
just  gone  out  on  patrol. 

While  you're  on  patrol,  the 
evil  General  Masters  and  his 
personal  army  begins  to  oc- 
cupy the  southeastern  tip  of 
your  island.  His  troops  push 
north  and  west  to  occupy  the 
mines  that  bhng  the  heat  of 
the  earth's  magma  to  the  sur- 
face and  make  life  possible 
on  the  frigid  planet. 

As   Captain   Stark,   you 


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must  find  allies  and  recruit 
them  to  your  cause.  Place 
good  skiers  in  snow  vehicles 
in  a  defensive  line  across  the 
southeastern  part  of  the  is- 
land. If  that  line  holds,  you'll 
have  a  slim  chance  of  reclaim- 
ing the  island  by  destroying 
the  invading  forces. 

Much  in  Midwinter  de- 
pends upon  chance. 
Chance  determines  both 
your  position  and  that  of  the 
enemy  at  the  beginning  of 
the  game.  Should  you  begin 
play  in  a  very  remote  area, 
you'll  have  little  chance  of  win- 
ning the  game.  Should  you 
fail  to  quickly  establish  a 
strong  defensive  line  of  snow- 
mobiles, or  if  they  don't  hold 
off  the  advancing  army, 
again,  you'll  fail. 

Roam  the  fractal-generat- 
ed, 160,000-square-mile,  3-D 
polygon-filled  landscape  and 
enjoy  a  variety  of  heads-up 
winter  sports.  You  can  hang 
glide,  ski,  snowmobile,  or  trav- 
el by  cable  car,  You  can  blow 
up  buildings  or  practice  your 
marksmanship.  It  makes  you 
wonder  if  the  designer — Mike 
Singleton  of  the  United  King- 
dom and  Rainbird — decided 
in  midproject  to  move  a  Win- 
ter Olympics  game  closer  to 
role-playing  territory 

The  interface  allows  for 
joystick,  mouse,  or  keyboard 
control.  Only  the  mouse 
lacked  the  precision  to  con- 
trol the  various  icon-driven 
features  of  the  game.  A 
heads-up  display  with  the 
center  of  the  screen  cut  to  re- 
semble the  view  through 
snow  goggles  or  the  wind- 
shield of  your  vehicle  adds 
somewhat  to  the  feeling  of  be- 
ing there.  While  you're  skiing 
or  hang  gliding,  the  body- 
heat  icon  is  the  most  impor- 
tant,  since  you  can  freeze  to 
death  in  the  -25-degree  tem- 
perature, When  you're  travel- 
ing by  snowmobile,  the  most 
important  icons  are  the  gas 
gauge  and  the  angle  of  the 

118        COMPUTE    APRIL  1992 


Whafs  that  Star  Trek"  prop  doing  here?  Oh,  it's  the  DATALUX  MX 
LCD  monitor,  with  16  shades  of  gray  and  no  eyestrain. 


slope.  Snowmobiles  turn  over 
when  the  slope  is  too  steep. 

Here,  as  in  a  role-playing 
game,  each  of  the  32  nonplay- 
er  characters  has  attributes 
that  determine  performance, 
proficiency  and  speed  at  a 
number  of  crucial  tasks.  The 
attributes  don't  appear  to 
change  through  the  course 
of  the  all-too-quick  game. 

Ultimately,  Midwinter 
proves  perhaps  a  bit  too  chal- 
lenging. The  characters 
don't  seem  to  work  well  to- 
gether, and  success  de- 
pends upon  chance  rather 
than  strategy  or  good  game- 
play  When  I  finally  called  the 
MicroProse  support  line  for 
help  with  the  game,  I  was 
told  that  Midwinterwas  a  UK 
product  and  I  would  have  to 
call  them  for  support. 

While  I  enjoyed  skiing, 
snowmobillng,  and  hang  gild- 
ing, I  recommend  Midwinter 
only  to  the  most  skilled 
gamers.  After  a  time,  the  dif- 
ficulty will  overpower  the  val- 
ue of  the  game's  realism  and 
leave  you  cold. 

ALFRED  C-  GIOVETTI 


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MONITOR 

At  first  glance  it  looks  like 
one  of  the  flat-screen  desk- 
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It's  much  thinner  than  a  reg- 
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ing of  standard  computer 
monitors  and  become  overly 
tired  when  they  look  at  these 
monitors  for  more  than  an 
hour  or  two  at  a  time  (espe- 
cially monitors  with  short-per- 
sistence phosphors).  LCD 
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on  and  off  much  more  slowly 
than  conventional  monitors, 
so  people  with  this  problem 
can  work  with  LCD  screens 
all  day  without  becoming 
tired. 

I've  used  a  DATALUX  for 
about  four  months  and 
found  only  one  real  draw- 
back. The  current  models 
support  just  1 6  gray  shades, 
even  though  most  laptop 
and  notebook  LCD  screens 
now  support  either  32  or  64 
shades  of  gray  On  the  other 
hand,  a  DATALUX  screen  is 
noticeably  brighter  than  the 
other  passive-matrix  LCD 
screens  I've  seen. 

If  you're  unable  to  use  a 
conventional  computer  mon- 
itor because  of  space  or 
health  considerations — and 
you  don't  require  color — the 
DATALUX  ML  LCD  Monitor 
may  be  just  what  you're  look- 
ing for. 

DAVID  ENGLISH 


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Police  Quest  2  29.95 
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Jones  Fast  Lane  40.95 
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159  900  Sollrore 

140  Abracattata    

147  AlCS 

108  Axiom  Sattware _ 

191  Bare  Bones  Softmie 

211  Blue  Ribbon  Soundworlis 

173  Blue  Valley  Sottware 

Bioderbund   

164  Brown  Wagti  Publishing 

148  Brown  Wagh  Pyblisliing 

205  Calolie  Induslries  

207  CH  Products 

129  Chips  &  Bits 

189  Chips  &  Bils 

165  Citizen  American  Coiporalion .... 

Cleveland  Institute    

Cominodore 

187  ComPro  SoUware  Syslems 

181   Compsult    .  .  ,  . 

150  Compsull 

1D3  CompuSenra 

Computer  Book  Club 

Ttie  Computer  Bo*l   

Computer  Business  Service  Inc  .  ,  . 
1B4  Gompuler  Direct    

141  Computer  Prtjductions 

137  Co»ox  Inc 

125  Creative  Labs  

120  DCS  Industries 

Daniel  Rogers  Infl  Hair  Loss 

131  DemoSource    

181   Digital  r/icrohics 

135  Diskoveries    

204  Disks  OPiinty  Ire 

208  Disk-Caunl  Sollware 

210  D&K  Enterprises,  Inc 

183  Excel  AmBiican/l4ooper  international 
111   FairBroltiers,  inc    

192  Financial  Services  Marketing  Corp  . 
19D  Financial  Services  l^arketing  Corp  . 

179  Foxy  Tech    

196  Franklin  Mint  Precision  Models    .  . 
115  GaidenTech 


.  .  G-17 
.  .6-17 
.  .  .  128 

.  .  .  129 
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.  .  A-29 

.  .  A-30 

.  .  A-25 

.  .  A-31 
,  ...  39 
,  .  .  67 
,  ...  15 

.  .  G-17 
.  ...  29 
.  .  .  123 
.  124,125 

.  .  .  .  1 
.  .  .  107 

...  73 
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.  .  G-15 
.  .  .  130 

...  17 
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.  .  .  IBC 
.  .  G-19 
,  .  G-17 
.  .  .  131 
.  ,  .  130 

...  21 
,  .  A-31 
...  61 
.  .  G-11 
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155  GeoWOfkS 9 

156  GeoWorks    11 

157  GeoWorks    13 

128  Grapevine  Group G-15 

Hair  Dynasty  lor  Men   127 

219  Help  Dis!(    A-26 

215  Hyacintir 129 

123  Hyperdata    A-30 

117  Impulse A-3 

Ingenious  Sollware G-17 

IDS  Interplay 79 

107  \ii\  Computet  Matketitig  Company 132 

Jacotsen  Sottware  Desings G-17 

212  Jessie  J.  Hill 132 

JP  Pei^  Products  by  Mai:i  G-17 

213  J&C  Repair  , G-19 

119  Mallarr)  Sotare    43 

214  Media  Vision 25 

180  Micrcgrafx   45 

MicicLojic 27 

197  MicrcMagic  Productions 132 

113  MicrttPtose 81 

175  MicrcSpliere A-5 

152  Micro  Tecli  USA ,111 

174  Missian  Control 99 

175  My  Story  Books,  Inc 130 

133  NEC  Tectinoiogy IFC 

199  NeedJiams  Electronics 129 

144  New  World  Computing 101 

Newbridge  Connmunications  Inc 47 

NRI/McGraw  Hill 105 

104  Origin  .     , 37 

177  PC  CompoNet  Inc. 133 

110  Peoples  Coiiege  ol  Inrfependenl  Studies 120 

169  Pixel  Perlect/Dr  Schuiter  Medical 60 

185  Poor  Person  Sollware A-31 

193  Prolcssionai  Casette  Center 109 

Protect  Yourseil  Scream  Alarm   69 

153  Psygrosis 83 

136  Rex  Computers 133 

143  SaleSolt  Sysienns  Inc 130 

116  SeXXy  Sottware 133 

154  Sierra  OnLine   BC 

109  Smart  Luck  Sottware 132 

217  SollComp  USA 134 


126  SoltSlioppe  Inc 130 

121  Sottware  of  the  Month  Club 132 

198  Sottware  Support  Inn  .  .  .  117,A-13,A-1S,G-7,G-11,G-14 

SOGWAP  Sollware    G-11 

130  Siarware  Publistirng  Corp 132 

221  Superior  Micro  Systems,  Inc G-19 

170  "enex   G-3 

128  Grapevine  Group      G-15 

Tlie  Hunter  Group 97 

132  Tlie  Oltter  Guys   A-21 

The  Sterling  Connection A-23 

201  Timeworks 23 

124  Tycom  Inc ,  ,  G-17 

195  Universal  Memory 31 

145  Virgin  Mastertronics,  Int'l .    ,    ....  41 

153  Virgin  Mastertfonlcs,  Int1    .  ..,,.. .  .  75 

149  Virgin  Mastertronics.  Int1 103 

151  Virgin  Mastertronics,  Infl   95 

167  Virgin  Mastertronics,  Int'l      87 

168  Virtual  Reality  Laps  Inc    14 

171  Virtual  Reality  Labs  Inc A-11 

172  Wegwood  Computer    130 

122  WOL  Direct/Nalionai  Learning  Systems 53 

114  lem&  One's    119 

142  Zipperware A-30 


Amiga  Resource  Disk    A-20 

Amiga  Resource/Genie  Online  A-7 

COMPUTE/America  OnLine   57 

COMPUTE  Books    16,A-26,A-2e 

COMPUTE's/Desklop  Publishing  with  GeoWorks 80 

COMPUTE/GEnle  Online  Systems    55 

COMPUTE/Ouantum  0-Llnk   G-9 

COMPUTE'S  SharePak  Disk  Subscriptions 63 

COMPUTE  Sitigle  Disk  Order A-19 

COMPUTE'S  Specialty  Disks G-13 

Gaiette  Disk  index G-16 

Gazette  Disk  Subscription G-15 

Gazette  Productivity  Manager , G-21 

Gazette  Speedscripl  Disk G-19 

PC  Ultimate  Power  Disk 59 


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Michel  Tcherevkoff/The  Image 
Bank;  pages  6-7:  Jook  Leung/ 
FPG  International;  page  18:  Mark 
Wagoner;  page  26:  Mark  Wagon- 
er; page  28:  Mark  Wagoner;  page 
30:  Mark  Wagoner;  page  64:  Joe 
Sohnn/The  Stock  Market;  pages 
70-71:  Mark  Wagoner;  page  72; 
Steven  Hunt/The  Image  Bank; 
page  74:  Michael  Simpson/FPG  In- 
ternational; page  77:  Charly  Fran- 
kiin/FPG  International;  pages  84- 
85:  Mark  Wagoner;  page  86:  Ellen 
Schuster/The  Image  Bank;  pages 
90-91 ;  Mark  Wagoner;  page  92: 
Andrew  J,  Zito/The  Image  Bank; 
page  136:  FPG  International;  pag- 
es A-8-9:  Gerald  Zanetti/The 
Stock  Market;  page  A-32:  Hans 
Wendler/The  Image  Bank;  page 
G-5:  Michel  Tcherevkoff. 


APRIL  1992     COMPUTE        121 


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late  tabs  and  indents  by  drag- 
ging and  clicking  with  your 
mouse. 

The  word  processor  can 
easily  handle  graphics  as 
well  as  text.  To  import  a 
graphic,  you  first  copy  it  into 
Windows'  Clipboard  and 
paste  it  anywhere  in  your 
document.  If  you  place  the 
graphic  amid  text,  the  text 
automatically  flows  around 
the  graphic. 

Like  most  integrated  pack- 
ages, WindowWorks  can 
share  data  between  its 
tools.  You  can,  for  example, 
link  data  from  the  spread- 
sheet to  a  word  processor 
document.  However,  Win- 
'  dowWorks  doesn't  support 
'^Windows'  DDE  (Dynamic 
Data  Exchange),  opting  in- 
stead for  its  own  type  of  ob- 
ject and  data  linking. 

Unfortunatefy,  the  word 
processor  is  infuriatingly  slug- 
gish. If  you're  a  fast  typist, 
you'll  spend  much  time  wait- 
ing for  the  display  to  catch 
up  with  you.  This  sluggish- 

122        COMPUTE     APRIL  1992 


ness  is  especially  annoying 
when  you're  editing. 

WindowWorks'  database 
provides  all  the  tools  need- 
ed to  create  and  maintain  a 
database,  including  a  report 
generator  that  offers  a  selec- 
tion of  built-in  numerical  func- 
tions and  a  query  function 
that  can  apply  logical  oper- 
ators during  a  search.  The 
database  supports  five 
types  of  fields — character, 
numeric,  date,  logical,  and 
memo — that  can  be  format- 
ted in  several  ways.  Buttons 
at  the  top  of  the  screen  al- 
low you  to  use  a  mouse  to 
move  forward  and  back- 
ward through  a  database  a 
record  at  a  time  or  to  jump 
quickly  to  the  first  or  last  re- 
cord. Although  Window- 
V\fyrks  cannot  directly  import 
or  export  other  database  for- 
mats, it  can  import  or  export 
delimited  ASCII  files. 

The  database's  major 
weakness  is  its  clumsy  de- 
sign, For  example,  you 
must  select  the  Create  Text 


or  Create  Field  button  each 
time  you  place  a  new  label 
or  field,  forcing  you  to  jump 
continually  between  the  but- 
ton and  the  display  when  set- 
ting up  a  new  form.  It  would 
have  made  more  sense  to 
leave  the  selected  mode  ac- 
tive until  you  turn  it  off.  Also, 
many  dialog  boxes  (and 
this  is  true  in  all  the  mod- 
ules) don't  allow  the  selec- 
tion of  options  with  the  stan- 
dard Alt-plus-letter  hot  keys. 
(You  can  tab  to  any  option 
and  then  select  it  with  the  En- 
ter key.)  Another  inconven- 
ience is  the  inability  to  type 
in  exact  coordinates  for  la- 
bels and  fields.  Instead,  you 
must  depend  on  your 
mouse  skills  to  position 
screen  objects  correctly. 

The  terminal  program  of- 
fers a  few  options  rriissing 
from  Windows'  Terminal,  in- 
cluding a  dial  directory,  Y- 
batch  file-transfer  protocol 
(it  omits  Kermit.  however, 
which  is  included  with  Win- 
dows' Terminal),  and  simple 


script  language.  In  addition, 
it  provides  button  icons  for 
the  program's  major  func- 
tions, Using  the  buttons,  you 
can  select  or  change  the  pro- 
gram configuration,  the  termi- 
nal emulation,  the  active  du- 
plex, the  dial  directory,  the 
hang-up  function,  and  the 
send-file  and  receive-file  op- 
erations. While  the  terminal 
program's  "look-back"  buff- 
er can  hold  only  400  lines  of 
text,  you  can  capture  an  en- 
tire session  to  disk  for  later 
perusal. 

All  in  all,  online  sessions 
run  smoothly — until  you 
want  to  transfer  files.  Then 
the  program  bogs  down,  eas- 
ily taking  twice  as  long  to 
download  or  upload  files 
when  compared  with  Win- 
dows' Terminal  program 
(XMODEM  transfers).  This  de- 
fect IS  serious  enough  to 
avoid  using  the  terminal  pro- 
gram for  anything  other 
than  leaving  quick  messag- 
es or  capturing  E-mail. 

In  addition,  I  couldn't  get 


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$29 
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S3i 
$12 
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5  20 
5  28 
S38 
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Full  Metal  Planet 
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Lemmings  Data  Disk 
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5  37 
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5  29 
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$49 
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TWILIGHT  2000'  from 
MICBOPROSE  is  a 
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Features  traditional  cell 
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hand  painted  scenes, 
and  sound  board 
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M1  Tank  Platoon  Bundl  $39 

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Mechwarrior  $34 

Megafortress  $37 

Megalortress  Mission  2  $  24 


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the  terminal's  window  to  op- 
erate properly.  When  I  tried 
to  enlarge  the  window  by 
dragging  its  bottom  edge 
down,  the  horizontal  scroll 
bar  was  improperly  redrawn 
about  a  third  of  the  way  up 
from  the  bottom  of  the  win- 
dow. Apparently  the  termi- 
nal program  can't  be  run 
with  a  full-sized  window, 
which  limits  the  lines  of  text 
the  program  can  display. 

WindowWorks'  spread- 
sheet module  can  import 
and  export  Lotus  1-2-3  and 
delimited  ASCII  files.  And  if 
you  own  Spinnaker's  Elght- 
In-One.  you  can  also  import 
those  files  to  transfer  them 
to  any  of  the  other  support- 
ed formats.  The  spread- 
sheet supports  standard 
cell  formats,  including  text, 
percentage,  scientific  nota- 
tion, and  several  date 
forms.  Numbers  can  be  for- 
matted in  various  decimal, 
doilar,  and  comma  formats. 

Although  cells  can  be  dis- 
played in  WYSIWYG  fash- 
ion, with  bold,  underlined, 
and  italic  text,  these  attrib- 
utes must  be  selected  from 
a  dialog  box;  they  are  not 
readily  available  on  the  dis- 
play. Worse,  the  attributes 
stay  active  only  for  the  cur- 
rently selected  cell  or  cell 
range,  forcing  you  to  bring 
up  the  dialog  box  continually 
and  reselect  attributes. 

While  you  can  set  the 
width  and  height  of  spread- 
sheet columns  and  rows,  you 
must  do  so  by  entering  val- 
ues into  a  dialog  box  (the  op- 
posite of  the  database's 
mouse-only  field  positioning; 
if  only  they  were  the  oth#r 
way  around).  No  easy  click- 
and-drag  method  here.  Both 
relative  and  fixed  cell  address- 
ing are  supported,  however, 
and  many  built-in  functions 
(over  40)  are  included  to  aid 
you  in  setting  up  formulas. 

WindowWorks'  chart  gen- 
erator allows  you  to  create 

126        COMPUTE    APRIL  1992 


bar,  line,  pie,  area,  and  high- 
low-close  charts.  You  can  en- 
ter chart  data  manually  or  im- 
port data  from  a  Window- 
Works  spreadsheet  file. 
Once  you've  started  your 
chart,  you  can  enter  chart  ti- 
tles, axis  labels,  and  legends 
using  different  fonts  and  text 
attributes. 

Rounding  out  the  package 
are  the  address  book  and 
mailing  label  modules.  The  for- 
mer is  a  stand-alone,  dedicat- 
ed database  which,  oddly, 
maintains  no  connection  with 
the  full  database  module  (ex- 
cept through  H'/ndort's' Clip- 
board), Besides  not  wanting 
to  create  a  database  from 
scratch,  I  can't  imagine  why 
anyone  would  want  to  bother 
with  the  address  book  at  all. 
Thankfully,  the  label  maker 
can  print  mailing  labels  using 
both  address  book  or  data- 
base data. 

Despite  WindowWorks' un- 
wished, rushed-out-the- 
door  feel,  for  a  while  it  was 
the  only  kid  on  the  block.  If 
you  wanted  a  reasonably 
priced  integrated  package 
for  Windows,  you  had  to 
buy  PFS:  WindowWorks. 
Nov/  that  Microsoft  has  re- 
leased its  impressive  Works 
for  Windows.  Spinnaker's  go- 
ing to  have  a  tough  time 
keeping  pace,  especially 
when  you  consider  that  both 
packages  flaunt  the  identical, 
low  price  tag.  Frankly,  1  can 
think  of  no  reason  to  prefer 
PFS:  WindowWorks  over 
Works  for  Windows. 

CLAYTON  WALNUM 

IBM  PC  and  compatibles  (80286  or 
faster  required):  1MB  RAM  (1.5  MB 
recommended);  EGA.  VGA.  or  Hercu- 
les, hard  disk;  1.2  MB  S'A-'mch  or 
720K  3'/s-inch  floppy  drive;  mouse; 
Microsoft  Windows  3.0;  Hayes-com- 
patible modem  optional— $199. 

SPINNAKER  SOFTWARE 
201  Broadway 
Cambridge,  MA  02139 
(617}  494-1200 

Circle  Reader  Servirs  Number  378 


WORDTRIS 

It  all  begins  so  innocently. 
First  one  letter  block  drops  in- 
to a  well,  then  another,  and 
another.  Mildly  intoxicating 
Russian  music  wafts  gently 
from  speakers  attached  to 
the  computer  sound  card. 
You  suspect  nothing.  Wel- 
come to  WordTris. 

Casually,  you  reposition 
the  falling  letter  blocks  be- 
fore they  land  on  the  water. 
The  goal  is  to  form  words 
with  three  or  more  letters. 
The  more  words  you  speli, 
the  more  points  you  accumu- 
late. Soon  you  notice  that 
some  words  earn  higher 
scores  than  others  because 
they  contain  obscure  letters 
like  Z,  Q,  J,  and  X  rather 
than  common  characters 
like  S,  T:  a.  and  E,  You  se- 
cretly wish  for  more  of  the 
high-value  letters  to  drop. 

"This  is  easy"  you  smugly 
tell  yourself.  Completed 
words  disappear  from  the 
well,  leaving  you  more  room 
to  maneuver.  Then  it  hap- 
pens— you  progress  to  anoth- 
er level.  Letter  blocks  begin  to 
drop  more  rapidly.  Again  you 
rally  to  the  challenge,  adjust- 
ing your  reflexes  to  accommo- 
date the  faster  speed  at 
which  letter  blocks  now  fall. 
Your  score  rises  steadily, 
You're  on  top  of  the  world! 

Suddenly,  the  computer 
beeps  again — the  telltale 
sign  that  you've  made  it  to  an- 
other level,  More  letters  fall. 
Where  are  the  vowels?  Why 
do  you  get  four  Ls  in  a  row? 
The  activity  becomes  difficult. 

Your  nerves  begin  to  fray. 
You're  all  thumbs.  Blocks 
start  to  land  on  top  of  other 
blocks,  pushing  the  lower 
ones  underwater.  Soon  sunk- 
en blocks  reach  the  bottom  of 
the  well.  Columns  of  blocks 
stack  above  the  water  line. 

At  first,  it's  possible  to  get 
sunken  and  stacked  letter 
blocks  to  disappear.  The 


game  accepts  words  spelled 
horizontally  or  vertically  no  mat- 
ter where  they  lie.  At  higher  lev- 
els of  play,  however,  blocks 
fall  so  rapidly  it's  hard  to  re- 
gain control.  Mercifully,  the 
game  ends  when  a  letter 
block  reaches  the  top  of  the 
well.  Peace  of  mind  returns. 

Is  WordTris  a  last-ditch  So- 
viet attempt  to  capture  the 
hearts  and  minds  of  an  unsus- 
pecting American  public?  Per- 
haps, but  it's  also  a  terrific  com- 
puter game  that  builds  vocab- 
ulary skills  as  it  improves 
hand-eye  coordination.  Play 
alone,  against  a  friend,  or 
cooperatively  with  another 
challenger.  Match  wits 
against  three  players  in  Tour- 
nament mode.  All  four  of  you 
play  identical  games  to  see 
who  earns  the  highest  score. 
There's  even  a  Head  to  Head 
option  allowing  challengers  to 
play  on  separate  computers 
connected  via  cable,  modem, 
or  Novell  network.  Every 
game  type  offers  four  difficul- 
ty modes — Children's,  Nov- 
ice, Advanced,  and  Expert. 
Each  has  ten  levels  of  play 

No  matter  which  game  or 
difficulty  mode  you  choose, 
WordTris  has  "potato  chip" 
appeal.  It's  impossible  to 
play  just  one  round.  Magic 
Words,  Special  Bonus,  Eras- 
er, and  Mystery  Blocks,  com- 
bined with  your  unrelenting 
desire  to  earn  a  place  of  hon- 
or on  the  high-scorer  list,  will 
keep  you  coming  back. 

CAROL  HOLZBERG 

IBM  PC  and  compatibles;  640K 
BAM;  CGA.  EGA,  VGA,  Hercules,  or 
Tandy  16-color:  S'A-incfi  or  5'/j-inchi 
floppy  drive;  hard  drive  recommend- 
ed; 256-color  VGA  graphics  require 
a  1.2MB  5'/i-inch  floppy  drive,  3'/j- 
inoh  floppy  drive,  or  hard  drive;  sup- 
ports Ad  Lib,  Sound  Blaster,  Tandy 
1000,  and  Roland  sound;  joystick  or 
mouse  optional — 344.95 

SPECTRUM  HOLOBYTE 

2061  Challenger  Dr. 

Alameda.  CA  94501 

(415)522-3584 

Circle  Reader  Service  Njmber  379      G 


END  BALDNESS  AND  THINNING  HAIR 


"TO  EVERY  MAN  LOSING  HAJR" 

In  announcing  Hair  Dynasty,  I  said: 

"I  will  offer  every  individual  the  ultimate  in 
hair  replacement!  it  shall  be  constructed  of 
the  finest  material  and  developed  from  oniy 
the  latest,  most  modern  technology!  The 
result  shall  be  a  hair-replacement  system 
that  is  permanent  and  totally  undetectable 
to  those  around  you — regardless  of  the 
circumstances!  No  man  tias  to  accept 
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