Pick the Perfect Paint Program! June 1988

The Leading Magazine of Home, Educational, and Recreational Computing

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g 021 93 USA S3.00 _;.jJ'J. r We Review The Train, Soko-Ban, Dae Easy Light, and more! Get ready for four of the most challeng- Permanently You wi ll when you endure There are boulders, rivers, potholes, in 0o' ru 00ooed ' rum p-bumpin 0o cross the lonQes~ t winter of voJ ur life in the ice, and mudbogs to contend with. What ...------. e~~~~~ sl eet and slosh of The Michigan are mudbogs?You'll find out. (Just after Course. TheGeorgia Red Clay you find out there's a Demon 4 x 4 chas­ Course has enough mud to keep ingyou all through the race. A Demon 0 P. J ~ ' - . you a hu man fossil for 2,000 years. hellbent on you r destruction.) - I 11 ·1! -­ . -· I r r I I And then there's DeathValley If you win enough races, collect Get it. D-E-A-T-H Valley enough points, only then will the l'h •JI/ \ 111 /}111/l'I I/,llCll(Jr/IC1'd r1111/1(' frJI/nu 111i: L1 •u1111d• 1.J,11 111/Ju mud ,,(/( ,,1 ·d \ fj/111 'k"J. ' cu'"· 11111 111i e \( 111hh1t'.'' lt'rt''"' ""l'h n1 "II'11111(/, ·1 Start wi th pre-race strategy. Victor's Cup be yours. It's count ry road racing courses thisearth Select and custom ize your personal the least we can do. After has to offer. veh icle. Your supplies. Your repa ir equip- all ,you did go th rough l.:i~~;:tf Fight the tortu rous terrain of Baja. ment. Believe us.Y ou'll needeverything. hell to get there. Rocks, boulders, skid-sand, even a few spikey cactu ses. And of course, heat that's hot enough to fillet any forehead. 4x4 OFF-ROAD RACING Ever had your hands stuck to the wheel? (U///11/ur//rf!le; .·im r~rr BYEPYX WHAT'S A TAIT02. That's a very goodquestion. Taito"(pronounced Tie-toe) is one ofthe oldest andbiggest names in the arcade industry.

Taito is the world's largest manufacturerandoperator ofarcade games. We've been in the business since 1953.

Andthat's just the beginning. Taito practically started the video game industry with our classic arcade hit, Space

Invaders."' And over the years, Taito has created more than

ARKANOIO: 33 screens ofspace-age excitement Awardwinningcoin-op hit. Over 1 million soldin Japan. ·o ne ofthe besteveC-Electronic Game 1,000 othergreat action games for arcade andhome play. Player MagaZJne.

Now Taito has something equally exciting for you to

slip into yourhome computer. Taito is bringing you the same

pioneering spirit, technical qualityandexcitement that made

us the arcade leader for play on your Commodore, Amiga,

IBM, Apple andAtaricomputers.

We are the arcade leader fora very goodreason. We con­

sistentlymake great video games that bring more action and

RENEGADE· This is the oneandonly. Don't sertJe forimitations. Blistering, fast pacedandreal life street-style Karate action. One ofthe hottest games in Europe. value to the people whoplayourgames. Andliterallymillions ofpeople play ourgames in arcades allover the world.

Our strength comes from the massive development effort we putinto creating the kindofgames that satisfy the ever-growing arcade appetite andthe research gathered from the more than 100,000 arcade machines Taito operates in

Japan. (The moneyin the coin boxes atthe endofthe day tells very quickly if you've got a good game or not.) And Taito is ALCON: The ultimate in inter-planetary combat. Battle aliens with lasers. homing missiles. bombs and shields. Fantastic vertical scrolling future· always working hardto develop the mostexciting new video world landscapes.

TaitoScftwarefnc..267 West Esplanade, North Vancouver,BC. Canada V7M1A5. Tel·604-984-3344. Sky Shark"' and Gladiator"' are trademarks of Taito America, fnc. Copyright © 1988. All Taito, Arkanoirfl" Renegade["' Alcon[" RastanT"' Bubble BobbfeT"' Operation Wo/f,TM rights reserved. Amiga, Commodore. Apple, IBM and Atari are trademarks respectively of games thatpush the technology to its limits.*

Because arcade games are the benchmark for home video games, Taito's leadership in the arcade translates into more home video thrills-more mesmerizing arcade quality graphics, soundandabove all, action!

That's whynobodybut Taito can bring you more ofwhat you're looking for in home computer video games. RASTAN: One ofthe biggest coin--0p hits of1987. Stunning graphics. Non· stop. mythicalsuper hero action with multiple weapons, enemies and You don'tgettobe the biggest in the arcade business by levels ofplay.

developing andmanufacturing run ofthe mill video games.

When you buy Taito games, you're getting more than

just fun. We bring you games that test your nerve and your

strategy. Games thatmake you laugh andput you on the edge

ofyourseat, games ofadventure andexcitement. Taito takes

you on voyages to places you've neverbeenbefore-tobrave

newworldsofimaginationandfantasy. Afterall, isn't thatwhat BUBBLEBOBBLE:Addierive action. Up to 100 levels of arcadequaliry play. One or two player action. The number one game in Europe for three months in a row. great video games are allabout?

And every action game we put our name on is more than just competitive confrontation.

Taito games are allaboutthe values ofgoodtriumphing overevil, ofbeing the best you can be-games like Arkanoid,™Renegade ;M Alcon:M Rastan:M andBubble Bobble"!.M Andwe have more arcade block­ busters like Operation Wolf,™Sky Shark,™and Gladiator,™coming soon to software formats forplay on your home computer. Taito's home-boundhitparade ofvideo fun has just begun.

Who butthe arcade leader couldbring you so much? That's Taito! Aren't you glad you asked?

Buy Taito products at leading computer stores everywhere. Ifno stores are near you, Visa/

MasterCard holders can order anywhere in the US. by calling 1-800-663-806Z

Commodore·Am iga, Inc., Commodore Electronics, l td., Apple Computer Inc., International •If you think you'vegot the technical andcreativesbl'lity to develop mind-blowing video games, Business Machines and Atari Corporation. Advertisemen t by Dually &Company Inc., (Chicago). write to Taito, A rcen rion: Product Development at the above address. I I I I I FEATURES -· Quiet on the (Software) Set A Conversation with Trip Hawkins. The New Hollywood, and the future of computer entertainment, is just around the corner. Keith Ferrell 28 New Diversions Five new trends in game software will change the way you play. Tom Netse/ 12 Color Your World Picking a Paint Program. Paint in pixels with one of these six great computer art programs. Steven Anzovin 18 Buyer's Guide Flight Simulator Software. There are plenty of stratospheric thrills in these 55 flight simulator products./Ca roline D. Hanlon _ 47

- REVIEWS Fastlooks ______53 Mixed-Up Mother Goose Ed Ferrell ______57 Soko-Ban Brian Wierda ______57 Arkanoid JUNE Rhett Anderson ______62 Dae-Easy Light . 1988 . Lynne Weatherman _____ 63 Stickybear Math 2 & Stickybear VOLUME 10 Reading Comprehension Gregg Keizer 66 NUMBER 6 The Train ISSUE 97 Keith Ferrell 67 I I I I I COLUMNS Editorial License Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing! If fun is where you find it, then Fred D'Ignazio ______68 look to your computer. Gregg Keizer ______PFS: First Publisher 6 Lynne Weatherman ______70 News & Notes Wordstar 2000 Plus PC vaccinates vi rus, betaware Bob Gingher ______72 boasts buyers, CD-ROM meet makes news, and more./Editors _ 7 Tax Preparer Gameplay J. Blake Lambert ______73 Game worlds and great Publish It! graphics-how can you .have Duncan Teague ______74 both?/Orson Scott Card 9 Impact All work and no play make business computing boring. David D. Thornbwg 10 Discoveries Don 't buy a computer for the kids. Buy one for yourself instead. David Stanton 78 Levitations CD-ROM Conference attendee plants disc on Mt. Ranier. Arlan Levitan 86 Letters We want to hear from you. Editors 11 New Products! Adventure game clue book, PC - COMPUTE! SPECIFIC joystick card, sightseeing software, and more new releases./Editors _ 36 MS-DOS Clijion Karnes 39 64 & 128 Neil Randall 40 Apple II Gregg Keizer 41 Amiga Rhett Anderson 43 Macintosh Sharon Zardetto Aker 44 Atari ST David Plotkin 45 Hints & Tips Editors 46

Cover illustration: Lee Noel, Jr. with Steven Anzovin

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un is where you find it. works requires a system much like Holly­ And there's plenty to be found wood's studios, says Trip Hawkins, presi­ F on personal computers. Entertain­ dent of Electronic Arts, one ofthe software ment software may not be the largest sales publishers heading into compact discs. His category (that distinction belongs to wide­ thoughts on the future ofcomputer enter­ ranging productivity software), but it is the tainment appear in Keith Ferrell's cover sto­ fastest growing. There's good reason. ry, " Quiet on the (Software) Set," and Few recent additions to American makes fascinating reading. T he recent CD­ homes have done more for entertainment ROM conference in Seattle and the intro­ If Fun Is Where than the personal computer. Consider the duction of Apple's CD-ROM drive (both entertainment software best sellers- games reported in "News & Notes") indicate that You Find It, like Gunship and Srarf liglu, California the technology is ready to hit the consumer Games and Where in the USA is Carmen market. The days ofCatch-22- when no Then Look to Sandiego?. They wouldn't be possible in any one wanted to develop applications for CD­ other form. The magic ofcomputer sound, ROM because there wasn't an installed base animation, speed, and complexity creates ofdrives-may finally be ending. the Computer enti re worlds, worlds that no board or card The future is already here, though, as game can duplicate. "The New Look in Fun Software" demon­ on Your Desk Only the VCR can rival the personal strates. Tom Netsel charts five new ways de­ co mputer as a home electronic entertainer. velopers are making the current generation But though more than half of American ofgames more exciting and challenging. households own a video tape recorder (less Some of these emerging entertainment than a quarter have a personal computer), forms are on the shelf now; the rest you'll numbers can't tell the whole story. The see in the months ahead. VC R offers only passive entertainment; it Not everything connected with com­ only lets you watch what happens. Play a puters has to be a game, ofcourse. "Color computer game and enter an interactive en­ Your World" is about one of the most en­ vironment, where your decisions have an joya ble, nonentertainment computer appli­ impact on the outcome. cation-paint programs. Steve Anzovin, a Television is trying to reproduce this professional computer graphics designer, in teractivity with things like Caption Power, shows us some of the best paint software a toy used to take aim and fire at targets in a and suggests what to look for when you're TV program. These efforts are crude com­ paint-program shoppi ng. pared to computer fun , as crude as the an­ As always, we've got a comprehensive cient Pong videogame appears when buyer's guide, this time on flight simulator compared to present computer arcade software, an entertainment genre that always games li ke Arkanoid .or Thexder. puts several packages on the best-seller lists. While video tries to play catch-up, And our review department is loaded with computer entertainment runs at the edge of looks at the newest entertainment software. its technology. Older machines li ke the On a related topic, check out "MS-DOS Commodore 64 and the Apple Ile are still Takes Charge ofFun Software" in News & being pushed by software developers beyond Notes. It's a glimpse at the sales figures for the limitations once thought sacrosanct. game programs in 1987, and it shows how Massive numbers of MS-DOS computers important IBM PC, Tandy, and compatible have enticed developers into making it the computers are to the entertainment software game system for millions. Top-flight ma­ market. Games for the MS-DOS universe chines li ke the Amiga, ST, and Has are tai­ have been taken to task for their lack of lor-made for entertainment. Software keeps color, graphics, and sound, but with the pro­ pace, with bigger games, better graphics, and liferati on of EGA cards, MS-DOS entertain­ brighter ideas. ment software is literally looking better. And as you'll see in this issue, computer More RAM (most machines now come wi th entertainment isn't exactly standing still. either 512K or 640K) means bigger games. Computer fun is ready to make the move to And IBM PS/2 machines and top-of-the-line compact discs, the ubiquitous digital format VGA graphics promise to elevate MS-DOS storming the audio world. Holding more entertainment to the level dominated by than 500 megabytes ofdata, CDs will make games-oriented computers like the Amiga. possible immense simulations and graphics­ Fun is where we find it. In our case, intensive games. To produce these huge that's inside the computers on our desks. [!]

6 COMP U TE! news¬es

One Million Sold New Clone-Killing PS/2 Prices in One Day from IBM The Japanese love arcade IBM may be dealing clone mak­ wi th more functio n fo r thei r ga mes. Sales of home video ers a death blow wi th a new do llar. " You won't see the arcade ga mes in Japan. for in­ double-barreled strategy. In sid­ Model 50's price lowered sig­ stance, far outstrip those in the crs report that IBM is loweri ng ni fica ntly. for exam ple,'' says United States. In fact. it's esti­ prices on its PS/ 2 line over a Delay. "but yo u' ll see a new mated th at a thi rd ofJapanese period oftwo years and at the machine at the current Model households own the Nintendo same ti me requiri ng its dealers 2S's price point with a 80286 • - - - - - Family Computer. to carry larger quotas of the ma­ processor and much of the 50's ; ~ ') That may ex pl ain the re­ chines. thus leaving less shelf capability. T here is every •/ cent and phenomenal success space for IBM's competitors. chance you'll see an 80286­ of the intcndo arcade game If IB M's discounti ng strat­ powcrcd PS/ 2 se lling fo r T he PS/2's Dragon 's Quest Ill. O n its re­ egy is put in to effect. by the $ 1. 350 by Christmas of this current status lease, more than o ne m illi o n end of 1988 a 80286-powercd vea r. deserves some scruti ny. Last copi es of the game were sold in machine coul d cost as li ttle as · The PS/ 2's major com pet­ ovcmber, IBM announced a single day. Television repon s $ 1.000. and 80386 systems itors are the multitudes of 286­ that it had sold one million showed unbci.icvably long coul d be selling fo r $2.500. By powcrcd AT clones, the up­ PS/ 2s. This figure may not be lines. and Japanese authori ties the end of 1989, report some and-coming 386 machines (led q uite what it seems. say some reported thefts and assaults. as sources. a 386-bascd system by Compaq's cu tt i n ~ edge analysts. First, this is the num­ we ll as nearl y 300 arrests for could be goi ng fo r an entry­ 386/ 20). and the soon-to­ ber of machines shipped by truancy among school kids lcvcl price of$ I .350. appcar PS/ 2 clones. Will lower IB M, not the number sold to end users. Next, over one-third cutting classes to get thei r Accordi ng to Doug De­ PS/ 2 prices hurt these makers? of these computers were sold hands on the game. lay. an IB M press spokesman, At the low end, most 286 in Europe, not the U.S. And T he $45 game (not yet IB M is not and 386 AT compatibles are available in the U.S.) currently priced well below last. almost 70 percent ofthe can take up to 150 equivalent PS/2 machines. and o ne millio n PS/2s sold we re ho urs to com­ the chances arc that they will the non-OS/2-running Models plete, whi ch respond to any IB M-announced 25 and 30-essentially XT is part of price cuts wi th similar slashes. clones. This all adds up to its attrac­ (Dell Computer. makers of PC abo ut 200,000 OS/2-ready tion to Limited computers. has a l­ PS/ 2s sold in the U.S. Impres­ ready anno unced a $ 1,000 sive, but not overpowering. price cut on it s 386-powered T he success of IBM's PS/2 System 300 machines.) line may be directl y tied to the Lowering prices d rastical­ fa te ofOS/ 2. the operating sys­ ly may be difficu lt for clone tem the line is custom-

Upcoming Flood of GEOS Software Three new products have distribute their programs to soft's third annual conference changed the market for GEOS. people who do not own Becker­ on CD-ROM (Compact Disc the popular Macintosh-like op­ IJASI . Hi-res and sprite Read-Only Memory.) Despi te erating system for th e Com­ graphics commands. sound the conference's relative yo uth modore 64 and 128. commands. and menu com­ there was a strong sense Already released arc mands highlight BeckerBASIC. among the attendees that CD­ Berkeley Softworks' Ge0Pro­ Berkeley's own BASIC ROM is both a technology and gra111111er and Abacus' Becker­ programming language is ex­ a market approaching main­ BASIC. These software pected soon. With it s release. stream acceptance in the busi­ development systems will help we ca n expect even more pro­ ness and professional arenas. both machine language and grammers to begin producing More than that, though. was BASIC programmers produce GEOS software. an almost visionary awareness application and entertainment -RA of the creative and educational software for GEOS. opportunities offered by CD­ Ge0Progra111111er is a com­ Only 3-and Already ROM and its cousin. Com­ plete system designed for ma­ pact Disc-Interactive chine language programming So Big! (CD-I). in the GEOS environment. It You can pack hundreds of It was business. consists ofan assembler. a megabytes of information onto though. that got this year's linker. and a debugger. It uses a single compact disc and. as conference started. as Geoll'rire as a text editor. Microsoft proved in early Microsoft announced the BeckerB.-ISIC is a BASIC March. you can pack hundreds launch of two new CD-ROM specially designed for GEOS. ofcompact disc data special­ based products: S111all Business It's upwardly compatible with ists into a single room. Consulram and Swr Pack. Priced BASIC 2.0. A runtime package More than 2000 people at $149. Consultant consolidates is included to let programmers gathered in Seattle for Micro­ ro111im1ed 011 page 80

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've got a color screen, a few million bits have to choose, that's the choice to make. of memory, and a good graphics com­ Other trade-offs aren't so easy to take, I puter. I've also got a few hours to play a though. For instance, yo u never actually see game. I'm sorry, Infocom, but tonight I any of the battles; all the fights are described want pictures on that screen, and I want to to you in a text window. All the building in­ see them move. teriors look the same. Nobody ever moves I'm not talking about arcade games, on the screen. though. Those fast-action shoot-'em-, kick­ The Ultima series, on the other hand, 'em-, mash-'em-or-die games have begun to uses an overhead camera most of the time, I Want an lose their appeal for me. looking down on events the way you look Partly, it's because I'm getting on to­ down at a map. A picture ofone man repre­ Imaginary ward 40, and it's too demoralizing to watch sents yo ur entire party (in Exodus: Ultima a ten-year-old get a billion points on a game Ill, it's a party of four; in Ultima I V: Quest GameWorld­ where I got crushed with a mere ten thou. ofthe Avatar, a party ofeight). You can see Mostl y, though, it's because I've grown enemies approaching and attempt to run impatient with games that flood the screen away or, if you're feeling feisty, you can stay Not a Rat's with bad guys to mow me down just so they and fight. can hear the swish-clank ofanother quarter In towns, dungeon rooms, and combat Maze. And I dropping into the slot. Why should I put up situations, you again have an overhead shot, with that at home, when I've already paid this time with a smaller-scale map. However, Want Great 240 quarters to buy the game? the map only shows you what your charac­ At home, I want an imaginary world to ters can actually see. Anything around the Graphics. Can explore at my leisure. I want a game that corner ofa building or deep within a forest doesn't train me to play it like a rat in a shows up as black on your screen and be­ maze. Above all, I want to see the world in comes visible only when you put your char­ I Have Both? living color on the screen. acter in a position to see it. Which brings me to some of the best The effect is wonderful. You get a sense games-and best graphics programs-on of moving through the world, ofdiscove ring the market today. The premier animated what's around the next bend. In battle, you adventures-the Ultima series (I-IV) from can individually pick what each character in Origin Systems, the King's Quest series the party gets to do-moving and choosing (I-IV) from Sierra, and the Bard's Tale se­ targets independently. The world is vast and ries (I-III) from Electronic Arts-have each fascinating, especially in Ultima I V; no oth­ developed a unique approach to making an er adventure game I've seen can compare adventure game that feels like a movie in­ with it. stead ofa book. The map approach makes sense, both for Let's look at all three approaches to play and for programming. In play, you can game graphics as if they were movies. Bard's always see what's going on, and the screen is Tale I is " filmed" entirely through "point­ alive with images. To program it, the design­ of-view" shots, as if you were looking ers only had to store the graphic image ofa through the characters' eyes. What you see whole bunch oftiny reusable objects. on the screen is only what the characters in But this approach, successful as it is, re­ the game would see; yo u don't see the char­ mains schematic, not movielike. Only in the acters themselves. corridors of the dungeons do you find yo ur­ When you walk down a street in the self looking at the scene from eye-level­ city ofSkara Brae, yo u see buildings on the and here, bound by the same limitations as right and on the left, receding in the dis­ Bard's Tale, the designers bad to face the tance. Move forward, and you jump a frame same tradeoffs. If you compare the dungeon farther down the street. Turn left or right, corridors of Ultima with the streets and and you face the door of a building. dungeons of Bard's Tale, Bard's Tale wins At first glance, the pictures look great. that graphics contest hands down. But you quickly realize that there are only a I've got some good news for you. half-dozen building images, repeated over There's a third approach, used by the game and over again through the city. creators at Sierra for King's Quest. The I know, I know-pictures eat up mem­ Black Cauldron, and Mixed-Up Mother ory. The Bard's Tale authors made a Goose. This one is the most movielike of all ; choice-creating only a few pictures, but a I promise you, it'll knock your socks off. I'll very large and interesting city-and, if you tell you all about it next time. [!]

JUN E 1988 9 ike most business people, I spend so VisiCalc. the first successful micro-based much time using the con)Puter for spreadsheet program. L practical things that I almost never Perhaps the Apple Il's lack of rich color take the time to use it for entertainment. and its mediocre sound kept it from being This wasn't always the case. When the branded a game machine. thus allowing it to microcomputer first appeared, it was seen as cross over into new markets as they were a hobbyist stool and then as an entertain­ created. It wasn't until the release of the ment device_:_not as a practical tool for Apple IIGs, a computer with adequate color business. The emergence of the videogame and sound capabilities, that Apple could (in All Work and market helped spur the sales of personal my mind) stand in the same technological computers and had another effect as well: It league with the Atari computers of 1980! No Play Makes placed pressure on computer manufacturers This indicates that the pendulum may once to increase the performance of their prod­ again be swinging-not towards entertain­ Business ucts and to improve the sound and graphics ment, but towards a balance. ofthese machines. Today's high-quality Effective communication is entertain­ graphics and sound capabilities owe their ing. We love to be entertained; this is why Computing existence to the entertainment market, not our recording artists and sports stars make the business market. more than the presidents ofour great com­ Dull-and I ha ve fond memories of the early Atari panies. Given the value ofentertainment computers-the Atari 400 and 800. These and the ability of personal computers to Unprofitable were the first popular personal computers to work in a dual role, it's logical to ask how take graphics and sound seriously. As a re­ our business and productivity tools could be sult, the computer games created for these made more entertaining. machines were among the best ever de­ While the addition of color to word signed. It wasn't until Commodore's VIC processing may not make much sense for and 64 models came to market that any seri­ business correspondence, it can be ofgreat ous competition for Atari surfaced. value for the creation ofoverhead charts And yet. during the heyday of Atari and other business graphics. sound and graphics, the personal computer One must be careful in choosing to in­ market was starting to change. In the search corporate fancy features in any business for new markets, computer manufacturers presentation. When a new tool can help com­ started to emphasize the idea of the com­ municate an idea with clarity. it should be puter as a productivity tool, not just as an en­ used. All too often, though, we get so excited tertainment device. Atari and Commodore with a new tool that we insist on using it programmers directed their attention to word even when it's inappropriate. We saw this processors and databases with the same vigor when the Macintosh was first introduced and they had shown when creating videogames. many Mac owners felt obligated to mix nu­ Unfortunately for Atari (and to a lesser merous typefaces and styles on a single page. extent, Commodore), their computers had While this showed off the unique abilities of done such a good job penetrating the enter­ this computer, it also made documents hard tainment field that many business custom­ to read. As Macintosh users became more ers felt that these machines wouldn't meet comfortable with the power of their comput­ their needs. This erroneous image of com­ ers. clarity in communication returned. puter capability was frustrating. If you use computers in you r business, When the IBM PC was introduced, I it might be worthwhile for you 10 look at was astounded at how poorly the computer some entertainment programs to see how was designed. Rather than build on the ad­ some of their abilities could be used to help vances required to create a good game ma­ you communicate your ideas more clearly. chine, IBM chose to use a design that was. to The next time you entertain a thought. be kind, lackluster. And yet this technologi­ make it entertaining! c;:i cal step backward didn't impede the sales of the machine. In fact, the IBM name was David Thornburg has written several Apple II pro­ used to prove that the personal computer grams designed to enhance creativity in computer users of all ages. These programs are available to was now ready for business. COMPUTE!'s readers at no cost and can be ob­ Those of us with long memories were tained by sending a blank, formatted ProDOS disk. amused at this observation since the Apple along with a stamped, self-addressed mailer. to II had, by that time, established itself quite David Thornburg, lnnovision, Dept. C, P.O. Box strongly in the business market through 1317, Los Altos. California 94023.

10 C 0 M P U T E I COMPUTE!

Editor Gregg Kelzer Art Director Janice R. Fary Features Editor Keith Ferrell Assistant Editors Rhett Anderson ----k.....,.__tters Clifton Karnes Assistant Features Editor Tom Netsel Buyer's Guide Coordinator Caroline Hanlon Editorial Assistant Mickey Mclean Copy Editors Karen Slepak Lori Sonoski Tammie Taylor Karen Uhlendorf Stall Contnbutor Lynne Weathermen Contributing Editors Arlan Levitan David Thornburg

ART DEPARTMENT Associate Art Director Lee Noel, Jr. Amigas and MS-DOS The Expanded 64 Mechanical Artists Scotty Billings I was exceedingly surprised to read in the I recently purchased the Commodore Robin Case January 1988 issue of COMPUTE! that 1764 RAM Expansion cartridge for my PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT my Amiga 500 can't run IBM software. 64. When used as a ramdisk it signifi­ Production Director Irmo Swain In fact, most ofthe software I run on my cantly speeds up programs which access Assistant Production Manager De Potter TypeSCe Kay Harris great majority of PC programs. fire officers. Single Copy Sales A. Heather Wood Rumor has it that there is a newer So don't count old Junior out by version of the Transformer which runs any means. The installation of the One of the ABC PLBUSHING 0 Companies CGA software. I cannot say that it actu­ jr.Hotshot expansion memory has President Robert G Burton 1330 Avenue ol the Americas ally exists, but I hope it does and that it made this machine valuable to me for a New York , NY 100t9 is released soon. long time to come. Ray Ott ADVERTISING OFFICES Macey B. Taylor New York: ABC Consumer Magazines. Inc .. 825 Seventh Cheektowaga, New York Ave.. New York . NY 10019. Tel. (212) 265-8360. Peter T. Vice President/Editor Johnsmeyer. Group Advertising DireC1or: Bernard J. Catalina Commodore Computer Club Theobald. Jr.. Advertising Director Tucson, Arizona Greensboro: COMPUTE! Publications. Suite 200. Overseas Computing 324 West Wendover Ave.. Greensboro. NC 27408. Tel. (919) 275·9809. Kathleen Ingram: Advertising Production Transformer is a soft1Vare emulator sold Last year COMPUTE! discussed for­ Assistant. Anita Armfield. by Commodore to allolV the Amiga eign computing in "Readers' Feedback" New England & Mid-Atlantic: Bernard J. Theobald, Jr .. (212) 315-1665: Peter Hardy (617) 681-9000. 1000 to run MS-DOS applications. (January 1987). I would like to point Midwest & Southwest: Jerry Thompson. Lucille Dennis Since it is designed to be used with Ver­ out that any Commodore 64 purchased (312) 72~7 [ChicagoJ: (713) 731 -2605 [TexasJ: in the United States must have many (303) 595-9299 [Colorado!: (415) 346-8222 [CalilorniaJ. sion I. I ofKickstart, and the 500 and West, Northwest. & British Columbia: Jerry Thompson. 2000 come with Version 1.2 in ROM, changes made to it other than the power Lucil e Dennis (415) 346-8222. we do not recommend that owners ofthe supply if it is to be used in a foreign Southeast & International: Peter Hardy (617) 681 -9000. country. Other components must be new Amigas buy Commodore's 5 '14 -inch Address all advertising materials to: Anita Armfield. drive just to get the Transformer. changed, as only the most basic func­ COMPUTE• Publications. Inc .. 324 West Wendover twe .. We also have heard rumors ofan tions of the computer will operate with­ Suite 200, Greensboro. NC 27408. out all the proper changes. upgraded Transformer, but since the Editonal inquiries should be addressed to The Editor. Transformer nms much slower than a Joel H. Kornreich COMPUTE'. Suite 200, 324 West Wendover Ave .. genuine MS-DOS computer, 1Ve still Kasara Microsystems Greensboro, NC 27408 Spring Valley, New York think that the only reasonable way to run PRINTED IN THE U.S.A. MS-DOS programs on an Amiga is to buy an Amiga 2000 with a Bridgeboard. J U N E 1 9 8 8 11 n diversions

Tom Netsel

he Golden Age ofentertainment These five trends will change the software is now! T Leisure-time software is reaching way you play: computer comic new levels ofsophistication as designers push machines to new limits-as the games get bigger, better, and brighter. books, telecommunication games, Here are five new diversions coming high-level simulations, and soon to a computer screen near you. Computer Comics America lo ves comic books. More than Compact Disc-Interactive 20 million ofthem are sold each month. Now this colorful world ofsuperheroes entertainment. and dastardly fiends is coming to life on personal computers, enhanced with sound and dramatic cinematic effects such as 12 C 0 M P U T E I new diversions zooms. pans, and dissolves. Snyder's team developed a technology ownership among comic book readers Infocomics are comic books that th at allows artists to create 2,000 to is th ree times the nati onal average. you read on yo ur computer. They are 3,000 ex pressive drawings using mini- T he premier Infocomics titles, now not games. There are no complicated mal storage techniques. As a result. it on the market for most personal com- puzzles to unravel. no treasures to takes four to five hours to read a single puters. include Lane Mastodon 1·s. the locate, no arcade aliens to blast in the Infocomic disk. Blubberm en, a comic spoofof 1930s name of interstellar peace. Instead, you lnfocom's first venture into out- pulp fiction. written by Steve Meretzky: get an intricate web of intertwining side publishing may appear to be a radi- Gamma Force in a Pit ofa Th ousand plots and story lines. cal departure from its text-only Screams. Amy Briggs' acti on-packed The idea came to Tom Snyder, products. but company president Joel superh ero talc featuring a trio of brave aliens; and Zorkquest: She thinks the guy's a chump. ~~s~r:~a:t~g{!~g~~~ t~e. fa ntasy adventure about ch iefexecutive ofTice r ofTom Snyder Berez sees it as an ex tension of what Jn- a caravan of travelers manipulated by an Productions, as he looked at some of focom does best. evil magician. the best adventure games, graphic ··we really see ourselves as being The initial titles are aimed at the adventures, and role-playing games. in the storytelling busi- iE:=::::=:=:=:~;;~~:;;;;;;;;Jj comic book set. but Snyder fe lt that they all suffered fro m ness," he says. "What plans are underway artificial plots. "There's no sex. love. we've done in the case for an adult psycho­ greed. sadness. jealousy, and passion­ oflnfocomics is take logical th ri ll er which all the stuff that Shakespeare wrote the technology that was LL------1, requires several about and all the stufTthat Hill Street developed by Tom Sny­ points of view to Blues was about," he points out. der and marry it with determine who is Snyder wanted a graphic product the story writers that crazy and who that had a story line rich in human we have here.'' is not. An lnfo­ experience. one that relied less on Jn focom's research comic for yo ung magic spells, monsters, and hardware to indicated that people's children wi ll sustain interest. initial reaction to the He wanted interactivitv. but he graphic product re­ didn't want the player to change the minded them ofcomic plot. In stead, Sn yder experimented books. Researchers with letti ng the user change the story's also discovered that point of view. His original model was a computer Raymond Chandler-style detective story, set in a seedy office in the 1930s. The radiator hi sses; there is steam on the windows. We see the story from the detective's point of view. A beautiful but obviously distraught women en­ ters. As she ex plains her problem, the detective tries to impress her wi th hi s revolver. He thinks he's ~-, playing it cool. ,\ Switch to the woman's point of view, though. and yo u see that she's ~ not at all impressed by the gun. She · thinks the guy is a chump. When she \_..I leaves, you can go with her and meet her family. If yo u hop to her hus­ ba1nd's perspective. yo u find out he's reall y in cahoots with the ,., D detecti ve. ''You are not changing the story," Snyder says. "You're j ust seeing it from every character's point of view. A well-written story in this style doesn't make sense until you've seen it from most people's points of view. " For scripts. Snyder approached lnfocom. the Acti vision-owned soft­ ware firm noted for interactive tex t adventures. Snyder's concept makes extensive use ofgraphics, an approach lnfocom had previously avoided. J U N E 1 9 8 8 13 new diversions feature a farmer, a wolf, and a fox . in two-pilot fl yi ng. You can also go thought this type ofcomputer simula­ Snyder says he hopes to sell the sightseeing. "Getting him right along­ tion should be put to more uses outside product to people who do not usually side of you and doing precision flying is the classroom. buy computer software. In his view, just a blast," Williams says. "It's pretty After graduation and a stint with there are millions ofpeople out there exciting flying under bridges and trying Apple Computers, Goldstein and a fel­ (including his mother) who really don't to land two helicopters on top ofa low Wharton graduate decided to de­ enjoy playing computer games. To lure small building." velop their own PC-based business new buyers, each lnfocomics title car­ Sierra has plans to add extensions simulations. " We came out with prod­ ries a suggested retail price of$12, to the product, letting more than two ucts that gave executives and would-be which may be discounted as low as $9. helicopters be online at once. Williams executives the thrills and agonies of As the technology grows, Snyder has already contacted one ofthe major running a business," he says. and Berez expect Infocomics to expand time-sharing services to make it avail­ Their first product was Venture and add additional features. "The next able, with plans in the works for as Magazine's Business Simulator. The thing we plan to do is add voice and many as 20 people fl ying at one time. program was basically a PC version of more storage," Snyder says. " Right now the business school program that ran on it is compressed within an inch of its True Stories a DEC 10. 'This time it was more fun ," life. lfyou have 2000 pictures on an Simulations give everyone the chance Goldstein says. ··w e took advantage of Apple disk, you've got to be doing some to see what it feels like to pilot anything the PC and the ability to use it as an in­ magic." from a Sopwith Camel to an Apollo dividual, one-on-one training tool." moon rocket, or drive a railroad loco­ Several Fortune 500 companies Phone Games motive or a 200-mph dragster. recognized the program's value as a Reach out and play someone. Most simulations have an arcade training aid and asked for customized Instead of playing solitaire games quality, and use speed, versions for their own operations. As a with the computer, or even playing action, and result, Reality Technologies produced against the computer, gamesters are in­ training simulations for such firms as creasingly able to play sophisticated ..... "::::::a~.,.....~I~BM , AT & T, DEC, CitiCorp, and games by modem. Using telecommuni­ General Foods. cations, you can connect two computers ,..c::;:;:::::::;;;~?=~ From its experience and play computer chess, backgam­ in producing mon, or checkers with a human oppo­ nent. Ifyou're looking for more militant action, you can climb aboard a helicopter simulator and try to blast a friend to smithereens. Sierra On-Line's 3D Helicopter Simulator is a good example. " It's an amazing feeling the first time you try it," says Ken Williams, cofounder and president ofSierra. "You can actually _ "'­ hover over another craft and look ..,. ~~---•""•"""'-...._.,~--..A"111111---•sn,.,..,..,,_,,.,. straight down at it. It's got real rotating blades." thrills to attract players. Lately, another customized business simulations, Reality Other sophisticated flight simula­ type ofsimulation is appearing. It's Technologies teamed up with McGraw­ tors turn your computer into a Cessna more a thinking man's simulation, one Hill and introduced Business Week 's or an F-16 jet fighter. Sierra's aeronauti­ that combines education and entertain­ Business Advantage. The new package cal entry is based on McDonnell Doug­ ment. Mark Goldstein calls it edu-tain­ is a series ofprograms based on feature las's Apache helicopter. An important ment software. articles from Business Week magazine. feature of JD Helicopter lets you fly Goldstein is president of Reality " We put real data downloaded from databases into a model, and create company- and industry-specific case studies," Goldstein says. "Instead of 30 Helicopter Simulator. running a mythical company as in our first simulation, in Business Adva ntage against a human opponent who doesn't Technologies. His software gives IBM you could call the shots at Chrysler." have to be seated at your computer. He and Macintosh users the opportunity to The simulation puts you in the role or she can be at another computer con­ run some of America's top corporations of Lee Iacocca, the chairman ofChrysler. nected by a modem and a telephone line. via simulations. You're faced with a realistic business " It's a different feeling playing Computer simulations are a core scenario. General Motors and Ford against another human being," Williams component of many business schools. have just revamped their product lines, says. "You can tell the difference in a Students run a fictitious company, Asian cars are flooding the market, and dogfight when you're playing a com­ making such decisions as how much to the Japanese are targeting the mid­ puter; the computers aren't intelligent charge for a product, how much to set range and luxury-car markets, where enough. You can't talk back and forth , aside for research and development, U.S. firms are traditionally strongest. and the computer won't hide. You can and how much to spend on advertising. Despite flat demand and a sluggish fl y behind a building and, hopefully, "Frankly, it was the only course we economy, your job is to build Chrysler's your opponent won't see you." enjoyed," Goldstein says, recalling his strength. Competition is not the only thrill days at Wharton Business School. He Users manage the company over a 14 C 0 M P U T E I • EVERYTHING The five trends and technologies that Tom Netsel has discovered in entertainment software aren't sounding any death knell for fun software as we know it, thank you. They say that nothing is really new, and enter­ tainment software publishers run up against that limitation just like everyone else. Cinema-style soft­ ware products are crude reproductions of movies, Is just as early films were often crude reproductions of plays staged outdoors. Telecommuting games aren't much different, in principle, from playing chess through the mail. They're faster, ' certainly, but the concept behind them AGAIN doesn't change-two people far removed less challenging when played with anoth­ consumer popularity. Games such as playing a game together. er person; the computer doesn't back Arkanoid (Discovery) don't rea lly need The old forms of entertainment soft­ down, doesn't blink when a crisis reaches more than what they already have in a ware will be around long after these five its climax. game system such as the Commodore new formats hit our computers. Witness Amiga. And since the most sought-after Strategy games, where graphics and that: computer arcade games are often trans­ speed are less important, continue to lations tram video arcade machines­ Interactive text games are getting more comprise one of the best-selling enter­ equipment that in some cases is less so­ sophisticated. An all-text game like tainment software categories. A game phisticated than many personal comput­ Border Zone (lnfocom), for instance, of­ along the lines of Decisive Battles of the ers-beefing up the technology won't fers players multiple points of view. The American Civil War (SSG) won't play any necessarily mean a better-designed ac­ game's three chapters give the player better because the graphics are more de­ tion game. three different roles within the same tailed or because there's more infor­ story. mation online. The key to such games is This isn't to say that progress in en­ tertainment software- from electronic Solitaire games show no sign of losing the thinking that goes into developing comic books to CD-I­ shouldn't be en­ their popularity. For all the talk of successful plans and carrying them out. couraged and anticipated. We're just as networking and work groups in business, As players of monster board games excited as anyone else about the new most computer use is still a solitary occu­ know, there comes a point where too look in fun software. pation. The same goes for entertainment. much complexity gets in the way of But we 're also thrilled with what we One of the greatest boons to game play­ J)layability. have now. ing has been the computer opponent. Arcade games are making a dramatic Balance of Power (Mindscape) is much comeback, rising fast in both sales and - Gregg Keizer

fi ve-year period. The computer makes ronment can very effecti vel y teach story line for replayability, and enough all competitor decisions. At the end of peopl e what their business problem is eye/ hand coordination to keep your each simulated vear, the financial status and how they might address it." pulse rate up a little, but not so much as and comp e titi v~ positi on of each com­ As far as creating more realistic to dri ve yo u crazy," Jacob says. pany are presented. models and si mulations is concerned. That didn't seem to be too tall a re­ In this type of simulation the com­ G oldstein says he has pri marily been quest fo r his creati ve team at Cinema­ puter"s microprocessor does not have to restricted by hardware. but that prob­ wa re. They came up with the concept of compute changing scenery. aerial ma­ lem is being resolved. " If yo u look to a interactive cinema. It's not an adve n­ neuve rs, or artillery trajectori es. In­ 286-plus [microprocessor] environment, ture game, it's not an arcade game, and stead, BWBA uses a number-crunching it's pretty limitless." he says. " We're it's not a role-playing ga me. but it has routine on a 400-rule ex pert system and doing some simulations on DEC and clements of all three combined wi th the equivalent of 400 pages of spread­ Sun workstations. It looks like yo u' re animation. Jacob says. sheet equations to process each manage­ dealing with real people (in the simula­ Titles released th is spring include ment decision. T he simulati on considers ti ons) who even have expressions on Rocket Rang ff and The Th ree Stooges. a broad range of ex ternal elements that their faces. It's a whole new dimension." In Rocket Ranger. you are a young can affec t a company's bottom line, such American scientist at yo ur desk in as acti ons by com petitors. interest rates, Interactive Stooges 1940, when a rocket suit and ray gun and consumer spending. Robert Jacob wanted to come up with suddenl y materialize. A note ex plains "These in valuable lessons about ef­ something different in entertainment that these items were se nt by a group of fecti ve ma nage ment in highl y competi­ software. He set out to develop a prod­ scientis ts in the twe nty-first century. ti ve business situations ca n be uct that looked as much like a movie as They want yo u to change the course of immedi ately applied to anyone's busi­ possible. history, because in their world, the ness." Goldstein says. ''We're bridging " We wanted to do games that had azis won World War II. the education simulation ge nre and cre­ tremendous graphics, state-of-the-art It seems the Nazis have set up a ating valid tools and models. This en vi ­ sound, easy user interfaces, nonlinear base on the moon and are mining a se-

J U N E l 9 8 8 15 cret mineral. To make CD-I prototype. matters worse, the "The Macintosh version fiends are kidnapping will have different chess American women­ sets as resources," including your girl­ Yelick says, "and friend-and turning we will ex pand that them into zombies to concept in CD-I all the work in the mines. "As way to possibly having pan of the game you animated chess pieces, have to build a rocket like the ship and go up original and save her,'' Star Wars Jacob says. "There movie, with are a lot ofcampy little guys jump­ elements in it that make ing around and chewing it fun." on each other." The CD-I In The Three Stooges, version will have many the zany trio comes to the more games and include aid ofa widow and her three full audio that will an­ beautiful daughters, who are nounce your moves. facing foreclosure on the orphanage they In a parallel move, Yelick is work­ run. With your help, Curly, Larry, and The Ultimate Entertainer ing on a science fiction adventure for an Moe have 30 days to raise enough mon­ Combine the tremendous storage of IBM PS/ 2 computer and CD-I. He ex­ ey to save the women from the clutches compact discs with the interactivity of pects Star Lords to be out by Christmas. ofan evil banker. You guide the Stooges entertainment software and you get "In Swr Lords, we're trying to ex­ through a series ofodd jobs that include Compact Disc-Interactive entenain­ ploit everything we know about gaming, prizefighting, pie throwing, and medical ment. CD-I is an evolution of the com­ interactive fiction. and CD-I technol­ misadventures. pact disc audio standard developed by ogy,'' Yelick says. " It's a multimode "All the arcade elements of the the Netherlands-based Philips corpora­ game system that includes strategic star game are taken right from their mov­ tion. CD-I is a joint venture of Philips maps and 3-D space views that will per­ ies," Jacob says, "as are the 160 uses of and Sony aimed at standardizing the mit arcade-style chasing and fighting." digitized sound, which include their format and specifications for this With more than 600 megabytes of voices and other sound effects. emerging technology. storage space, CD-I offers programmers "To the best of my knowledge, no The first CD-I players, which will a great opponunity to use memory­ one has ever really done a computer connect to your stereo and television, will hungry graphics to create a degree of re­ comedy before," Jacob says. "We wanted be marketed by such consumer electronic alism not available on today's machines. to do a game that would make you firms as Sony, Panasonic, and Hitachi. Star Lords' screens will combine an and laugh when you sat down and played." The players will contain a powerful mi­ digitized images, Yelick says. "We'll Jacobs feels this technology is just croprocessor, play as many as 16 chan­ build models of space vehicles and pho­ taking offas machines improve and nels ofstereo. store as many as 7000 tograph them. That's where CD-l's digi­ programmers learn to use the machines broadcast-quality pictures. suppon com­ tized imagery will really shine.'' better. He feels the next step in the evo­ puter animation. offer full-motion video What excites Yelick most about lution of interactive entenainment will in a portion ofthe screen, and play con­ CD-I is not technical. ''Its most inter­ include the use of true video images ventional audio compact discs. esting aspect is standardization. There rather than graphics. Cinemaware al­ American Interactive Media are going to be multiple vendors with ready has developed a prototype that (AIM), a subsidiary of Philips and Poly­ hardware, multiple vendors with soft­ includes video images of actors. Gram records. is a CD-I software pub­ ware. and cross compatibility. That's To take full advantage ofthese lisher that expects to have approxi­ what makes CD-I exciting, trying to emerging entertainment techniques re­ mately 50 CD-I titles available when avoid the lack ofstandardization that quires hardware that is not too far ad­ the first players hit the market early plagues the computer industry. The vanced from what is available today, next year. Cinemaware has already consumer won't put up with it." but a heavy reliance on digitized images signed an agreement with AIM to de­ Cinemaware's Bob Jacob is waiting and sound requires a much larger stor­ velop Rocket Ranger in CD-I. for the day when CD-I interfaces with age capacity. Spinnaker Software is another firm computers and peripherals. He doesn't "A megabyte of RAM should be working with AIM. Its first venture into expect it to be too long in coming. sufficient to handle most ofthe require­ the field is a CD-I version ofSargon I V. "Imagine a computer," he says." with ments in the next few years," Jacob pre­ Spinnaker's popular chess game. By the one megabyte of RAM with a 68000 dicts. " It's really a question ofdisk time this anicle appears, Sargon II processor. It'll play back CD audio space and disk access. I feel very strong­ should be on the market for the Macin­ discs. CD-I discs: have pons for joy­ ly that Compact Disc-Interactive (CO­ tosh says Steve Yelick. Spinnaker's sticks, keyboards, and floppy disk i) is going to be the focal point for the manager ofengineering. The 68000 drives· and sell for under $1 ,000!" entenainment of the 1990s." code for the 3-D chessboard will be the Now that'll be a game machine! El 16 C 0 M P U T E I Now your kids can afford to do their homework More and more students are learning with computers. However most parents haven't been able to work a computer into their budget. The Laser 128 Apple-compatible computer will let you do all those things that you and your family want to or have to do - homework, write reports, even play games for a fraction of the cost of an Apple. With a Laser you can work out your budget on a computer, instead of breaking it with one. The Laser lets you take advantage of the largest software library available, so your child can learn more at home wi th the same programs they learn on in school. And, you can do your work at home on the Laser, too. The Laser 128 with all its features: built-in disk drive; 128K RAM (expandable to 1 megabyte); serial, parallel, modem and mouse interfaces; 80 column text mode; numeric keypad; and an expansion slot; makes for a pretty educated buy. When you do your homework on which computer to buy, you 'll find the Laser 128 at the head of the class with value. For more information on the Laser 128 and the name of your nearest dealer, contact Video Technology Computers, Inc., 550 Main Street, Lake Zurich, IL 60047, or call (312) 540-8911. In Canada, call (604) 273-2828.

Apple. Apple lie and Ap-ple lie are regislered ~128® lrndomarks of Apple Computer, Inc. C> 1987 Manufactured by VIDEO TECHNOLOGY COMPUTERS, INC. MAKING COMPUTERS AFFORDABLE n 1885. the French painter for short . A paint progra m docs nothing Paint Appeal Georges Seurat sca ndali zed th e more th an allow yo u to change th e Wh y arc pain t programs popular') It's Pa ris art wo rld by painting with co lor of an y pi xel at wi ll. What distin ­ si mpl e: They are fun . rewa rding. and lill lc colored dots on canvas. A gui shes one pai nt progra m from anoth­ easy to learn. so mething that can' t be century later. thousands of artists are er is the design and ra nge of tools said abo ut the ty pical spreadshee t. The painting wi th liule colored dots. but not provided to help yo u in th at basic tas k. pure. gl owi ng colors on the screen and on ca nvas. The. are using paint pro­ In thi s aniclc. we ' ll be look ing at the th e si mpli cit y of most paint program gra ms, one of the newest and most pop­ features of modern pai nt software and operations arc hi ghl y appea ling. And ul ar ca tego ries of personal compu ter co mparing six of the most popular pro­ co mputer an is a perfect antidote to so ft wa re. A paint program gives yo u the grams: SuperPaill/ on the Apple Maci n­ ..an anxiety. " th e fear of drawing and abili ty to create any image on the com­ tosh: PC Pain/ Plus fo r the IBM-PC. painting that many people fee l. Begi n­ puter screen. from fine art to the most Tandy. and compatibles; Deluxe Pain! ners who would freeze in front ofa sheet casual sc ribbl es. II fo r th e Commodore Amiga; The.·ld­ of expensive an paper or a stretched All paint programs work the amc ranced OCP ..J r! S111dio for th e Co mmo­ canvas will happil y ex perim ent on th e way. The display of your co mputer is dore 64/ 128: Pai111 II ork Cold for the computer sc ree n once th ey learn th at made up of a fie ld of tiny rectangular Apple II Gs: and Degas Eli1e fo r the paint programs let them instantly era se dots. ca ll ed pic1ure elemell/ s. or pixels Atari ST. and easily undo any mi stake.

18 c 0 p u E I Color Your World Picking a Paint Program & Ste\·e n Anzovi n Monet you 1naJ not be) but the new p aint softiuare now making waves goes a long way in turningpixels into pictures.

Professional arti ts apprec iate the speed with which they ca n work up a design on the computer before creating the final product in expensive media like photogra ph y or video . In business. pa int programs arc used to suppl y illus­ trations fo r desktop publishing. to en­ hance charts and graphs created wi th spreadsheet programs. to create an ima­ tions for desktop video. and to develop impressive presentation materials on slides and overhead transparencies. And a growing number of profcs ional and ama teur pai nters show their work only on disk. distribu ting it through information services. bulletin board s. and user groups. J u 1 9 8 19 Kids Paint on Computers •..

When you turn your hand to computer art for the first time. you may feel some initial uncertainty, but }'9ur children almost cer­ tainly will not. Kids aro fascinated by the The Sesame Street Crayon ColorMe: The Computer Coloring Kit glowing images they can create on the computer screen, and they pick up the both for the IBM PC, Tandy, and compati­ lost interest in Sesame Street Crayon basics of paint programs intuitively. In fact, bles with color graphics capabilities. soon after he realized that he could n't do most "adult'" paint programs are so easy The Sesame Street Crayon programs any drawing himself. However, the 3-year­ to learn that even children too young to are basically electronic coloring books. old liked to flip through the pictures and read can have fun with them. My daugh­ They let kids use a "crayon " tool to fill in spent nearly 30 minutes with the program, ter, age 3, Is an accomplished mouse and print out 26 readymade pictures of the a very long time for that age. Still, once master and will happily scribble away on familiar Sesame Street characters . Each she had seen all the pictures several the screen (with careful supervision) and package in the series contains pictures on times, she also lost interest. then ask her father to "print it'' so that her one theme-letters , numbers , or The ColorMe package fared some­ masterpiece can be posted on the refrig­ opposites. what better, but not because of the soft­ erator. Her brother, age 6, uses Deluxe ColorMe is more slickly packaged. ware. Both children had no trouble using Paint II to create dinosaur books and birth­ The software itself is a scaled-down paint the drawing program to the limits of their day cards; he taught himself to read words program that offers a selection of abilities , but they were far more interested such as load and brush out of the pull­ brushes, a fill tool, undo, clear page, a text in the real paper, crayons, stickers, but­ down menus. tool with four fonts. cut and paste, and tons, and other stuff included in the box. Publishers of educational software magnify. Included in the package are disks When those supplies were used up, so have picked up on the popularity of paint with pictures of the cartoon character was enthusiasm about ColorMe. programs among children and are incor­ Rainbow Brite; a box of crayons; blank Lesson: If you 're thinking of buying a porating artmaking features Into some stickers and buttons: colored printer pa­ paint program for your children, get one new kid pa int packages. Two recent re­ per; and a plastic binder to hold your for yourself instead and let them use it. leases are The Sesame Street Crayon children· s pictures together. They'll get more out of it, and when their series from Polarware and ColorMe: The My kids tried out both programs with attention is elsewhere, you can have some Computer Coloring Kit from Mindscape, much excited anticipation. The 6-year-old fun , too.

Tools ofthe Trade found only in high-end graphics soft­ A good paint program should prov ide ware costing thousands of dollars. digital counterparts to an artist's tradi­ These advanced fea tures include: tional tools: pencils, brushes, rulers, a •flip, rotate, distort, and bend options palette for mixing colors, and a can vas for changing the orientation of selected or page to work on. These basic func­ areas tions include: •dithering and smoothi ng tools that •a simple pencil or freehand drawing blend colors to create washes and other tool for sketching painterly effec ts • an era ser •stenciling or mas king tools that pre­ •a selec tion of brushes for painti ng vent you from painting over selected • shape tools for drawing geometric colors or areas of the scree n forms-rectangles, polygons. circles. • a perspective fea ture to m ake paint­ and curves ings appear to recede into space • a fill tool for filling areas with colors •color cycling to create flashing ani­ or patterns mated sequences • palettes ofcolors and/ or patterns •oversized pages for creating work big­ • a cut-and-paste feature for mov ing ger than the screen and copying any area of the picture • a m agnifying glass for closeup work SuperPaint • a grid to help you align parts of your can't operate any current painting pro­ In the beginning there was MacPaint painting gram solely from the keyboard.) for the Macintosh. This venerable an­ The majority ofpaint programs of­ A good paint program should also cestor ofall current paint programs fer these tools in similar arrangem ents. go beyond tradition to give you new helped create the market for computers The mos t often used tools are normally tools that make painting faster, ea si er, with better graphics. Silicon Beach's available as icons running along one and more successful. The latest genera­ SuperPaim is a worthy descendent to side of the sc ree n, where they ca n easily tion of paint software does just that. of­ MacPaint. It takes the black-and-white be selected with the mouse, joystick. fering the kinds ofadvanced functions MacPaint look and tool set and adds tablet. or other pointing device. (You that two or three years ago could be m ore tools, more patterns. more m enu

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Because of MacPaint's influence, most usually clicking the mouse button. Some­ more than one page so you can make paint programs today look very much thing like this Deluxe Paint II Brush menu changes on one while keeping the artwork alike. Not necessarily in their resulting art­ then falls down from the menu bar. intact on another. work, but rather in how they look on the Menu bar. Since the mouse is the Pointer. Sometimes called the screen and how they mouse cursor, this is present their tools and pi c tlu•e Effects Font Pi• efs typically displayed as features. ~~~~----- an arrow. Place the Take a look at the pointer on a menu se­ accompanying fig­ lection or tool in the ure-it represents De­ toolbox to call it into luxe Paint II on the play. The pointer Amiga, but, with some moves as you move minor changes , it the mouse across the cou ld stand in for al­ desk. most any paint pro­ Submenu. Some gram on the market. programs use a hierar­ If you haven't chical system of small­ used a paint program er, shorter menus before, or you 've just available from within dabbled in electronic other menus. Sub ­ art, some explanations menus are normally are probably in order. shown when the point­ Here's enough to get er is aimed at a feature you past the art jitters on a menu. and on to digital art Toolbox . De ­ fame and fortune. pending on the pro­ Crosshairs . gram, this may be on When you 're drawing, the right side of the or using almost any screen , on the left, or other tool in a paint program, the pointer preferred pointing device for a paint pro­ even at the top or bottom. MacPaint's changes to another shape. The most com­ gram, it only makes sense to use the influence is strongest here, for it set the mon is a crosshairs, which in Deluxe Paint mouse to select features. This is done pattern of grouping the primary tools In /l's case , is used for, among other things , from the menu bar, which usually runs small iconic boxes. Clicking on one of the drawing and creating shapes. along the top of the screen. small boxes gets you ready to use that Menu. Features are grouped under Page. The drawing " surface" which tool. In the figure, for instance, the small like categories called menus, which are the program uses. The most common magnifying glass represents Deluxe Paint displayed by pointing at the menu bar and synonym is screen. Some programs otter /l's magnify tool. - Gregg Keizer

options, and up to ten pictures onscreen can easil y change the characteristics a Microsoft or VisiCorp mouse. The at the same time. (pattern or line width, for example) of program doesn't offer some features, But what se ts SuperPaint apart any object without redrawing it. Ob­ like custom patterns and fancy rota­ from other paint programs, including jects can be grouped together and tions and distortions of selected areas, MacPaint (even in its most recent up­ moved as a unit, instantly aligned, or which are standard with other paint grade from Claris), is that it is also a stacked up. On the other hand, the usu­ software. al paint tools don't work in the draw la ye r-you can't repaint objects pixel by pixel, for instance. Parts from either layer can be merged together as a paint­ ing or as a drawing. PC Paint Plus PC Paint Plus from MSC Technologies is a faithfu l rendition-in color- of the Macintosh / M acPainr concept for the world of IBM PCs, Tandys, and compat­ drafting program. Behind the paint lay­ ibles. All the same tools are there, in Included with PC Paint Plus are er there is another layer, call ed the draw about the same positions-icons along two programs that greatly increase its la yer, in which you work with objects the left ofthe screen, drop-down menus usefulness for desktop publishing and (as in a computer-aided design, or above. You even have to use the pro­ presentations. The CAPTURE utility CAD, program), not pixels (as in the gram wi th a mouse. Mouse Systems saves any screen created by another typical paint program). Different tech­ bundles PC Paint Plus with its own program, such as a chart created with niques are used to work with the paint high-quality optical mouse, but you can Lotus 1-2-3, so that you can load it into and draw layers. In the draw layer, you also buy the program separately and use PC Paint Plus for anistic embellishment. 22 CO M PUTE !

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When the first paint programs several paint programs. This appeared on the scene in the seems like a great boon-re­ early 1980s. people were member how you struggled to amazed at what ttJey could do. master perspective in junior You could cut out an image and high art class? But paint pro­ move it! Choose colors! Fill gram perspective often gives shapes! disappointing results. But in these more sophisti­ Say you've painted a land­ cated times, such features have scape that includes a tree. and become pass~ . Artists now de­ you want to put it into perspec­ mand. and software developers tive. You tilt the painting 45 de­ are striving to provide, new grees away from you with the wave capabilities that boggle perspective tool. Do you see the mind. Forthcoming pack­ the tree from another angle as ages for several computers will you would in the real world? feature: No-it just looks like a drawing • surface mapping, the ability to of a tree turned 45 degrees. All make a pattern or picture look you can do with paint program as though it was painted on the perspective is tilt flat planes­ surface of a sphere or other 3-D since flat planes are all you can shape. create. This is great for making • adjustable light source shad­ pictures of boxes, but not very ing. which can, for example, useful for anything else. In the make circles look like spheres end, it's often easier to take the lit from any angle. time to lay out the picture with •tinting. to lay washes of trans­ lines and vanishing points like lucent color over selected artists have been areas. doing since the Renaissance. • simulated digital video effects, Of course. no one wants to including automatic multiple im- give up other advanced tools ages and twisting the picture around any user? And do they make painting any like dithering and stencils-they really do axis. easier? make life easier. Most artists love to see These are powerful features , and The fact is, advanced tools don't al­ new features, hoping for that perfect pro­ they open new avenues for computer art­ ways make your life easier. A case in point gram which provides the maximum power ists. But are they necessary for every is the perspective option appearing in in the most elegant form.

Another utility, called 16C. converts and use it as a brush, copying it with memory-intensive features, such as 16- and 4-color pictures to 2-color a click or dragging it across the the spare page, the stencil tool, and a pictures and feeds graphics to painting to create a swath of color. large custom brush, at the same time the Polaroid Palette slide- And you can use custom brushes in (especially in the Amiga's high-reso­ making system. conjunction with every other draw­ lution, 640 X 400 pixel mode) with­ out at least one megabyte of Deluxe Paint II memory. Deluxe Paint II (available in nearly identical versions for the Apple IIGS OCP Art Studio and IBM PC, Tandy, and compati­ Commodore 64 and 128 users now bles as well as for the Amiga) offers have available an up-to-date paint many advanced features while keep­ program in The Advanced OCP Art ing the polished feel ofthe original St11dio from Firebird Software (Fire­ Deluxe Paint. the first paint program bird's products are now distributed to take advantage of the Amiga's ex­ by Activision). This program doesn't ceptional graphics. Despite the pro­ offer everything that paint software gram's full complement of tools-it on other systems can, but OCP Stu­ was the first to offer such features as ing tool (which most other paint pro­ dio still provides a lot of function­ stenciling, smoothing and shading, grams cannot do), giving you great ality for its $39.95 price. Among the and perspective-the most powerful flexibility in creating complex, mul­ program's standard features are aspect of Deluxe Paint II is its well­ ticolored forms. lockable colors to create stencils; thought-out interface, which makes Some of Deluxe Paint JJ's other several levels of magnification; edit­ it one of the easiest paint programs features are less easy to use. The per­ able patterns; a pattern-mapping op­ to learn. Another outstanding fea­ spective tool is complex and rather tion that lays a pattern over the pixels ture is the custom brush tool. You confusing. And Deluxe Paint 11 is a changed by the last painting opera­ can select any area of your painting memory hog. You can't use several tion; and a font editor for creating 2A COMPUTE ! The Price of Paint---~

The Advanced OCP Art DEGAS Elite Paintworks Gold Sesame Street Crayon Series Studio Atari ST Apple llGS Apple II (requires 128K); IBM Commodore 64 / 128 $79.95 $99.95 PC , Tandy, and compatibles $39.95 Electronic Arts Activision (requires mouse. joystick , or Activision 1820 Gateway Dr. 2350 Bayshore Pkwy. tablet; 256K: CGA/EGA) 2350 Bayshore Pkwy. San Mateo. CA 94404 Mountain Yiew. CA 94039 $14.95 each Mountain View. CA 94039 (4t5)571-7t7t (415) 960-0410 Polarware/Pengu1n Software 521 Hamilton St. (415) 960-0410 Deluxe Paint II PC Paint Plus P.O. Box3tt Color Me: The Computer Amiga; IBM PC and compati­ IBM PC. Tandy, and compati­ Geneva. IL 60134 Coloring Kit bles: Apple llGS bles (requires mouse. 256K. (312) 232-1984 IBM PC . Tandy. and compati­ $99.95 (Apple. IBM); $129.95 and CGA/ EGA/ Hercules) bles (requires mouse. joystick. (Amiga) 599.00: $149.00 w/ mouse SuperPaint or tablet; 256K; CGA/EGA) Electronic Arts MSC Technologies Macintosh $39.95 1820 Gateway Dr. 2600 San Tomas Expressway S99.95 Mindscape San Mateo. CA 94404 Santa Clara. CA 95051 Silicon Beach Software 3444 Dundee Road (415) 571 -7171 (408) 988-0211 9580 Black Mountain Rd .. Suite Northbrook, IL 60062 E (312) 480-7667 P.O. Box 261430 San Diego. CA 92126 (619) 695-6956

custom fonts. OCP Studio works in One Pailll Works Gold feature up any screen area on your painting. the multicolor ( 160 X 200 pixel. 16 that points to the future is its built-in Drop shadows are a favorite color) Commodore 64 mode. but it animator. With options from the trick ofgraphic designers. and DE­ won't access the l 28's higher-resolu­ Anim menu, you can create a se­ GAS Elite docs them on command. tion graphics. quence of paintings, compress them, creating a shadow a specified dis­ Despite its considerable power. and replay them as an animation at tance away from any point or shape OCP Studio is somewhat awkward variable speeds. Though animations you draw. Shadows can be cast in to use. Since most choices have to be made in this way can only last a few any ofeight directions and in any moments (depending on the amount of memory in yo ur IIGS). you can cycle them over and over to create a longer work. DEGAS Elite The premiere paint program for the Atari ST series is DEG.-15 Elite from Batteries Included (now distributed by Electronic Arts). While offering all the standard features that paint program users expect. DEGAS takes made from pop-up menus rather a somewhat different approach to color, making the original object than by clicking on icons. yo u al­ the user interface. Instead ofchoos­ seem to float up off the page. ways seem to be waiting for another ing tools from a series of icons. you menu to appear. Before You Buy

i.tnim Though these arc among the most PaintWorks Gold popular paint programs. there are sev­ The most striking new feature of Ac­ eral others for each computer. How to tivision's Paint Marks Gold for the 11 1•1"'' " 1"1 choose between them? Before yo u buy I •"" 1..11 ""t. C: ul u • '!> Apple IIGS (an upgrade of the origi­ ... ,... ,,,,., .. a paint program. think about what nal PaiIll Marks Plus) is its wide se­ you want to use it for. ••"..1,,.,, 1 I r I •. L t ~· lection ofcolor options-they make • • ·· l••ll"•l t,•! n r · Will you just be doodling on .... 1' .1 1 .. 1 ,. the best ofthe !IGs's 4096 available 1J1 · 1...... r .. 1.1;·- ­ Sunday afternoons to relax after a colors. You can specify background I •rlu 11 ..1r• i o j ,., week of creating 10.000-ccll spread­ r1o • tf'

J U NE 19 88 25 paint program. you should try it out ers ha,·e more than one display on a hard disk. on your computer system (or on the mode: make sure the program can Keep these principles in mind, one you're thinking of buying) to use each 10 full advantage. and you should end up with a pro­ make sure it has the following indis­ • File compatibility with other pro­ gram that suits your needs. And who pensable features: grams. You should be able to swap knows? You may just decide to rent • An easy-to-use set of tools and pro­ file s with other popular paint pro­ a garret and throw away that spread­ cedures; the program should not feel grams. as well as business, page la y­ sheet forever. El awkward or confusing. If you can't out. and desktop video software for figure out basic operati ons without your computer. Steven Anzovi n has been a freelance read ing the manual. the program • Compatibility with your printer computer graphics designer for the past may be too complex. and other peripherals. Check to see four years. and has written several books • Full access to your computer's if the program has a driver for your on the subject, notably Using Deluxe graphics capabilities. Most com put­ printer and that it can be installed Paint II (COMPUTE! Books). Paint Programs Compared The table and quick evaluations below show how the six paint program stack up against each other in basic and advanced features.

SuperPa int PC Paint+ DPa intll OCPStudio PWorks Gold DEGAS Elite (Mac) (I BM) (Amiga) (64/128) (llGS) (Atari) Suggested Retail $99.95 $99.00 $129.95 $39.95 $99.95 $79.95 Copy-protected no no yes no no no Features Pencil • • • • • • Eraser • • • • • • Undo/Clear • • • • • • Brushes • • • • • • Custom Brushes • • • • • Shape Tools • • • • • • Airbrush • • • • • • Cut-and-Paste • • • • • • Text • • • • • • Font Editor • • Color Palette • • • • • • Color Fill • • • • • Color cycling • • • Transparent color(s) • • • • • • Color remap • • Pattern Palette • • • • • Pattern Fill • • • • • • Custom Patterns • • • • • Grid • • • • • Magnifier • • • • • • Flip area • • • • • Mirror • • • Shadowing • 90° Rotate area • • • • • Free Rotate area • • • Distort area • • • • Resize area • • • Dithering • • • Dither Fill • Smoothing • • Stencil • • • Perspective • • • Perspective Fill • Multiple pages • • • • Oversize pies • • • • Object-oriented drawing layer • Animation • 26 C 0 M P U T E ! 0n-screen menusprovide "at-a-glance".SllllUllaries ofthe features ofthe program. The Writer,The Filer,and The PlaOnerfullr When you select afealure from the maru bar,amenu ~down to show all ofthe integrate with e'dch other. available options. Every command·availableis ~layed in the drop-down menu. You will1ind . ~you willspendles.5 time gettingto.knowthe program and more time on JQUrproje_cts. And s4iceeach ~ofthe~-Wotkirigf.lmily usesthe~ conunand sttucture, once you Jeam liow to use one, you'll find ahead start on leaming to use the other two. But don't be fuoled ~doesn' t mean incomplete.~ Working products are full.featured. Available atfine software dealers or ror ~Working "' : 1heWtiter"': orders only call: Complete WOtdcprocessingfeatures-allow yc>Q.toaeateyour letters and reportS and arrange them to sWt your need\ includes 100;000 wool spelk:hecker. Editing functiom include irRrt, delete, rut, ptie, and copy. 1-800-826-07o6 ~Woddog"':1he Filer"' : Others call: ( 61- )-194-1200 Amulti-purpose program which~ the storage, selection, and reporting of information. Maintain or createm@ing Jists,.imrentories, dub~ and other types ofinformatiOn. · ~Working "' : 1he Planner"': The Planner provides you with all ofthe promonal features ofan electrooic spread­ Applen+ ' Ile,Ile $9.95 sheet. Extensive mathematical ~wily create your spreadsheet fur budgeting. c.ommodore64/128 $9.9S tax~ ~~fi°;°~ ~ents, andotberWUcatioos. IBM!P('JAT $9.95

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COMPUTE! Entertainment soft ware has graphics, and program debugging at a a former cartoon animator with Hanna­ grown up quite a bit over the past six higher level. That's one aspect ofwhat we Barbera. years. Where do you see the medium consider the studio approach. COMPUTE! Other elements? headed? The other aspect is the talent pool that's available. We have a lot of people Hawkins: There's also the whole area of Hawkins: The merger of television and in the company now who have exper­ sound. You can divide that into two computer technology is going to bring tise in different areas such as sound and areas: sound effects and music. We now together different kinds of technology music, and people who are quite experi­ have a huge compact disc library of and the people who know how to work enced with video applications. It's great sound effects. People are doing digital with them. The process of making soft­ to have a group of people together like sound, which requires a lot of memory ware is going to be more and more like this-it does have a kind of" film stu­ and a lot of processing and good sound the process of making television shows dio" fee l, where there are a lot ofdiffer­ output, so it's not something for every and films. ent resources for people to draw on. machine. We also have some software development tools for peo­ ple to capture their own sounds and put them into ''Technology is really going to_programs. " d off COMPUTEIMusicisalsovitaltoen­ help blow the ll tertainment software. Hawkins: Ofcourse. Rob Hubbard, • "ty 7 7 for example, who is probably the best uman crea IVI musiccomposerfortheCommodore h t • 64 in the world, worked for us as a con­ tractor on the score for Skate or Die! You listen to that and you wonder how COMPUTE! In volving producers and di­ COMPUTE! Will we see entertainment rectors? Set designers and studios? software designed by people who come he did it. You 're talking about a New Hollywood. fro m outside ofprogramming? Are writ­ In England, for example, one mag­ ers and artists from other media going azine has a top ten Listing for software Hawkins: Right. All the different as­ to be shaping future software releases? music. At one point, Rob Hubbard had pects. First of all, Hollywood is a geo­ something like seven out of the top ten. graphical area. We think that will Hawkins: The center ofthese projects happen in software as well. The Bay will continue to be someone who really COMPUTE! All ofthese elements, of Area here in San Francisco is where understands interactive entertainment. course, have to come together in the ser­ many of the leading home software Right now, most of those people are the vice ofstory. One ofthe key ingredients companies are located. Because ofthat leading designers and programmers. It's to any story is its conte'

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"It's going to take a while betore a lot of writers understand how to create a story that's truly interactive.''

Hawkins: That's another whole dimen­ Hawkins: Once somebody says, "Here's pacity? Will CD-I combine traditional sion. With a lot of programs, whether a specification for something I want to soflwarefonns with new approaches? Or story or simulation, you try to capture build," you can at least imagine how it's will we see something emire/y different in realism whether from the actual world supposed to· perform in theory. But computer entertainment? or the world of someone's imagination. then what you want to do is build a pro­ Hawkins: All of the above. Having experts who understand mili­ totype that has all the right characteris­ Take something like Sta1f/ight, for tary scenarios and the capabilities of the tics of what the final product is example, and let's imagine what a CD-I vessels involved goes a long way to put­ supposed to be. Then yo u'll start actual­ version would look like. You can take ting yo u in a real world. ly using it, and verifying that it works the program logic and the basic struc­ A product like or J according to theory. Yeager, Dr. and ture of the game, and then decide to Larry Bird Go On e-on-One, takes celeb­ Once the prototypes come out, soft­ bring all of the aliens to life. rities that people already care about and ware companies will be able to use those makes them characters in the story. It's to go ahead and commit to developing COMPUTE! How? not really an interactive story, but the specific projects. After the hardware pro­ Hawkins: You could actually do it just celebrity becomes like the star in his totypes, there'll be another 9 to 12 like a real movir. . You could hire a cos­ own film. That makes it more relevant, months before yo u see software prod­ more interesting to people. Ifyou go to ucts coming out. That gives the hard­ tume designer from the movie business, Boston, people will tell you that Larry ware companies time to go from the and create special effects costumes for Bird is a better player and always wins prototype stage to the production stage. the aliens. Then yo u'd videotape scenes the game; in Philadelphia, they'll say with the aliens, and have somebody do COMPUTE! So we don '1 have 100 long 10 Dr. J always wins. a soundtrack for the voices and for the wail before /here's an aaua/ consumer text that they speak in the game. People get more emotionally in­ ii11pac1 from CD-I? volved with products like this. Then you'd digitize all of that. You Hawkins: At the June Consumer Elec­ could fill up all the space on the disk COMPUTE! Let 's talk about newer tech­ tronics Show (CES) [June 4-7), I imag­ with animated aliens, and interesting nologies. specifically Compact Disc-­ sounds. You would also have a uni­ 1nreractire (CD-I). which delivers ine a couple ofthe CD-I companies will be showing the machines privately to verse that's a lot more interesting to mammoth s1orage capabili1ies 10 both look at. You might have an out-of-the­ compwers and 1e/evisions. What's th e key customers. Probably by the January CES (1989], you'll have a lot ofCD-I cockpit view, like Star Trek, with planets 1ime1ab/efor CD-I reaching the that look like planets-rotating, with de­ consumer? players on the noor of the show, doing things. They'll start to ship them tailed zooms, and that sort of thing. Hawkins: We now have an emulator for around the middle of 1989. You'd really amp up the picture CD-I, and have actually built a proto­ It'll really start to have an impact and sound quality while keeping the type game to learn about the system around Christmas, 1989. So it's about a story line and program logic. and illustrate some of its capabilities. year and a half away, basically. COMPUTE! And ifyou wanted 10 do it We expect to be receiving hardware differeni/y? prototypes in another three or four COMPUTE! Obvious/ )!, this dramatic in­ months [early summer, 1988). crease in s1orage offers emertainment­ Hawkins: An alternative would be to soflware developers a /01 ofopportu11i1ies. take the PC version as a prototype and COMPUTE! Are the hardware challenges What forms will CD-I software lake? Are then reinvent the whole thing with a being solved? Has a CD-I s1andard been we going to be seeing traditional software different user interface. You could do established? games enhanced with megastorage ca­ something that felt even more Like a film . 32 COMPUTE ! ~- FIVE YEARS OLD----.

Electronic Arts, formed in 1982, patterned oper's "target" computer. The Work­ its software development and publishing station runs EA 's internally created methods after the movie industry's pro­ development tools such as music editors, ducer system. EA currently employs 20 sound editors, and graphics editors. Using producers,who select graphic artists, pro­ a symbolic debugger (also provided by grammers, writers, musicians, and others. EA), the programmer can write the pro­ The producers then bring all these people gram on the Workstation and watch it together and coordinate their work as they execute on the target computer. create a piece of software. Producers are The result of all this has been an supported by production teams usually enviable string of software successes. Ac­ made up of a technical director, an assis­ cording to the company,32 of its titles have tant producer, a staff writer, and a product­ each generated more than $1 million in marketing manager. profit. Though its financial health is difficult The bottom line, however, Is that pro­ to determine (EA is not traded publlcally), it ducers manage what EA calls its software certainly is one of the largest consumer­ artists. These independent programmers entertainment software publishers. are monitored by the producers, who have Some of the titles EA has developed, a big hand in the design of the program. published , and sold over the years read Unlike some of the other major entertain­ like a Who's Who of fun software. Celeb­ ment software publishers, EA does not rity games such as Dr. J. and Larry Bird employ a large number of staff program­ Go One-on-One, ground-breaking simula­ mers, preferring instead to deal with the ti on games such as Seven Cities of Gold, more than 100 freelance programmers in trendy entertainment such as Skate or their stable. These programmers are paid Die, graphic adventures such as the William (Trip) Hawkins, 34, is founder much like book authors; they're given an Bard's Tale series, art software such as and president of Electronic Arts. He advance against future royalties, then paid Deluxe Paint II, and extended games holds a bachelor's degree in strategy throughout the development process such as Starf/ight have won awards for and applied game theory from Harvard , when certain goals are met. EA and filled its coffers. and an MBA from Stanford. Before be­ Programmers who develop for EA It's a mark of the youth of the com­ ginning EA, Hawkins worked at Apple are equipped with an Artist Workstation, puter industry that a company like Elec­ Computer Inc. in both the Apple II and an IBM AT or compatible computer with tronic Arts-which recently celebrated its Lisa divisions, holding the position of 21/2 megabytes of RAM and a proprietary fifth ann iversary-could make such an im­ director of marketing with the latter. cable that connects the AT with the devel­ pact on the market in such a short time.

COMPUTE! Which type ofCD-I enter­ Hollywood trappings, that is going to gets up to the half-a-million unit level. tainment are we most likely to see? cost more. That's when you'll have people spending more on development. You'll Hawkins: I think it makes sense to take Hawkins: Yes. And I think what's going see development investment going up the first approach first. InitiaUy, you'll to happen initially is what's going on al­ in relation to sales potential. lt'U just want to try to do some things with the ready. There are a lot of people who gradually slide up there. machine, but not to reinvent the wheel. can't get work in the TV and movie in­ It's going to take people a while to try to dustries, and who are really fascinated COMPUTE! The other side oft he New figure out all the new capabilities. with what's going on with computers. Hollv1vood is the delivery ofHollywood There will also be new projects, Conversely, there are others who could tools to consumers. Tell us about that. started from scratch. People will be sit­ not care less. Hawkins: We're reaUy excited about ting with a blank piece of paper, want­ We don't have to work with every desktop video. For one thing, we feel ing to approach CD-I completely fresh screenwriter immediately. There are that working with that technology will and use it in a way that's never been lots of different fish in the sea. You try help us make better entertainment prod­ done before. to find the ones who understand what a ucts. Second, we think that it's a terrific COMPUTE! Will th e production ofCD-I small industry we have at the moment. market in its own right. There are a lot software require larger investments of It's pioneering work, and you want peo­ ofexciting things we can do in the desk­ capital and time? ple who are interested in it for that rea­ top video market. Third, in the long run son, who aren't looking at it as there are a lot ofconsumers who want to Hawkins: Initially, the development something that's so huge that they can make their own movies, have fun with costs for a CD-I project don't have to be make a gigantic killing at it right away. music and images and so on. As the any more than for a good PC program. technology gets more sophisticated and COMPUTE! Long term, though, CD·! In a sense, we already have the New less expensive, it's going to be much stands a chance ofbroadening the con­ Hollywood; it's just that with an optical more accessible to the average consumer. disc, you have more space for pictures sumer base in a way thaJ traditional key­ and sound. But it isn't going to dramat­ board computers won't. Are we looking at COMPUTE! In addition to delivering ically increase costs. an audience numbering in the millions? products that reflect th eir designers' cre­ ativity, you'll be deli vering tools that let Now, ifI wanted to spend more, I Hawkins: Right now, if you make a hit could. I just don't have to. consumers unleash their own creativity PC program, you're going to seU a couple in ways that we haven't seen before. COMPUTE! But ifyou bring in costume of hundred thousand copies. I'd say it designers, and set designers, and other will be 1990, 1991 before the level ofa hit Hawkins: That's right. It's interesting-a JUNE 198 8 33 QUIET!

lot of people don't think ofthemselves ing to conform and fit in with every­ story that's going to be of interest to a as being creative. That's too bad. Peo­ body else. much broader audience. As that happens, ple don't reall y use all of the capabilities you'll start to see more and more games COMPUTE! And the New Hollywood will designed where there can be multiple that they ha ve. help change this? Technology is going to help unlock characters doing different things. a lot of potential for people. Look at the Hawkins: I think technology is really go­ Another problem is that some musical instrument business. A huge ing to help blow the lid off human cre­ games right now are almost too interac­ percentage of teenagers take music les­ ativity. It's going to remind people that tive. You have to do a lot of mapping sons. That indicates that there are some it's okay to be playful , it's okay to be and calculations, analyzing every little culturally traditional creative media­ creative. People will get a lot more self­ move. Sometimes the work that you're and yet, how many people have taken confidence about their creative abilities. doing detracts from the enjoyment of ''Many games come from designers who are young men interested in science fiction and epic heroism. They're designing products for themselves.''

music lessons and then given up on it? COMPUTE! And it's participatory in a the story line. As we get better writers They give up because it's too difficult; it way that other media, such as TV. are involved in creating the stories, they'll requires too much ofan investment of not. create interactive products that aren't time before they can enjoy any level of as interactive. There will be more em­ Hawkins: Absolutely. That's really the competence. phasis on the richness of the story, big target. A huge percentage ofleisure where people don't have to huddle over That's where computer technology time is spent watching television. All of the keyboard. is really exciting. You can approach it this stuff-whether entertainment or at any level you want. With a package creative applications-we're talking COMPUTE! As the New Hollywood takes like lnstam Music, a lot of people will about getting people to use that TV be drawn into music, and enjoy inter­ shape. comparisons are bound to be screen for something that's a heck ofa acting with music and creating their made with the "old" Hollvwood. You've lot more interesting and is a lot better own music. It' ll arouse their curiosity, been called "the Walt Dis~1ey ofsoft­ for them because it's interactive. and then they' ll have the motivation to ware." How does that feel? learn more about how music really COMPUTE! Interactive or not, though. it Hawkins: I don't really think of myself works. And maybe have the motivation seems that much computer entertain­ that way. But without any question, to learn how to play an instrument. ment is basically a solitaire proposi­ Walt Disney is one of my heroes. tion-the user and the computer alone. What I really admire about him is COMPUTE! What about pictures to go As computers and CD-I move closer to with the music? that he had a creative vision that he was the T V in the family room, will we see committed to for 50 years. A lot of peo­ Hawkins: Everyone is really fascinated more group activities for the computer, ple do something for a few years, make with putting images on the screen, par­ pastimes in which family andfriends some money, then go do something else. can participate? ticularly images of themselves. A lot of In that sense, I'm like Disney. I kids are going to turn into budding Ste­ Hawkins: I don't think you're going to think I programmed my first computer ven Spielbergs when the technology gets see that transition instantly. You have game about 15 years ago. This is what I to be easy enough to work with. to look at where software comes from. really like doing. That's exciting. I think there's a Many games come from designers who This industry has a lot of potential problem with the way modern society are young men who are interested in beyond just software. We have a long­ works. Kids are reall y creative, really science fiction and epic heroism. To a term interest in taking what we believe playful. Then what happens is we all get large degree they are designing products about the values of interactive entertain­ socialized-we're taught to put on a tie for themselves. ment, and the fact that it's good for peo­ and a coat and go to the office every Over time, we're going to get more ple, into other areas. It could be coin­ day at the same time. People lose touch people who are like screenwriters, people operated games, it could be theme parks, with their creativity because they're try­ who know how to write a good, dramatic it could be lots ofdifferent things. l!l 34 COMPUTE ! NRIHands-On Training With an IBM PC Compatible Plus 20 MegHard Disk GET THE KNOW·HOW TO SERVICE EVERY COMPUTER ON THIS PAGE Learn the Basics the NII IBM IS a Registered Tradema:k technical staff, ready to help you when of IBM Corporation. you need it. You get it all from NRI! Epson is a Registered Trademark ol Epson Way-and Earn Good Amenca. Inc. Apple and !he Apple logo are Registetcd Free 100·Page Money Troubleshooting Trademarks of Apple ComJ)

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V20-2 costs$ I0. 75. ger. as its name suggests, cases You can contact The Pub­ -Clifio11 Karnes the pain of tracking down er­ lic (Software) Library at P.O. ro rs in your program. Box 35705. Houston, TX Unlike most GEOS prod­ 77235-5705. (713) 721-5205. ucts. which emphasize ease of Shareware Top 10 use. ge0Progra111 111 er has only the programmer in mind. If Since the first PC shareware yo u' re considering buying it. products appeared several start by reading the back of the years ago, this grass-roots The $10 Speedup box. Then. if the description method of product distribu­ "extensive macro facility with tion has caught on with a ven­ PC owners arc deluged with nested invocation and multi­ geance. There arc shareware ads for hardware that takes the ple arguments" has yo u in a products 10 rival the quality of garden-variety PC or XT and state of uncontrolled euphoria. their commercially distributed turns it into a speed demon. this is probably the product for countcrpans in almost every Unfortunatcly, most of these you. If you can't understand software category. And products cost hundreds. even the box at all. you should prob­ shareware. by eliminating the thousands, ofdollars. Ifvou'd ably come back to gc0Pro­ middleman. is usually much like to improve the per- ­ gra111111er later. less expensive than dealer­ formance of your 8088- or purchased products. 8088-2-powered PC for a What arc the best modest in vestment, however. shareware products? This is NEC ofTcrs two chips that re­ difficult to determine with ac­ place your C PU and boost Exotic Games curacy. since different suppli­ speed up to 40 percent and ers ofTer different titles. but beyond. GEOS continues to grow. It's Spectrum HoloByte has initi­ Nelson Ford, president of The The NEC ch ips are the included with the new 64C. ated an exciting International Public (Software) Library. a V20. which replaces the 8088. and everyday more and more Series of recreational games. copy service specializing in PC and the V 20-8. which replaces packages arc being rcl~ased Spectrum looks for exciting shareware, suggests the follow­ the 8 MHz 8088-2. These chips that arc compatible with it. games by foreign program­ ing top ten. are completely compatible But if it 's to succeed at becom­ mers, puts some finishing "The top four are easy to with the Intel origi nals. but ing the de facto operating sys­ touches on them. and releases choose." says Nelson. '·PC­ since thev·re more efficient. tem for the 64/ 128. it must them here. File is undoubted Iv number I. they're faster. In addition to become the svstcm with which There are currently four Close behind that are PC­ the speed increase. the V20 third-party d~vclopcrs and titles available for the 64 : Wri1e. the word processor, and chips are compatible with the home programmers actually Tl'lris. a challenging moving­ ProC0111111. the telecommuni­ 8080 instructi on set. so they create software. puzzle game from the Soviet cations program. Number 4 is can be used to emulate CP/ M Ge0Progra111111er (Berke­ Union: Soko-Ba11 , a game of Awo111en11. an outstanding software with good results. ley Softworks. 2150 Shattuck strategy from Japan: l111rigue. DOS menu program. After Installing a new micro­ Ave .. Berkelcv. California an interactive mystery from that there's more room for dis­ processor is straightforward. 94704. (800) 443-0 100: America, with Washington. agreement. I'd put PC Key All you need to Jo is remove $69.95). a somewhat scalcd­ D.C. as the locale: and Zig­ Dra11·on my li st as number 5. your old C PU and insert the down version of the U IX­ "/.ag. a Engl ish-made space and A86/IJ86. the amazingly new V20 in its place. (Thi s sur­ bascd development system adventure. fast assembler and disas­ gery isn't difficult. but ifvou're that Berkeley itself uses to According to Spectrum's sembler by Eric Isaacson. as uncomfortable with the idea. produce GEOS software, is president. Phillip Adam, other number 6. Next come EZ­ get a knowledgeable friend to here to help assembly language titles will be added soon. If Forms. a form generator. and perform the operati on for programmers develop GEOS future games arc anything like As-Eas.r-..i s. an excellent 1-2-J­ you.) software using the GEOS envi­ Terris. they'll be worth waiting likc spreadsheet. Finishing my "EC says th eir chip im­ ronment. Ge0Progra111111er for. list arc PC-GL/.-IR/PR/. ·IP. an proves CPU performance bv provides all the tools for as­ Spectrum Holybytc can be accounting system. and Fam­ 40 percent. but informal ­ se mbling. linking, and debug­ reached at 2061 Challenger ily His1or.r Sysrem, a genealogy benchmarks show a best-case ging GEOS applications. In Drive, Alameda. California program:· improvement of nearly 60 per­ fact. ge0Progra111111er consists 9450 1:(415) 522-3584. t> 40 CO MP U TE ! COMPUTE!~;k speC!JlC

commands, and so on can still of the 31/i-inch 1581 drive in A Better PaperClip be controlled directly from the CP/ M mode, and you have keyboard. though, and experi­ some significant changes. The Even in its original incarnation, enced PaperC/ip users will necessary pons line the box, PaperC/ip was a superb word rarely use the menus at all. For wi th only the 1571 's external processing package.: Arriving beginners, however, the menus dip switches missing. fairly early in the 64's career. it are a big help. But the biggest improve­ instantly set the standard by Very little is missing from ment is in the computer's ergo­ which all 64 word processors PaperC/ip Ill. The program nomics. Not only does it take were judged. Some word pro­ still needs a bit more cursor up less space than the earlier cessors had better individual flexibility, indexing and foot­ versions, it also ··reels" beller. components (such as spelling noting features would be ex­ The keyboard can now si t on checkers}, while others looked tremely useful, and the your lap as you type (an abso­ prettier on the screen. but none telecommunications subpro­ lute must for many people), had the features or the sheer re­ gram could use different termi­ and it seems much crisper than liability of Batteries Included's nal emulations. Apan from the earlier J 28's keyboard. groundbreaking product. these, there's not much to There's no longer a need to PaperClip II added a complain about. PaperC/ip III clear the disk drive's slot of pa­ number of features. but soon follows nicely in its predeces­ pers and packages in order to Mean 18. a golf game/ simula­ after its release. the Batteries sors' footsteps. insert or eject a disk, and tion from Accolade, is one of Included line was picked up by Paperclip /If is available there's also no temptation to the best-playing games for the Electronic Ans. The much­ from Electronic Ans. P.O. Box pile things on top of the drive. Apple Hes (see last month's awaited (for PaperC/ip Elite 7530, San Mateo, California Finally, the 128 looks like a se­ "Our Favorite Games"). With the Amiga and the Atari ST) 94403 for $49.95. Owners of rious computer. representations ofactual disappeared from production. previous Paperclip versions The 128 has always been courses and such features as and PaperC/ip itself seemed to can upgrade to Paperclip Ill an impressive, if somewhat great graphics. club selection, have seen its last upgrade. for $15. overlooked, machine. With the and realistic putting greens, Happily, though. Electronic comingofthe 1280. it's even Mean 18 is a superb mimic of Ans saw fit to improve an al­ more impressi\'e, and it's de­ hitting the links. ready fine product. and Paper­ manding to be taken seriously. The program even in­ Ill brings one ofthe 64's Clip This can only point to a strong cludes a golf course architect most imponant products back The New 1280 future. for creating new courses from onto the market. scratch or adapt ing existing PaperClip Ill comes with The 128. like the 64, has al­ fairways, greens, and hazards. a 190-pagc manual and two ways had one problem: De­ Trading courses is a lively pas­ disks. One disk contains the 64 spite its relatively small size, it GeoCompatibility time among dedicated Mean version of PaperC/ip Ill: the takes up too much desk space. 18 players. You don't have to other disk holds the 128 edi­ This problem isn't really the look too far to find home­ There seems to be some confu­ tion. This means that 64 users fault of the computer itself: in­ grown courses li sted on the sion about the compatibility who have upgraded to the 128, stead, it's the fault of its peri­ major information services between GEOS I 28 and GEOS. and who have kept the 64 sit­ pherals. The monitor and the like CompuServe, Dephi, The According to Berkeley ting around, actually receive disk drive seem to flv out in all Source, and GEnie. Soft works, GEOSI28 will run two separate products. directions, connected to the But downloading courses most G£0Sapplications that The 128 version makes system unit by a maze of wires still meant you played alone. were originally released for the use of that machine's capabili­ that look sloppy and always Until now. that is. GEnie's 64. GeoFile and GeoCalc ties, allowing text entry in 80 seem to get in the way. Apple II Round Table (GEnie's won 't run, but Deskpack, columns and previews of 50 Enter the Commodore name for its Apple-specific geo Write Workshop. and the lines per screen, an easier and 1280, the newest addition to forum) is staning its first new geoPub/ish will. GeoPro­ faster interface. and several the 64/ 128 line. It combines Apple Golf Association (AGA) grammer had some initial additional features. It also sup­ the 128 with a 1571 drive in­ problems running under tournament. pons the 1750 RAM expan­ side an attractive box on The AGA works like this. GEOS/28. but these apparent­ sion. especially useful with the which the monitor can rest. You join the Association by en­ !y have been corrected. spelling checker. It even pro­ This frees the keyboard, which tering one of its tournaments. What this means is that vides a feature. in Telecommu­ attaches to the side of the unit you can upgrade to a 128 or the first ofwhich closed March nications mode. that and can be moved around eas­ 18 (don't worry. there are 1280 and use GEOS/28 with­ eliminates the Return markers ilv. It also eliminates the need bound to be more). Various out losing access to your GEOS from the end oflines of text re­ for a monitor stand, and it rel­ library, except for geoFile and formats will be used for the ceived over a modem. egates most of the wires to the tournaments, which are played geoCalc. which you must For the most pan, though. back of the unit. In other on courses downloaded from ugrade to the 128 versions. the 64 and 128 versions arc the words. it's more like an Amiga GEnie's Apple II software li­ Two GEOS products due same. allowing you to move IOOO or an IBM-PC. braries. Biweekly repons are to be released soon are geoNet made on each member's status from one to the other easily. Commodore has taken the (a LAN. or Local Area Net­ and handicap. Scores are re­ PaperC/ip now has a series of opponunity ofthe 128D's re­ work , that links 64s and IBM poned to the AGA secretary menus, accessible with the lease to enhance a few things. PCs) and geoBASIC. Whether and include information about function keys. which allow you Specifically, the internal 1571 geoBASIC will be compatible the course played, a hole-by­ to control such things as drive has eliminated the earlier between the 64 and 128 is an holc record of your score, the modes. printer drivers. screen 1571 's bugs, and the video interesting question that re­ longest drive, and the number colors. modem settings and memory has been expanded to mains to be answered. protocols, and page formats. allow more impressive graph­ of birdies. Formatting commands, disk ics. Add to this the new suppon - Neil Randall The opening tournament

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was a team ctTon, with players for moving up to 2.0 (first­ varies widely. Some shareware much belier. The first time a assigned to teams as they signed time full price for 2.0 is $249). is good. so me is only passable. disk block is read when up. and it used a two-best ball Suppon will be more im­ and so me isn't worth the time Dirersi-Cache is active. th e fo rmat. That meant the team's portant to most App/eJlorks it takes to load it from di sk. data is stored in RAM. All two best balls were counted fo r users. Thi.sis something Apple One of th r best shareware pro­ successive reads of this in for­ the score on each hole. never pro vided. a service that grams. one th at every Apple ll mation arc lightning fast. since The tournament was a 54­ was oficn desperately needed owner should ha ve. is Dil'ersi­ the data is being retrieved hole contest played on three and which had to be filled by Cop _1 : from RAM . just as if it had cou rses downloaded from GE­ friends. user groups. or publica­ Di1wsi-Copy is a fast. effi­ come from a ramdisk. Dirersi­ nie. The Jacksonville Naval tions. Now, however. registered cient disk-copying program Cache's shareware fee is S35. Air Station. Pine Vallev. and owners ofApp/e Jl orks ca n ca ll which makes use of all avail­ Virginia Beach's Ocea~a Na­ Claris Tcd1nii:al Suppon at able RAM to duplica te disks as va l Base golf courses were (415) 962-0371. Staflcd from 6 quickly as the hardware al­ available in the soflware librar­ a.m. to 8 p.m. PST Monday lows. The program is es pecia l­ ies; players retrieved them. through Thursday, and from 6 ly useful to Apple owners who placed them on a Mean 18 a. m. to 3 p.m. and from 5:30 have onl y one disk drive. the Next Slide. Please disk. and played . The last two p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday. Techni­ people who normally wrench co urses were. in fact. taken cal Support will try to handle their wrists swapping disks Docs the term desktop prcse11ta· from the Atari forum and your App/el J problems. when copying. Dirersi-Cop.r 'orks 11011 mean anything to you? It modified for the Apple Ilas. copies unprotected 51/•- and You don't have to be a should. for it"s been a catchword And what would a golf registered user of:.f pp/e JI i1rks 3'h-i nch disks by reading as at Apple for some time now. tournament be without prize 2.0 to make use of Claris' sup­ much of the disk's information money? Though it"s not in the port staff. According to Bob as possible into RAM. On a The Apple l l line has been sa me league as the PGA, GE­ GatTord, director of suppon, I28K Apple. for instance. making inroads into tradition­ nic's AGA is sweetening the Clari s is "commi11ed to the in­ Dil'ersi-Copy will copy a com­ ally Macintosh arras such as pot by pu11ing free online time stalled base [of Apple 11 'vrks us­ plrtcly fi lled disk in two pa scs desktop publishing. so why not up for grabs. ers]." When you call Technical (that"s two reads of th e source into presentations? Perhaps To sign up on GEnie, ca ll Suppon, you' re not as ked for a disk and two writes of the des­ that's the very question the l-800-638-9636; the registra­ registration or serial number, tination disk). An Apple !las folks at Brnderbund asked tion fee is $29.95. and onlinc although GatTord said that can copy a full disk in only one when they decided to publish fees arc $5/hour at either 300 thev'll want vour name for pass. Shml'(Jff. an Apple l l presenta­ or 1200 bps. their file . · You don't even need to tion tool th at just hit the From 8 to 14 suppon format a blank disk before tands (Brndcrbund. 17 Paul statTers man the phones. each copying: Dirersi-Cvp,I' formats Drive. San Rafael. Ca li fornia sitting in front ofa Macintosh as it writes to th e destination 94904: $59.95). and Apple l l computer. There disk. Another feature is its Like a lot of Apple l l soft­ AppleWorks Help won't be any App/eH orks spe­ ability to mass-produce ware on the cutting edge. cialists. at least not initially. copies-the source disk can be Shv 11D_[Tis specifically for thl' Claris. Apple's new softwarc­ Instead. each perso n will I~ held in memory (or as much of I las. The l las·s graphics inter­ on ly otTshoot. is officia ll y on able to field questions on the it as will fi t). then be duped face . so much like the Macin­ its own now. Their ads have entire Clari s line. onto as many di sks as desired. tos h' s. makes it a perfect been impossible to mi ss in th e "We're cxtremelv co m­ Dirersi-Copy is particular­ platform for sophi sticated and Apple-specific magazines. as mi11ed to providing support to ly attracti,·e to Apple llas gra phics-intensive software. we ll as major publi cations like our customers." said GatTord. owners: though many ha,·e With Shv11D.O: you can the II 'all StreN Joumal and "We want to use support to let two drives, one is normallv a quickly make custom screens the New l ork Times. our customers know we care 3'h-inch while the other is -a bui lt from scratch (th e hard What docs all this mean about them ." 5'1•-inch disk drive. Copying a way) or by pulling in bits and for App/cll'orks. the one Apple 31/i-inch disk with one drive is pieces from th e pro,·ided bor­ II product that laris has? an excruciating process ofcon­ ders. backgrounds. and art­ More attenti on. from the stantly swa pping disks. some­ work (much easier). Anything look of things. As a software times for up to ten minutes. from chans and graphs to publisher. Claris mu st pay at­ Fast Disk Copies Dii'<'rsi-Cnp,1 ·can be found snappy title pages can be put tention to its customers just as on man y bulletin boards. in together in th e now-s tandard any other publisher who wants Shareware softwa re is an inter­ use r group software libraries. !las paint program-l ike inter­ to be successful must. That esting concept. one that pro m­ and from its publisher-DSR. face. Once you've made yo ur means upgrades. suppon. and ises much but sometimes 34880 Bun ker Hill. Farmin2­ masterpiece. yo u can print it to more suppon. Claris seems to doesn't deliver. The idea is ton. Michigan 48018-2728. lf Im age Writer or LaserWritcr he on the right track with that you pay for the program yo u keep th r program. you're on paper or. if you're planning ..r f!fi/£' JI arks. only after yo u have a chan ce to obliga ted to se nd $30 to DSR: on using an ove rh ead projector .-Jpp/e JJ 'arks 2.0 has been try it out. usually for 30 days for th at price vou become a to make your presentation. on a"ailable for some tim e. and or so. The programmer also registered use~. You'll receive acetate. To really be on the though it has some problems. benefits. because he or she the latest version and technical electronic edge. you can use its mail-merge fac ility and th e doesn't ha ve to resort to tradi­ support (though you probably the computer as a slide projec­ fact that Ti111eo111-probably tional distribution channels or won't need it). tor. showing the scree ns one by the best collection of find 1a willing publisher. Use rs If you own an Apple !las une. Sho11-0f/'a lso makes it . Jpp/e r1'orks add-ons c,·c r­ spread the sharewa re software and at least one 3'h-inch disk possible to use the I las as a on ly works with 2.0 makes it a by giving it to friends or down­ drive. make a point to look fo r driver for a traditional slide must-buy. Claris picked up the loading it from bulletin boards DSR"s Dil'ersi-Cache. You'll projector for a trulv multi­ upgrade from Apple and is or information services. need a minimum of 512K in med ia approach. · continuing the $75 price tag The quali ty ofshareware the !las. bu t a megabyte does - Gregg Kei::er c; 4 2 C 0 M P U T E t COMPUTE!~;h speC!JlC

ARP comes in two pans. look at the books that can help the book that covers version The first, arp.library, is placed the serious programmer get 1.2 of the operating system. into the li bs directory on your started (or unstuck). The price is $14.95. boot disk. The other pan of The Amiga Technical Ref­ The total price for all these ARP consists of new com­ <'rence Manuals is a set offour books is $235.50. Not a bad mands to replace the ones in manuals published by Addison­ price for a peripheral that will your c directory. Wcslc_y which cover the Ami­ help you program your Amiga. The ARP commands are ga's hardware. Exec, Libraries smaller, faster. and more ver­ and Devices. and Intuition. satile th:in the old AmigaDOS These arc the official Commo­ commands. The asterisk (used dore manuals. While some­ on vinually every computer times criticized as being Top Speed but the Amiga) is supported as uneven and difficult to under­ a wi ldcard in filename search­ stand. they're generally well There's been a lot ofdiscus­ es, as arc the powerful Amiga­ written and helpful. In addi­ sion lately about the relative DOS wildcards. A standard file tion, many ofthe following speed of the three Amigas. The rcqucstor is included in arp. books assume that you have Amiga 500 and 2000 ha ve library, as arc several useful these four manuals, so it's diffi­ been accused ofbeing slower subroutines. cul t to program the Amiga than the 1000. lfvou·vc ever waited on vour How will ARP help aver­ without them. Libraries and The Amiga uses two types Amiga·s disk drive. you'li ap­ age Amiga users? Since ARP Del'ices costs $34.95. The other ofmemorv. The first is known preciate Face II. a "floppy ac­ commands arc much smaller three are priced at $24.95 each. as chip R.4lvf. This is the first celerator" from ASDG. than their AmigaDOS equiva­ Programmer's Guide to 512K RAM of memory. Ex­ Face fl is a disk cache. As lents, you'll have more space the Amiga, written by Rob pansion memory above 5l 2K you use yo ur computer, Face on your disks. If yo u common­ Peck and published by Sybcx, is known asfast RA kl. because ff monitors your use of the Iv load commands into the demystifies the Commodore it can not be controlled by the disk drive (or drives) automat­ r~mdisk. vou'll ha ve more free Manuals. Rob Peck, who special video and audio hard­ ically. You tell Face II how RAM. A~othcr benefit is that worked on the Commodore ware in the Amiga. In cenain much ofyour system's memo­ vou ca n expect to sec smaller manuals. was in the perfect po­ situations, programs in fast ry it's allowed to use, and the and more robust applications sition for the job. The book is RAM run slightly faster than program docs its best to keep programs from the companies clear and accurate, with plenty those in chip RAM. the most commonly refer­ that use ARP. ofC language programming The Amiga 2000 comes enced information in memory. The developers of ARP examples. The price is $24.95. with one megabyte of RAM. Face ff knows all about the have worked closely with Sybcx also publishes the The Amiga 500 can be easily structure of an AmigaDOS Commodore. and have offered two-volume Amiga Progra 111­ expanded to one megabyte. disk, so it does a better job to let Commodore use ARP 111er's Handbook by Eugene P. The problem is that this sec­ than its predecessor. Face. free ofcharge. There are hopes Monimore. Volu me I covers ond 5 l 2K of RAM is not true AmigaDOS gurus should that Commodore will use ARP graphics, Intuition, and Exec. fast RAM . be familiar with AddBuffcrs, on future Workbench disks Volume 2 discusses the Amiga If your Amiga 500 or 2000 AmigaDOS 1.2·s built-in disk­ and cven put the arp.library in devices (for example, the Audio has more than one megabyte caching mechanism. Face ff is ROM. ARP is currently in the Device, the Console Device, of RAM. yo u can make it run far superior to Add Buffers. public domain. It can be found and the Gamepon Device). as fast as an expanded I000 by which uses up valuable "chip'" on CompuServe and other bul­ Each volume is $24.95. adding the commands/ow­ RAM and keeps a death-grip letin boards. Complete docu­ Howard W. Sams & Co. 111 e111/ast to your stanup­ on its buffers until a reboot. mentation is included. publishes fll side the :fmiga by scqucnce file. This reorders the With Face fl. yo u can free up What's next for ARP? John Thomas Berry. This is an memorv list to give the true old buffers or allocate new That depends onl y panly on excellent book for experienced fast mc~ory top priority. This ones with a few mouse clicks Commodore's willingness to programmers who are new to program can be found on the (or CLI commands). use it. Regardless ofCommo­ the Amiga. The examples arc Workbench _disk shipped with If you've had your eye on dore's decision. the developers written in C. Graphics. sound. your computer. a hard drive, but just can't have made it clear that ARP speech. and AmigaDOS pro­ stomach the price. try Face ff. will be supponcd. A CU re­ gramming arc among the top­ Face fl. A DG. 925 Stew­ placement is possible. as is a ics covered. The book is priced an St.. Madison. WI 53713. Workbench replacement. The at $22.95. No More Gurus (608) 273-6585. DOS and filehandlcr code may Ifyou want to program be replaced. IfCommodore the Amiga's graphics system, GOMFf 2.0 is a program that doesn't use ARP. a user's and Sheldon Leemon's excellent programmer's book may be intercepts the dreaded Amiga Inside Amiga Graphics (pub­ Guru message whi ch shows up wrillcn. lished by COMPUTE! Books) when your Amiga crashes. AmigaDOS Cure · shows yo u how. It covers ev­ G0/14 Fl lets you "whap" away erything from screens and win­ windows and ··nuke" runaway AmigaDOS is the weak link in dows to animation. The price tasks. It's easy to install from the Amiga's software. Written is $16.95. CLI or Workbench. in BCPL. a precursor ofC. its Required Reading Sheldon Leeman and Ar­ GOMF' 2.0 ($39. 95). strange structures have always lan Levitan collaborated on HypcrTek/Silicon Springs. given Amiga programmers Because of its powerful fea­ COMPVT!:.'!'s AmigaDOS Ref # 120-l 140Austein Ave.. trouble. A grass-roots move­ tures. the Amiga can be a erence Guide. It is clear and Coquitlam, B.C. Canada V3K ment sprang up to solve the tricky computer to program. well organized, covering every 3PF. (604) 939-8235. problem. The AmigaDOS Re­ With the right books, the job is aspect ofAmigaDOS in detail. placement Project was born. much easier. Here's a quick Be sure to buy the edition of -Rhe11 Anderson J U N 1 9 8 8 43 COMPUTE!,;h spec!J7C

Ooppy drive. The price will side a rectangle. and you can Virus and Vaccine hover around $4,000. What have up to nine windows open about those of us who want the at once. Herc's what might be a new ponable only for occasional i\facPaint's main innova­ word for vour collection of traveling and business trips? l tion is its Snapshot feature. At compute~ lingo: l' irus. More don"t need another 20 mcg any time. you can take a ··snap­ than a bug and not quite a drive, especially in a machine shot"' of the current document. worm, it's a type ofTrojan that will sit unused next to my which is then stored in memo­ Horse. Does that explain it? desk Mac most ofthe time. ry. You can revert to the snap­ A computer virus is a lit­ Now. balance those ru­ shot at anv time. This is a step tle program that's usually bur­ mors against Sculley"s insis· bcvond the old Reven com­ ied in another program; when tance that no new Macintoshes m~nd which took you back to you run the "host " program. will be introduced this year the last version you saved on yo ur computer system catches and against repons that there the disk. Then. thcrc·s the the virus. (That"s why it's arc over 100.000 LapMacs si t­ Magic Eraser. You use it to gel more than a bug. whjch stays ting in storage already, waiting down to the Snapshot version put as a mistake in a specific to be shipped. only in the pans ofthe docu­ program.) Depending on what lt's anybody's guess what ment you rub with the eraser. the strain ofthe virus is. your Apple's midrange Mac is going There are other enhance­ FullWrite. At last the final computer can stan acting up to be. You probably think it"s ments: a draw-from-center op­ chapter ofAnn Arbor's F11/l- because its operating system the SE. with the Plus on the tion for shapes. a mouse­ H'rire story: They sold it. Not to has been infected. bottom and the II on top. coordinate window, and a scale users. but to another company. A specific Macintosh vi­ That's not it. because the Plus command. But. there's nothing Ashton-Tate bought the rus surfaced in mid-February; won't be around much longer. much we haven't seen before in long-awaited program so its it was attached to a /-l yperCard (Not that Apple has admitted other drawing programs. lineup of Macintosh ofTcrings stack tha t was posted on the inevitable yet.) With the MacPailll is nice. even ele­ would include a word­ CompuServe. The \'irus was Plus gone. there needs to be a gant. but not wonh its price tag. proccssor. a spreadsheet. and a cooked up by a company machine between the SE and database. Somehow it seems called MACMAG; it was a the II. because there's too fitting that Ashton-Tate would seemingly harmless '"world much. ofa performance and take o,·er the notorious non­ peace·· message programmed price gap between them. Will it shipping word processor: Its to pop up on the Mac on be a souped-up SE or a strippcd­ Mac spreadsheet program has March 2. the anniversary of down 11? More Tips been under development, and the introduction of the Macin­ under tight wraps, for as long tosh II. No one's objecting to LivingVideoTex t"s More is as F11/lll 'ri1e. the message, just the medium. still the outliner ofchoice for ImageWrite LQ. As l write In reply, we now have a those who do a lot ofoutlining. this. there's a severe shonagc vaccine. Don Brown. ofCE Draw and Paint Herc's a shon collection oftips of lmageWriter LQs; Apple Software (who provide such to ge l more from i\fnre. says that the unexpected high terrific programs as Mock­ Aldus (publisher of Page­ • Use triple-clicking. Not many Jl'rite and Calendar Maker) demand for the LQs has 111aker) is no longer a one-trick programs take advantage of caused the shonage. The prob­ wrote I 'accine and posted it on pony. While they were the first this Macintosh interface op­ the electronic services. All you lem should be resolved by the to realize the imponance of tion, but ,'v!ore does. A triple­ time yo u read this. with back­ have to d o is put its icon into page layout on the Mac. it was click in an outline selects the log orders filled and current yo ur system folder. Vaccine is Adobe that set the standard for entire headline. A triple-click orders able to be handled. free . You can download it high-end graphics on the Mac inside a document window se­ Another LQ problem was from CompuServe or GEnie. with Jl/11 s1ra1or. Aldus· Free­ lects a whole sentence. or yo u can ask around at a user also speedily solved: Word hand is now shipping. For group meeting; somcone·s •When yo u're building a tree 3.01 wouldn't work with the $495, you can get the new bound to have it. chan. you can force a line printer. A special. free update color drawing program that for LQ owners is available break in a headline by typing a provides advanced drawing venical line character (the one from Microsoft. Call Microsoft tools such as those rcq u ired for and ask about ti ord 3.02. on the backslash key). That Bczier curves. Freehand runs way. you can get multiple lines lacs and DECs. A few years on the Mac Plus. SE. and II. of text in a single tree box to ago it would have seemed an New Macs? The new MacPailll staned break exactly where you want incredible combination, but the shipping from Claris in Febru­ them to break. Macintosh made a major show­ Rumors continue to abound ary. It's significantly enhanced •To put an empty box in a tree ing at New York's DEX PO. about Apple's laptop Mac. from the original version. and chan so you can fill it in later by DEC's trade show. Connectil'ity There arc so many rumors that it has a few very special fea­ hand. put a blank headline in is a buzzword this year. and some are bound to be correct. tures. but not enough to warrant the outline Uust press Return). you can. i ndced, access a V.A.X The general consensus is that it the long wait and new price of with vour Mac. (Most of us won"t be announced, intro­ S 125. No paint-only program • To make underlines in the knew. that all along.) duced. or available until 1989: can be wonh that much in these tree chan instead of boxes. use lTs Macintosh. Apple and Tl Apple doesn't seem to be satis­ days ofcombined bitmap/­ the Tree Size command and have teamed up to make the fi ed with current sc reen tech­ object drawing programs. collapse the box down to a sin­ microExpl orcr. a Macintosh !I nology. Best guesses o n the MacPailll has Hyper­ gle line by dragging the top with a Tl LISP machine on a specs: a black-on-white screen Card's tear-ofT menu palettes edge down to the botto m edge. board. Priced at $14,995. it"s (what else?). a 20-meg internal for the tools and patterns. You •When you don't want to the lowl'!st-priced Anificial hard drive. an internal mo­ can now rotate and flip lassoed leave the keyboard, but you Intelligence workstation. dem, and the new 1.4-meg selections as well as those in­ want to open and close docu­

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ment windows. use Enter to some of the packages have Atari ST. The first book covers The surface of the planet open and close the window for been around long enough to the VD! (Virtual Device Inter­ contains many natural (such as the current headline. Shift­ have been revised and to be face). The second discusses the caves, rocks, hills) and man­ Enter opens (and closes) a full­ nearly bug-free. Furthermore, AES (Application Environ­ made obstacles. The man­ size document window. there are packages which work ment Services). The books arc made obstacles have a nasty •Need a word count? Use the identically to (and can even $18. 9 5 each. tendency to shoot at you or try Search command and type: share data with) some of the The books are similar in to suck yo ur ship down to its most popular packages for the format. Each begins with a doom. You can shoot back (a-zl[a-zlla-z)* IBM PC-and they cost a lot chapter that addresses the vari­ with two types ofweapons­ in the Find box. Put nothing in less. Programs which can share ous things you can do with an unlimited cannon and a the Replace box. Check the data arc: VIP Professional either the VDI or AES. Sam­ much more powerful gun Whole Word and Match Pat­ (similar to l otus 1-2-J), ples in assembly language, ST which can take out obstacles tern buttons, and click Find DB.\!AN (similar to dBASE BASIC, and C show you how the cannon can't touch. You All. You 'll get the number of ll/ + ),and WordPe~(cct on the to go about calling the system have only limited ammunition words that are three letters or ST. routines. It's nice to see such for the big gun, however, and longer. You can count up the helpful examples. The follow­ you can only get more shells entire outline by selecting the ing chapters discuss different by returning to the mother Home headline before you do topics (like text, and drawing ship when you've collec ted this. Or, count any part of the points and lines). again with eigh t hostages. Your ship also outline by first se lecting any excellent examples and lucid has a limited fuel supply, headline; all its subheads. and Dead BASIC? explanations. Ifyou'd like to which can be replenished by all the document windows in use dialog boxes, graphics, landing next to a fuel dump, that portion of the outline, will What if they gave away a windows, and menus, you'd be and shields, which can only be be included in the count. BASIC and nobody paid? hard-pressed to find a better used for a short period of time. - Sharon Zardc110 Aker A strange question. but set of books. The books end The shields can be recharged, that's what seems to have hap­ with detailed reference sec­ but it costs fuel. pened with DBAS!C from tions which list each function, To collect hostages, yo u DTack Grounded Company. complete with inputs, results. must blast open a structure on DBASIC is (was?) an ex traor­ opcode numbers, and short the surface. When you do, the dinarily fast BASIC. which ig­ descriptions. hostages start m oving about. nored the ST trappings There arc some inaccura­ Then you must land and wait (menus, mice, dialog boxes, cies in the books, but far fewer for them to climb aboard. This and so on) and even needed its than in any ofthe previous ref­ section of the game is reminis­ own operating system to run erence books that discuss these cent ofChop/i(ter. (i t couldn't live with TOS). It topics. It is obvious that a tre­ The graphics and sound of had its own disk format as mendous amount of work Oids are excellent, but this well, making it a self-contained went into these books. VD / game really shines in playabili­ environment. separate from and AES manage a difficult ty. There arc several universes anything else for the ST. task-making an operating you can rescue hostages from , In what must be one of system interesting. each progressively harder than the strangest marketing the last. You can finish this schemes ever conceived, a game, get your name in the large number ofcopies ofboth high scores. and then move on the disk and manuals were to the nex t universe. A tremen­ mailed to magazines. user Play a Game dous amount of testing obvi­ groups. and free-lance writers. ously went into the uni verses. DTack actually encouraged Oids is a great game. The since yo u can survive for quite people to share copies of the newest ofTering from FTL Sys­ awhile in the early universes. Now that the Atari Mega ST is language. They even printed tems, it follows in the footsteps Once you do die. the game available. there is at last an up disk labels that could be put ofsuch worthy predecessors as even lets yo u practice against Atari machine which can suc­ on the copies. Not many peo­ S1111dog and Du11geo11 Master. the last planet you were play­ cessfully penetrate the business ple payed for DBASIC; it just It's FTL's first arcade-style ing (starting out with a ll four market. The Mega is especiall y didn't lit in well in the ST en­ game, and it's a winner. of your ships). attractive to small businesses vironment. The language is no In Oids. you pilot a small Once you tire of the built­ with limited budgets, since it more; it reportedly sold only spacecraft above a series of in universes, you can build. packs power, lots of memory, 70 copies at $40 each. planets. The object is to ma­ play, and save your own using and an easy-to-learn control neuver the spacecraft above the included editor. It's easy to system into a relati vely low­ the planet surface and land at use: You simply move around priced package. Small busi­ certain spots to pick up hos­ the planet surface, pasting nesses tend to ha vc small tages and return them to a down any of the various items budgets and limited numbers ST Bookware mother ship. Piloting the ship available, including rocks. gun ofemployees, so these features is reminiscent ofAsteroids: emplacements. and hostage bar­ can be very important. Sheldon Leemon's latest books You must rotate the ship to racks. In fact, you can even edit Another consideration is on the ST are must reading for point in the direction yo u want the built-i n universes to make the availabili ty ofbusiness­ anyone who is interested in to go and use yo ur thrusters to them easier (always a tempta­ oriented software. Not only is programming or in learning increase and decrease your ve­ tion). Oids is available from there a sufTicient number of what makes these machines locity. You must deal with FTL. 60 Lusk Boulevard, Suite packages now (at last count, 7 tick. The books are the first gravity, and landing on the SC206, San Diego. CA 92121, spreadsheets, 11 databases, two volumes ofCOM PUTE!'s surface while traveling too fast (619) 453-5711, for $34. 95. and 6 word processors), but Technical Reference Guide. will make you crash. - Darid Plo1kin G JUN E 1 988 45 __Ril:_its&tips

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You 'll need a good I own an IBM compa tible and 10 10and 1011 , storedinlow­ run the program on a freshly book on programming in I am having a problem with a byte/ hlgh·byte order. Address formatted disk. BASIC; there are many avail· program whic h finds the 1012 must contain the result of If you 're using a 1541 with able. BASIC works just fine for square root of an expression. the high byte exclusive ORed your 128, there 's a short pro­ adventure games, word More often than not. the ex ­ with 165. You can put the ad­ gram called "Autoboot Maker " pression is negat ive. and I get games. and other text-related on page 234 of COMPUTE! 's dress of any routine you 'd like wh~n I games. COMPUTE!'s Guide to an error take the square in 1010/ 1011 and that routine 128 Programmer's Guide that root wi th thr SQR function . Adventure Games tells you will be called when the CTRL ­ will do the same thing for you. 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Flight Simulator Software

Only with a personal computer can you soar like an eagle or plunge like a peregrine, all from the comfort ofan armchair firmly planted on the ground. Whether you 're seeking out an aerial enemy or just sightseeing from the stratosphere, there's a.flight simulator package listed in this buyer's guide that can take you to new heights ofelectronic fantasy.

Ace of Aces with various navigational instruments and set up their B-24 Accolade own approaches to airfields. The screen displays Strategic Simulations Commodore 64 either ahorizontal situation indicator (HSI) or VOR. Commodore 64, Apple II , IBM PC $29.95 The package includes approach templates for the $34.95 Aflight simulator based on the RAF. Mosquito fighter California ILS approaches. This game simulates 19 'AQrld War II missions flown bomber, this game contains four missions which can by the 406th Bombardment Group to the Ploesti, Ro­ be affected by storm clouds and enemy fighter planes. mania, oil fields. Players carry out the duties of the pilot. copilot. navigator. engineer, and bombardier, A.C.E. UXB setting the fli ght path, speed, altitude, and bomb drop Spinnaker Software points. Variables include engine performance and ac­ Commodore 64 curacy of bombing, as v.€11 as random v.€ather con­ $19.95 ditions. The instrument panel indicates altitude, In A.CE. the /\Jr Combat Emulator. the pilot goes up vertical speed , heading, airspeed, and degree of against other airplanes. tanks, and ships. A. CE II is bank/ turn and pitch . also available for two players. Chennault's Flying Tigers Acrojet Discovery Games MicroProse Apple II series, Atari Commodore 64 48K required Joystick required $29.95 $24.95 Engines started, and, with six seconds Players can fly a P40 Tomahawk, P38E Lightning, One to four players compete in the decathlon of sport until liftoff, Apollo 18 puts you in mission F2A Buffalo, or one of 15 other aircraft from the aviation for the title of oorld's greatest sports pilot. control and the capsule on missions to the 'AQrld War II era. Each simulation is played in real­ Each player fl ies a BDS-J sports jet through Immel­ Moon. time animation and duplicates the firepD'Mlr. maneu­ mans, precision loops, rolls . and inverted ribbon verability, rate of clim b, speed, sturdiness. and diving cuts. The program provides 3-D graphics and com­ ability of the original planes. The flights simulate air plete instrument displays. Apollo 18: Mission to the Moon combat over China and the Pacific from 1937 to 1942. Accolade Airsim-3 Commodore 64 $29.95 Chuck Yeager's Advanced Mind Systems Flight Trainer Apple II Users can recreate any of the original moon missions Electronic Arts 48K, joystick required of the 1960s, assuming both the role of astronaut and Apple II , Commodore 64, IBM PC $44.95 that of mission control specialist. Aseries of tasks 64K (Apple); DOS 2.0 or higher required (I BM) Pilots learn to take off and land, then fly up the coast must be performed in order to complete the mission . $29.95 (Apple): $34.95 (64, IBM) of California to San Diego, San Francisco, Long The program features digitized voice and sound. Computer pilots can learn to fly like General Chuck Beach, Santa Barbara. and other flying fields. /Jero­ Yeager. testing new aircraft and performing death­ batic maneuvers which can be performed include defying stunts. In three levels of instruction. the pro­ loops. stalls. and rolls. Pilots can also practice flying Caroline D. Hanlon gram explains the basics of flying, such as taking off and landing, advanced maneuvers such as aileron

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rolls and hammerhead stalls, and formation and stunt computer link. four alternating heads-up displays Flight Simulator II flying at mach speeds. A test pilot option offers 14 (HUDs). digitized airplane images, sound effects, a Subl.OGIC different aircraft-with authentic aircraft evaluation strike mission mode, and multiple skill levels.The Fal­ Amiga. Atari ST charts-for test flying. A super-fast frame rate helps con and enemy planes can perform realistic maneu­ 512K required: joystick optional simulate mach-speed flight. and graphics are shown vers such as barrel rolls. Y1¥JS, jinking, and scissors. 549.95 in three dimensions . strike mission mode, and multiple skill levels. The Fal ­ Potential pilots fly either aCessna 182 or aGates con and enemy planes can perform real istic maneu­ Lear1et in this version of Flight Simulator II. There are DC-10 vers such as barrel rolls, Y1¥JS, jinking, and scissors. more than 130 airports in five different scenery areas. Mich Tron and the multiwindow View allows three external Views Sanyo. IBM PC F-15 Strike Eagle of the plane. With the multiplayer option ,too or more 196K required MicroProse fliers can connect their machines by modem and fly $39.95 Apple II. Atari. Commodore 64. IBM PC together through the same airspace. The DC-10 is a commercial aircraft with wingspan of CGA required (IBM) more than 155 feet. a cruising speed of 580 mph, $34 .95 Fokker Triplane and apayload capacity of more than 100,000 Players can take part in seven historical flight mis­ PBI Software pounds. The game DC-10 simulates flying this plane sions, from dropping M-82 bombs on a Libyan oil re­ Macintosh in and around Europe to six major airports. The in­ finery to firing air-to-air missiles at a Syrian fighter. 128K required strument panel offers more than 30 readouts, and This F-15 combat jet flight simulator displays more $59.95 navigation is supplied by radio aids and 'AJR bea­ than 24 cockpit controls and features radar, launch A simulation of the three-winged 'Mlrld 'Nar I Ger­ cons. Wind effects an d engine emergencies are in­ indicators. electronic defenses, missiles, and acrobatic man fighter plane, this game lets players perform cluded in the simulations. The illustrated manual and mach-speed capabilities. There are four skill levels. loops, dives, rolls, bank turns, air acrobati cs , and contains instructions on reading the instruments. combat flying maneuvers. Loosely based on the Fok­ operating the game. and flying techniques. Flight Simulator ker Triplane flown by Baron Manfred von Richthofen. Microsoft "The Red Baron : · the instrument panel displays an Deep Space-Operation Macintosh. IBM PC altimeter, artificial horizon, airspeed, an ADF -'AJR 128K (Macintosh); CGA required (IBM) navigational system, afuel gauge, a throttle gauge, Copernicus 549.95 Sir-Tech and a gun sight. Players can view the field from the Commodore 64 Computer pilots can fly a single-engine Cessna 182 cockpit, the left and right wings of the plane, and $39.95 or aGates Learjet with this flight simulator. Macin­ from the rear. Simulation details include rudder con­ Players become the pilot of aKatana war vessel and tosh users with more than 128K can also fly a'Mlrld trol , stalling, fuel consumption, 3-D graphics, anima­ can choose between four missions to test skill and 'Nar I fighter plane. The program takes pilots on sce­ tion, and sound effects. tactics in flying and fighting amid the hurtling debris nic flights over the continental U.S., Mexico, Canada, of the asteroid cluster known as the Trojan Group. and the Caribbean, and to 118 airports. The instru­ Gunship The program features 3-D animated graphics and all ment panel is displayed on the screen and includes MicroProse objects folloo actual laws of motion observed in space. flight controls and VFT and IFR instrumentation. Con­ Amiga. Atari ST. Commodore 64 . IBM PC and ditions such as wind, time of day, and reliability of compalibles aircraft can be set by the pilot, and the player has an Joystick: 256K . CGA or EGA required (IBM) Echelon 549.95 (Amiga. ST, IBM); 34.95 (64) Access out-of-the-window View much like an actual pilot's. Commodore 64 Players ta ke control of an AH-64 Apache helicopter to $44.95 carry out seven rescue. search and destroy. and co­ Echelon is a top-secret military facility of the tv.€nty ­ vert missions. The Apache is loaded with 11 guided first century where pilots learn to fly the Lockheed C­ missiles. four guns, Hellfire laser missiles, a zoom­ 104 Tomahawk, a space combat and exploration TV gun sight, and the integrated helmet targeting vehicle . The player is assigned to patrol a new zone system (IHTS). The missions take place around the and find the solution to several strange events. The oorld , from Southeast Asia to Central America. This game features four weapons systems. abidirectional flight simulation program uses 3-D graphics and a teleporter unit, too 3-D screens, infrared graphics, joystick flying system . and the LipStik, a voice-activated control headset to give commands to the spacecraft. Harrier Combat Simulator Mirrorsoft Ata ri ST EOS: Earth Orbit Stations 549.95 Electronic Arts Commodore 64 Developed in conjunction with the British Aerospace, 529.95 Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Simulator this game simulates combat flight of the Harrier air­ The player is responsible for every aspect of setting features fast flying and realistic aircraft craft. Players can maneuver the jet through vertical up and maintaining space stations. from construction performance. takeoffs, barrel-roll attacks, air and ground combat, to making aprofit. There are 39 different modules to and firing the heat-see ki ng sidewinder missiles. The construct, including a shuttleport, a telescope, and a mission is to destroy the enemy's headquarters 500 chemical lab. There are seven versions of the simula­ Flight Simulator II miles away. tion , each lasting from 2 to 40 hours. The player can Subl.OGIC also learn about the planets and the solar system. Apple II. Commodore 64 , Atari Harrier Strike Mission II 48K (Apple , Atari) required; joystick optional Miles Computing $49.95 Macintosh Falcon 512K required Spectrum Holobyte Pl ayers can simulate flying a Piper 181 Cherokee $49.95 Macintosh. IBM PC Archer plane to more than 80 airports in four scenery The Harrier jump jet is outfitted with a30mm Aden 1 megabyte (Macintosh); minimum 256K with DOS areas. practicing takeoffs. landings. and aerobatics. cannon, torpedoes, bombs , Aim -9 sidewinders, Ma­ 2.0 or higher and CGA. EGA. or Hercules card and even taking part in a 'Mlrld 'Nar I Ace aerial bat­ required (IBM) tra Rockets, and camera-guided missiles. In this tie . Flight controls and instrumentati on are displayed 549.95 combat simulation. players can fly the jump jet on six on the computer screen. and the View outside the cock­ Players simulate flying the F-1 6A Fighting Falcon jet different missions-Falklands, Raid on Libya, Sur­ pit appears in high-speed, three-dimensional graphics. fighter. Falcon features dogfights with other players by rounded at Sea, Dirty Dozen, Space 'Wars, and Free

48 COMPU T E ! Flight. Options include night or day flight. fill-in or Learning to Fly with San Francisco STAR vector graphics. fixed or floating gun sight, heads-up Flight Simulator Scenery Disk display, intelligence map, multiple viewing angles. John Rafferty SubLOGIC and peacetime or war. COMPUTE! Publications Apple II, Atari, Commodore 64, IBM PC ISBN 0-87 455-115-3 Flight Simulator, Flight Simulator II, or Jet required Japan Scenery Disk $12.95 $24.95 Subl.OGIC John Rafferty, an instrument-rated pilot. provides 26 A scenery disk to be used with Flight Simulator, Apple II , Atari, Commodore 64. IBM PC training flight scenarios to help computer pilots learn Flight Simulator II, Jet,or any other SublDGIC flight Flight Simularor, Flighr Simulator II. or Jet required to fly using Flight Simulator or Flight Simulator II. He simulator. this disk covers the San Francisco Bay $24.95 begins with fundamentals such as takeoffs and land­ area in detail. It's designed mainly for visual flight and Ascenery disk to be used with Flight Simulator. Flight ings and continues the lessons through stalls, engine includes Fisherman 's Wharf. Alcatraz Island, the Simulator II, Jet. or any other SublDGIC flight simula­ failures. navigating with the NAV radios, and planning Golden Gate and Bay Bridges, and prominent build­ tor, this disk covers the area from Tokyo to Osaka. Ja­ approaches. The book includes airport approach ings in the San Francisco-San Jose-Oakland areas. pan. in detail. It can be used for visual flight or cross­ charts for several major airparts. country navigation and includes da.vntown Tokyo, Mt. Scenery Disk #1 Fuji, the Shin Kansen bullet-train netv.ork, Osakajo Lunar Explorer SubLOGIC castle, and many mountains, lakes. and waterways. Spectrum HoloByte Apple II, Atari, Commodore 64 , IBM PC Apple II, IBM PC Flight Simulator, Flight Simulator II, or Jet required Jet 48K (Apple); 128K (IBM PC) $19.95 Subl.OGIC $29.95 One in aseries of disks that provide additional scen­ Apple II . Commodore 64 Lunar Explorer offers players the opportunity to pilot ery and flying environment when used with Flight 64K required (Apple); joystick optional a lunar-landing vehic le. Views include the lunar base. Simulator, Flight Simulator II, Jet, or other SublDGIC $39.95 refueling stations, craters, rilles, constellations, and flight simulators. This disk includes airports, radio­ Computer "Top Guns" take the pilot's seat of an F-16 the Apollo 11 landing site. After training is complete, navigation aids, cities. highways, rivers, and lakes, Fighting Falcon or F-18 Hornet jet fighter. There's a the player can use the vehicle to circle the moon or and covers parts of Texas: Dallas-Ft. Wirth, Hous­ free-flight mode for noncombat maneuvers, as ~II as skim over the lunar surface. ton , San Antonio, and Brownsville. various options for aerial dogfights or target strikes. Orbiter Jet Combat Simulator Spectrum Holobyte Epyx Atari ST. Macintosh, IBM PC and compatibles Commodore 64 $49.95 $19.95 Users learn to control aspace shuttle from launch to Assume the pilot's seat of aMcDonnell Douglas F-15 landing with this simulator. Missions include launch­ Eagle jet fighter in this simulation. Learn to take off. ing , rescuing, or repairing satellites or the floating land, and perform offensive and defensive maneu­ space laboratory. Players can also walk in space with vers with the aircraft while avoiding crashes. spins. the manned maneuvering unit. Speech synthesis with and enemy planes and artillery. some of the computers enables the mission control feature to talk to the player. Jump Jet Eurosoft Commodore 64 Project: Stealth Fighter Micro Prose $24.95 Commodore 64 Stealth Mission, the newest SubLogic Five skill levels help players practice flying the Sea $39.95 flight simulation effort, brings clandestine Harrier VTOL. Also kna.vn as the Jump Jet, this Future pilots can fly a new stealth aircraft on secret flying to the Commodore 64. plane can take off or land vertically on the deck of an missions over North Africa or the Eastern Bloc coun­ aircraft carrier. hover, and fly backwards. A simula­ tries. carrying out bombing raids and gathering clas ­ tion of the radar. the range finder, and the instrument sified information. Not only must the pilot be able to panel appears on the screen. Sidewinder missiles fly and fight the aircraft. but he or she also must Scenery Disk #2 may be used against enemy aircraft, and sonic warn­ SubLOGIC master the jet's electromagnetic profile to avoid radar Apple II, Atari, Commodore 64, IBM PC ing messages are sent to the pilot through the Com­ detection. The graphics portray heads-up displays modore's sound system. Flight Simulator, Flight Simulator II, or Jet required (HUDs) and 3-D cockpit views. $19.95 Another disk which provides additional scenery and Kennedy Approach Pylon Racer MicroProse flying environment when used with Flight Simulator. Mind Systems Corporation Commodore 64 Flight Simulator II, Jet, or other SublDGIC flight sim­ IBM PC or compatible $24.95 ulators. Includes airports, rad io-navigation aids, cities, 128K and CGA required; joystick and modem This simulator puts the player in the air-traffic control recommended highways , rivers. and lakes, and covers parts of the tO'M!rs of some of the busiest airports. A computer­ $44.95 South~st: Phoenix, Albuquerque, and El Paso. generated voice provides the communications from With Pylon Racer. pilots can view their flights from approaching aircraft and warns of !rte-threatening outside the plane or change modes and watch the Scenery Disk #3 SubLOGIC emergencies. The player must safely land all the race from inside the cockpit. This flight simulator al ­ planes. ranging from tv.o-seater private planes to the Apple II, Atari, Commodore 64, IBM PC la.vs computer pilots to race their planes against Flight Simulator, Flight Simulator II, or Jet required Concorde. each other or the computer. Flight data for each flight $19.95 or race can be saved to disk so players can study Includes airports. radio-navigation aids, cities, high­ their performance or send the disk to afriend for a ways, rivers, and lakes, and covers parts of California race by proxy.Tm 1200-bps modems, one wrth auto­ and the Southl'.1lst: San Francisco, Los Angeles , and ans\'vllr, are required for realtime racing via phone Las Vegas. lines; the computers can also be connected using a cable and anull modem.The flights are displayed in color and 3-D graphics.

JUN E 1988 49 Scenery Disk #5 Spitfire Simulator ThunderChopper Subl.OGIC Mind Systems Corporation AC1ionSoft Apple II, Atari. Commodore 64 , IBM PC Apple II Apple II , Commdore 64 Flight Simulator. Flight Simulator II, or Jet required 48K , DOS 3.3, joystick or game paddles required $29.95 $19.95 $40.00 Players are in command of aHughes 530MG De­ Displays airports. ci ties, highways, rivers. and lakes Spitfire pilots have eight targets to pursue and de­ fender helicopter facing escort. land and sea rescue, in parts of the Mountain states: Salt Lake City, Chey­ stroy in this flight simulator based on the Supermar­ and combat scenarios. The action can be seen enne. and Denver. ine Spitfire Mk1. The game is set in England during through the cockpit windows in ei th er day, dusk. or the Battle of Britain (1941 ), and the player's objective night flight modes. The onboard flight computer pro­ Scenery Disk #6 is to protect the nation from German fighters and vides mission instructions and pilot performance Subl.OGIC bombers. The Spitfire can shoot down enemy aircraft feed back while monitoring the status of all onboard Apple II , Atari, Commodore 64, IBM PC with its machine guns, but then the plane must safely systems . Advanced instrumentation is patterned after Flight Simulator, Flight Simulator II, or Jet required make it back to the aerodrome before running out of equipment now being tested by the U.S. Army. Ar­ $19.95 fuel. Pilots can also maneuver their aircraft through mament includes TON and Stinger missiles. a This disk covers parts of the Midv.est: Omaha. Wichtta. loops. rolls. stalls , and other aerobatics. Targets, the Hughes Chain Gun . and Zuni rockets. and Kansas Crty. For use with Flight Simulator, Flight aerodrome, and grid scenes are displayed in 3-D. hi­ Simulator II. Jel or other SubLOGIC flight simulators. res graphics. Tomahawk Data soft Scenery Disk #7 Stealth Mission Commodore 64 Subl.OGIC Subl.OGIC $34.95 Apple II , Atari. Commodore 64, IBM PC Commodore 64 The player selects combat or training missions at Flight Simulator. Flight Simulator II, or Jet required Color monitor recommended four levels to simulate flying a U.S. Army Apache he­ $24.95 $49.95 licopter. Simulations include ground attack. air-to-air Additional scenery and flying environments for Flight Pop-up instrument panels and a targeting computer interception , day- and night-vision systems. and fly­ Simulator. Flight Simulator II. Jet. or other SubLOGIC help Commodore aces pilot an F-19 stealth fighter. a ing by instruments. Th e display is three-dimensional. flight simulators. Includes airports, radio-navigation Navy F-14 Tomcat, or the X-29 with its experimental aids. cities. highways. rivers. and lakes in parts of the forward-swept wing. The targeting comput er can be Top Gun East coast Wdshington. D.C.. Charlotte. Jacksonville, used to detect. track, and lock onto enemy targets. Mindscape and Miami. and the electronic countermeasures help defend Commodore 64 , IBM PC against land, air. and sea attacks. Instrument panels $9.95 Scenery Disk #11 support completel,,{)R, ILS, ADF, and DM Ecross­ Jet jockeys can take the pilot's seat of an F-14 Tom­ SubLOGIC country navigation. Action can be watched from the cat in this combat fl ight simulation. The 1ets are Apple 11 , Atari. Commodore 64 , IBM PC cockpit or a spot plane, control tower. map, or Flight Simulator. Flight Simulator II, or Jet required equipped wtth heat-seeking missiles and 22mm rapid­ $24.95 missile's-eye view. fire cannons to shoot targets , or th e pilot can maneu­ ver the jet out of the way of enemy fire. Two players This disk offers more scenery with Flight Simulator. Super Huey Flight Simulator II, and Jet. It includes airports, rad io­ compete against each other, or one can com pete Cosmi Corporation against the computer. navigation aids , cities, highways, rivers , lakes, and a Amiga. Atari, Atari ST. Commodore 64 hot-air balloon in the central Great Lakes area. There $19.95 (Amiga. ST): S12.95 {Atari, 64) are views of Detroit. Pittsburgh , and Niagara Falls. Top Gunner Collection This helicopter flight simulator takes advantage of the Micro Prose graphic and sound capabilities of the Amiga and Atari Commodore 64 Solo Flight ST. Players can choosefrom four scenarios. In Solo $24.95 MicroProse Commodore 64 Flight, pl ayers are trained in flight techniques and be ­ Three flight simulators are included in this one pack­ $24.95 come familiar with the helicopter's instruments. Res­ age. Hellcat Ace is aWJrld War II air-to -air combat This civilian flight simulator lets the player experience cue requires players to find and pick up stranded simu lator that takes theplayer on 14 missions over military personnel. Explore provides players wi th the the thrill of a first solo fl ight. Onscreen instructions the Pacific. Maneuvers include loops, aileron rolls. guide th e pilot through the basics of flight. There are opportunity to fly unexplored territory and map the bail-outs. and ocean ditches. An F-86 Sabre battles a 21 airports to fly to, and a mail mission option gives terrain. In Com bat, players defend asecret desert in­ MiG-15 in MiG Alley Ace. Players fly a rescue heli­ the player the opportuntty to choose a route to follow stallation from unknown hostile forces. copter through an underground labyrinth in search of in delivering airmail. The program features instrument trapped captives in Air Rescue. All three games fea­ displays . navigation maps. dual l,,{)Rs. emergencies. 3-D Helicopter Simulator ture multiple difficulty levels. Sierra On-Line and weather changes. IBM PC . Tandy Hercules monochome or CGA required: Hayes­ Spitfire 40 compatible modem optional Avalon Hill $49.95 Flight Simulator Atari, Commodore 64/ 128 Computer pilots can simulate flying a McDonnell Joysticks 64K required {Atari) $35.00 Douglas Apache helicopter with this program. The manuals contain information on flying the chopper, Players can fly aMark II Supermarine Spitfire simula­ FlightStick the limits and restraints of ahelicopter. and how to tion, shoot down German bombers before they reach CH ProduC1s handle emergency situations. Players can practice Apple II , IBM PC Britain. land. and record flight hours and number of takeoffs and landings at th eLos Angel es International $74.95 (Apple): $79.95 (IBM) kills on a disk. Medals are awarded and there is a fly­ Airport and navigate around the skies of Paris. Th e pi­ ing certificate for 50 hours in flight. The screen dis­ The FlightStick from CH Products is designed to be lot can also engage in an air battle over Manhattan plays afull-col or instrument panel. used with flight simulator software or conventional with another helicopter. T'Ml players can compete by programs. It has a pistol-grip handle with trigger and connecting their computers with a 1200-bps modem. fire buttons that provide audio and tactical feedback when fired . The IBM model has athumbwheel con­ trol that functions as athrottle when used with Flight Simulator and Chuck \13ager's Mvanced Flight Trainer.

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For more information about the flight simulator software listed in the Buyer's Guide, contact the publishers listed below.

Access Cosmi MicrOOJbe Mind scape Spectrum Holobyte 2561 s. 1560 'Mlst 415 N. Figueroa St. P.O. Box 488 3444 Dundee Rd. 2061 Challenger Dr.. Suite 325 'v\bods Cross, UT 84087 Wilmington, CA 90744 Leesburg. \A 22075 Northbrook, IL 60062 Alameda, CA 94501 Accolade Discovery Games MicroProse Mind Systems Spinnaker Software 20813 Stevens Creek Blvd. 936 W. Highway 36 180 Lakefront Dr. P.O. Box 506 One Kendall Square Cupertino. CA 95014 St. Paul, MN 55113 Hunt Valley, MD 21030 Northampton, MA 01061 Cambridge, MA 02139 ActionSoft Electronic Arts Microsoft PBI Software Strategic Simulations 201 W. Springfield Ave. 1820 Gateway Dr. 16011 NE 36th Way 1163 Triton Dr. 1046 N. Rengstorff Ave. Suite 711 San Mateo. CA 94404 Box 97017 Foster City, CA 94404 Mountain V'eN, CA 94598 Champaign, IL 61820 Redmond, 'M 98073-9717 Epyx Sierra On -Line SubLogic Avalon Hill P.O. Box 8020 Microsoft Press P.O. Box 495 713 Edgebrook Dr. 4517 Harford Rd . Redv.ood City, CA 94063 16011 NE 36th Way Coarsegold, CA 93614 Champaign. IL 61820 Baltimore. MD 21214 Box 97017 Eurosoft International Redmond. 'M 98073-9717 Sir-Tech Tab Books CH PrOOJcls 114 East Ave. P.O. Box 245 P.O. Box 40 125 Stone Dr. Norwalk, CT 06851 Miles Computing Charlestown Ogdensburg Mall Blue Ridge Summ ~ . RI. 17214 San Marcos, CA 92069 n41 Alabama fwe ., Sutte 2 Ogdensburg, NY 13669 MichTron Canoga Park, CA 91304 COMPUTE! Publications 576 S. Telegraph Customer Service Pontiac, Ml 48053 P.O. Box 5038 F.D.R. Station New 'tbrk, NY 10150

Microflyte Joystick Microflyte ATC Joystick Microcube Corporation Microcube Corporation Amiga. Atari ST Commodore 64, Atari $119.95 $59.95 Aproportional-control joystick for use with Flight This open-gimbal, pot-type joystick can be used with Simulator II, the Microflyte joystick plugs into the Flight Simulator II. The main stick and four other mouse port on the Amiga and Atari ST. The device switches control the throttle, bral

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child must point at it with the mouse pointer. Two- or three-syllable words work well, but it's frustrating to hear the program speak an Amiga nonsense syllable and then wait for yo u to choose II I I /fast the correct word. Robot Readers could be helpful at the right dosage, though. Many children are fascinated by the interactive nature ofcomputers. Who knows, they might looks learn something. -RA

Amiga-$29.95 each Each month, "Fast Looks" offers Hilton Android Help Mother up snapshots ofthe newest software and P.O. Box 7437 hardware for the Amiga, Atari ST, Apple Huntington Beach. CA 92615 Goose, Move II, Commodore 64/128, IBM PC, and (714) 963-4584 Macintosh lines of personal computers. Crazy Crates, Capsule reviews look at notable pro­ grams and peripherals, products which The Conservor and have just arrived in our offices and Bounce off which haven't yet been fully evaluated. System Saver llGS Fast Looks gives you glimpses of Walls, Count important and interesting software and Keeping a computer cool goes a long hardware now, not next month. way in keeping it healthy. Heat buildup inside a computer's case can shorten a Your Money the computer's lifespan and make its opera­ tion unreliable. Easy Way, Have Robot Readers The Apple JIGS doesn't come equipped with a fan , as do many other Fun Adding and There are very few educational pro­ computers. But add a few boards, and grams available for the Amiga. Hilton the machine begs for a soothing breeze Reading, Drive a Android's Robot Readers are among the across its circuits. In fact, Apple recom­ first and most interesting offerings. mends that you install a fan ifyo u have There are currently fo ur programs in more than two boards installed. Apple's Train, Learn to the series-Chicken Little, Three Little fan, however, takes up room inside the Pigs, Aesop's Fables, and Little Red Hen. case. Type, Publish I have mixed feelings about the Two companies, MDIdeas and programs. First, the Robot Readers sto­ Kensington, have solved the IIGs's Everything, ries are shorter and less interesting than breathing problem, among others, in a the actual books. At $29.95 each, Robot similar, yet different fashion. Both units Readers are certainly more expensive. are plastic tinted the same color as the Process Words, It is fun to page through the computer IIGs; both are well-built and should books, though. The mouse interface stand years of use. and Prepare makes it easy to turn the pages and MDldeas' Conserver is an £­ make the computer read the words. The shaped unit that fits on top of the the Your Taxes pictures are colorful and attractive. And IIGS. A small fan is built into the back · each character has its own voice. of the platform, where yo u'll find a row But if you've heard the Amiga of six power outlets for the printer, speak, you wi ll understand Robot Read­ monitor, and other peripherals. Two ers' biggest problem. The best thing you open bays at the front of the Conserver can say about the Amiga's built-in are used to place 31h-inch disk drives. speech is that it sounds foreign. The Three front-mounted switches control worst you can say is that it is unintelli­ the power. A surge suppressor is built in. gible. In one Robot Readers exercise, Kensington's System Saver GS has the storyteller says a word, and the many of the same features: rearward facing power outlets (four), surge sup-

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mental gymnastics come into play. Often Soko-Ban may not be suited to the you'll have to make several moves that gung-ho action-adventure gamer, but if • Soko-Ban seem to box yourself in, but in fact are you're a puzzle solver, it's one of the necessary to get to that key crate. best challenges you can find. Maybe you've dreamed about being You may think that once you've - Brian Wierda your own boss, putting your feet up on gotten a crate into the storeroom you're the desk and letting others do the work. home free, but storing the crates takes But have you stopped to consider how as much planning as moving them. If you would manage if your workers you're not careful, you'll find there's no Soko-Ban went on strike? A new game called way to get the final crate into that one For ... Soko-Ban puts you in charge ofa ware­ Commodore 64/128-$29.95 remaining storage square. Don't for­ IBM PC and compati bles with 128K and house without any workers. Will you get-whether you're moving crates or get the crates into the storeroom, or just CGA graphics-$29.95 storing them, one wrong move can From ••• turn the floor into a giant logjam? leave you trapped. Soko-Ban is a maze game with 50 Spectrum HoloByte Scoring is based on the number of 2061 Challenger Or. levels ofdifficulty. Each level is laid out crates you can get into the storeroom. A Alameda, CA 94501 like the floor ofa warehouse with crates bonus is awarded for clearing the floor. (415) 522-3584 scattered throughout. The idea is to get Your score is then reduced by the num­ all the crates into a storeroom. This ber of pushes you took. Records are may sound easy, but it's not. kept of the fastest times, fewest pushes, and fewest moves at each level. Since you have access to any level at any Mixed-Up time, you don't have to progress linearly • Mother Goose through the mazes. Should you feel un­ challenged by one level, try another ten We owe a lot to Mother Goose. She's floors higher. Sooner or later you'll the reason we know where Miss Muffet meet your match. sat. Mother Goose taught us why Jack Once you feel confident of your has to be nimble and where the crooked crate-moving ability, you'll be ready for man lives. Hickory. dickory, dock the tournament mode, where two to makes sense because of her. Thanks to four players can match their wits. Here, Mother Goose, the old woman who time becomes a bigger factor. Decide lived in the shoe was probably the first beforehand on the amount of time property owner you ever met. Pushing boxes around was never harder (from I to 20 minutes) each player will than in the insanely enjoyable Soko-Ban. be allowed. The winner is the one who most efficiently stores the most crates within the agreed-upon time. No fair There are a lot of rooms, the corri­ peeking, though-since each player has dors are narrow and winding, and there the same game to complete, those going are only a f~w doorways. Not only that, later could have an unfair advantage. but the crates themselves always seem Here again, solid strategy is the key to to be in the worst possible positions­ success. But don't be too deliberate­ stacked next to one another forming a while you are planning, the clock is run­ wall, standing in a doorway, or blocking ning and your score is decreasing. a corridor. Perhaps the best feature ofSoko­ Fortunately, you have help. But it's Ban is its edit mode. There, you can only an outdated 1984-model Mechani­ make and save your own mazes. The Fractured versions of old favorite rhymes cal Warehouseman. Since it can only edit screen has all the elements you'll challenge children ages 4 and up. push one crate at a time, the only easy need to build a maze-wall segments, thing about this game is getting yourself crates, and storage squares. Once the Now there's Mixed-Up Mother stuck. maze is built, there is a test window Goose, a new software package by It pays to come up with a strategy which allows you to check its viability. Roberta Williams and Sierra On-Line before you start. Since there is really Ifit passes, you'll be able to save it to that makes the first lady of fairy tales only one way to accomplish your task, any of 49 additional levels provided. electronic. Included in this edition are you have to think several moves ahead. Soko-Ban's graphics are better than 18 old favorites, performed in colorful, You can easily get into trouble by push­ most. Despite the fact that the game animated pictures. The stories are defi­ ing a crate against a wall or into a cul­ deals with boxes and right-angled walls, nitely Mother Goose, but they're "mixed­ de-sac. Usually, though, there is a key there is a great deal of visual detail and up" in a fun way. crate-that one crate which, when texture. Though you look down on your The program is designed for chil­ moved, opens up the whole floor. Your warehouse from above, the floor plan dren aged 4 and up, and for their par­ job will be much easier if you can iden­ isn't like a blueprint. The 3-D aspect of ents. The program personalizes itself, tify that crate. the walls and crates adds to the realism, asking for the child's name and incorpo­ But finding the key crate is only as does your Mechanical Warehouse­ rating it into the game. You may have to part ofa good strategic plan. Once man, which moves like the real thing, help a young player with this, at least the you've found it, you have to figure out its arms and legs pushing when it is up ftrst few times, but afterwards, even a how to get to it. That's where the real against a crate. con1in11td on pagt 62 J U N E 1 9 8 8 57 Lyco Computer Marketing & Consultants Since 1981

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Discovery Software International, copied by Marauder) and Discovery's tor, whether you want to create Person­ makers ofArlwnoid, have taken advan­ own customers (who bought Marauder). al or Business Accounts, and what kind tage of the Amiga's history to produce a There is no way to copy Arkanoid to a of printer you're using. Ifyour printer game with sound and graphics that no hard drive, but owners of the game may isn't on the list, you can enter its deci­ other home computer can match. purchase a backup disk for $3.00. mal escape codes for Normal, Com­ Arkanoid is a history lesson itself. Arkanoid for the Amiga really does pressed, and Near-Letter-Quality It's a variation of Atari's age-old classic look like the arcade game, but there are printing. You can also specify a pass­ Breakout (which, incidently, was put to­ differences. The arcade game's screen is word at this point, protecting your ac­ gether by another piece ofhistory­ vertically oriented, while the Amiga's counting data from unauthorized access. Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak). Taito's screen is horizontal. This is often a coin-op version ofArkanoid showed up problem with arcade translations. It two years ago and became an instant makes the screen a bit smaller than it success. might be. Discovery used the Amiga's overscan capability to make the game area as large as possible. Another difference is the use ofa mouse as opposed to paddle control. It's easy enough to keep the mouse un­ der one ball (at least until your hand hits the computer or slides off your desk), but it's virtually impossible to keep three balls going at once-some­ thing that is possible with paddles. Since the Amiga can use standard Atari Most of the accounting work in the check game paddles, it would have been nice writing function of Dac·Easy Light is done for you. if Discovery had added paddle control as an option. Arkanold's hypnotic action closely repro­ At least you never need to put a The main Dae-Easy Light screen duces the arcade version's but puts it on quarter in the home version ofArkanoid. opens with a menu bar across the top, your Amiga screen where quarters aren't required. - Rhell Anderson containing the seven menus for the pro­ gram: Banks, Reconcile, Credit Cards, Invoice, Accounting, Print, and Quit. Arkanoid inherits the hypnotic Arkanoid To choose a menu, you use the cursor rhythm of Breakout but adds a few in· keys to highlight the one you want and For .. . teresting twists. There are 33 levels. 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It looks and plays just • Dae-Easy Light accomplish, you choose one of the like the arcade version ofthe game, and main menus in order to enter and ma­ the stereo sound is spectacular. Arkanoid Debit. Credit. Liability. Money terms. nipulate your financial data. This infor­ is Discovery's first game, but not its Accounting terms. Don't run screaming mation is generally entered and edited first Amiga program. Discovery also for your CPA yet, though, because Dae­ through the use of pop-up windows. sells Marauder II, the premier disk­ Easy Light can step up and go to finan­ The Banks menu lets you enter copy utility for the Amiga. Marauder cial bat for you. This easy-to-use home your bank balances, checks, deposits, copies nearly all Amiga programs and and office accounting program for your and so on. From here, you can actually it deprotects many of those, allowing IBM PC or compatible can transform print checks (using your own or DAC's them to be placed in a ramdisk or on a the ledger-phobic into an astute personal forms) if you wish. Dae-Easy Light lets hard drive. Before Arkanoid was re­ accountant. you define up to 99 bank accounts leased, people speculated whether or This program is extremely easy to (either checking or savings). not Arlwnoid would be copy-protected. install. I tested Dae-Easy Light on an During the check writing process, Ifit was, and Marauder could not copy AT&T 6300 with a 20-megabyte hard you assign the check's amount to a spe­ it, that would make Marauder less use­ drive and a Panasonic KX-Pl090i dot­ cific expense category. For example, ful. If it wasn't protected, Arkanoid matrix printer. It took less than five you would probably assign your electric could be easily pirated. 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you select an expense category, Dac­ in accounting procedure, Dae-Easy Di vision problems are sometimes Easy Light automatically enters the Light offers the option ofcredit and shown in long-division fo rmat and re­ amount ofthe check into that particular debit entry by account. There's some­ quire a different method ofentering an­ category, thereby setting up expense ac­ thing here for everyone. swers. Normally, multiplication (and counts without actually calling them to - Lynne U eatherman so me division) problem answers are your attention. In this transparent typed in from left to right-entering 12, menu feature, the majority of the ac­ for example. means pressing I then 2. counting work is painlessly done for you. In working through a long division prob­ With Reconciliation. yo u can mark Dae-Easy Light lem. however. students must enter values offcleared and outstanding checks­ For ... backward. from right to left. The differ­ IBM PC . XT. AT. or PS/2 computers and thus maintaining your correct check­ true compatibles with MS-DOS or PC-DOS ent entry procedures can be confusing. book balance. Thankfully, yo u're able 2.0 or greater and at least 256K RAM­ Stickybear Math 2 is an intelligent to use this menu to make banking ad­ 569 .95 program. As children solve the problems justments, if you have (like me, for in­ From .. . at one level, the program automaticall y stance) forgotten to enter the monthly DAC Software advances them to the nex t. If a student bank charge, and just can't figure out 17950 Preston Rd. is having trouble with the problems, the Suite 800 why your checkbook won't balance. Dallas. TX 75252 program drops a level ofdifficulty. In the Credit Card menu, you re­ (214) 248-0205 A nice feature is the Report Card cord your credit-card debt {also known And . . . option. which keeps track of up 10 39 as short term liability). The majority of The Dae-Easy Light program disk is avail­ children's names and progress, though credit cards are already installed-with able In 51/• - or 3V2-inch disk formats. only in the most recent session. This is American Express, MasterCard, and particularly useful in a classroom, Visa heading the list. Again, through where the teacher can easily monitor the use ofmenus and pop-up windows, eac h student"s performance. Adding a you enter your credit-card financial cumulative report to show progress data and assign the amount to a specific Stickybear from session to session wo uld make the expense category. Since you can make Report Card even more valuable. up to four expense assignments per en­ Math2& With levels that cover almost all try, this goes fairly quickly. Stickybear possible multiplication and division per­ When you graduate to the Ac­ mutations, and with levels that move • Reading naturally from easy to more difficult lev­ counting menu, yo u can no longer pre­ tend you're not using an accounting Comprehension els. S1ick:i bear ,\1aih 2 is a well-designed package. Here, you have direct control program that adds some nash to the te­ over your accounts. Terms like credit Only a few programs-programs that dious practice of mathematics skills. and debit are inescapable, and the actu­ work as well in the home as thev do in Stickybear Reading Comprehe11­ al mechanics ofthe package become the classroom-are savored by hoth sio11 is another program in the Sticky­ more clear. The Accounting menu of­ parents and teachers. A program that bear mold. Each of the program's six fers, among other features, a general can keep a child's attention amid the levels includes several short stories or ledger that records every transaction distractions at home, yet meet the re­ passages which the child reads. After you make, a month- and year-end quirements of professional educators, is reading. the student answers two to five close-out procedure, and a budget rou­ a program to be cherished. Almost any multiple-choice questions which test tine that lets you project what-if scenar­ software with the Sti ckybear label fits· reading comprehension. At any time, ios into your financial future. The these descriptions. th e story can be recalled by th e press of Invoice menu primarily lets you create Stickvbear software sh ines in the the space bar. and print invoices. and it records the drill-and-practice areas. and these two When one story is completed. an­ transactions in the appropriate accounts. programs-Stickybear Ma1h 2 and other in the level can be called. Talcs Dae-Easy Light provides a seem­ Stickybear Reading Comprehensio11­ range from short fiction (a story ofa ingly endless number ofreport formats are no exception. Both packages present small dog who grows to be larger than which let you detail almost any aspect of material to children in a manner that"s his master) to nonfiction (the account your financial information. They in­ pleasing yet repetitive. lfyou"re looking of the first manned landing on the clude: Activity. Actual, Budget. JoumaJ, for a pcogram to hammer home the Moon). and they're appropriate, ac­ Variance, and Transaction Reports; Bal· message, whether in math or reading. cording to the software, for grades 2-4. ance Sheets; and Financial and Income these are two to load up. Like Stickybear J'vlath 2. Reading Statements. Notably, you can also print Ma 1h 2 covers multiplication and Co111prehe11sion lets teachers or parents mailing labels with little trouble. division in 37 levels of increasing diffi­ customize the program for each user. The manual is clear; it's easy to culty. Written for children aged seven though that's restricted to setting the find specific information. My one re­ and up. Stick.vbear Math 2 presents starting level and the number ofat­ quest though, is that a tutorial be pro­ problems in worksheetl ike fashion , tempts allowed fo r each answer. A Re­ vided for those of us who really don"t such as 3 X 2 =. fo r the student to an­ port Card feature keeps track of up to have a clue as to how to get started. swer. Wrong answers are greeted with a 39 students' progress. Here. though. th e Dae-Easy Light's strongest feature harsh buzz, wh ile right ones are reward­ report displays both cu mulative and is its abilitv to let the user work at his or ed with a gentle chime and one ofa va­ current session marks. an improvement her own le ~el. By mainly using the riety ofsimple animated displays. In over .\1ath 2's briefer Report Card. Banks and Credit Card menus, a user one sequence, for instance, pies trundle The best thing about Reading Com· never has to get into accounting con­ along a conveyor belt, while in another prehension is that parents or teachers cepts. For the person who is well-versed a ship shoots at a beachside fortress. can create new stories and questions, 66 COMPU T E ! El REVIEWS

and the ability to generate new stories and questions. Both of these Stickybear programs • TheTrain are good examples of solid, though not '"I've got a thing about trains," Johnny spectacular, programs which can find Cash sang once. comfortable homes in a number of Well, so do many ofus, which eductional settings. Ifyou're looking for makes it all the more surprising how drill-and-practice-style software, Sticky­ few effective railroad simulations there bear is a good place to start. have been. After all, model railroading - Gregg Keizer was an interactive hobby long before there were any computers, much less personal ones. Stickybear Math 2 Basic math drills become colorful fun in The problem is that driving a train Stlckybear Math 2. Stickybear Reading on a computer is simply not a dynamic Comprehension activity. While laying out tracks and For .. . then store up to five on the disk. A sim­ Apple II with at least 48K-$39.95 "building" railroad lines has formed the ple word processor makes it easy to Commodore 64/ 128-$29.95 basis of a couple ofenjoyable software type in a story of up to 250 lines. The IBM PC. XT. AT. PS/2; Tandy 1000, 3000, packages, until now no one has found number ofquestions for each story is 4000; and compatibles. EGA. CGA. or an effective means ofdelivering the set (up to nine), then each question is equivalent-$39.95 challenge ofsitting in the cab. entered, the possible answers are typed From ... Accolade solves this problem neat­ It Weekly Reader Family Software in, and the correct answer is marked. Optimum Resource ly with The Train: Escape to Normandy. takes only a few minutes to create a cus­ 10 Station Pl. Taking its cue as weU as its title from the tom story. Norfolk, CT 06058 1965 John Frankenheimer film, The Sticlrybear Reading Comprehen­ (203) 542-5553 Train combines the operation ofthe lo­ sion takes a standard classroom activity And .. . comotive with capturing it, holding and puts it on the computer-no great Both 3Y2- and 5 V.-inch disks are available onto it, and driving it through heavy feat perhaps, but it does it with a mini­ for Apple and IBM versions. School lab packs-five disks and one manual-are enemy resistance. You not only have to mum offuss-and adds some impor­ available for $75. stoke coal, you have to fight World War tant extras, such as the Report Card II. C> II REVIEWS

The strategy works. Instead of Burt either be run-ifyou're brave enough­ Mavis Beacon Lancaster and Jeanne Moreau, there are or attacked as in the start ofthe game. Teaches only you and Le Due, yo ur partner in To reach those stations, though, the French Resistance. Together you you must overcome other obstacles. Typing! must mount an assault on the train sta­ Bridges are heavily defended by Ger­ • tion where a train bearing priceless man gunboats. You can't run a bridge, In his pioneering but slightly odd publi­ French art treasures waits. but must bring the train to a halt and cation cal.led "The Typewriter Maga­ This initial action is fast and furi­ open up on the Nazis with the I 55mm zine," William 0. Wyckoff insisted that ous, almost an arcade shooting gallery. gun you captured along with the train. a writer who wrote with pen and ink You must put down covering fire while This was, for me, the most difficult of risked "pen paralysis, loss of sight, and Le Due sneaks aboard the train. The all the challenges: You have to put just curvature of the spine." Germans fire back, but slapping the the right elevation on the gun to have Wyckoff wrote this in 1878. He ad­ space bar lets you duck-if you're fast any chance of hitting the enemy. Aim­ vocated using a typewriter, a machine enough. In fact, while the combination ing seems to be much easier for the invented only six years earlier, to solve ofaiming and firing from the joystick Germans. all of these problems and to help an as­ and keeping a hand free for ducking is at Even if you get past the bridges, piring worker advance up the corporate first unwieldy, it nevertheless gives this there's the question of repairing damage, ladder to fame and fortune. segment ofthe game a surprising rich­ as well as taking on additional coal and ness. So much is going on that it feels water. These can be accomplished only like you're really in the thick ofthings. at a station, so it behooves you to keep a Th,. htaa••iL gu111•bubbl a weather eye on the map screen, watch­ •u•r blOW'I w• 11 2 2 l nch••. ing for stations under friendly control. - The Cu&nne~s Book While you're naturally restricted to o~ Wor l d Records train tracks, the Germans aren't held back. If you get past their boats, you ha ve to face their air power. Fighters can come at you from the front or rear; fortunately, you have a gun atop the coal car and another mounted in the ca­ boose. As with the gunboat attacks, damage can occur not only to the train, it carries. This hands-on-the-keyboard display is but also to the art treasures just one way the imaginary Mavis Beacon Keep your eyes on the skies as well as teaches typing. on the rails! You're laying down covering fire for Le I like this game a lot. It's different, Due as he dashes from the station. communicating a real sense oflocomo­ One hundred ten years later, mil­ tive power and complexity, as well as lions ofadults and youngsters are learn­ Once you've boarded the train, action and excitement. The graphics are ing keyboard skills on desktop computers your work really begins. From the cab, all excellent, although the control cur­ with the same goal in mind: to develop you must monitor all of the systems sor could be brighter. Sounds and ani­ job skills and to become part of the ongo­ that make the train work. You can mation are likewise well handled, and ing revolution in word processing. That shovel coal, blow off excess steam, the control interface is easy to learn. makes typing programs such as Mavis throttle up to speed and brake down It's less easy to master the game. Beacon Teaches Typing! valuable keys from it, run forward or reverse, and There's no simple way to run all of the which can open doors ofopportunity. sound the train's whistle. The various train's systems smoothly while simulta­ If I were to imagine the perfect typ­ systems are accessed via a triangular neously fending off the Germans. But, ing teacher, I'd look for a teacher who cursor controlled by the joystick. Don't then, Burt Lancaster didn't have it easy, taught me the fundamentals, gave me get cocky; it takes a lot of coordinated either. personal attention, made typing inter­ effort to make the train go. Nor was Lancaster the only one to esting, encouraged me to practice on Controlling the train's operation is drive a train through tough times. Other my own, and pointed me toward a prac­ less than halfthe battle, though. Once trains could make other games. How tical use of my new skill. Mavis Beacon you're rolling, you have to fight through about the Orient Express? The Silver Teaches Typing! may not be the perfect heavy German resistance in hopes of Streak? The City of New Orleans? teacher (or even the perfect program), delivering the artistic cargo to Allied but it does surprisingly well in all five of forces in Normandy. - Keith Ferrell these categories. Whether you're ajaded Several routes are available. The writer, an aspiring young career person, Train includes a map view, showing the or a sixth-grader, Mavis is the best typ­ rail lines at your disposal. You can ThelYain ing teacher for the money. throw switches, rerouting yourself For ... 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You're free to look up at the screen at zoom by and win the race. PFS:First the keys and learn their location by feel. Mavis shows the right combination This kinesthetic approach to typing. of intelligence and sensitivity to keep • Publisher your attention. It's programmed to keep which results in a dramatic increase in PFS: First Publisher is an inexpensive typing speed, is commonly known as challenging you with fresh, new lessons and to recognize any hint ofboredom or and easy-to-use desktop publishing touch typing. package for IBM PCs and compatibles. Mavis Beacon is also an example of frustration. Yet if you want to take off on yo ur own, it encourages you to ex­ With First Publisher. words and pic­ anificial intelligence in action. It is curi­ tures can be combined to create publi­ ous, alen, and analytical. When you periment, and it offers yo u several op­ tions to foster your independence. cations which use both text and first sit down, the program asks you to graphics-newsletters. announcements, tell it about yourself; that information My family and I were extremely impressed with this program. We en­ business cards. and more. is used to personalize your lessons. The program is easily set up, and Next, Mavis sets up lessons, then sits joyed using it, and we all improved our typing skills as a result. In addition. I'd easy to get used 10. I tested First Pub­ backs and watches how you do. It keeps lisher on an AT & T 6300 with a 20­ track ofevery key you type and the pace like to recommend the program's excel­ lent manual. Two of its sections-on megabyte hard drive. a generic mouse, at which you're typing. It's sman and a Panasonic KX-Pl090i dot-matrix enough to notice when you're bored, the Dvorak keyboard and on the histo­ ry of typing-are especially well written printer. It only took 15 minutes from confused, or angry. For instance, ifit the time I opened the package to when I and informative. sees you type a long string of incorrect began to push the mouse around the characters, it assumes you're frustrated Included with Mavis is a resume­ First Publisher workscreen. and upset, and it quickly recommends a writing program which helps you orga­ change of lesson or a switch to the ar­ nize the basic information that goes . mour cade game. into a resume. Though the default re­ 6rl:Jrl Online Help messages are just a sume form is quite simple, it may be all 1Mf i rl keystroke away. And if you'd like to see vou need. After filling in the blanks, 111 how you're doing, Mavis can display as you can print the resume as is or ex pon 1.,,, '( many as 19 progress chans which track it to a word processor. your speed, accuracy, and other typing a.,1..1• • • The only negative comment came JU, ttoruootJI characteristics back to the first key­ from my daughter, who had trouble fli;o"'11•'1 stroke of your first lesson. manipulating the program disk and tht mutt I As you work, Nfavis analyzes every­ data disk so that the program could thing, and designs and redesigns new manage her typing records and update lesson plans to help strengthen your her past typing sessions with infor­ weakest areas. lvfavis can recognize mation from her current session. One problems in more than 19 different error time she grew so frustrated with this Graphic images can easily be resized as categories, and can instantly fashion a feature that she turned off the computer well as inverted, flipped, or duplicated. lesson to help you around those prob­ and relaunched the program a moment lems. On the other hand, if you're eager later under an assumed name. Software The workscreen resembles a Macin­ to practice on cenain keys, with cenain ToolWorks, Ma ris's publisher. has re­ tosh or GEM environment. with a menu fingers, with a cenain body of text, you sponded to this problem by offering to bar across the top, and scroll bar and can intervene and take control of your send a new disk for an additional $10. editing tools down the side. To display a lesson, or even design a new lesson of The new disk can be copied an unlimit­ command, mouse to a menu and click. your own. ed number of times and does not re­ If you have no mouse, the program in­ Multiple screens, colorful graphics, quire the key (original program) disk at cludes keyboard equivalent commands. sound effects and games make Waris a any time. First Publisher uses •·overlays" to welcome improvement over the dry, - Fred D'fgna=io combine text and graphics on the sterile typing classrooms of yesteryear. I screen. These transparent overlays particularly like the Workshop class­ (think of them as two stacked sheets of room, where I can set up a metronome plastic-clear except for yo ur text or to tap out a beat to give me a rhythm Mavis Beacon Teaches graphic) work independently ofeach for my typing. The Workshop also has a Typing! other-when yo u're editing text, yo u clock which lets you challenge yourself For .. . cannot edit graphics, and vice versa. with timed lessons. Its dials show Arniga-$44.95 You can easily switch between overlays speed, accuracy, and progress to give Apple 11-$39.95 by choosing the tool (or menu com­ Apple llGS-$44.95 you visual feedback during the lesson. Atari ST -$39.95 mand) that is associated with the cur­ When you get tired ofworking IBM PC and cornpatibles-$44.95 rent task. For example if yo u're through the normal lessons, yo u can From . .. creating an illustration and want to add opt for Mavis's Arcade Game. You sud­ The Software ToolWorks a title, choose the text tool. Your cursor denly find yourself in the rugged Wyo­ One ToolWorks Plaza changes appropriately; you can now en­ ming outback in a high-performance 13557 Ventura Blvd . ter and format text, but you cannot Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 road racer, chasing after a character (818) 907-6789 make any changes to your illustration. known as Red Walter. Crawling across Then, to resume editing yo ur illustra­ And . . . your racer's front windshield are the let­ Versions for Atari eight-bit, Commodore tion. simply choose a graphics tool. ters and words you need to type. If you 64/128. and Macintosh will soon be Text position is determined pri­ type fast enough, you pull even with available. marily through the position of baselines Red Walter. Ifyou type even faster, you on the page. Baselines function like the 70 COMPUTE ! II REVIEWS Advertisers Index

lines on ruled paper, with the difference additional pages. Essentially, yo u must Reader Service Number/Adver tiser Pag that these lines are adj ustable. To adjust create each page individually. As a re­ text in First Publisher, move the base­ sult, it's a good idea to plan yo ur page C.O.M.B. Authorized Liquidator 76 line on which the text is placed. layout ahead oftime. 102 Compustore ...... 52 You can import text created in oth­ While each page must be created 103 ComputAbility ...... 75 er programs by first saving it in an individually, you can store more than 104 Computer Direct ...... 79 ASCII format with a .txt extension one created page in a file. 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First Pub­ on your page (as many as four), line­ 110 MicroProse ...... 23 lisher can use files created by other PFS spacing, margin and gutter size, and jus­ 111 Micro World Electronix ...... 69 programs-First Choice, Write, Profes­ tification (left, right, full, and centered). 112 Midwest Computer Camp . . .. 77 sional Wrire-without going through Picturewrap does just what the name 113 Mindscape ...... 29 this ASCII transformation. indicates, wrapping text around graph­ 114 Montgomery Grant ...... 83 Four type fonts are available when ics, making the text lines follow the out­ 115 Near Future Computers ...... 76 the program first boots. Nine additional line of the image. Show Page (usable NRI Schools ...... 35 fonts come with the package, and they from either text or graphics overlays) Parsons Technology ...... IBC are quickly and easily installed. Type displays a miniature version ofyour 116 PC Enterprises ...... 69 styles can be boldfaced or italicized, page layo ut on the screen. 117 Precision Data Products .... . 72 and the package offers a good choice of The program's documentation is 118 Renco Computer Printer point sizes. clear and logical; keyboard commands Supply ...... 76 Part ofthe attraction ofdesktop are listed and explained along with their 119 Self-Help Legal Services ..... 76 publishing is the ability to combine text mouse counterparts. Design guidelines 120 Soft-Byte ...... 76 with images. First Publisher offers sev­ (for desktop publishers with no design 121 Software Discounters of eral strategies for doing so. 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A laser printer-support ap­ 130 Weekly Reader Software, tool, text can be created as a graphic, pendix contains user tips and complete Optimum Resource, Inc. . . BC and then manipulated like any other installation instructions. image-a nice touch for making banner PFS: First Publisher is an intuitive, headlines. First Publisher reads PC easy-to-use first publishing package. It Classified Ads ...... 77 Paintbrush, PC PaintPlus. MS Windows does not include all the features of COMPUTE! Books' Quick & Easy Paint, WGIPAINT and Publisher's higher-end desktop publishing pack­ Guide to Hypercard ...... 67 Paintbrnsh files. ages, but neither does it carry a high­ COMPUTE!'s PC Buyer's A ni ce addition to First Publisher end price tag. Its ability to work with Guide ...... 82 is Snapshot, a memory-resident utility more than one page in a file differenti­ which takes a " photograph" ofany soft­ ates it from other moderately priced ware program screen. Snap2Art then desktop publishing packages. If you're turns the photo into a directly import­ interested in creating professional­ able graphic, making your access to im­ looking pages with a minimum of fuss, ages limited only by your software. then First Publisher is worth The test ofany desktop publishing considering. Use the handy package occurs when text and graphics - Lynne Weatherman are brought together in the finished [> Reader Service Card product. Firs1 Publisher is a page­ oriented program. Entering more text in the back of the than will fit on a single page forces the PFS: First Publisher extra text into an overflow area. When For .. . magazine to receive this happens, you can edit your current IBM PC , PS/2. or compatible computer page to make room for the additional with at least 512K RAM. 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Wordstar 2000 • Plus I' ve used four different wo rd processing programs, and MicroPro's new edition (version 3) of WordStar 2000 Plus is by far the most imposing, at least at first • Sturdy Blonk PVC Jacket •With Wr11e Protect Tabs glance. It comes in a heft y slipcase, ac­ • With Envelopes • In Factory Sealed Poly Packs companied by three manuals (learning, SOLD IN LOT S OF 100 general reference. and companion pro­ grams), a stack of non-copy-protected Double S ide 3'/J" DISKETIES SA LE 99¢ e1ch disks, and keyboard overlays. The man­ ' (UNBRANDED) SOLD IN LOTS OF SO uals are thorough . wi th a structured S&H s: Oil FIRST 100 OR f [W[R OIS KS SJ Oil [ ACH sue clarity conspicuously absent in most CEEOING 100 OR f[W[ R OIS K[TllS MINI MUM OR DER: S25 00 Con11nental USA Foreign Oroers. APOIFPO. software manuals. MicroPro scores ciease call Ml res iden ts aod 4°" 1a:i C 0 0 aoo S4 00. high marks for sufTicient and accessible oaymen1 with casl'l, cert check or money order Puces Wordsta r 2000 breathes new life into one sub1ec1 to change documentation- important factors for me since reading my first software of the oldest word processors around. ·------­SCREEN PREP TM Screen Pr ep safely removes dirt and fingerprint oils manual, which might as well have been while conTrolllng static generaTed dust. Consists of written in Aramaic. two separate disposable cloth pads sealed In twin foll packets. The fi rst packet contains a wet pad Help screens can be called from move from 1 to 240 characters per sec­ with a special antistatic screen cleaning solution. wi th in the software itself at a stroke ofa ond. Add to that the utilities and we ll The second dry lint-free pad wipes the screen dry. thought-out extras of 2000 Plus- page CSP20...... 25 sets/pk ...... $7.85 function key. Specific help, too, some­ School Purchase Orders Welcome times pops up at a touch of that key. il­ preview. automatic paragraph refor­ Call for FREE Catalog luminati ng what you just did (o r matting. indexi ng. fil e locatin g. a pow­ Precision Data Products'" thought you'd done). The documenta­ erful spelling/thesa urus resource, P O Boa 8367 Grand Ratuas. Ml 49518 ffi tion and help utilities should go a long multiple windows-and yo u have a sys­ d (616 1" 52 J.t57 • FAX 1616) 452 ·'9u coo tem that can turn even a die-hard M1ch1oa n 1·800·632 ·2"68 way toward easing your entry in to F. Oulside M1ch1 gan 1·800·258 ·002P. Wordstar 2000 Pius's powerful world. Wo rdStar user (like myself) into a 2000 It takes some time to get accus­ Plus apostate. tomed to the power at your disposa l. II ords1ar 2000 ca n inscn graphi cs 1 • . '.5~ 1r · b1 ,f. i n t :~ , . i ;I l ' The new, alphabetically-mnemonic (from a va ri ety of clip an, or fro m yo ur 0 ·~ • ••• • ,.. I J ,• 11 -- c ;; _..,;:.,, __ a com mand keys wo rk on four levels ow n crea ti ons) directly into th e text. with the Control. Alt , and Shift in com­ Image scanni ng. and line and box draw­ ~-:- ··• e o0 · bination with (or without) the function ing let you make pictorial run-arounds ~- • Q .Q g-:­ keys. Control QA. for instance. aban­ within yo ur prose. Since it also lets you 0 -:: dons the file: Control QS saves it and create documents in double or triple ~ then quits: Control QC saves and co n­ columns. the raw capabi lity of 2000, tinues in editing. If you're coming into with its font-oriented fo rmatting, labors Save on BROWNOUT protection! thi s program from a plain 11 'ordStar like a powerful newspaper mainframe. LINE CONDITIONER background (like me), you may need Printer definition files format according keeps power constant during several days to adjust to the change. But to fonts (wi th 32 available). There is no voltage sags and power surges! the new commands arc logical. and the doubt that 2000 Plus is an aggressive Prevents damage and downtime on compu ters. macros are easy to create and use. pro­ tool for making desktop publ ishing a re­ phone systems. cash registers. etc. by providing full vidi ng sensible alternatives to irritating ali ty fo r yourself or yo ur business. voltage support when AC input power va ries up or command chains. The new 11 ords1ar 2000 Plus also down. Maintains constant output of 120V. Line The program's thesaurus (from Stabilizer is a stepped transformer system th at has comes with Tel merge, its integrated, higher efficiency than CVT's (constantvoltage tra ns­ Roget's I!) contains 550.000 synonyms: fully au tomated telecom munications formers) and gives lower waveform distortion at FAR the dictionary (A merica n Heritage) package, and with assorted companion LOWER COST. Bu il t-in spike and noise suppression . 40.000 base words. 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ready copy. This aspect of 2000 Plus is 154111571 ORiiic .1U.iui-i1-vici-ii most impressive. " ..excellent, efficient program that can help you save both I did encounter some printer hang­ money and downtime.·· Compute 1's Gairette. ups when I didn't respond Yes to Print Dec.. 1987 1541 11571 Dnve Alignment repcrts tne ahgnmenl condr· and continue working?. And the graph­ l!On of the disk drrve as you perform ad1us1ments On ics package that comes with 2000 Plus screen help 1s avallable while the program ts runnmg. wouldn't install (I wound up copying it Includes fea tures for speed ad1us tment and stop ad1vs1 · men1 Complete ms1ruc11on manual on al1gn1ng bOlh 1541 to the appropriate subdirectory). Tech­ and 1571 dr1vP.s. Even mcludes 1ns1ruct1ons on hOwtoload ~ical support responses to these ques­ alignment program when nothmg else wlll loao• Works on lhe C64. SX64. C 128 •n e•lher 64 or 128 moae• Au1oboo1s t10ns were somewhat equivocal. lo all modes. Second dove fully supported. Program disk, One technician indicated that calibration disk and mstruction manual only 34.95! MicroPro was aware ofthe printer ._, \) I' f /( Super 81 Utth11es is a comolele uulilies problem and was working to correct it. package tor the Commodore 1581 A follow-up caller suggested the BIOS Disk Drive and C 128 compuler Copy whole disks 0t md1v1dual Mes lrom ROM (Phoenix) in my computer was l 54 1 or 157 1 part1t1ons Backup the culprit. My inability to install the ~ 1581 a1sks Contains 1581 Disk graphics package that comes with 2000 Editor. Orrve Mon1101. RAM Writer. CP!M Ut1l1t1es and more Impress the IRS with HowardSoft's Tax lor only 539.95. Plus suggests that the ROM may indeed Preparer. be the problem. (On the other hand. my EYE OF THE INCA Kaypro PC has heretofore, under many gram. However, Tax Preparer from Four text adventures on one disk for tests, always been fully IBM compatible.) HowardSoft does provide plenty of the C64 and Apple II series computers. WordStar 2000 once had the repu­ printed information, and the program Eye of the Inca, Shipwrecked, Son of Ali tation ofbeing a patched-together pro­ makes calculating taxes easier, allowing Baba and Perils of Darkest Africa. Four gram. It didn't use the regular yo u to quickly test what-if scenarios. perilous adventures for only 5 1995! WordStarcommand set, so die-hard Immediately after installing the users wouldn't switch. But WordStar software, you'll probably want to jump REVENGE OF THE 2000 Plus is far more amenable with its in and start entering information. Be MOON GODDESS conversion abilities and more compati­ patient. Tax Preparer works logically Four text adventures on one disk for ble file systems. Add to that its bundled and quickly, but it isn't very intuitive. the C64 and Apple II series computers. companion programs and radical desk­ A thorough reading of the software Revenge of the Moon Goddess, Fran­ top leadership and you have a conspic­ documentation is important. Onscreen kenstein's Legacy, Night of the Walking Dead and The Sea Phantom. Four uously refined system that is state-of­ help files are sparse. and many ofthe 5 95 the-art PC word-processing. program's features can easily go unno­ terrifying adventures for only 19 ! - Bob Gingher ticed. The program's manuals make up for the missing onscreen documenta­ SEX VIXENS FROM SPACE tion, providing plenty of information Three text adventures for the C64 on the IRS tax forms. and Apple II series for MATURE Wordstar 2000 Plus ADULTS ONLY. Sex Vixens from One of Tax Preparer's most useful Space, Bite of the Sorority Vampires For. . . features is the Road Map, which guides IBM PC and compatibles with at last 384K and Hatchet Honeymoon. Three siz­ 5 95 Ram (512K for graphics and certain other a beginner through the proper forms in zling adult adventures for only 29 ! features)-$495. a reasonable and logical order. The From... Road Map helps ensure a complete re­ GALACTIC FRONTIER MicroPro turn. 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Tax Preparer provides high-volume personal communications with more data entry methods in addition to the personality than yo ur word processor Road Map provided for individuals. can provide or designing multiple-page These options include an intermediate newsletters for larger audiences. level Pre-Format data entry mode and a Publish It! comes in an attractive True-Batch mode. Individuals may package which suggests some possible choose the Pre-Format method for up­ uses and outlines the features of the dating a return, while the batch method program. There's no warning, though, is designed for professional tax assis­ that you' ll need nearly an entire box of tance services. Tax Preparer produces blank c:lisks to get started. Eight 51/4-inch work sheets for tax-preparation person­ disks are required to make working nel to use while gathering information copies of the program, sample files, two from clients, and it also optionally font disks, and four art disks. Though makes use of"hash totals" to verify the the program comes on four double-sided validity of figures keyed by data entry 5'14-inch disks, don't use a disk notcher personnel. to create flippable backups. When ac­ Macintosh-style desktop publishing Although online help and the cessing files or printing a document comes to the Apple II with Publish It! and its graphics interface. speed of booting the software could be with several fonts/typefaces, the pro­ improved, Tax Preparer excels at the gram frequently requires access to two heart ofits task: automatically (if you disks. Up to four drives are supported. can group graphic objects together, but wish) asking the right questions and Publish Ir .l's best features are its the group can become separated when generating the proper tax forms for your faithful reproduction ofthe Macintosh you move it around the screen. return. Those who must file several user interface and high-quality output. The documentation is thorough. It schedules and forms for self-employment A well-designed layout screen, clever includes a tutorial which takes you and small business purposes will appre­ icons, changeable ruler units, informative through the rudiments of program op­ ciate the linkage between the several dialog boxes, convenient scroll boxes, eration but omits most ofthe intricacies. forms, which reduces the tedium and pull-down menus, and mouse (or joy­ Publish It! has two blatant omis­ eliminates transcription errors. stick) control with keyboard shortcuts sions. The unforgivable lack ofan undo Just as word processing changes make the program easy to learn and use. function makes it important that you the process ofwriting and rewriting by The printed output is excellent. Six save your work frequently, since some reducing the effort of revision, Tax Pre­ detailed typefaces in several point sizes editing changes are irreversible. Anoth­ parer changes the process of filing a re­ make Publish It! documents rival Mac­ er problem is that there isn't a dialog turn. intosh results on a dot-matrix printer. box to warn you against inadvertantly - J. Blake Lambert The program's weakest features are opening a second file atop a file that its speed (or rather the lack ofit) and its hasn't been saved. Multiple open files accompanying clip art. The program's aren't possible, so the first file is lost. flow is constantly interrupted by disk Printing is excruciatingly slow; the Tax Preparer access when a new function is called or time doubles when you choose the For . .. when the screen is redrawn after higher quality double-strike option. Apple II with 64K; compatible with ProDOS changes are made. And the cartoonish hard disks-$250 Some printing time includes frequent IBM PC/'Xf/ AT with BASICA and at least clip art suffers when compared to the disk accesses whenever new fonts and 128K memory, or 100-percent PC-compat­ elegant typefaces. typefaces are encountered within a doc­ ible with GW-BASIC and at least 192K Don't use Publish It .I to type in ument. A sample four-page newsletter memory: PC/MS-DOS 1.1 or higher re­ great lengths of text. Though the built­ quired-$295 file took more than an hour to print; in word processor buffers keyboard in­ one page required 25 minutes. From .. . put, it soon falls behind quick fingers. HowardSoft Publish It .', like the fully packed 1224 Prospect St.. Suite 150 The program works optimally if you suitcase. has nearly every conceivable La Jolla. CA 92037 write using Apple Works, Bank Street feature you'd like to have in a page­ (619) 454-0121 Writer, or a ProDOS word processor layout program. And . .. that exports ASCII text files and then -Duncan Teague Both 51/•· and 3'h ·inch disks provided import the file to Publish It !. The Publish It! graphics toolbox is G adequate but far from comprehensive. Rules (lines) and geometric shapes are Publish It! available, but freehands, diagonals, and For .. . ovals cannot be drawn. You should use Apple II with at least 128K: joystick or • Publish It! mouse requlred-$99.95 a ProDOS graphics program like Mouse­ Atari ST 520. 1040. or Mega (program Publish It .I is like a cumbersome soft­ Pai111 or DazzleDrmv to create your art­ called Timeworks Desktop Publisher ware suitcase. It has lots of pockets and work and then load the file into Publish ST)-129.95 compartments for storing not only the It! for cropping and placement. IBM PC. Tandy 1000 and 3000. and compatibles: DOS 2.1 or higher; CGA necessities, but also the comforts you Graphics figures and text columns required-$149.95 will need for a trip to the mysterious created with or imported into Publish It! From . • . and exotic land ofdesktop publishing. are treated as objects. Resizing a graphic Timeworks Combining text processing, graph­ is often difficult, since there is little toler­ 444 Lake Cook Ad. ics editing, and page composition, Pub­ ance for positioning the cursor on the Deerfield, IL 60015 (312) 948-9200 lish It! is equally adept at producing wrong part ofthe object's handle. You

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co 111i1111ul from pr1gt B ROM based material, it was MS-DOS Takes Charge of Fun Software more than 200 government and clear that optical storage is private publications into a single about to break loose in several If you own an IBM PC, Tandy, account for a lot ofentertain­ CD; the information relates to the directions. or other compatible computer, ment software sales, but because operation and management of Those directions were ad- you probably already knew software publishers are natural­ small businesses. Stat Pack. at dressed during the general this: MS-DOS entertainment ly cager to sell to the most re­ $125, compiles government facts information sessions, which software has been taking your ceptive market. they're likely to and figures related to business, proceeded along four topic- computer by storm. give those mature machines economics, and other areas. oriented tracks: the transition Fun software, according shorter shrift in the future. Product announcements to CD-ROM from other stor­ to the Soflware Publishers Other information buried naturally played a big part of age media. the preparation of Association, was the fastcst­ in the SPA sales figures shows the conference. This part of the CD-ROM materials, technical growing category during 1987. that IBM computers are en­ show was stolen by Apple and questions involved in CD- Overall, recreational software croaching on Apple's most Tandy. Apple's announcement ROM, and the creative process accounted for less than nine prized market-education. ofits CD-ROM player came by which new art and educa­ percent oftotal sales, but its Though Apple II programs complete with multimedia tional forms will be produced percentage increase from the made up more than halfof the nash and sizzle; the product using these developing media. first three education should be available b) the time ,·here was general agreement months software you read this. Tandy's an- that CD-ROM. now an indus­ of'87 to sales, near­ nouncement was more low- try whose size is measured in the last ly 30 percent key, but at the same time tens of millions ofdollars, will three was in MS­ perhaps more far-reaching. be a multibillion dollar indus- months DOS pack­ Through its Radio Shack net- try within a very few years. ages. Apple work of retail and IBM rule the schools now, selling~~~;s~~~le~~:- the • but IBM is Ms D0 s moving up Hitachi CD­ - ROM player, a - fast. move that im­ mediately makes players more There was a surprising level of was an astonishing 105 percent. And the Macintosh, a sys­ accessible than ever before. agreement that a substantial And MS-DOS soflware tem that's been making great in­ Other proouct announce­ consumer market is also devel­ had the lion's share ofthat in­ roads into business oflate, was ments and demonstrations oping for optical storage de­ crease-more than a third of the software sales growth leader were divided between hard­ vices and software. the entertainment software of'87. Eighty-one percent more ware and sof1warc. On the Among the speakers who sold last year was for the MS­ Mac software was sold in the hardware front, half-height generated attention were Mi­ DOS line. MS-DOS recre­ fourth quarter ofthe year than CD-ROM drives made a big crosoft head Bill Gates, who ational programs outsold in the first. Total Macintosh splash, with units shown by painted a picture of the indus­ Apple II fun soflware 2: I. software sales were second only Amdek. Hitachi, and Sanyo. try's growth; McGraw-Hill trounced the businesslike Mac­ to MS-DOS. Even so, Macin­ NSA showed a unit designed chiefJoseph Dionne, who intosh 7: I, and even bested the tosh software sales amounted to specifically for Compaq com­ spoke eloquently of the place game-blessed Commodore 64 just over one-tenth ofthe total puters. Atari was present of traditional publishing in the and 128 by $25 million in sales. MS-DOS figure. The Macintosh showing an as yet unreleased new world ofoptical media; Because entertainment may be getting into business, CD player which. the company Jim Manzi, head ofLotus, software is bought for the but the leader (by far) is still promises, will be priced under who sounded a cautionary home, not the office, the num­ IBM and its copiers. $600 and will play audio CDs note about computers causing bers indicate that the IBM PC But high MS-DOS sales as well as CD-ROM discs (the people to spend more time at and the plethora of MS-DOS figures didn't translate into lots Apple CD-ROM drive does work rather than less; and sci­ clones have become the domi­ oftrophies at the 1988 SPA Ex­ this as well). entist Marvin Minsky, who nant systems in the home. It's cellence in Software Awards On the software front, the gently pointed out that CD­ a blow to Commodore and ceremony in Berkeley, Califor­ conference's big word was ROM is, after all, another stor­ Apple, who have held that po­ nia. Ofthe 26 a wards, 16 were hypermedia. with developer age system-a means for sition in the past. given for Macintosh programs. after developer talking of organizing information, not a Both Apple II and Com­ IBM entertainment soft­ hyper this and hyper that. new way of thinking. modore 64/ 128 software sales ware was represented, however, Apple's J-lyperCard got a lot of Despite Apple's daim to grew during 1987, but at far by such winners as Brnder­ attention as a platform for ac­ CD-ROM, the conference was slower rates than the MS-DOS bund's Ancient Art of War at cessing CD-ROM applica­ clearly Microsoft's show. category. That means software Sea (Best Packaging, Best tions. although the attention Microsoft's pride of place in publishers, especially publishers Action/Strategy Program) and paid it seemed disproportion­ the CD-ROM universe was on of fun software, are more likely Britannica's Designasaunis ate considering who the con­ full display, as was its commit­ to tum first to the IBM world (Best Preschool or Primary ference's host was. ment to continued support. for their products. Apple II and School Program, Best Educa­ Whatever the platform Good show! Commodore, with their huge tional Program). and software for accessing CD- -KF installed base, will continue to -GK 80 COMPUTE ! 1zews¬es

New PC Virus lnnoculation Rumors of PC viruses spread How impervious to infec­ through the computer commu­ tion arc programs innoculated nity like wildfire this spring. To with VirALARM? According help PC users (especially the to Mr. Singer, .. VirA LAR.M corporate variety) sleep better progra ms are 99 and 44/ 100 at night. Lasertrieve (395 Main percent pure-like the soap. Street, Metuchen, New Jersey There's no way we can make a 08840) has announced a revo­ product that we can guarantee lutionary new service and as 100-perccnt effective, but product package call ed VirA­ we're trying." LAR.J'vf. VirA LAR.M is de­ In a rela ted story, Com­ si&ned to protec t your PC from modore, makers of the Amiga viruses by detecting infestation (the computer which played and alerting you to their ex is­ host to the first known micro­ tence before the virus can computer vi rus), is offering spread to other programs. continuall y updated anti­ According to Lasertrieve viral programs to its users president, Arnold Singer, Vir­ free of charge. According to ALAR.M will add less than 5K sources inside Commodore to any program it protects and the company is devoting will perform its checking rou­ some ofits technical support tines in less than three sec­ to the full-time job of de­ onds. Lasertrieve offers several tecting new virus strains To many people, that Apple Spins Out protection plans. and to updating Com­ sounded like a good idea. The CD-ROM Drive The first, called the modore's antiviral pro­ suggested retail price ofthe fin­ green plan, is designed gram. ished WordPerfect is $395, so With the introduction ofits for software publishers. betaware owners were getting AppleCD SC CD-ROM dri ve, - CK Usi ng this pl an, an the program for a quarter of its Apple becomes one of the first innoculatio n wou ld completed cost. consumer computer compa­ be an integral part of Beware But the deliberate selling nies to dive into the untested the software, with the Betaware ofa buggy product can be dan­ waters ofcompact disc storage cost either absorbed gerous. Traditionally, beta test­ and retrieval. by the publisher or In a departure from ers are part ofa small, CD-ROM, an infor­ transferred to buyers. traditional practices controlled group who don't mation storage system which The yellow plan in the software indus­ pa y for the product, who are uses digitall y recorded discs is designed to innoc­ try, powerhouse word expected to report programs to similar to audio Ds, can pack ulate individual pro­ processing publisher the publisher, and who know over 550 megabytes ofdata on grams for an organi­ WordPerfect released what they're getting into. one 12-centimeter disc. Access zation with several the Macintosh version Betaware, however, means time is much slower than with PCs. lfa company of its namesake pro­ that people are paying for the a hard drive, the most popular is using ten copies gram in an unfinished privilege of using an unde­ mass storage format now used ofa particular pro­ form, calling it bela­ pendable product. Users may with personal computers, but duct, they might wqre. not realize they have to take the sheer mass ofavailable opt for Lasertrieve's Long delayed and extra precautions to safeguard information more than makes ye llow pl an and more than a year over­ their work (and perhaps even up for the wait. Applications of innoculate their due, WordPe~(ecl for other files on the floppy or CD-ROM have been slow in existing copies. the Macintosh was hard disk) against loss when coming, but the system is tai­ The last plan made available th e program crashes, as most lor made for space-hungry is the red innoc­ in a prerelease, beta versions tend to do. graphics and sound. Vast refer­ ulation. This prophylaxis is or beta, version during the WordPerfect wasn't the ence works, from encyclope­ performed on individual PCs. January MacWorld Expo in only manufacturer to offer a dias and dictionaries to census The success of both this plan an Francisco. For $99, users betaware product at Mac­ data and legal decisions, can be and the yellow plan depend on received the software, final World Expo. Ann Arbor said it packed on a single disc. the user having a virus-free documentation (completed gave out 10,000 demo copies Apple showed the Ap­ program to innoculate. even though the software of its Ful/Wri1e Professional, pleCD SC at Microsoft's Con­ Lascrtricve is selling the wasn't), and the standard another power word processor ference on CD-ROM in early VirALAR.M service to corpora­ WordPerfect toll-free tele­ for the Macintosh, to those March. The drive works with tions rather than individuals. phone support. When the who had already placed orders, both of Apple's lines; it con­ Corporate costs vary with the final version is ready, said as well as to attendees of Expo. nects to the Macintosh Plus, number of machines and the WordPerfect, betaware -GK SE, or II via the computer's plan selected, but range buyers would receive built-in SCSI port (hence the from $2,000 to $50,000. a free upgrade. SC designation for the drive). J U N E 1 9 8 8 81 news¬es

All that's needed is a cable. To CD-ROM titles. The High Si­ use the AppleCD SC with an erra format is particulary im­ Apple II + , Ile, or Has, Apple's portant, because it's gained SCSI interface card, which wide acceptance among CD­ plugs into one of the empty ROM disc publishers. Initially, slots inside the computer is the drive will be shipped with­ needed. From the outside, the out High Sierra capabilities, drive looks a lot like Apple's but a software upgrade will be external hard disk drive; its made available this summer footprint is just a bit larger than (supposedly in August. accord­ the Macintosh SE. Compact ing to inside sources). discs are loaded into the front Apple made a point to The Apple CD SC down loads from the front using a plastic disc caddy. ofthe drive in a small plastic mention HyperCard as the disc caddy. best interface for accessing The drive can also play information from the drive. one's disposal. Desktop pub­ digitized sounds are stored on audio CDs, even while other HyperCard, all the rage for its lishing. with its disk-gobbling disk. Using CD-ROM, for in­ applications are in use on the hypertext abilities, has been fonts and graphics. is one pos­ stance. sounds could be loaded connected computer. Both touted since its introduction as sible use of the drive. Connect into the Macintosh during the headphone jack and RCA the perfect software for manag­ an AppleCD SC to a Mac and course ofa game. jacks are on the back of the ing mass quantities of an entire font library would be The CD SC drive will work drive so that headphones or information. available for downloading to a with AppleShare 2.0, due out external stereo speakers can be Hooking up a CD-ROM LaserWriter. this summer, thus making it plugged into the unit. drive to a Macin tosh (the most Another immediate appli­ able to be shared on a network. Supporting Apple II (Pro­ obvious machine, since it has cation for CD-ROM is in the Apple has priced the CD SC DOS), Macintosh (HFS), and the SCSI interface already pre­ field ofdigitized sounds. Unlike drive, available only through High Sierra file formats, the sent) would put an enormous synthesized sounds, which are Apple dealers. at $1, 199. drive is able to use a variety of amount of information at manufactured by the computer, -GK AT LAST! The Complete Buyer's Guide to IBM, Tandy, and PC Compatible Entertainment and Edu atio Software

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