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Games Feature 74470 16901 O IMAkES P/XpERWORk PANdEIVIONiuiVI VANish MAGIC WINDOW II turns your APPLE in And as an extra assurance that your system. MAGIC MAILER lets you insert to a sophisticated word processor. But document is perfect before printing and each name and address (or whatever is in because MAGIC WINDOW II operates so mailing, you can use MAGIC WORDS. your records) into your document quickly much like a standard typewriter, it’s ex With incredible speed, MAGIC WORDS and efficiently. tremely simple to use. In fact, because of proofreads your document for spelling er With MAGIC MAILER, you never have to its unique menu structure, it’s the easiest rors and typos, shows you each one in con retype a document or an internal address. to learn, and function selection is virtually text on the screen, and allows you to cor With just a few keystrokes, each letter error free. rect or ignore each in sequence. Unlike any becomes an original, and the final phase other spelling checker, it will then auto MAGIC WINDOW Il’s powerful word pro of the paperwork process is complete — matically create a corrected file as you go cessing features include automatic format efficiently and to perfection. so you never need to return to MAGIC WIN ting, editing, centering, and justification — Let's face it: The letters, invoices, and DOW II to update it yourself manually. Or. and these are all done easily “on the video other documents you send out represent screen” before you ever print. Just type if you're busy. MAGIC WORDS will go you to the public. They should be as pro through your file without waiting for you to your first draft quickly, then go back and fessional as possible — and they can be. make any needed corrections. You can in act on each error, and provide you with a All it takes is a little MAGIC sert or delete letters or words, even move printout of the errors and their locations so you can correct them at your convenience. Each program is available separately or whole paragraphs with just a few simple ask your local software store for Artsci’s keystrokes. And with a 14,000-word basic dictionary MAGIC PAK. AH three products are included and plenty of memory for you to add And MAGIC WINDOW II can support 40-, in an attractive library box. technical terms or customer names that 70-, and 80-column displays, as well as you use frequently. MAGIC WORDS be automatically providing 80-column visibility comes a totally personalized program that with scrolling. The rule is: What you see on can catch all your spelling errors and typos. the screen is what you get in print. No word processor on the market has both the But now comes the mailing, the really 213.-9 85-2922 ML features of MAGIC WINDOW II and its time-consuming part — unless you have simplicity of use. MAGIC MAILER. 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(312) 927-5510 FLEX and UniFLEX are trademarks of Technical Systems Consultants Inc. E i m i x OS-9 is a trademark of Microware Inc. TWX 910-221-4055 1982 GIMIX Inc. THE SKILLS YOU NEED TO MASTER YOUR IN A FRIENDLY, SELF-PACED FROM WILEY BASIC FOR THE APPLE II® 6502 ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE PROGRAMMING Jerald R. Brown, LeRoy Finkel, & Bob Albrecht Judi N. Fernandez, Donna N. Tabler, & Ruth Ashley A complete, friendly, and virtually guaranteed in Puts the speed and efficiency of assembly lan troduction to BASIC programming on the Apple guage programming within reach of owners of II®—from fundamental principles, assignment APPLES®, ATARIs®, Commodores, or any of the statements, and stored programs to such ad popular microcomputers based on the 6502 mi vanced techniques as string variables and func croprocessor chip. tions, subscripted variables, subroutines, and (1-86120-0) October 1982 more. approx. 256 pp. $12.95 (1-86596-6) October 1982 416 pp. $12.95 GOLDEN DELICIOUS GAMES FOR THE APPLE® COMPUTER ATARI® SOUND AND GRAPHICS Howard M. Franklin, JoAnne Koltnow, Herb Moore, Judy Lower, & Bob Albrecht & LeRoy Finkel Learn how to compose and play melodies, draw This delightful guide shows novice and experi cartoons, create games, and combine animation enced programmers how to use the color, sound, and sound—even if you have no previous comput and graphic capabilities of the Apple II® to create ing experience. their own computer games. (1-09593-1) 1982 234 pp. $9.95 (1-09083-2) 1982 150 pp. $12.95 TRS-80™ COLOR BASIC More than a million people have learned to pro Bob Albrecht gram, use, and enjoy microcomputers with Wiley Packed with games, experiments, and program Self-Teaching Guides. Look for them all at your ming problems and solutions, this manual lets you favorite bookshop or computer store. explore all the applications of the TRS-80™ Color JOHN WILEY & SONS, Inc. Computer, while it teaches you the fundamentals i8o7(W )19& 6o5 Third Avenue of BASIC programming. W New York, N.Y. 10158 (1-09644-X) 1982 374 pp. $9.95 In Canada: 22 Worcester Road, Rexdale, Ontario M9W 1L1 Apple9 and Apple II ® are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Atari ® is a registered trademark o f Atari, Inc. TRS-80™ is a trademark of Tandy Corp. 3-8715 2 MICRO - The 6502/6809 Journal No. 54 - November 1982 cessor, we present two articles this month on the 68000. Dr. Hootman's detailed discussion of the 68000 instruc tion set continues (p. 27) with the binary arithmetic opera / M c a o tions. Handy reference tables are included. Jelemensky and Whiteside (p. 13) conclude their demonstration of November Highlights 68000 programming techniques. We haven't seen any games yet for the 68000. Is it Games Feature because its users haven't gotten over the speed and power? Or is it because these machines aren't finding their way in This month we expand a bit from our usual content and of to very many homes? fer an array of games for a wide variety of computers. Although we don't usually publish games, we feel that Atari Coverage Takes Off they may be valuable, particularly where they demon strate techniques or cultivate a skill in the user. Instead of With the addition of Contributing Editor Paul Swanson making games a regular part of MICRO, we prefer to do it to our staff, MICRO'S Atari coverage has improved con all at once! siderably. Paul's column, a new "From Here to Atari" (p. 103), starts this month. In addition, he continues his There are specific games for nearly every computer, in character graphics article series with a discussion of fine cluding the PET, VIC, Apple, CIP/Superboard, Atari 400/ scrolling (p. 82). This month's data sheet (p. 109 — com 800, and the SYM.-In addition, you will find that most can piled by Paul Swanson) is a handy reference for serious be converted easily to run on even more machines.