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Commodore 64 Second Class Mail Registration no. 5918, Shelburne, Ontario The INDEPENDENT Commodore Users' Magazine No. 22 August 1983 New The Chicago C-64, VIC C.E.S. Report and PET by Chris Bennett p.1S Products New, Updated Lists of Thousands of Public Domain Programs p_ 73 10610 BAYVIEW (Bayview Plaza) RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, CANADA L4C 3N8 (416) 884-4165 C64-LINK© The Smart 64 RTC Call orwrite payments Serial by VISA , Cartridge Audio 1/ 0 MASTERCARD Expansion Slot Switch RF Video Port Cassette Port Users Port or BANK TRANSFER. • Mail orders also by certified check, etc. IEEE Disks (2031) (4040) Tape VIC Modem (8050) (8250) (9090) I EEE Printers 1541 Drive or VL3 Cable Many more 64s And VL 16 (4022) (8023) to Parallel 1525 Printer (8300) Printer etc. or 1515 Printer (future) l EE E to Parallel IEEE to Serial or VL4 Cable Cartridge Interface Interface to Standard M other Board Parallel True Serial Modem Devi ces Devices Give These Expanded Capabilities To Your 64 * The ability to transfer data from any type of device to another (IEEE, Serial, Parallel) * BASIC 4.0 which allows you to run more PET BASIC programs and gives you extended disk and 110 commands. POWER ® And * The ability to have several 64s on line together - sharing common IEEE U~hl PAL © devices such as disks or printers with Spooling Capability . * Built-in machine language monitor * A built-in terminal or modem program wh ich allows the system to communi­ Spooling Other cate through a modem to many bulletin board systems and other computer mainframes. to Cartridges Printer * Compatibility with CP/M. Copyrlghls and Trademarks C64 is a co pyright of Commodore Business M achi nes, Inc. C64· LlNK is a copyright of Richvale T el~ communications. CPfM is a regislered trademark of Contact your local Commodore dealer or RTC. Dig ital Research . POWER IS a trademark of Pro­ fessional Software PAL is a copyright of Brad Templeton . TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE 2 Letters to the Editor . J Editorial Page . • . • . • . 4 TPUG Programming Contest Winners . ........... Michael Bonnycastle 5 Farquharson Features ........................... N Farquharson 7 HELP.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Doris Bradtey o Stick to VIC ................................ Terry Herckenrath 9 TPUG Library Additions. ....•............................... a TPUG's This and That. ........................... Doris Bradley 15 1983 Chicago CES Show .•.......•................ Chris Bennett 22 1984 TPUG Conference Survey ............................... 27 Programmers Do It In Software (Conclusion). ...•..... Hal Chamberlin 31 CHIPP! ..................................... Mike Richardson 32 Book Review ..•................................. Terry Taller 33 If _ Then Branching . .......................... Vince Sorensen 39 Non-destructive PET Reset. ..................... Harold Anderson 41 EXECOM-80 (A review) ............................. T. Tremmel 44 Tips and Tricks . ............................... Ian A Wright 46 Butterfield Box (Input Idiosyncracies) . • . Jim Butterfield 51 The New Business Computer . .................... Gord Campbell 53 Color 80 (A review). ..••..•.....................• G. R. Walter 54 More (less) on LIFE. ........................... Edwin l. King 56 Papermate to WordPro Converter. ...........•..... Thomas Henry 63 The Smart 64 Terminal. ..................... Robert A Chandler 65 ROMPACKER (A Review) . ................•..... William E. Wilbur 66 Game Reviews. .•........•........• Bonnar Beach and David Hill 67 Differential Relocation of Machine Code. ...•....... Harold Anderson 68 Hardware Hacker .•......••................. Hank Mraczkowski 69 TPUG June Central Meeting •...................... Ian A Wright 73 TPUG Info and NEW Library List .....•..••.........•....•..... 95 Classified. • . • . • . • . _ 96 INDEX OF ADVERTISERS •..••..•.....•....•.•...•.......•.. The TORPET ISSN # 0821-18~' published by The Publisher Horning's Mills, Ontar!( Canada LON lJO (519) 925-5376 Use above address for both manuscript submission and advertising U,S. Address: The TORPET I Brinkman Ave., Buffalo, N.Y., 14211 Bruce M. Beach, Publisher and Editor Sandra Waugh, Associate Editor Published monthly {except April and December; !Jingle subscription rate - $18.00 per year Iionorary Editorial Committee: Jim Butterfield, Associate Editor ot Compute, Toronto, Ont. Dave Williams, Contributing Editor of Info Age, Toronto, Ont. Bizabeth Deal, well-known contributer to Commodore Magazines, Malvern, Pa. Jane Campbetl, San Diego User's Group President, San Diego, Ca. Printed In Canada Canadian Second Class Mailing Permit Number 5918 Mailed at Shelburne, Ontario U.S. Second-Class Postage paid at Buffalo, N.Y. Cover Credit Graham Bailey Cover Models: Derick Campbell Age 14; and Bradley Campbell, Age o. Cover Story: Page 3 POSTMASTER: Send changes of address to The TORPET, 1 Brinkman Ave., Duffalo, N.Y., 14211 Letters to t "I/ow me 1:0 use th'ls opportunity to I very mucn enjoyed your conference congratulate you with the TORPET or­ ana copy session held in May and look ganization. There is nothing like it here in forward to it becoming a regular feature. Norway. and by being attached to your ex­ The organIsers are to be commended for penence I reckon my children and I will their hard work and coping with the ul­ avoid Jumping the leap in two steps. timate of bugs--a power failure! John Ambrose 110129 In a short time I hope to bring you Mississauga. Ontario more members tram Trondheim, as there is a rapidly growing interest for data also ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 1 here In Norway. TPUG Executive Borre Sandnes 113990 Trondheim. Norway Bruce Beach Editor 519-925-5376 Barb Bennett Director 416-782-9252 I think you are dOing a great job with Chris Bennett Vice-President 416-782-9252 all the new members in the club. I don'l Mike Bonnycastle President 416-654-2381 know now you have held it together this Gord Campbell Conference 416-492-9518 long without more troubles than you have. Sandy Cavan Treasurer 416-962-0744 I think your doing "Great". Gary Croft Recording Sec. 416-727-8795 Ray W. Beardslee 114493 John Easton Westside Chapter 416-251-1511 Camanche. Iowa AI Farquharson Westside Chapter 519-442-7000 Gerry Gold Director 416-225-8760 Many thanks for the great magazine. Mike Hyszka C-64 Chapter 416-249-5805 You make up r~ally interesting stuff. Steve Punter Bulletin Boards 416-625-1786 Hans-Borje Pettersson 114772 Kristianstad. Sweden ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Thank you for your continued interest In upgrading TORPET. I'm grateful for each copy and always find something of interest. TPUG OFFICE David C. Dorward #2577 Edmonton, Alberta Congratulations on a super conference. () Wish I could have been there both day~ and attended more sessions. Out I really enjoyed the time I spent on Saturday. One at the most enjoyable aspects of the con­ terence for me was the opportunity to ~o meet Doris Bradley and others from TPUG. You are not just names in the TORPET and unapproachable. I do wish I was closer so I could participate more often. I also am enjoying my issues of the TORPET. Like other publications I've been receiving. it improves with every issue and just keeps growing. Keep up the good work. Martha Rodger 113110 Dryden. Michigan page 2 TORPET August 83 · 'EDITORIAL How to start a new club! $everal times 11 month' get a phone C<lll asking how As a club you may consider uSIng some of your one shoulo go aDout starting a new users CIUD. we can membership dues to order a complete copy of the TPUG g'lve you lots or help from our experience. library for the club. Step one. find other interested Commodore users. A very good idea is to use some of the club funds ThIS IS easy. Photocopy the poster on page 25 ot this to provIde refreshments at each meeting for an informal roRPET and print in your name (some of those rub on social period. Donuts, coffee, fruit juice are all that is needed. letters would make it look neat.) Then photocopy another 20 or thirty copies. These placed in computer stores, Fees need not be very high. $30 per year per mem­ schools, and on various communrty public bulletin boards ber should cover the costs for any club. Single time at­ Will probably get you quite a number of replies. tendees should be allowed to attend as many times as they WIsh by paying $5 at the door. Start on night number Be sure to ask those persons replying to bring inter­ one. This will c?ver your personal start up costs for the ested friends to the first meetings. (The old but true meeting place, advertising, refreshments, etc. saYing IS that birds ot a teather tlock together). Some small ads In the classified section of your local paper may Good speakers can be found at computer stores, in also be helpful. Your local paper will probably even con­ schools and universities, among students, and among those SIder It newsworthy if you will send them a pIcture of who reply to your ad. Ask everyone who replies if they yourself at your computer along with a write-up. They may 'lave something they could tell about Hold excess names want to do an interview. You will probably be surprised at for future agendas. Be sure not to let anyone individual how many people you Will tlnd who are Interested. speak tor more than about twenty minutes. Step two. Set up an Initial meeting time B.nd A video pro jector is a real boon if you can find a locatIOn. If the location is publicly announced be sure you school or some other organrzation that has one. With a have enough space for lots of drop-ins. You can usually large crowd of 75 or more it is a must, but up to around get space cheap if not free at a public school or in some fifty you may be able to make do with several monitors. communIty hall. A home will probably not have enough room. It is not necessary to start publishing a newsletter Step thr~e. Prepare an Initial program. Arrange for right at the outset. We will be glad to list your meeting about tour speakers.
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