o s: 76 COMPUTIST -c Canada & Mexico $7 U.S. $3.75 c: Table ofContents -I Editorial Note _ 2, 3 Programs that include the Superprint 12 RDEX Contributors 23 file QWERTY : 10 Task Force GS 18 Most Wanted Softkeys 23 Battle Cruiser 10 Teacher's Marksheet (The) 8 - The Product Monitor 4 Battlegroup 10 TouchType Word Processor 3.0 9 en. Reviews 4 U.S.A.A.F 10 Tunnels of Armagedon GS 18 Pipe DreaJ1l 4 Imperium Galactum 10 Where in Europe is Carmen Sandiego 9 -I Stratego 4 Fighter Command 10 Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego 9 Faces 4 Carrier Force 10 APTs: , ~ PGA Tour Golf 4 North Atlantic 86 10 .,..,. tn <: n"" > Z "' The Lemon Tree 4 Guadalcanal Campaign 10 Anti Gravity 15 ~ ~f g~' • ~ e§" Q.~.I • Quesbnaster I: Bomb Alley 10 Bandits 18 '8 S. 3: ~ BC's Quest for Tires 15 • "'c::~a n .. The Prism of Hehuetotol ..4 Lazy Man's Filename Checker 10 :D The Inunortal 5 Patch for Life & Death GS 18 Berzap 15 CD III ~ ~ Q. Star Control 5 Rastan deprotect & cheat 7 Burgertime 15 CD · § 8. .• Fast Frames. Updates, Etc 5 SuperCharge your 8-bit Apple II 20 Congo Bongo 15 ;:; • 8 Heavy Barrel 15 C ~ ~ '" Elite Craft Tech Note 5 Notes on Copy 11+ ''TRY'' it you'll like it... 16 III PC Specs and Stuff 5 Recovering Overwritten BASIC programs Hunt for Red October 11 ·~ ~ . III - • f • Vendors 5 fromDOS 14 Into the Eagle's Nest 11 m • en =~ ><n • Tip For Appleworks 3.0 Users 13 It's The Pits 15 ::r • -I g e • Features, Notes & such: Magic Candle Vol 1 17 III Bitkeys: ::::l lC ~ ~~ A Note on Copy 11+ version 9.x 13 Prince of Persia 15 Magic Candle vol 1 (gs) 17 CD Appleworks Patches 13 Millium Leeper 15 ·~ ~ ~ . Bug Fix (re. issue #75) 6 Softkeys: Night Stalker 14 ·• m ~'. .• Comments on 18 sector programs 18 50 Mission Crush 19 Pegasus II 15 ~ • 0 i· • Defeating the Season Ticket in Bank Street Writer Plus 6 Pirates 15 • ~ ~J& • John Madden Football 11 Centauri Alliance 17 Rampage 15 • i"~e. • Dragon Wars notes 17 Cross Country Canada 8 Robocop 15 ~ ~ ~ Finding the nibble count in The Playroom .. 11 Cross Country U.S.A 9 Rod's Revenge 19 · Q~ . Misc. Notes & items ofInterest 13 Curse of the Azure Bonds 13 Star Blazer : 15 • m • • 2to ~..2. "tl • Mouse Characters 13 Cytron Masters 19 Super Hoppy 15 ~ 'J ~= ::s 5 g... • Catalog Hijinks 13 Deathlord 19 Super Hoppy II 15 • s. =-= = BLOADing into Text Page 1 13 Electronic Arts Software 19 Super Taxman II 14 ~~ Checking for locked files from BASIC 13 Epidentic 19 Viper Patrol 18 ·~ ~ . Reading the Open-Apple key 13 Explore Australia 18 • gi • PlayIng Tips: Reading the Closed-Apple key 13 First Draft. 15 ~ ~ : Recovering from NEW 13 Gertrude's Puzzles 17 Sword of Kadash walk-through 14 ·~ [~ . Using Double Lores Graphics 14 Goldrush· 13 IBM Softkeys: ·~ ~ ~ . One key DOS Commands 14 Grand Prix Circuit (Ilgs) 12 · . Tum offCATALOG in DOS 3.3 14 Graphics Converter 15 Interlude II 21 • gOo. .'j:3~~ ~ Lotus 123 release 3 22 • Impossible REMs? 14 John Madden Football 11 Mean Street 22 ~ a~ Note on Print Magic Graphics Lee Trevino's Fighting Golf 16 •.~~g' • for Publish It! 10 MasterType's WritingWizard 12 Rack·em 22 II.) 0 .... ~-I Notes on all SSI Programs 10 Prince of Persia 3.5" 18 IBM Tips: "Q) em ~ ... Notes on bypassing Password Protection 12 Rastan 7 3(') '"tJ en e Ultima VI 21 -0 · ~. -3 :J> 0'""tI r- '. g • Notes on PDOS on 3.5 disk or hard disks 10 Ringside Seat 19 zQ) (II ~ • - !! :xJ • ~ War In Russia 10 Rosie the Counting Rabbit 18 IBM Features & Notes: ~:e Q) C co-l» Notes on Quicken 12 S.E.U.I.S 19 Bypassing the Password Protection 22 ~» Cl)m ~ Notes on SSI deprotects in PDOS 10 Shootout (JIgs) 13 CD ~ Knights of Legend 21 ·• r3 ~tr1 .• Programs requiring more than 48K 10 Strike Fleet 19 .... , ~ , • Applesoft program editor such as "Global Checksums are4-digithexadecimalnumbers Assembler, send them as normal text meso Program Line Editor (GPLE)". which tell if you typed a program correctly and When to Include a printed letter ·Assembler such as "MerlinlBig Mac". helpyoulocate anyerrors.Thereare two types of COIVIPUTlST ·Bit-copx program such as "Copy II Plus", checksums: one created by the CHECKBIN Don't include hardcopy (printout) unless: "Locksmith" or "Essential Data Duplicator". program (for machine language programs) and a. You are writing about a bug or other printing ~itor Charles R. Haight ·Word-processor (such as AppleWorks). the other created by the CHECKSOFT program error. Karen Fitzpatrick Circulation ·"COPYA", "FID" and "MUFFIN"from the (for BASIC programs). Both are on the "Starter Jeff Hurlburt Reviews b. You are writing to ask for help. DOS 3.3 System Master disk. Kit". Dave Goforth BBS c. You are answering another readers help re­ Ifyourchecksums donotmatchthepublished Super lOB and Controllers COMPUTIST is published by SoftKey checksums thenthelinewherethefirst checksum quest. Publishing. Address all inquiries to: This powerful deprotection utility (in the differs is incorrect. d. You are writing about your subscription or COMPUTIST COMPUTIST Starter Kit) and its various Con­ CHECKSOFTinstructions: InstallChecksoft sending an order for back issues or software. 33821 East Orville Road trollers are used in many softkeys. 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