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RDEX Contributors 23 ::q~ en Bob Igo 21 Empire 8 In' = 0 ~ til l:l '" = "1»8,. ~ rIl Most Wanted Softkeys 23 Blain Johnson 21 Fahrenheit 451 19 i:l':::(,A -I ~ :::N""""' unCI~ifieds •.••••.................•.••.23 Gary Wills 21 Fay's Word Rally 20 GATO v1.3 21 The Product Monitor Features, Notes & such: Greeting Card Maker 20 » c "-CO Reviews Add Copy II Plus file handling to Hostage 15 c moo AT Bus Design 5 your BASIC progr. See A Copy II KeefThe Thief 8 :::Dm i: Apple IIgs Hardware Reference, Plus PLUS! 7 Magic Spells v2.0 19 t.n -g m second edition 5 Magic Spells v2.1 19 t.n :E0-C Comments on the Beginner's Book .. 7 0 fn><C Countdown 4 Fonnatting 720K disks as 1.44M HD. Mickey's Crossword Puzzle Maker16 0 _. N -I Genius Mouse:GM-F302/303 5 See Holey Megabytes! 6 Monsters and Make Believe v1.1 20 :::D :::D ::Sol::l-- Logo PLUS 4 How to SAVE hexdumps as CDA's .8 Pipe Dream 8 m 0 N~ Thunderstick 4 Logging ProDOS Drives 6 Pipe Dreams 15 -t Fast Frames, Updates, Etc. The Basics ofKracking (part 7) 17 Rear Guard 17 0 ~ A Copy II Plus PLUS! 7 The Basics ofKracking (part 8) 18 Rendezvous with Rama 19 Z (X) :::D - Countdown: E-mail 6 Same or Different 20 0 m c.o Bitkeys: Teacher's Tool Kit.. 19 0 (X) - Hole 19 Talk 5 c: Holey Megabytes! 6 Teacher's Tool Kit (lIe) 20 m eN Black Magic 16 t.n oI::l- Keeping the Wiz in Wiz III 6 Guild ofThieves 16 War of the Lance 10 -t oI::l- Logging ProDOS Drives 6 Where in the USA isCannen m I Gunslinger 16 c 0 Next 7 King's Quest Series 16 Sandiego? 9 N Platinum Yanked! 7 Leisure Suit Larry 16 Windwalker OS 15 oI::l- Program Writer 6 Windwalker lIe 15 N Man Hunter: New York 16 Salute! 7 Police Quest 16 APTs: XT-AT Handbook 7 Realms ofDarkness 16 'Courses of 1990 5 Saracen 16 Space Rogue 16 'Unlimited Golf& Course Design .. 5 Sierra Boot Disks 16 Wizardry III. See Keeping the Wiz in Why Logo? 4 Silicon Dreams 16 Wiz III Vendors •••••••••••••••••.•_•••••••••••••••••••... 7 Space Quest Series 16 Ultima V 16 Playing Tips: Questions: Wizardry Series 16 Countdown 6 i, 8, 16, 17,21,22 Xyphus 16 Space Rogue 16 Answers: Softkeys: mM Softkeys: c:m.C: Edison , 21 Ancient Art of War 9 Serve and Volley 22 Groucho , 21 Battle Chess 10 Welltris 22 ~~ .... Ross A. Holmes ' 21 ....... 0" Bridge 6.0 10 - en :::D C -»I»-t E.N. Hondrick 21 Captain Blood GS 10 ~m Software recommendations "Assembler". Most of the source code in older sending source code files, and you are notusing issues is in S-C Assembler format. Ifyou use a the S-C Assembler, send them as normal text TheStarter Kitcontainsmostoftheprograms different assembler, you will have to translate files. COIVIPUTIST that you need to "Get started". In addition, we portions ofthe source code into something your recommend that you acquire the following: assembler will understand. 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