lit .' 75 COMPUTIST Canada & Mexico $7 u.s. $3.75 Table ofContents Editorial Note 2, 3 Put Redstorm Rising on Harddrive 22 APTs: RDEX Contributors 23 Reader review ofPrince ofPersia 20 Bandits 20 Most Wanted Softkeys 23 Reader review of Rastan 10 Battletech :." : 20 The Product Monitor 4 SSPROT HELLO DECODER 16 Berzap 15 The Rumor Mill ' 10 Borg 20 A note to Apple's Enlightened One .4 Where in USA is Carmen Sandiego 18 Dino Eggs ; 20 Softdisk 4 Dungeon Master 10 Bltkeys: Softdisk G-S : 4 Elite 8 , , USA GeoGraph 4 Mathosaurus 9 FLOBYNOID 20 Fast Frames. Updates. Etc 4 Prince ofPersia 15 mwo • ~~ 1~ i j 9 f f • Heavy Barrel 20 mwo Pool Cues 4 Ms. Pacman 15 ~ ~ O~3: • c • I. The Bishop's Volunteer .4 Softkeys: Omega 9 • i rn • II. New Alignments for Old .4 Accelerated Reader v2.1 8 Prince of Persia 20 ::::I ..... ""tJ • 8 § g • m. Super Weapon? 4 Alligator Alley 19 Rescue Raiders 17 S. m c: • i:Q.~ • IV. Endgame 4 Bank: Street Writer Plus 6 SyzYGY 15 =o~ KeefPC! 5 Batman· '!' 13 Thexder lie 15 • ~ ! f • Carmenx3 5 CD - Blockout 8 Tubeway 15 .. en • en 51; • I. World 5 Classroom Toolbox (3.5") 8 ~ ~ Wings Of Fury : 9 ;E S. • g ; • II. Europe 5 Cross Country Canada 18 ):It = • So!~~ • III. Time ; 5 Curse ofthe Azure Bonds 14 Playing Tips: co CD D&D Buglets 5 ~ ~ ~ Distant Views 15 Bard's Tale ffi 20 BASIC Power 5 Dungeon Master 13 CO::D ·; ~'. Deathlord 9 ~c. The Godling's Advisor (Populous) 5 Dungeon Master 17 Defender of the Crown 10 ·• 0 ~. ~ .• Romantic Encounters at the Dome 5 Elementary Genetics 19 Might & Magic 9 CO ~ The Hunt for Red October 5 • ; a • FAY: Word Rally 16 Neuromancer 17 • CD $t • Slaying the Bug ofAragon 5 FAY:ThatMath Woman 15 :D~et Prince ofPersia 9 • Hints of Aragon 5 • Q. - ! FAY:That Word Hunter 16 Wasteland 16 Vendors 6 • m ~~ • French Hangman 1 & 2 16 Wizardry IV 10 Gnarly Golf 17 en~. Features, Notes and such: Wasteland 15 • a f • Halley Project 19 Answers to reader questions 13 • i-•[g'en • Heavy Barrel 13 IBM Softkeys: • Apple IIgs Virus Discovered 15 CD • ~ en Magic Slate (20/40/80 column) 20 BBSNEWS 8 Paladin 22 ~gtf i • Mark Manager v6.6 18 • Cracking the SSPROT$1 protection 16 Paperboy 22 Math Masters: Addition & Subtraction 18 ~ ~~. Pete rose Pennant Fever 22 Dungeon Master CDA vl.l 10 Mercury 18 · ~~s= . Fix Elementary Genetics to run on the lIe 19 Pool of Radiance 22 • • Milliken Math Series (revisited) 20 Silpheed vl.O 22 ~ ~~ Getting Level "Omega" Clearance 9 Oil Barons 17 Zany Golf 22 ·• g& .• Hardware Timing Problems (lIe) 8 Omega 14 .N~~ Icons instead of text? 15 f- • Reading Comprehension: IBM tips: Installing Carmen.Time on a 3.5" disk 15 • ~ a1% • Finding the Main Idea 9 Champions of Krynn 22 Monitor Search command 13 Silpheed GS 8 ~ ~ ~ Curse of the Azure Bonds 22 N8- • Note on ArnDOS 15 Spelling Mastery 19 ·I· .. ~ . Notes on AIl magazines 17 Pool ofRadiance 22 ~~. Spelling Press 18 Test Drive II 22 • f • Notes on Cross Country USA (Didatech) 16 Task Force , 9 Notes on E.D.D. IV serial number 15 ~ ~ Victory Road 13 Notes on fInishing Aztec 17 · . Where in Europe is Carmen Sandiego 18 Notes on Tetris 21 • !. • Where in, Time is Carmen Sandiego 15 ProOOS Boot Disassembled 21 ·~ ••••••••••••••••~ r~ Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? 17 ......_----------------_... Software rKommendations portions ofthe source code into something your binary files. We have programs to convert them TheStarter Kitcontainsmostoftheprograms assembler will understand. to the proper format for printing. If you are sending source code files, and you are not using that you need to "Get started". In addition, we Computing checksums recommend that you acquire the following: the S-C Assembler, send them as normal text Checksums are 4-digithexadecimalnumbers Charles R. 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