FREE OUR C64 - C128 COL COVER FOR EVERYBODY & Emulator CONTENTS J CCS64 Emulator J Web.It 64 HOT NEWS J Contax Spotlight CCS64 EMULATOR J Maurice Randall NEXT ISSUE ! J CS Exhibition Commodore on disk J Classified WEB sites Reviews J Adventures visited J Cheat & Beat Due out on 1st March 1999 ALL NEW J Serious Stuff I brought you a lovely dedicated GEOS J SuperCPU colour cover for Christmas. J RARE Guide But just look at what you missed four page J Reviews last issue ! section ! J Letters utilizing PC-GEOS J CMD J X98 J GEOS PLUS J MORE ! all the usual features ! DON’T MISS IT ! 14th December 1998 UK RRP - £3.50 (no coverdisk) - £4.00 (with coverdisk). Page :2 Commodore Scene #23 14th December 1998 Page :67 CONTENTS EDITOR Allan Bairstow 2 CONTENTS : Who’s who ? BULLETIN 3 ED TALK : My say ARTWORK & DESIGN 4 CS MERCHANDISING : T shirts, etc ED TALK : Yet again it has been a very hectic issue File #2 to complete, I hope you enjoyed it as much as I 5 CS EXHIBITION : Leeds exhibition Chris Bohanna enjoyed (?) creating it ! As always, there is some ADVERTISMENT RATES 6 COVERDISK(S) : What’s were ! Simon Reece late news and happenings, read on. 7 REVIEW : Riddles and stones Vincenzo Mainolfi --------------------------------------------------------- 8 DATA BLAST : What’s been going on ? JJ WHEELS128 : The feature/review that was to be in B & W Colour 12 LETTERS : Readers views and comments Allan Bairstow this issue did not appear due to the disks not 17 DISK MASTER : Helpfull advice arriving in time for a review to be done. Back cover £25 £35 18 CS FILE #1 : Pricing STAFF WRITERS & CONTRIBUTORS --------------------------------------------------------- Full page £20 £25 19 ADVENTURE : Get your back-pack on ! COMMODORE FACTION : Issue 4 will be carrying an interview with yours truly. Check it out. Half page £15 £20 (in no particular order) 20 CMD : Product review --------------------------------------------------------- Quarter page £10 £15 21 IMPORTING SERVICE : Listing #9 Kevin Evans SAVAGE PLATFORMS : When I sent this issue to Classified John Gledhil 22 POSTCARD / USA : 2nd part the printers, all the sleeves and labels had been - per word 5p 25 CHEAT & BEAT : AR action Wayne & Helen Womersley done, I am just waiting for the master disk - fin- - purchasers & subscribers FREE 26 PD JARGON : PD article Mike Berry gers crossed. 28 END OF THE LINE : Bee 52 Mark Vowles --------------------------------------------------------- 29 DIARY OF A DEMO : Behind the scenes Danny Todd CS23 COVERDISK : I hope everything turns out FURTHER INFORMATION 31 ACTION LINE : The new reguiem Elizabeth Bairstow okay ! --------------------------------------------------------- 32 CW #23 : Review Alex De Vires All advertisement rates are negotiable. There is SCANLYNX2000 & PRINTER SURVEY UPDATE : 33 CS SERVICES : What we offer you Dave Connoly an advertisers information pack if anybody re- David Ivall These features had to be pulled due to lack of 34 RETRO CLASSIX : Review writing time. quires one, just drop my a line. Allan Bairstow 35 COMMODORE FACTION : Review --------------------------------------------------------- All paying advertisers will recieve one complimen- Jason Moore 36 RETROGAMES : Review PICTURES & GRAPHICS : Due to the shear size of tary copy of that particular issue. 37 GEOCLUB : Sad news Creative Micro Designs this issue - nearly 90 Mb - many of the pictures Robert Bernardo have had to be dropped. I have to leave some room 38 CONTAX UK : Help is at hand GENERAL CONDITIONS 40 CONTAX / WORLD : Help for the globe Arif Perez on the disk for the extra files that the printer Richard Bayliss needs. I hope it does not spoil this issue too much. 41 SUPERSCRPT : 128 tips David Walker --------------------------------------------------------- 42 WEB.IT 64 : Vinny speaks again All material recieved by Commodore Scene will be Andrew Fisher I would like to inject a little humour in the future 43 X98 : Report regarded as ‘printable’ unless specifically stated Frank Gasking issues of CS, no mean feat by anybody’s stan- 46 ZZAP FROM THE PAST : Review otherwise. Graham Howden dards, but if anybody has any suggestions then 48 CS22 : Review let me know. George Potter 49 CS22 COVERDISK : Review --------------------------------------------------------- CS WRITERS PACK Frank Cassidy GEOCLUB LIBRARY : Since writing the article on 51 LOAD YOUR CANNON : Part 1 Vincenzo Mainolfi 54 SUPERCPU : Part 3 page 37, it appears that at the last minute, Frank Maurice Randall Cassidy, has in fact transferred the geoClub Li- If you would like a CS wrtiers pack to help you 56 GALA PUBLISHING : Review & services Ken Ross brary and all his other Commodore stuff, over to a compile your submissions for CS then just drop 58 GEOS : Back again Mr Hollywood third party (not CS). I am trying to get this other me a line. 59 MAURICE RANDALL : Talking to CS Dave Elliot person to run the library through CS - More news 62 THE RARE GUIDE : Somthing strange ? Barry Joynes as I get it. PROVISIONAL DATES AND DEADLINES 64 MUSIC SCENE : Sounds good Ash Parkin --------------------------------------------------------- 65 CCS64 : Emulator review Apparently CS was mentioned in Computer & Video 66 CLASSIFIED : Loads of bargins INCLUSIONS Games again, I didn’t see this feature, did anybody Issue Copy date Disribution date 67 BULLETIN : Last minuite information else ? More new contacts were made through this 67 CS FILE 2 : More CS information mention - thanks C&VG. 24 8/2/99 1st March 99 CS survey form --------------------------------------------------------- 68 NEXT ISSUE : What’s coming ! CMD order form 25 7/5/99 1st June 99 Commodore Scene (UK) 26 6/8/99 1st Sept 99 14 Glamis Close, Garforth, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS25 2NQ, United Kingdom. Tel/Fax : (0113) 2861573 - before 9pm ############################### PC & general e-mail : [email protected] 27 12/11/99 3rd Jan 2000 C64 e-mail : [email protected] ############################### Page :66 Commodore Scene #23 14th December 1998 Page :3 / FOR SALE / WANTED / SWAP / available over the counter at RETRO (see next page / MESSAGES / EVENTS / and the DATA BLAST section for details). At the / USER GROUPS / MISCELLANEOUS / moment this is only in a small way for the time being, but, with a little bit of encouragement, I hope to do post charges more ! I am still trying to get bigger shops to stock CS as well, but it is very hard work ! George Potter, 34 Dutton Avenue, Skegness, Lin- Yet again my workload has increased, this is mainly colnshire, PE25 2HR, Telephone, (01754) 767694 due to the fact that Richard Bowen is now unable to produce the cover disk for any further issues of CS. FOR SALE This is a very big blow to me and it took me very much by surprise, the first I knew of his decision was when I C64, Vic20, C16, Plus4 opened my mail one morning and there were the coverdisk files staring me in the face - I have never SAE and state computer to : 3 Highfield Avenue, done a coverdisk before, sure I duplicate and create Benfleet, Essex, SS7 1RY the labels / sleeves for them, but to actually create one from scratch was beyond me. I would like to thank FOR SALE Danny Tod for stepping to the breach and creating the new coverdisk. FOR SALE C64/128D computer, 1750 REU, Modem, 1571 drive, It is hoped that in the future the coverdisk will 1541 drive, 1581 drive, 2x C64’s with printers, 3x improve from its now ‘infant’ state into something 128, manual, 1570 disk drive, 803 printer, 1084s datasettes, 2x large boxes of various manuals, Hi everybody ! quite special, and knowing Danny and his contacts, it colour monitor, leads, datasette, joysticks, disks, software, tapes and some boxed software (eg : will do just that. etc. GEOS, CPM), 5 1/4” and 3 1/2” floppy disks. A horrible thought came across me the other day - £65.00 It’s good to be back. Yet another very hectic few months since the last issue - there are just not ‘maybe the millennium bug could actually effect the As above but 801 printer and Philips colour monitor If anybody would like to make me an offer on all or c64’, what I mean is that if the bug does indeed cause £55.00 enough hours in the day !! part of this collection then I would be please to hear Throughout the following pages I hope that I have a global catastrophe then my PC won’t work, and that C64, 1541, 1525 printer, green screen monitor, joy- means that CS can not be produced. For this par- from you. succeeded in not ‘intruding’ too much on what people sticks, disks, manuals, leads, datasette ticular reason alone I have decided to bring the £35.00 have said and done with their contributions for this Tim Scrivens : Tel (01285) 655090 or on the mobile issue. I have done this for a couple of reasons really, deadlines forward for issue 27 a little bit - just in case. 1541, manual, leads, disks, etc Don’t forget to fill in the questionnaire and let me : (0777) 5966063 one of the reasons is that there were some ‘unfa- £18.00 know what you think. This is very important because Amiga 500+, colour monitor, 2nd drive, printer, vourable’ comments about the last issue and espe- WANTED cially about the way in which I portrayed myself and this issue will be the last issue in this format, don’t manuals, boot disks, some software, video adaptor worry, CS is not shutting down. The shear size and £60.00 the amount of input and emphasis that I made Instructions for Star LC-10 colour printer, also, throughout that issue, see the letters page for more complexity of the magazine has meant that changes BBC master 128K, colour monitor, twin drives, will have to be made, just the shear strain on my pri- Stop Press (DTP) by Database details.