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COMMODORE

AUGUST 1988

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UNBEATABLE

PROGRAMS:

Plus/4 SIMPLE

64/C128 Terminal

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obOko ow moms mot M aw Ron oft NM to 0E 5 !turbot".

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Ibpe Organiser

Educating SID

A Short Interlude

Games Reviewed: Karnov A Patton vs Rommel

Wizard Warz A Inﬁltrator II A Brim

TOTAL BACKUP POWERT

ﬂotiv ACTION REPLAY

NOW EVEN MORE POWERFUL, MORE FRI_ ENDLY AND WILL BA

cox

Action Replay works by taking a 'SNAPSHOT' of the

program in memory so it doesn't matter how the program

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was loaded from tape or disk - at normal or turbo speed. -

• WARP 25. THE WORLD'S FASTEST SERIAL DISK Timm - NOW EVEN FASTER! LOADS

200 BLOCKS IN 6 SECONDS! 240 BLOCKS 1N2 SECONDS! -that's even taste than some parallel systems. Built into

the cartridge-no extra hardware or software required. Includes supercast, warpsave, scratch, ﬁlecopy/convert. Integrated with normal disk turbo

for supercompatibility - auto detects warp or normal format so no opecial load commands are required. Tiirloo and %rri 25 speed are entirely

Independent ofthe cartridge with SUPERBOOT.

• SIMPLE TO USE: Just press the button and make a complete backup - tape to disk, tape to tape, disc to tape, disk to disk.

THE PROCESS IS AUTOMATIC - JUST GIVE THE BACKUP A NAME.

• TURBO RELOAD. All backups will reload at turbo speed, CbMPLETELY INDEPENDENTLY OF THE CARTRIDGE. •

• SPRITE KILLER. Make yourself invincible. Disable sprite collisions - works with many

•

pr ogr ams.

PRINTER DEMIP. Freeze any game and print out the sere

Eq. loading picture, high score screen etc. Works with most prin

MPS 801, 803, Star, Epson etc. Double size, 16 shades,

reverse print option. Very versatile -

no user knowledge required.

PICTURE SAVE. Save any Hires

multicolour screen to disk at the push

of a button. Compatible with Blazing

Paddles, Koala, Artist 64, Image

System etc.

SPRITE MONITOR. Unique

Sprite monitors allows you to freeze the

action and view all the sprites, watch the

sprite animation, save or delete any sprite.

Load sprites from one game into another to

make customised programs.

PORES/CHEAT MODE. Press the button and enter those

pokes for extra lives etc., then restart the program or make a ba

Ideal for custom games.

MULTI STAGE TRANSFER. Even transfers multistage programs from tape to

di sk. The extra parts fast load - a unique feature. Enhancement disk available for non'

standard multi-loaders (see below).

SUPER COMPACTOR. Ultra efﬁcient program compaction techniques. Each program saved as a

single ﬁle. 3 programs per disk side - &programs per disk, if you use both sides.

• TEXT MODIFY. Change title screens, high Score screens etc. Put your own name into a game then restart it or

make a backup to tape or disk. Very simple to use. • •

• MONITOR. Full feature 'Floating' type MACHINE CODE MONITOR; Ali standard features plus many more:- assemble, disassemble,

hex dump, interpret, transfer, compare, ﬁll, hunt, number conversion, bank switching, relocate, load/save etc.

Uses no memory. Full printer support.

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ters.

WHAT THE

REVI EWERS SAID

"I'm stunned, amazed

and totally impressed-This is

easily the best value for money

cartridge. The cartridge Icing!

Conunodore Disk User

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• DISK MONITOR. A special monitor for use on the RAM inside your disk drive. All the usual commands - a useful hacking tool.

• WHOLE DISK COPY. Copy a full unprotected disk in under two minutes with only one drive.

• FAST FILE COPY. Works with standard and Warp 25 ﬁles of up to 249 blocks. Converts formats to and from Warp 25.

• FAST FORMAT. Under 21 seconds.

• TOOLKIT COMMANDS. A whole range of useful new commands including: AUTO LINE NUMBERING, DELETE, MERGE, APPEND,

OLD, LINESAVE, etc., PRINTERLISTER - list any program (including directory) directly from disk to printer or screen without corrupting

memory.

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ACTION REPLAY ENHANCEMENT DI

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REDEFI NED FUNCTIOPi KEYS. Single stroke commands for

oper ati on of many common commands including: LOAD, SAVE, DIR.

Load front directory - no need to type in ﬁlename.

TAPE TURBO. Designed to make turbo load/save for your own

pr ogr ams. No screen blanking during loading.

SI IC

The biggest and best collection of special parameters and

File copy programs for transfernng non-standard multi-load

tapes to disk - games like LAST NINIA, CALIFORNIA

GAMES, LEADERBOARD, DRAGON'S LAIR SEVENTY

titles in all. Almost all major titles covered. Latest edition

includes COMBAT SCHOOL, PLATOON, PREDATOR,

GAUNTLET II, TESTDRIVE, SKATE OR DIE, APOLLO 18,

THE TRAIN and many more. Cheats for inﬁnite time, lives etc.

The GRAPHIC SLIDESHOW latest edition displays

mult ic olour pictures or loading screens saved by Action

'OEMs

REMEMBER all features are built in and

available at the touch of a key. All features work •

with both TAPE and DISK. (Except multipart

transfer & disk ﬁle utility).

Replay or any major Art Package - Blazing Paddles, Koala.

Advanced Art Smdio, Artist 64 etc. Lots of fun.

Only E7-99. Upgrades - send 0.00 plus old disk.

,zo Nair,

BACKUP MORE PROGRAMS THAN ANY RIVAL UTILITY

BUT TRAM' NOT ALL NOW AVAILABLE FOR THE SERIOUS PROGRAM HACKER

• • ACTION REPLAY W Pit4WESSIONAL" •

• All the features of the normal Action Replay IV but with an amazing on board LSI LOGIC PROCESSING CHIP

Plus 321C operallig system ROM and 13K RAM CHIP The ﬁrst RAM/ROM based cartridge of its type!

ALL THE MK IV FEATURES PLUS

• FULLY ItrrEGRATED OPERATION.

The MK IV Professional' has all the features of the MK IV phis

an onboard custom LSI LOGIC PROCESSING CHIP that

integrates the whole range of utilities and makes them

available at the press of a button at any time.

• EXTENDED MONITOR.

The 'Professional' has an extra powerful machine

code monitor. Because has both ROM and Rmn

at its disposal the Professional can freeze any

program and then examine the WHOLE OF

COMPUTER MEMORY in the frozen state including

screen RAM, ZERO PAGE and STACK.

Pull feature disassembly, compare, ﬁll, transfer, hunt,

relocate, jump etc, etc. In fact all the features of the best

fully blown monitor available. Return to the frozen

program at the press of a key at the point

you left it! An absolute must for the program

hacker - or even the programmer who needs

to de-bug his program.

• INTELLIGENT HARDWARE

The Professional hardware is unmatched

anywhere in the world today. The special logic

processing chip can cope with protection methods

as they appear by reacting to its environment.

RAM LOADER

In addition to Warp 25. the AR4 Professional now has

RAM LOADER. Making use of its onboard 8K Ram the

Professional can also load commercial disks directly

at up to 25 times normal speed. Remember this feature

is in addition to AR4's unique Warp 25 feature that

reloads all backups at 25 times speed.

ALL ORDERS NORMALLY DESPATCHED WITHIN 48 HRS

HOW TO ORDER -

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putW TO MK IV. just send £9.99 and we will send you the now MK IV

Chip to plug into your cartridge. Fitting livery easy.

MR ID TO MK IV • PROTTMIO NW. Send your old cartridge plus 1.19.99

and we will send you a new Professional MK IV

MK 2 Action Replay owners can get SIO as part exchange against either the

LECVOﬂIO

• Action Replay will backup any program that any other cartridge can backup

- and more! It also has an unmatched range of onboard features. Before you

buy check our competitors ads to see what they offer and see how many of

the Action Replay MK IV features are either riot there or have to be loaded

from Supergate disks etc. When you buy Action Replay if you don't ﬁnd our

claims to be true then return it within 14 days for a tub refund.

DATEL ELECTRONICS LTD, FENTON INDUSTRIAL ESTATE,

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CONTENTS

COMMODORE

FEATURES

• GEOS Goes To Work

Catch up on this mouse orientated environment

• A Short Interlude

Mix and match your interrupts

• Communications The Way

Forward

tra I a .% a p o ta l;s1

DOS

Clive Grace runs up a phone bill in the

pursuit of truth

Willin g

Structured

Pro g ra t n s

W1 1 .0 WA,.

Editor: Stuart Cooke

Deputy Editor:

Sue Joyce

Technical Editor:

Fred Reid

Manager:

Paul Kavanagh

Advertisement Copy

Control: Andrew

Selwood

Origination: Ebony

Typesetting

Artist: Alan Batchelor

Designer: Neil

Sweetman

Communic at ions

Geos goes to work

• The Moving Cursor Writes

A wordprocessor roundup

• Structured Program Design 42

Improve the standard of your programming

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• Trilogic's Rocket Attack 60

With Trilogic's new Rocket system, who

needs a parallel DOS?

UTILITIES

•

Keep It Simple

Turn your Plus/4 into a WIMP!

• Sprite Libra?)

Take of with this month's installment

• Educating Sidney

Teach your SID chip to be more sociable

• Tape Organiser 5 0

Better communication between your cassette

deck and your computer

• split Baud Rate Terminal 58

Not one but two communication programs

ABC I

•••••04•

•••••••• 4Ar..• aloft.

YOUR COMMODORE august 1988

CONTENTS

REGULARS

VOLUME 4

NUMBER 11

• Data Statements

•

Our regular look at the Commodore world

•

• Competition

Win a goodie bag from Trilogic

• Games Update

What's going on in the world of games

•

ARGUS

PRESS

GROUP

• Making Music

This month Pete Gerrard takes a look at

interrupts and background music

•

• Karnov

•

A Russian ﬁre breathing circus strongman

takes the lead role in this game

SEPT ISSUE

AVAILABLE

5 th AUG1988

• Byting into the 6510

•

ROM routines explained

• Patton versus Rommel

•

Pit your wits against the world's greatest

military leaders

• Wizard Warz

•

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including all articles, designs,

drawings and programs and all

property rights therein belong

to Argus Specialist Public-

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ual property rights and by

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Printed by Chase Web,

Plymouth. Opinions expressed

in reviews are the opinions of

the reviewers and not

necessarily those of the

magazine. While every effort is

made to thoroughly check

programs published for errors

we cannot. be held responsible

for any errors that do occur.

An opportunity to brush up on your spell casting

• First Steps

Computers are fallible creatures, learn to sort

out what the error messages really mean

•

• Inﬁltrator II

Captain Johnny jimbo-Baby' McGibbets

rides again

•

• Software for Sale

•

• ﬁnxs

•

Where Breakout meets Pinball?

• Relative File Programming 66

The fourth gripping installment in our regular

programming series

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• Listings

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ISSN

0269-8277

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