Cover of the August 1989 issue of RUN
After Commodore folded their official publication, RUN was my go to magazine for Commodore 64 stuff. The August 1989 issue includes:
Features
- Sculptor, Lawyer, Editor-In-Chief - A look at how people around the country use their Commodore 64s. There's a variety of stuff here including check printing, one as an X-10 controller, making video titles, keeping mailing lists, school papers, legal stuff, an art exhibit, and more.
- Computers Making Computers - A story about Commodore 64s being used at Dyer to control drills that drill holes in printed circut boards.
- Label Base - A type-in program for generating and printing mailing labels.
- Journey to the Center of your C-128D - The third part of a series on Commodore hardware. This one examines the hardware of the Commodore 128D. The Commodore 128 was pretty impressive for its time, capable of running Commodore 64 software, Commodore 128 software and CP/M software. The Commodore 128D was the version with a built-in 5.25" disk drive and detachable keyboard.
- Memory in Motion - A type-in game that resembles Concentration but with animated images/cards/tiles.
- Fast-Food Frenzy - A food themed arcade style type-in game. This one submitted by an 11th grade student.
Commodore 128D
Commodore 128D
Table of Contents from the August 1989 issue of RUN
Departments
- RUNning Ruminations - A preview of the how people use their Commodore article above and why people stick with Commodore computers.
- Magic - Short programs and routines to perform programming magic. Magic this month includes dropping text down from the top of the screen, having text zoom in from the right, a better directory function, an echo mode emulator, a new cursor for the Commodore 128, a way to stamp disks with hidden copyright or id info, a way to quickly position the Commodore 64 cursor, and more.
- News and New Products - Harold D. Copperman named as president and CEO of Commodore's U.S. operations; Epson releases LX-800 printer; a new small laser printer, the PC Laser 6000/EX; new Commodore 64 games including Destroyer Escort, Dr. Doom's Revenge, Deathbringer, Total Eclipse, Speedball, Dark Side, The Magic Candle, Mind-Roll, and Pharaoh's Revenge; new Okidata Microline 172 printer; and lots more.
- Mail RUN - Letters this month focus on Commodore support (or the lack thereof) and where to find service when in need.
- Software Gallery
- Hometown, U.S.A. - A unique program that allows you to design and print paper model buildings scaled to fit, for example, in a model train environment.
- Operation Wolf - A pretty good conversion of the arcade game though you use a joystick or mouse instead of a light gun.
- Space Station Oblivion - A 3D graphics adventure with a sci-fi theme.
- StoryWriter 128 - Software for the Commodore 128 designed to help you write your book by including prompts for details and various questions. Essentially, it helps you outline your story.
- Powerplay Hockey: USA vs. USSR - A decent hockey sim that recreates the 1980 Winter Olympics match-up.
- SimCity - The classic city building game.
- Uninvited - A decent graphics adventure game but it is a port from a much older Mac version.
- Battles of Napoleon - A strategy game featuring Napoleon's campaigns.
- Mind Roll - Guide your marble through a maze. A somewhat addictive puzzle game.
- Jordan vs. Bird: One on One - A sequel to the original One on One. While it has better graphics, it manages to not be quite as fun as the original.
- Telecomputing Workshop - A look at some telecommunications related software including Omega-Q, a set of utilities that provides file copying, sequential file reading/printing, decompression (referred to as dissolving here), and more; Velveeta 64 and Velveeta 128, not cheese but programs for converting Commodore's sequential text files into more generic formats and performing other text functions; EBBSTERM44/128, a simple terminal program for the Commodore 128; GEOS Convert, a program that converts GEOS data into files more suitable for modem transmission.
- Games Gallery - A look at the evolution of fantasy role-playing games. Games used as benchmarks include Wizardry, Ultima I-V, The Bard's Tale I-III, Deathlord, and one of my personal favorites, Pool of Radiance.
- geoWatch - How to efficiently use color in geoProgrammer.
- Coming Attractions - Who Uses GEOS?, The GEOS Community, Quickmat, Calendar Plus and more coming next month.
Back cover of the August 1989 issue of RUN
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