& LIGHT-YEARS! - TRS-80 Color Computer Archive
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er is only memory-resident while the<br />
user writes a document.<br />
Labels! supports most printers. It<br />
carries a suggested retail price of<br />
$29.95.<br />
POP <strong>Computer</strong> Products, P.O. Box<br />
1833, Evergreen, CO <strong>80</strong>439<br />
Circle Reader Service Number 213.<br />
Users can create and customize labels<br />
with Labels!.<br />
C-128 Wall Decorator<br />
Free Spirit Software has released Poster<br />
Maker 128 for the Commodore 128<br />
running in 128 mode. The program al<br />
lows users to create posters as large as<br />
five feet by five feet.<br />
You can print the posters or save<br />
them to disk as picture files. A graphics<br />
utility lets you import Basic 8, Sketch<br />
pad 128, or Spectrum 128 graphics files.<br />
These files can also be enlarged on both<br />
the x- and the _v-axes. A utility that re<br />
duces the size of graphics screens to cre<br />
ate clip an is also included.<br />
Poster Maker 128, which operates<br />
in 128 mode with an <strong>80</strong>-column dis<br />
play, runs on the Commodore 128D or<br />
the Commodore 128 with 64K video-<br />
RAM upgrade. Resolution is 640 X<br />
200 pixels. A 1351 or compatible<br />
mouse and a 1571 disk drive are re<br />
quired. Optional support is provided<br />
fora 1571 or 1581 diskdrive as a sec<br />
ond drive. The suggested retail price is<br />
$29.95.<br />
Free Spirit Software. P. O. Box 128,<br />
58 Noble St., Kutztown, PA 19530<br />
Circle Reader Service Number 214.<br />
From Across a Crowded Room<br />
Salespeople, educators, and others re<br />
sponsible for presentations and demon<br />
strations will find Forte Communica<br />
tions' remote-control device handy for<br />
working with an IBM PC or compatible<br />
computer from a distance. With Re<br />
mote Keyboard, users can run and ma<br />
nipulate programs from as far as 50 feet<br />
away.<br />
Remote Keyboard transmits infra<br />
red signals to a receiver that plugs into<br />
the computer's serial port. Users point<br />
the device at the computer's display<br />
and then press a button to control the<br />
PC. Built into the product's disk-based<br />
software is a pointer that can be used to<br />
call attention to specific displays during<br />
presentations.<br />
The hand-held device weighs less<br />
than ten ounces, including batteries.<br />
The suggested retail price is $395.<br />
Forte Communications, 6<strong>80</strong> W.<br />
MaudeAve., Sunnyvale, CA 94068<br />
Circle Reader Service Number 215.<br />
Users can control their PC from as far as<br />
50 feet away with Remote Keyboard.<br />
Convoy Escort Service<br />
Command a Destroyer Escort ship in<br />
the North Atlantic during World War II<br />
in Destroyer Escort, from Medalist In<br />
ternational's MicroPlay Software line.<br />
The safety of a World War II sup<br />
ply convoy is your responsibility. There<br />
are six convoy routes to choose from,<br />
each with three difficulty levels. Players<br />
can pick a route that provides the type<br />
of challenge they seek, such as one that<br />
is prone to submarine attacks.<br />
The escort ship's weapons include<br />
torpedoes, a five-inch gun, depth<br />
charges, and an antiaircraft gun you can<br />
use against submarines, aircraft, and<br />
surface ships. Seven different battle<br />
screens provide control over your ship.<br />
Destroyer Escort, a one-player<br />
game, is initially available for the Com<br />
modore 64/128 and has a suggested re<br />
tail price of $39.95. Medalist Inter<br />
national is a division of MicroProse<br />
Software.<br />
Medalist International, 1<strong>80</strong> Lakefront<br />
Dr., Hunt Valley, MD 21030<br />
Circle Reader Service Number 216.<br />
Escort a convoy of World War II supply<br />
ships in Dsstroyer Escort.<br />
Attack Copter<br />
The Sega arcade hit Thunder Blade has<br />
been released by Mindscape for the<br />
Commodore 64/128, the IBM PC and<br />
compatibles, the Amiga, and the Atari<br />
ST.<br />
As a helicopter pilot, you must de<br />
feat the enemy while flying over sky<br />
scrapers, mountains, deserts, and<br />
ocean.<br />
The game offers two different vis<br />
ual perspectives: top-down and from<br />
behind the helicopter. The top-down<br />
view lets you see the surrounding area<br />
in 3-D, while the rear view lets you see<br />
forward through the approaching<br />
landscape.<br />
The Commodore 64/128 version<br />
of Thunder Blade has a suggested retail<br />
price of $34.95. The IBM PC and com<br />
patibles version sells for $39.95; the<br />
Amiga and Atari ST editions retail for<br />
$49.95.<br />
Mindscape, 3444 Dundee Rd.,<br />
Northbrook, IL 60062<br />
Circle Reader Service Number 217.<br />
Young Storytellers<br />
Compu-Teach has released a sequel to<br />
Once Upon a Time.... Like the origi<br />
nal, the program allows children ages<br />
6-12 to write, design, and publish their<br />
own illustrated books.<br />
The new version. Once Upon a<br />
Time... II, features subjects associated<br />
with the forest, dinosaurs, and under<br />
water. Hundreds of graphic images are<br />
JUNE 1969 83
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