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Masterful
Your comments on Your Commodore and everything else about computers.
I have recently obtained a C64 and
games are so dean l that I switched to
buying Mastertronic Software.
I have many titles (Finders Keepers.
Spooks, Zzzz, Kikstart„tfaster of
Magic, Ice Palace, to name but a few)
and the quality of them is superb. great
instructions, brilliantly designed inlay
cards, not forgetting the game quality
itself. You get all this for the budget
price of £1.99.
I think that Mastertronic deserve a
medal for the games they produce.
Darren Kimber, Portsmouth
Praise indeed, Darren. Ever thought ofa
lob in PR? Anyone else got a bee in their
bonnet about a software house?
CP/Mystery
I have a C128 but at the moment the
CP/M mode is used very little, as I find
it hard to see any programs for it.
When will the software houses bring
out databases, wordprocessors and
spreadsheets for it. If they have please
tell me who they are.
Could you run a monthly page for
the CP/M, please, to help us
understand it better? I'm glad to see
that more 128 programs are now in
Your Commodore, excellent!
Lastly, What does CP/M stand
for?
David M. Thornton, Dundee
CP/M stands for Control Program for
Microprocessors. Not very helpful is it?
h's basically a system to make file
handling on disk a lot simpler. There are
several thousand CP/M programs
available (it's been going since 1975).
Try Softworld, .5-7 For/ease Road,
Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 IRP (tel
0628 75573) for further details. Watch
future issues for our forthcoming series
on CP/M.
Letters
Net Profits
MAILBAG
Your regular reports on the latest from
Compunet and Micronet in
Communications Corner has
sufficiently whetted my appetite to
become involved in the world of
communications.
I have a C64 and I wish to buy a
modem to use with it. Please could you
tell me if a Commodore modem can
access Micronet as well as Compunet?
Also, are there any other modems
available, apart from Commodore's
which are capable of accessing
Compunet?
Before I go, 1 would just like to say
thank you for producing such a brilliant
mag - it's the only one on the market
which has interesting and informative
articles and reviews, and it's well worth
the money.
N J Adams, Dorchester
The Commodore modem is the only one
which till give you access to Compunet
and Micronet. Before you dash out and
buy one, cast an eye over our Club 128
special offer (it's for C64 users as well,
You know). Thanks for the kind words
and keep pounding the magazine!
Sweet C16?
I bought a new Commodore 16 but I
now find that I can't get magazines for
it. Tell me why one can't get magazines
for the C16?
1 have looked from shop to shop,
also from town to town. I feel that I
should have been advised when I first
bought the Commodore Starter Pack.
Rhydwyn Jones, Rhyll
Please could you inform me if Argus
has a computer magazine for the
C16? I feel the overpriced Your
Commodore really is a waste of time
for my requirements with only a
handful of pages in each edition. My
YOUR COMMODORE november 1986:69
view saying overpriced only means
that nearly all the mag is useless for me
and probably all other CI6 users.
I have purchased Your
Commodore for five months and have
found it far superior to ANY other
computer mag (e.g. Commodore
User). If a separate magazine could be
introduced for C16 owners it would fill
a large hole in the Commodore
market.
Please tell my story to your readers
and see what other C16 owners feel...
INTRODUCE YOUR COMMO-
DORE C16.
Kevin McBride, Lostock Hall
The problem with producing a C16
magazine is principally one of finance.
The user base is not large enough to
support a dedicated magazine. I know
many readers feel that the C stands for
Cinderella but we are doing our best to
ensure that you get the support you need
but we also have a growing family of
ugly sisters to support.
Build-a-Tape
In Your Commodore, March 86 issue,
you started the software service.
Would it be possible to publish 'Build
A Better Basic' on cassette tape since it
is an extremely long utility to type iti?
Graham Blissett, Kempshott
Sorry, Graham, we don't have the
Rights to allow us to do this. You'll have
to risk the blisters and hack it in
yourself
SYS Ease
At present I own a Vic 20+16K
switchable RAM pack, but I will be
getting a C128 soon. My question is
how can I get a small character to run
across the bottom of the screen by
telling a part of the programme to SYS
this.