The Resource Magazine For Apple, Atari, and Commodore ...

COMPUTE! September/October, 198O. Issue 6
The Reader's
Feedback
Robert Lock,
Publisher/Editor,
and Readers
In case you missed it in the Editor's Notes, we're go
ing monthly. Check there for a full timetable and in
formation on keeping your subscription current.
Votes for Best Article in Issue 5 indicate that
lots of readers like the current range of material in
COMPUTE. Jim Butterfleld took the honors with
Mixing Basic and Machine Language. Second place
went to Plotting With the 2022, closely followed by
How to Program in BASIC with the Subroutine
Power of FORTRAN and Assembly Language Pro
gramming with
Author
UCSD PASCAL.
And now for the rest of the feedback ...
Note
A Commodore user makes this request:
You should indicate on all machine language listings the
ROM version...
I agree. You should also indicate what machine
you're using, e.g. keyboard, etc. We're already hav
ing review problems trying to keep machine con
figurations matched up with software design, so
when you send software for review, please indicate
what it will run on.
One More Author
Plea
Please present machine language programs with fluent ex
planations. If one now uses "BASIC" to program, how
would one enter this program into PET using machine
language? Please do not be afraid to offend us with simple
explanations.
On Merging Our Two
Magazines
What happened to Nuts and Volts?
Include OSI in COMPUTE. My C2-4PMF has more in
common with the Apple or PET than with a SYM...
First of all, Nuts and Volts moved to compute II
when we established that single- board computer
magazine. Secondly, I admit that compute II wasn't
necessarily the place for OSI machines.
Our ability to go monthly has in part been
defined by the merger of our two magazines. We an
nounced in the August/September issue of compute
II that we were merging the two magazines effective
with the November/December issue of COMPUTE.
In that issue, you'll find the return of the Single-
Board Computer Gazette (covering the 6502 based
KIM, SYM, and AIM systems), and the addition of
an OSI Gazette. You OSI owners will in part deter
mine the stability of the OSI Gazette by your sub
missions, so get writing!
Issue 7 of COMPUTE! (November/December)
will be one united issue again, and in January you'll
receive the first monthly issue of COMPUTE!
And Coming Next Issue
(Ouch! Groan!)
I learned my lesson last time. Please understand that
one of the advantages of waiting 'till the last minute
to write my columns is keeping you as current as
possible on "coming attractions". The disadvantage
is that I got carried away in my enthusiasm last time
round. Looking back, I must have said "And next
issue we'll have..." 10 times in the first three pages.
I blew it. I hereby officially announce that you
should read such comments on my part as "And in a
future issue we'll have...". That way if my en
thusiasm gets ahead of our collective abilities here
you won't be disappointed.
In a future issue, we'll have those promised
business reviews. I am very pleased to report that
over 50 business users have signed up to review pro
fessional software. What we're trying to do is get
things rolling so that reviews will be the balanced
opinion of several reviewers rather than the hasty
overview of one. I apologize for my over enthusiastic
promises last time.
On The Quality of COMPUTE!
I was fascinated to see that the most prevalent com
ment regarding our going monthly was "Yes, do it,
but only ifyou can maintain your current quality. '' We
pride ourselves on the quality of COMPUTE!, both
in editorial quality and physical quality. That's been
our goal since we started the magazine in the Fall of
1979, and we're committed to maintaining thai
quality. As always, keep me posted on our progress.
R.C.L. ©