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program listings with those articles 
are on this month's RAINBOW ON 
TAPE, ready to CLDHD and RUN. For 
full details, check our RAINBOW ON 
TAPE ad on Page 97 



FEATURES 

IH1 Brotan the B\ue/ Alan A. Saporta 

GAME Can you survive the red Gremlins? 

[HI Quest For The Falcon's Lair/ Aaron Fransen _ 
GAME Join in the battle for Earth's freedom 

Is3 Random Mosaics/606 and Daniel Delbourgo. 
Kaleidoscopic patterns on screen 

H Soccer Instructor/ Vincent H. Sheridan 



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GAME INSTRUCTION A program for soccer novices 

frfl Operation Freedom/Stei/e Britton IV 

GAME Save the captive scientists 

S Say Hello To This Directory Helper/Doug Heyza 



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DISK UTILITY A solution for the directory's too-speedy scroll 

[HI Around The World In 18 Frames/Bob, Daniel and 

Tino Delbourgo . 



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GRAPHICS As the world turns . . . 

B A Caterpillar's Alphabet/M/*e Knolhoff 

EDUCATION C0C0 worms its way into preschool fun 

[HI Oodles Of Games For 4K/CoCo Enthusiasts 



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Six short games to amaze and amuse you 
[H| Amphibia//V/c/c Bradbury 



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iAME Your destination is this alien planet 's moon base 
[HI C0C0, Phone Home/Bill Bernico 



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HOME HELP C0C0 showcases your phone messages 

[HI Sir Eggbert Jumper/DaWd Dawson 129 

GAME A brave knight "leaps" to rid the kingdom 's menace 

Memory On A STRINGS BudgetA/orge Mir 166 

TUTORIAL Using the powerful INSTR function 

The Permanent Shift/Da w'd Geoffroy and 

Norman Racine 169 



HARDWARE PROJECT Install a SHIFT-lock key 
The Joystick Fix-It/ John G. Williams 



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JOYSTICK UTILITY Aircraft technology for better control 

[HI Doghouse/Srad Nation 228 

GAME Which way did that mangy mongrel go? 

Isl Vision/ftotoerf L. Green 230 



HEALTH EDUCATION Test your eyesight 



NEXT MONTH; Ease back into "school daze" with our Education Issue. We'll feature educational 
material for everyone from preschoolers to post graduates — programs to improve your math 
and vocabulary skills, some to learn from and even a few to aid the teacher. Take a health lesson 
with Heart Quiz, then a quick course in astronomy with Starlinder. For geography buffs, there'll 
be a program with a quiz on the capital cities of Canada. 

Even if you're a Rhodes scholar, you'll find something to interest and intrigue you with all 
of THE rainbow's regular columns, utilities, games and reviews. For a wealth of C0C0 knowledge, 
don't miss us in September! 



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COLUMNS. 



(si BASIC Training/ Joseph Kolar 

Mastering the DRA W statement 

Bits And Bytes Of BASIC/ Richard White 
Spreadsheeting real data 

Building August's Rainbow/J/m Reed 

Managing Editor's comments 

HD Byte Master/A Bartly Betts 



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Interfacing machine language with BASIC 
Earth To Ed/ Ed Ellers 



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Beam up those "tech" questions 
Ls) Education Notes/Steve Blyn 



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The rainy day account 

Education Overview/ Michael Plog, Ph.D 

Integrating computers into classroom instruction 

GameMaster's Apprentice/George Firedrake and 
KarlAlbrecht 



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Just an end of a beginning . . . 

PR\NT#-2,/Lawrence C. Falk 

Editor 's notes 

B School Is In The Heart Of A Child/Bob Albrecht and 
Ramon Zamora 



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Wonderment is contagious! 

Turn Of The Screw/ Tony DiStefano 
Switching double-sided disks 

Wishing Well/Fred Scerbo 



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Co Co, can you spare a dime? 

RAINBOWTECH 



Downloads/Dan Downard 

Answers to your technical questions 

KISSable OS-9/Da/e L. Puckett 

Cliffhangers in the micro soaps 

MA\L09/Timothy A. Harris. 



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PRODUCT REVIEWS 



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August 1985 



Vol. V No. 1 



Editor and Publisher 

Lawrence C. Falk 

Managing Editor James E. Reed 

Senior Editor Courtney Noe 

Technical Editor Dan Downard 

Submissions Editor Jutta Kapfhammer 

Copy Editor Tamara Dunn 

Reviews Editor Monica Dorth 

Editorial Assistants Jody Doyle, Wendy Falk. 

Debbie Hartley, Judi Hutchinson, 

Angela Kapthammer, Belinda Kirby, 

Suzanne Benish Kurowsky, Shirley Morgan, 

Kevin Nickols 
Technical Assistant Ed Ellers 
Contributing Editors Bob Albrecht, 

R. Bartly Betts, Steve Blyn, 

R. Wayne Day, Tony DiStefano, 

Dan Eastham, Frank Hogg, 

Joseph Kolar, Michael Plog, Dale Puckett, 

Fred Scerbo, Paul Searby, Richard White 
Art Director Sally Gellhaus 
Assistant Art Director Jerry McKiernan 
Designers Tracey Jones, Heidi Maxedon, 

Kevin Quiggins 
Advertising Coordinator Doris Taylor 
Advertising Representative Kate Tucci 
Advertising Assistant Debbie Baxter 

(502) 228-4492 
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Bookkeeper Diane Moore 
Advertising Accounts Beverly Taylor 
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Administrative Assistant to the Publisher 

Marianne Booth 
Manager of Public Relations 

Charles L. Springer 
RAINBOWfest Site Management Willo Falk 
Director of Fulfillment Services Bonnie Shepard 
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RAINBOW ON TAPE Subscriptions Monica Wheat 
Research Assistants Judy Brashear, Laurie Falk, 

Sharon Smith 
Dispatch Janice Eastburn 
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LETTERS TO THE 





Postalcommunications? 



Editor: 

I am a victim of the world of telecom- 
munications. I live in a small town in 
southeast New Mexico where most people 
don't even know what a modem is. I am 
interested in meeting people through 
telecommunications. If anybody is interested, 
please write me at P.O. Box 502, 881 19. 

Kenny Berard 
Ft. Summer, NM 



On the Air 



Editor: 

I would like to contact other amateur 
radio operators who are using Graphicom's 
SSTV mode or the WEFAX facsimile 
program [February 1985, Page 42] for 
transmission of pictures on the HF ham 
bands. 

Please contact me at P.O. Box 32215, 
95152 or on the air at 00:00 GMT on 
Monday (Sunday local) on 7.260 MHz 
during the SPEEDX net. Thank you and 
73! 

J. Michael Nowicki 
San Jose, CA 



A Good Companion 

Editor: 

I would like to begin by saying how much 
I enjoy your magazine. I find it very 
interesting and a very good companion. 

1 am a quadraplegic and have just started 
to find enjoyment from your magazine. A 
very good friend of mine has made it 
possible for me to operate my own computer 
by designing a table that fits on my 
wheelchair so the computer is stablized. It 
has a wooden handle that enables me to 
hold down the shift key which allows me 
to use the different functions of the 
computer keyboard by holding a pencil in 
my mouth. 

Once again I would like to say keep up 
the good work with helping people to 
understand computers. 

If anyone is interested in the design of 
my special computer table, I certainly would 
send the design to them. My address is P.O. 
Box 901, Canada, N0K 1W0. 

AlfC. Dale 
Seaforth, Ontario 



Catering to Cassette Users 

Editor: 

May I put in a word for those of us who 
do not have disk drives? We enjoy the CoCo, 
too, and arc always glad to see a program 
that works with tape. Sometimes a program 
written for disk can be made to work with 
tape with just a few minor modifications. 
Could program authors be encouraged to 
include these modifications in the 
documentation? 

As I write this letter, it occurs to me that 
one of your readers may have written the 
type of program that would convert printer 
codes. If such is the case, I sure would like 
to hear from him or her. Write to me at 
17212 Brunswick Blvd., Canada, H9J 1K.9. 

Keep up the good work! I can't wait for 
a Canadian RAINBOWfest. Why not 
consider Montreal? CoCo enthusiasts would 
love this city. 

Gerald Carroll 
Kirkland, Quebec 



Going out of 'Style' 

Editor: 

This is in response to Larry Geiger's letter 
to THE rainbow published in the April 1985 
issue [Page 6] concerning Mr. Witham's 
article "To Pack Or Not To Pack." 

Style in programming is what one worries 
about if one is writing the program for the 
review and amazement of one's contempo- 
raries. The kernel of good programming is 
to convert an idea into a machine readable 
form such that the machine will then 
produce the desired output in the fastest and 
most efficient manner possible. 

The magical abilities ascribed to C and 
PASCAL compilers, by Larry Geiger, such 
that they somehow do not waste either 
memory or disk space to store unnecessary 
lines or space-filled lines is wondrous. Of 
equal wonder is their ability to ignore those 
extra lines and spaces without using 
processor cycles to read and decide to ignore 
them. These mystical qualities, I'm sure, 
would amaze the programmers who wrote 
the interpreter sections for the compiler 
programs. 

If enough young people come to believe 
that compilers work in some magical way 
and do not strive to train their minds to 
program in frugal and efficient methods, no 
matter which machine they are using, 
someday no one will be able to produce 
compilers, or for that matter, any other 
software of value. 



The microprocessor industry has already 
recognized early mistakes that produced 
horribly time-inefficient processors and are 
quickly moving to RISC (Reduced Instruc- 
tion Set Computer) designs to improve cycle 
efficiency. Soon maybe the firms that are 
now producing software such as operating 
systems written in high level languages, such 
as C and pascal, will also mend their ways 
and stop filling up our disks and memories 
with slow running trash. 

Thanks for the use of your "soapbox." 

D. J. Leffler 
Cocoa Beach, FL 



Take Heed! 



Editor: 

On February 25, 1985, 1 mailed the United 
Color Computer Club (10117 S.W. 53 
Court, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33328), later 
listed in the brochure mailed to me as the 
"Worldwide Color Computer Club," my 
check in the amount of S30 for a one-year 
membership. Upon receiving no answer, I 
wrote to them on April 3, and again received 
no answer. Also, Michael Fahy of Central 
City, Pa., mailed them a check in the amount 
of $30 and has to date received no response. 
We both have our canceled checks endorsed 
"United Color Computer Club" and a 
"#654978 For Deposit Only" to the account 
of Hollywood Federal Savings & Loan 
Assoc, teller 202. 

I am reporting this to you in the hope 
that other rainbow subscribers would be 
alerted about this matter. Also I am going 
to report this to the postal authorities to 
see if this can be stopped and/ or action 
instituted. 

Joe F. Sobieski 
Johnstown, PA 



Programming Cahoots 

Editor: 

I'm looking for CoCo pen pals who would 
be interested in co-authoring some original 
programs with me. I can develop programs 
easier than I can come up with the ideas 
for them. I'd like to hear from other 
programmers who may have ideas, partial 
programs or completed programs that may 
need finishing touches. Together, maybe we 
can come up with a few good programs 
suitable for submission to THE rainbow. 
BASIC programs only, please. I don't know 
that much about machine language 
programming. 



THE RAINBOW August 1985 



Interested parties can contact me at 708 
Michigan Avenue, 53081. 

Bill Bernico 
Sheboygan, WI 



INFORMATION PLEASE 

Editor: 

In your March 1985 issue of rainbow 
magazine 1 read in "Letters To Rainbow" 
on Page 6 your advice to a reader whose 
disk drive was not working to acquire a head 
alignment kit. Could you advise as to where 
1 could acquire such a kit and, if possible, 
the price of one? I would appreciate any 
help you can give me. 

John Ganiel, III 
Cologne, NJ 

Editor's Note: A head alignment 
kit can be purchased at any Radio 
Shack store. 

Joystick Inventiveness 

Editor: 

I get a lot out of your magazine. I am 
getting into electronics and would like to 
see more hardware articles if possible. Can 
you tell me in what issue I saw an article 
on how to build your own joysticks from 
scratch? 

Gilbert T. Allen 
Schenectady, NY 

Editor's Note: "Cheapstick, A Joy 
For Under $10" appears in the 
February 1984 issue on Page 186. 

Editor: 

Do you have an article on how to make 
an adapter for using Atari joysticks on the 
CoCo? 

I love your magazine and look forward 
to it each month. 

Daniel Pardue 
Gretna, LA 

Editor's Note: Please see "Convert 
Those Paddles" on Page 131 of the 
August 1984 issue. 

See other articles pertaining to 
joysticks: "Joystick-to-itiveness" 
(shows the advantages of incorpo- 
rating joysticks into your pro- 
grams) appears on Page 232 of the 
March 1985 issue. 

Also, "Wireless Joysticks" (play 
games with no wires attached), 
June 1985, Page 105. 

Revving Up the CoCo 

Editor: 

I have a 16K Extended basic CoCo and 
I am into road racing games. Unfortunately, 
all the racing games I've seen require 32K 
of memory. Are there any for I6K? 

Steve Glezakos 
Montreal, Quebec 

Editor's Note: "Hi-Res Racer" is 
a 16K game which appears on Page 
124 of the March 1985 issue. Also, 



see "The Ultimate Program" (Part 
2) Stock Car, which is part of our 
Fourth Anniversary gift to you in 
the July 1985 issue, Page 55. 

A Hole in One 

Editor: 

1 am very interested in finding a program 
to handle golfers' scores and handicaps. If 
you have a program of this sort, could you 
send it to me? If you don't have one, is there 
anyone who does have one? Write to me 
at Box 493, Canada, SOA 2X0. I have a 
64K CoCo and a disk drive. 

G. Young 
Esterhazy, Saskatchewan 

Editor's Note: You just scored a 
hole in one! See Page 215 of this 
issue for the review of Don Hug's 
program, Golf Handicaps. 

Counting Calories 

Editor: 

1 have been a subscriber for over a year 
and rainbow has taught me more about 
my CoCo than any other publication I have 
ever read. It has also provided me with many 
useful programs. 

My wife and I have become very calorie 
conscious, not unlike millions of other 
Americans. I don't know how to program 
in BASIC, although I am getting more 
familiar with the language. Are you planning 
to publish a program that will enable me 
to enter the caloric value for items of food 
and drink that we prefer, and then when 
I would enter a daily menu, provide me with 
a calorie countdown or total? Or, do you 
know of anyone marketing such a program? 
I have a 32K ECB CoCo. 

Len Zielinski 
Niles, IL 

Editor's Note: Color Connection 
Software has a program called 
DIET-ADE. See the review on 
Page 206 of the May 1985 issue. 
Also, read our J uly 1 985 "Received 
and Certified" for information on 
Nutriguide by Homesoft Com- 
pany. 

CoCo Checkmate 

Editor: 

In short, I like your magazine greatly! 
Can you please help me? I am looking 
for a program with the game of chess on 
cassette for one player. 

C.A. Bailey 
Oneida, TN 

Editor's Note: Read the review of 
Cyrus World Class Chess, by 
Radio Shack, in this issue on Page 
195. Also, VOX CHESS by Com- 
puterware — a review appears on 
Page 195 of the July 1985 

RAINBOW. 

Editor: 

Could you please tell me if you have 
printed or know of a program that teaches 



chess, or is a game-playing program 
available on tape for the CoCo? 

W. W. Reed 
Midway, WA 

Editor's Note: Computer Systems 
Distributors sells CHESSD: A 
Real CoCo Chess Program. See 
the ad in the June 1985 issue on 
Page 227. 



Taking Care of Business 

Editor: 

In response to the letter from Sam Cerami 
[Page 7] in the June 1985 issue, I have the 
exact equipment that he has, and being new 
to the computer world, have found the 
Tandy Color Profile allows me to do all 
the stock and tax record keeping that is 
necessary. In addition, I use the VIP Library 
for profit and loss analysis. 

If he has either or both of these programs, 
I would be happy to share with him the 
formats I have used to do this work. I also 
have found some excellent books on these 
subjects. 

I really enjoy RAINBOW, although being 
a newcomer, I still do not understand a lot 
of what 1 read in the articles. My desire 
to use the computer rather than write 
programs has led me to purchase programs 
to fit my needs. I have, therefore, used your 
reviews to help me pick the right programs. 

Write to me at 2344 E. Encarto, 85203. 

Joe Zagar 
Mesa, AZ 



Regards to RAINBOWfest 

Editor: 

I think everyone should give Lonnie Falk 
and his supporting staff a big round of 
applause for an outstanding RAINBOWfcst- 
Chicago. It was a pleasure being able to 
see the people you only hear over the phone. 
You will have to pardon the expression 
but, "From East to West, no doubt, 
rainbow is the best!" 

Charlie Schneider 

Sofco Computer Supply 

Downers Grove, IL 



HINTS AND TIPS 



Editor: 

I have faithfully input all of the "One 
Liners" and have enjoyed them very much. 
I have them all on one t " : th an index 
to go along with it. I have uuue something 
with it you may want to pass on to others. 
At the beginning of each, I put: 

1. " " (An eight-letter title 

describing what it is. If it needs joystick, 
or something special, I also indicate that.) 

2. One-Liner by (the name of the person) 

3. (The person's city) 

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4. (Date) 1985 Rainbow Page( ) 

5. (Start of program) 

This way, if I run into a problem, I can 
quickly look up the page in the appropriate 

RAINBOW. 

One other thing I have discovered: Some 
of the One Liners are too long and won't 
accept the last two or three letters. I found 
by going to EDIT 5 and then 'X,' I can add 
the missing letters without any problem. It 
may be an eccentricity of my CoCo, and 
others may not have this problem. I have 
a 64K ECB. 

Thanks for an excellent magazine. 

Harvey W. Marks 
Lakewood, CO 

Unfearful Flying 

Editor: 

1 recently purchased the flight simulator 
FLIGHTSIM I and I have developed an 
easy method for a safe flight. 

Once you've loaded the program and you 
are at the title screen, set the auto-pilot's 
heading for the direction you want, then 
set the altitude at 1,000 feet. Next, push 'F' 
to turn off the Freeze mode and descend 
the runway till you accumulate a speed of 
about 200 knots. Now pull back on the right 
joystick to take off. Once you're in the air 
push 'G' to raise the landing gear. Continue 
to climb until you've reached an altitude 
of about 250 feet and push 'A' to activate 
the auto-pilot (you may have to push 'R' 
for recover if you begin to lose control or 
stall). The plane will now shift to either side 
to attain the set heading and will also 
continue to climb till it reaches 1,000 feet. 

After you've sighted an airport and you're 
ready to land, push 'A' to turn off the auto- 
pilot. Now push 'G' to lock in the landing 
gear and slowly descend toward the landing 
strip, decreasing speed as you go. 

For more information write to me at 329 
Sunset Drive, 21502. 

Scott Geraghty 
Cumberland. MD 

Editor: 

The game Chopper Assault (June 1985, 
Page 28) can be made to run on a disk system 
very easily. Simply change the variable AS 
to SA in lines 330, 520, 540 and 760. Also, 
I'd like to see you print more strategy war 
games. 

Your magazine is far better than any of 
your competition. Keep up the good work! 

Eric Asberry 
Aft. Carmel, IL 

Penguin Patch 

Editor: 

In your February 1985 issue the game 
called Penguin Patrol caught my eye. It is 
an arcade-style video game but I found it 
to be a bit hard to play because it doesn't 
get enough response from the keyboard, so 
1 wrote this patch to make the game respond 
to the right joystick. 

28 GOSUB 1000 
1000 H=0 V=0 

1010 IF jrJYSTK(0) <=8 THEN H=-32 
V=0 



1020 IF JQY5TK(0) >=55 THEN H=32 V=0 
1030 IF JOYSTK(l) <=8 THEN V=-32 

H=0 
1040 IF JOYSTK(l) >=55 THEN V=32 H=0 
1050 RETURN 

P.S. Spierenburg 
Dollard Dee Ormeaux. Canada 

Subroutine for Stalling 

Editor: 

I'd like to pass on a very short delay 
routine that has served me well. Include this 
in the form of a subroutine as follows: 

10 POKE 275.1 

15 IFPEEI<(275)=0 THEN RETURN ELSE 15 

The subroutine can be included in any 
procedure and will afford the user approx- 
imately three seconds of delay if the system 
is doing nothing else but returning a prompt 
after the delay. It pokes a one in the high 
byte of timer and loops until a zero is 
generated. 

Thank you for a superb magazine. 

John P. Roberts, Jr. 
Savannah, TN 

Oh, Brother! 

Editor: 

Some time back my wife purchased a 
Brother Correctronic 50 typewriter. We 
recently purchased the Brother IF-50 
Interface which transforms the typewriter 
into a daisy wheel printer, but we had to 
build the printer cable ourselves. This 
proved to be more difficult than expected. 
After a week of trial and error and some 
second guessing by friends, one of my 
friends called Brother. Between Brother and 
our friend, the printer (a.k.a. typewriter) 
works great. 

In the hope that this might help others 
who might be in this frustrating situation, 
I am enclosing a wiring diagram (courtesy 
of CoCo Max) that should be of service. 
You will need a 4-pin DIN plug (#274-007), 
a D-Subminiature DB-25 pin male connector 
and 4+ feet of 3-conductor wire (278-371). 
CoCo pin 1 is not used. CoCo pin 2 goes 
to IF-50 pin 20. CoCo pin 3 goes to IF- 
50 pin 1. CoCo pin 4 goes to IF-50 pin 3. 
Jumper pins 4, 5, 6 and 8. Set the DIP 
switches as follows: switches 1, 2, 3 and 6 
to on; switches 4 and 5 to off. 



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BOUQUETS 

Editor: 

The purpose of this letter is to tell you, 
for the benefit of your subscribers, aboul 
the good service and response I have 
received from one of rainbow's advertisers. 

I ordered LEAST from D.J. Leffler, 
based on an ad in the April issue of 
RAINBOW; within a few days the program 
and owner's manual were delivered. When 
I called to get clarification of some questions, 
I received quick and courteous response. 
About LFAST: It's the greatest thing since 
sliced bread. I recommend it highly for 
anyone programming in assembly or ma- 
chine language. 

A.J. Laufer 
Chesterland. OH 

Editor: 

I was delighted with the program called 
Lurkley Manor by Richard Ramella. It is 
a marvelous piece of work. I hope that one 
day he will submit a 64K ECB Adventure 
or Simulation. I know 64K is not as 
prevalent as 1 6K or 32K, but once in a while, 
let's have one for us 64Kers. 

Colorware's Real Talker and Talkhead 
are beyond belief! They are the best as are 
Jack Knott's accompanying programs. He 
backs up his merchandise — I know! 

Bob Nevin 
Bay side, NY 



The Graphics Dump 
You've Been Looking For 

Editor: 

This letter is in reply to Brad Williams 
["Letters to Rainbow," June 1985, Page 7] 
and Beau Palmer and all those looking for 
a screen dump program. In the October 1983 
issue of THE rainbow there is a graphics 
dump program by J. Paul Fountain. I use 
it all the time with my LP VII printer. 

I really like THE rainbow and read it from 
cover to cover every month. 

David Morgan 
Joplin, MO 



Looking from the outside at the 
RS-2352 and RS-232-C jacks. 



Dennis O. Dorritv 
Fort Ord, CA 



KUDOS 

Editor: 

Just a note much overdue to say thank 
you! I've come a million miles in under- 
standing my CoCo and it's probably 25 
percent my part and 75 percent rainbow's. 

Fred Scerbo and Steve Blyn have taken 
my children and made their day, and "old 
mom" sitting at the keyboard gets all the 
hugs, thanks and, "Gee, you're smart." 

It's amazing how Dan Downard can 
answer my questions before I even get 
around to sending them in. 

rainbow allows me to be master of my 
machine. It is always a great day when the 
mailman brings my rainbow. I only wish 
it would come more often — 30 days can 
seem forever when you start feeling the 
tension of needing another rainbow fix. 

Kalhy Brisbin 
Temple, TX 



8 



THE RAINBOW August 1985 



Gallery Votary 

Editor: 

... I think "CoCo Gallery" is a great 
idea! The Color Computer can do some 
fancy graphics, and it's about time someone 
showed them off! . . . 

Allen Huffman 
Broaddux, TX 

Small Investment — Big Return 

Editor: 

I would like to commend you on an 
excellent job done in devoting rainbow to 
the Color Computer. I have been a fan of 
yours for about nine months now. As the 
proud owner of two Color Computers, I 
feel that every issue provides a healthy 
addition to my software library and overall 
knowledge of the Color Computer. I've 
spent over $3,000 on hardware and I believe 
$31 for a subscription to THE RAINBOW is 
the best investment I've made so far. Thanks 
for an excellent magazine and keep up the 
good work! 

Mark Daniels 
Fargo, ND 



BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEMS 

Editor: 

This letter is to inform your readers of 
a merger. Colorama Plus of Port Jefferson 
Station has merged with Colorama of 
Middle Island. 

Both bulletin boards will now be known 
as Colorama Plus. They are both run on 
a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week basis. Each 
system will support X-modem downloads, 
along with <C>ft for Colorcom/e users. 
Colorama Plus offers something no other 
bulletin board offers, we have an online 
CoCo club, a magazine section, online 
games, club section, programming hints, 
corrections to RAINBOW, club newsletter, 
stop and shop boutique, graphics gallery, 
downloads, plus a whole lot more. 

The board is open to all with limited 
access to first-time callers. If anyone wishes 
to join the CoCo Club we are asking for 
a $10 donation for one year's access to the 
club section. 

The numbers are listed as Colorama Plus 
of Port Jefferson (516) 331-3718 and 
Colorama Plus of Middle Island (516) 924- 
6262. 

John Adkins 

Colorama Plus Sysop 

Ml. Sinai, NY 

Editor: 

I have established a BBS in my area called 
The Californian of Ventura. It has the 
following menu selections: answers, bargains, 
converse with Sysop, downloads, intelli- 
gence, message base, magazine, user log, 
parameter change, questionnaire, want ads, 
time view, upload, xpert speed, and sign and 
update. 

Also, the system is dedicated to the CoCo, 
but other computer users are welcome. The 
number is (805) 656-7390. It runs 24 hours 
a day, seven days a week. 

Jack Sanders 
Ventura, CA 



Editor: 

I run the only local BBS. The program 
is widely used in Connecticut and is written 
by Cliff Skolnick. It works under his own 
operating system called KDOS64 (this was 
copyrighted in 1983 and is not related to 
K.-DOS). Cliff is writing an OS-9 BBS in 
machine code and will be marketing it soon. 

People who wish to log into my BBS must 
send $3 to me in care of The Barn Board 
along with their name, city and state, type 
of computer, phone number and an eight- 
letter password. The BBS does work at 1200 
Baud and is open 24 hours a day. Write 
to 36 Norfolk Road, 06759. 

Phone (203) 567-8077 (voice) or (203) 567- 
4852 (BBS). 

Angus Nichelson 
Litchfield, CT 

Editor: 

I would like to announce a new BBS for 
the Metro Atlanta area. The number is (404) 
255-1791. Operating hours are now at night 
and on weekends. 

David Tidwell 
Atlanta, GA 
Editor: 

I would like to announce the Great 
American Connection BBS. It is up and 
running 24 hours a day, seven days a week. 
We have uploads, downloads, want ads, E- 
Mail, online games and much more. The 
number is (201) 928-0949. 

Michael Jury 
Jackson, NJ 

Editor: 

There is a BBS in New York called 
Cutthroats BBS. It is a very good BBS with 
many sub-boards. The number is (914) 737- 
6770. 

Elliot Richman 
Hartsdale. NY 

Editor: 

We are pleased to announce that our BBS, 
Grand Central Terminal, now supports both 
300 and 1200 Baud users. 

We have added a Model 100 SIG and 
a scanner subsection. With popular down- 
loads such as Hi-Res graphics, machine 



language music files, digitized pictures, 
printer and disk utilities and our POKE and 
PEEK file, we are the choice board for Color 
Computer users in the New York area as 
well as surrounding areas. 

Grand Central Terminal is up 24 hours 
a day, seven days a week and is a free access 
BBS in New York City, which can be 
reached at (212) 682-0681. Once again, we 
wish to thank THE rainbow readers for their 
generous contributions, uploads and 
support. 

Steve Schechter 
Sysop 

Editor: 

I would like to announce the new number 
for our Maxi CoCo BBS 5.0 Bulletin Board 
System: (216) 793-7353. We operate at 300 
Baud, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. 
Our Sysop is Curt Nickel. 

William Wills 
Youngstown, OH 

Editor: 

I would like to inform your readers that 
I run the CoCo Beach BBS in Kent. It is 
up 24 hours a day and includes downloads, 
uploads, great text files and online pictures. 
The number is (206) 432-25 1 2. 

Jeff Gill. Jr. 
Kent, WA 

Editor: 

Halifax Dartmouth Colour Computer 
Users Group (HDCCUG) BBS operates 
Monday through Friday, 9:30 p.m. to 9 
a.m.; Saturday, 5:30 p.m. through Monday, 
9 a.m.; (902) 434-5278; Sysop is Peter Allen. 

Please do not call outside of the advertised 
hours. This is a business line for Sector 
Software. 

A. Knight 
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia 



the rainbow welcomes letters to the 
editors. Mail should be addressed to: Letters 
to Rainbow, The Falsoft Building, P.O. Box 
385, Prospect, KY 40059. Letters should 
include the writer's full name and address. 
Letters may be edited for purposes of clarity 
or space. 



ARTS AND LETTERS 




Envelope Of The Month 



John Kniatkowski 
Mary Esther, FL 



August 1985 THE RAINBOW 9 




AND 
RARING 
TO GO! 





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The Tandy 200 is the one portable for all. 



Meet the New Generation 
of Portable Computing 

Our celebrated Model 100 set a 
new standard in portable comput- 
ing. Now we've done it again! Intro- 
ducing the Tandy 200, another true 
breakthrough, featuring advanced 
features you requested. You get 
more built-in software, a bigger 
screen and a larger memory. All this 
in a system that measures just 
2 1 /4 x 11 3 /4 x 8V2'; and goes wher- 
ever you go because it's completely 
battery powered. 




Six Built-in Programs 
Including Multiplan™ 

For complex spreadsheet analy- 
sis and calculations, we put popular 
Multiplan software into the Tandy 
200's permanent memory. It's easy 
to do sales forecasts, profit and loss 
projections, budgeting, pricing, en- 
gineering calculations and more. 

Comes with Five More 
Powerful Programs 

An improved version of the Model 
100's easy-to-use word processing 
program makes the Tandy 200 es- 
pecially useful for journalists, sales- 
people, students and anyone who 
needs to write letter-perfect memos, 
reports and correspondence in a 
hurry. Edit, delete and move blocks 
of text with the touch of a conven- 
ient function key. 

Four other "instant-on" programs 
let you use the Tandy 200 as your 
personal appointment calendar, ad- 
dress and phone directory and tele- 
phone auto-dialer/directory (the 
Tandy 200 generates tone dialing 
pulses, so you can use it with long- 
distance services). A much more 
powerful built-in program for com- 
munications makes it easy to ac- 
cess other computers by phone, 
as well as national information 
networks. Resident BASIC 
language lets you write your 
own programs, too. 



Why 40 Columns Are 
"Bigger" than 80 

Take a look at the 80-column 
screens on other portables, and 
you'll see why we chose a 16 x 40- 
character format. Characters on 80- 
column displays are tiny and 
difficult to read. Tandy 200's flip-up 
liquid crystal display has 240 x 128 
resolution for big, clear graphics 
and easy-to-read characters. Tandy 
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word processing and spread- 
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We also increased the standard 
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Whether you're a student, 
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PRINT #-2, 




Whenever members of the CoCo Community gather together, one 
of the first subjects these days seems to turn to the "new" Color 
Computer. With a mixture of expectation, speculation and lots 
of other things, people all have different ideas about what might be coming 
next from Tandy. 

I was reminded about this the other day when I received a letter from 
a reader. He mentioned that he had a friend who was "into" Commodore 
computers and, having just bought the latest one, came running over 
to show off the new manual. 

"Look at this," crowed the Commodorian (a new word, perhaps?). "The 
'new' Commodore has a LINE command, a CIRCLE command and a bunch 
of other stuff, too!" 

My correspondent said he studied the manual for a minute and replied: 
"So what, the Color Computer has had all this — and a lot more 
— for the past four years." 

My point, I suppose, is that what we take for granted many view as 
the latest innovation. When you really look at it, the Color Computer 
has been so far ahead of everyone for so long that anything others have 
as "new" we would have to view as "So what?" 

Oh, certainly. We'd like more memory. We could use a better screen 
display. We could use a better — and more friendly — operating system. 
We could use the ability to mix text and graphics on the same screen. 

Hey! Wait a minute. We have those things! 

Nope, perhaps not right out of the box. But what comes out of the 
box isn't as important as what you can do with the things that do come 
out. 

Let's look at these things briefly. You can upgrade CoCo to 128K, 
and I keep hearing about more than that. I also keep hearing about 
hard drives, too, which vastly improve the storage "memory"; not to 
mention the fine disk drives that are available. 

There are a host of programs — from Telewriter (the first) through 
the Elite series, PBJ, Cer-Comp, the Pro-Color Series, DynaCalc and 
many others — that give you "wide" screen displays, in an application 
or any other form you want. This is something of a "standard," really. 

We have OS-9 as a truly powerful operating system. And, now, many 
of the programs we've been using on a "regular" CoCo are being written 
for OS-9. In addition, there are a bunch of new programs out that give 
OS-9 even more power (such as those from Computerware, Microtech, 
D.P. Johnson and Frank Hogg Labs). And, too, there is a new program 
called the OS-9 Solution from Spectrum Projects which makes OS-9 easy 
to use. 

No one could wish for a more powerful system than OS-9. And with 
everything coming available for it, there are more ways to go with this 
"alternate operating system" than there are for some "primary" systems, 
period. 

It is almost silly to have to mention all the wonders you can do with 
the CoCo screen. We have CoCo Max, ViziDraw, Graphicom, Bjork 
Blocks, the Nexus system and a host of others. We also have printer 
utilities galore, enough games to satisfy even the most ambidextrous 
Earthling, some super speech programs and some really innovative things 



12 THE RAINBOW August 1985 



the Color Computer Word Processor 



3 display formats: 51/64/85 

columns x 24 lines 

True lower case characters 

User-friendly full-screen 

editor 

Right justification 

Easy hyphenation 

Drives any printer 

Embedded format and 

control codes 

Runs in 16K, 32K, or 64K 

Menu-driven disk and 

cassette I/O 

No hardware modifications 

required 



THE ORIGINAL 



Simply slated, Telewriter is the most powerful 
word processor you can buy for the TRS-80 
Color Computer. The original Telewriter has 
received rave reviews in every major Color 
Computer and TRS-80 magazine, as well as 
enthusiastic praise from thousands of satisfied 
owners. And rightly so. 
The standard Color Computer display of 32 
characters by 16 lines without lower case is 
simply inadequate for serious word processing. 
The checkerboard letters and tiny lines give you 
no feel for how your writing looks or reads. 
Telewriter gives the Color Computer a 51 
column by 24 line screen display with true 
lower case characters. So a Telewriter screen 
looks like a printed page, with a good chunk of 
text on screen at one time. In fact, more on 
screen text than you'd get with Apple II, Atari, 
TI, Vic or TRS-80 Model III. 

On top of that, the sophisticated Telewriter 
full-screen editor is so simple to use, it makes 
writing ftm. With single-letter mnemonic 
commands, and menu-driven I/O and 
formatting, Telewriter surpasses all others for 
user friendliness and pure power. 

Telewriter's chain printing feature means that 
the size of your text is never limited by the 
amount of memory you have, and Telewriter's 
advanced cassette handler gives you a powerful 
word processor without the major additional 
cost of a disk. 



...one of the best programs for the Color 
Computer I have seen... 

— Color Computer News, Jan. 1982 



TELEWRITER-64 



But now we've added more power to 
Telewriter. Not just bells and whistles, but 
major features that give you total control over 
your writing. We call this new supercharged 
version Telewriter-64. For two reasons. 



64K COMPATIBLE 



Telewriter-64 runs fully in any Color Computer 
— 16K, 32K, or 64K, with or without Extended 
Basic, with disk or cassette or both. It 
automatically configures itself to take optimum 
advantage of all available memory. That means 
that when you upgrade your memory, the 
Telewriter-64 text buffer grows accordingly. In 
a 64K cassette based system, for example, you 
get about 40K of memory to store text. So you 
don't need disk or FLEX to put all your 64K 
to work immediately. 



64 COLUMNS (AND 85!) 



Besides the original 51 column screen, 
Telewriter-64 now gives you 2 additional high- 
density displays: 64 x 24 and 85 x 24!! Both 
high density modes provide all the standard 
Telewriter editing capabilities, and you can 
switch instantly to any of the 3 formats with a 
single control key command. 
The 51 x 24 display is clear and crisp on the 
screen. The two high density modes are more 
crowded and less easily readable, but they are 
perfect for showing you the exact layout of 
your printed page, all on the screen at one 
time. Compare this with cumbersome 
"windows" that show you only fragments at a 
time and don't even allow editing. 



RIGHT JUSTIFICATION & 
HYPHENATION 



One outstanding advantage of the full-width 
screen display is that you can now set the 
screen width to match the width of your 
printed page, so that "what you see is what 
you get." This makes exact alignment of 
columns possible and it makes hyphenation 
simple. 

Since short lines are the reason for the large 
spaces often found in standard right justified 
text, and since hyphenation is the most 
effective way to eliminate short lines, 
Telewriter-64 can now promise you some of the 
best looking right justification you can get on 
the Color Computer. 



FEATURES & SPECIFICATIONS: 



Printing add formatting: Drives any printer 
(LPVII/VIU, DMP-1007200, Epson, Okidata. 
Centronics, NEC, C. Itoh, Smith-Corona, 
Terminei, etc). 

Embedded control codes give full dynamic access to 
intelligent printer features like: underlining, 
subscript, superscript, variable font and type size, dot- 
graphics, etc. 

Dynamic (embedded) format controls for: top, 
bottom, and left margins; line length, lines per page, 
line spacing, new page, change page numbering, 
conditional new page, enable /disable justification. 
Menu-driven control of these parameters, as well as: 
pause at page bottom, page numbering, baud rale (so 
you can run your printer at top speed), and Epson 
font. "Typewriter" feature sends typed lines directly 
to your printer, and Direct mode sends control codes 
right from the keyboard. Special Epson driver 
simplifies use with MX-80. 

Supports single and multi-line headers and automatic 
centering. Print or save all or any section of the text 
buffer. Chain print any number of files from cassette 
or disk. 



File and I/O Features: ASCI! format files — 
create and edit BASIC, Assembly, Pascal, and C 
programs. Smart Terminal files (for uploading or 
downloading), even text files from other word 
processors. Compatible with spelling checkers (like 
Spell 'n Fix). 

Cassette verify command for sure saves. Cassette auto- 
retry means you type a load command only once no 
matter where you are in the tape. 
Read in, save, partial save, and append files with disk 
and/or cassette. For disk: print directory with free 
space to screen or printer, kill and rename files, set 
default drive. Easily customized to the number of 
drives in the system. 

Editing features: Fast, full-screen editor with 
wordwrap, block copy, block move, block delete, line 
delete, global search and replace (or delete), wild card 
search, fast auto-repeat cursor, fast scrolling, cursor 
up, down, right, left, begin line, end line, top of text, 
bottom of text; page forward, page backward, align 
text, tabs, choice of buff or green background, 
complete error protection, line counter, word counter, 
space left, current file name, default drive in effect, 
set line length on screen. 

Insert or delete text anywhere on the screen without 
changing "modes." This fast "free-form" editor 
provides maximum ease of use. Everything you do 
appears immediately on the screen in front of you. 
Commands require only a single key or a single key 
plus CLEAR. 



...truly a state of the art word processor... 
outstanding in every respect. 

— The RAINBOW, Jan. 1982 



RAINBOW 

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PROFESSIONAL 
WORD PROCESSING 



You can no longer afford to be without the 
power and efficiency word processing brings to 
everything you write. The TRS-80 Color 
Computer is the lowest priced micro with the 
capability for serious word processing. And 
only Telewriter-64 fully unleashes that 
capability. 

Telewriter-64 costs S49.95 on cassette, $59.95 
on disk, and comes complete with over 70 
pages of well-written documentation. (The step- 
by-step tutorial will have your writing with 
Telewriter-64 in a matter of minutes.) 
To order, send check or money order to: 

Cognitec 

704 Nob Street 

Del Mar, CA 92014 
Or check your local software store. If you have 
questions, or would like to order by Visa or 
Mastercard, call us at (619) 755-1258 
(weekdays, 8AM-4PM PST). Dealer inquiries 
invited. 

(Add S2 Tor shipping. Californians add 6<?o stale lax. 

Now available at 
Radio /hack stores 
via express order 

Apple II is a trademark of Apple Computer. Inc.; Atari is a 
trademark of Atari. Inc.; TRS.80 is a trademark of Tandy 
Corp; MX-80 is a trademark of Epson America. Inc. 




MODEL 101 INTERFACE 54^5" 49.50 

The Model 101 is a serial to parallel 
interlace intended for use with a 
COCO and any Centronics compatible 
parallel input printer. The 101 has 6 
switch selectable baud rates (300- 
9600). It comes with a "UL" listed 
power supply that can be unplugged 
from the interface if your printer 
supplies power (Most do). The 101 is 
only 4" x 2" x 1" and comes with all 
cables and connectors for your 
computer and printer. 

MODEL 102 SWITCHER 35.95 

The Model 102 has 3 switch positions 
that allow you to switch your 
computer's serial output between 3 
different devices (modem, printers or 
another computer). The 102 has color 
coded lights thai indicate the switch 
position. These lights also act as 
power indicators to let you know your 
computer is on. Supplied with the 102 
are color coded labels that can be 
applied to your accessories. The 102 
has a heavy guage anodized 
aluminum cabinet with non-slip ruober 
feet. 

MODEL 103 COMBO psf 73.50 

With the turn of a knob the model 103 
switches your computer's RS232C 
serial port to any one of 3 outputs — 
2 serial and 1 parallel. The serial ports 
may be used for modems, serial 
printers or even another computer. The 
parallel port can be used with any 
Centronics compatible printer. The 103 
has the best features from the 101 
and 102: color coded posilion indicator 
lights, 6 switch selectable baud rates, 
heavy anodized aluminum cabinet, 
"UL" listed power supply and many 
more. 



The Model 101, 102 and 103 will work with any level COCO basic, any memory size 4K-64K 
and are covered by a 180 day warranty. 

The Model 101 and 103 work with any standard parallel input printer including Gemini, 
Epson, Radio Shack, Gorillia, C.ltoth, Okidata and many others. They support basic print 
commands, word processors and graphic commands. 




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CASSETTE LABEL PROGRAM 6.95 

This fancy printing utility prints 5 lines of information on 

pinfeed cassette labels. "Cassette Label" is menu driven 

and is very easy to use. It uses the special features of your 

printer for standard, extended or condensed characters. 

Each line of lext is automatically centered. Before the label 

is printed, it is shown on your CRT — enabling you to make changes if you like — then 

print 1, 2 or 100 labels. The program comes on tape and it is supplied with 24 labels to get 

you started 16K ECB required. 

OTHER ITEMS 

High quality 5-screw shell C-10 cassette tapes $7.50/dozen 
Hard plastic storage boxes for cassette tapes S2.50/dozen 
Pin feed cassette labels S3.00/100 



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that fall into almost no category, such 
as Speech Systems' EARS, Green 
Mountain Micro's Machine Language 
Learning Lab, a whole host of small 
business software and so much more 
1 cannot even keep track of it all. 

Honestly, these things just roll off my 
fingertips and into my word processor! 
For each I have mentioned, there are 
scads of others. No, I am not trying 
to give a commercial for these firms. 

What I am doing, though, is won- 
dering aloud whether we even need a 
"new" Color Computer. Tandy keeps 
lowering the price, and the support — 
from both third party and Tandy — 
keeps getting better. In short, we have 
a super computer. Maybe we have 
reached close to an ultimate. 

Not an ultimate in what people can 
make CoCo do, because I believe we 
will continue to keep expanding both 
the quality and quantity of what is 



"Maybe the CoCo as we 
know it . . . is pretty 
much perfect. " 



available for the Color Computer. But 
I have to remember I paid S399 for my 
first CoCo and got 4K of memory and 
just regular BASIC. Now you get 32K, 
Extended BASIC and a better keyboard 
for just SI 69.95. 

I keep thinking of Thor. He invented 
the wheel. We haven't been able to 
improve on it much in quite some time. 
Maybe the CoCo as we know it — as 
a machine — is pretty much perfect. 

Maybe in Thor's time there were 
people who invented other things to get 
around on. Bags which squeezed out 
mud so that things could slither along? 
But the wheel was the best. 

I like to think CoCo is the wheel of 
home computers. We'll have people 
who use it to do a variety of things — 
turn with water, provide a "base" for 
vehicles, use it to tell time with gears 
and the like. Constantly, people will 
find better, more efficient and a greater 
variety of uses for CoCo. 

But can they make CoCo itself better? 
Or is it, much like the wheel, so good 
that it is well near perfect at the price? 

Sometimes I truly wonder. 

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14 



THE RAINBOW August 1985 




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BUILDING AUGUST'S RAINBOW 



Analyzing Our Surveys 



• What's this, a new formal for your 
column? What gives? 

Well, as they say, imitation is the sincerest 
form of flattery — or, at least, the most 
obvious. So, when I note from our RAIN- 
BOWfest survey responses that "Letters to 
Rainbow,""Reviewing Reviews, ""Pipeline," 
"Downloads" and "Earth to Ed" are among 
our top-rated departments, 1 recognize a 
good device when I see one: concise, topical 
treatment of reader concerns. Besides, I get 
mail, too, and I have no shame. Shoot the 
Answer Man another question. 



• OK, what else did you glean from the 
survey? 

That Joseph Kolar, Dick White, Dale 
Puckett and Tony DiStefano needn't 
consider changing anything; our survey 
respondents rate them tops. In fact, all of 
our departments received gratifyingly good 
marks. Oh, nobody escaped getting a share 
of the "fair" and "poor" marks, but, overall, 
all of our regulars were rated "excellent" 
or "good" some 70 to 85% of the time. For 
obvious reasons, we'll keep the total 
rankings confidential, but, just for the 
record, "Scoreboard" and "Scoreboard 
Pointers" were ranked at the very bottom. 



• Aha! Does that mean they get the ax? 

Maybe. Maybe not. Certainly, a low 
rating means we're going to take a strong 
look at a given department, but before we 
give up the ballgame, perhaps we'll "punt" 
and regroup. Surveys have so many variables 
and are only one part of our continuing 
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»OK,OK. We all know statistics must be 
kept in perspective. Now tell us what we 
told you. What else did you learn? 

Our RAINBOWfest-Irvine respondents 
say they bought, on the average, four 
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rainbow ads. Ranking at the top of 
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processing, followed by business and games. 
As to hardware, acquiring a monitor was 
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memory, disk drives, modems and speech/ 
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respondents rated THE RAINBOW as excellent 
or good (76% excellent!), they would like 
to see more utilities, hardware and machine 
language. 



• Overall, then, I see the Irvine survey 
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Princeton. 

That's true, and preliminary results from 
Chicago tend to follow the same pattern. 
A significant 45% or our respondents 
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• What else did we tell you? 

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• What's the feeling about issue themes? 

In general, respondents seem well pleased. 
Only a mere 3% said they seldom or never 
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ust a few minutes ago, 
you were the high ap- 
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powerful wizard who 
dwells in the hills of a 
countryside. It was a 
routine magic-creating day until the 
wizard asked you to hand him the 
maroon potion, but accidentally, you 
gave him the azure potion. The mixing 
of his new potion with the wrong 
ingredient (he hadn't noticed your 
foolish mistake) resulted in an explosion 

(Alan Saporta is a sophomore and a 
self-taught computerist. He has worked 
with many different computers, but his 
favorite is the Color Computer.) 

18 THE RAINBOW August 1985 



and destruction of part of his laboratory. 

Even though he was close to the blast, 
he did survive and, in his rage, turned 
you into a Brotan. Brotans are short, 
blue creatures (no, not Smurfs! Brotans 
are shorter) with two green eyes and 
one mouth. Their only purpose in life 
is to eat yellow energy dots and 
(something that goes without saying) 
avoid red Gremlins who eat anything, 
including yellow energy dots, themselves 
and blue Brotans. 

If you attain an energy score of 
15,000, Zygon will return you to your 
normal state. But, until then, he has 
placed you in a strange box where two 
things are constantly produced: yellow 
energy dots and red Gremlins. 



How to Play 

This is a game for those with 32K 
Extended Color BASIC. You use three 
of the arrow keys to move the Brotan 
to the right, left and down. Once you 
go down an opening, you can't go back 
up. Because PEEKs are used to poll the 
keyboard, there is no need to contin- 
uously hit the keys; just hold down the 
arrow key of your choice. 

After the title page is displayed, press 
any key (except BREAK) and the screen 
("strange box") will be drawn. The 
strange box has six levels. At the 
beginning, the first two levels have three 
openings, the next three have two 
openings and the exit level has one. 

The Brotan begins at the topmost, 
inner level at the left. To cross an 
opening just continue in one direction 
and a bridge will be formed. If you want 
to descend an opening, place yourself 
on top of it (lean a bit to the left) and 
press the down-arrow key. The bridge 
will be broken (if there is one) and a 
blue "slide" will form on which the 
Brotan will descend. 

The energy dots are the yellow plus 
signs that line the top of each level. They 
are placed at a random distance from 
one another and can be worth zero, 
four, eight or 12 points. That, too, is 
random. When you score, the screen 
flashes and sounds, and four points are 
added to your energy score. If an energy 
dot is worth eight points the screen will 
flash twice and eight points are added, 
etc. Some dots are what I call "duds" 
— they are worthless. If you encounter 
one, you will simply consume it with 
no ill effects. 

In the middle of the box is a giant 
red energy dot. If eaten, the screen 
flashes and 50 points are added. There 
is one per screen. 

When you advance a skill rank, one 
of the openings on one of the levels will 
be blocked, preventing your escape to 
a lower level and increasing your 
chances of losing one "man" (you have 
eight). The skill ranks are as follows: 
Completing the first screen places you 
on the first rank, then every 250th point 
you will advance to the next rank 
(meaning more openings will be blocked 
if and when you reach the next screen). 
You can jump two or three skill ranks 
in one screen (just count how many 



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openings have been blocked when the 
next screen is drawn). When you reach 
the seventh skill rank everything stays 
the same. There will only be one 
opening per level through which to 
escape. 

For your convenience, there is a 
pause feature for those who get that 
annoying phone call right before they 
reach the 15,000 mark. By pressing any 
key (except BREAK) all action will stop. 
When you lose a man your score and 
the amount of men you have left are 
updated. 

If your computer can't take the 
"speed-up" POKE 65495,0 , then delete 
it from lines 10 and 201 1. Also, if you 
reach 15,000 you are given the option 
to continue (just in case you want to 



know how high a score you can get). 
When you reach 2,000 points you get 
an extra man and at 5,000 you get two 
more. You also get points when you 
descend openings. One limitation, 
though: You can't have more than nine 
men at once. 

About Those Gremlins 

They pop out everywhere (the amount 
and where they pop out is randomly 
determined). If one ever blocks your 
only means of reaching the next level, 
you can kill him by hitting him, but 
it will cost you at least one man; many 
will get two and some can never be 
killed, making death inevitable. Most 
can be killed, but that's a chance you'll 
have to take. 



Hints 

Here are a few hints that will help: 
1) The leftmost row of energy dots is 
duds; 2) Even though the red Gremlins 
appear as if they are nomads, after some 
experience you might catch a "pattern" 
they may follow; and 3) If two red 
Gremlins are on both sides of you and 
both block another opening, always kill 
the one on your left (the Brotan's right). 

This game is based more on luck and 
risk than skill. Will you eat more energy 
dots, or will you escape down an 
opening because with one man left 
you're afraid a red Gremlin will appear 
and block your path to victory? Brotan 
the Blue is a great escape from the 
monotonous life of a wizard's 
apprentice. 



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=32:Y=25:MX=CD:IF RK=5 THEN GOTO 
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17 CIRCLE (134 ,72) , 5 , 4 : PAINT (135 , 
72),4,4 

18 D=PEEK(342) :L=PEEK(343) :R=PEE 
K(344) :S=X:F=Y:RK=,0:CD=218 

20 IF D=247 AND Y=>25 AND Y<108 
THEN GOTO100 ELSE IF Y>108 AND D 
=247 THEN GOTO500 
22 IF L=247 THEN X=X-2:GOT028 



24 IF R=247 THEN X=X+2:GOT028 

26 GOT018 

28 IF X<32 THEN X=32 

30 IF X>218 THEN X=218 

32 PUT(S,F)-(S+8,Y+11) ,SP:IFSC>2 

000THENGY=GY+1 : IFSO5J300ANDFR=1T 

HENGY=GY+2 : FR=2 : IFSO1/8000ANDFR= 

2THENGY=GY+3 : FR=3 

34 PUT(CD,Y)-(CD+8,Y+11) ,SP:IFSC 
<\5000 THEN 36 ELSE IFRP=1 THENG 
OT035 

35 CLS:PRINT"YOU HAVE BEEN LET O 
UT!": PRINT: PRINT "YOU HAVE WON!": 
PRINT: PRINT "BUT WOULD YOU LIKE T 
O CONTINUE TO SEE HOW HIGH A SCO 
RE YOU CAN GET";:INPUTGP$:IFLEFT 
$(GP$,1)<>"Y"THEN END ELSE PMODE 
3,1: SCREENl , : RP=10 

36 PUT(X,Y)-(X+8,Y+11) ,GU 

37 IF Y=65 AND PPOINT(X-l, Y+lj3) = 

4 OR PPOINT(X+10,Y+9)=4 AND X>11 
9 AND X<139 THEN SC=SC+50:PMODE4 
, 1 : SCREENl , 1 : PMODE3 , 1 : SOUND15J3 , 2 
: SOUND155 , 2 : SOUND162 , 2 : SCREENl , 

38 A=PPOINT(X-l,Y) : B=PPOINT (X+12 
,Y) :IFX=32THEN18ELSE IF A=4 OR B 
=4 THEN GOTO 200 ELSE IF A=2 OR 
B=2 AND X>33 THEN SC=SC+4 :PMODE3 
, 1 : SCREENl , 1 : PLAY"T200O3V3 1GABBG 
CGDAB": SCREENl, 

40 RR=RND(101) :IF RR>50 AND RR<5 

5 THEN GOTO 50 ELSE GOTO 18 
42 GOT018 

50 MX=CV:CD=RND(188)+32:CR=CD-MX 

:IFCR>30 THENCD=MX+30 ELSEIFCR<0 

THEN GOT056 

52 CD=MX+CR:PUT(CD,Y)-(CD+8,Y+11 

) ,SP:PUT(CD,Y)-(CD+8,Y+11) ,MO:GO 

T038 



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54 G0T018 

56 RF=MX-CR:FOR CV=MX TO RF:PUT( 
CV,Y)-(CV+12,Y+11) ,SP:PUT(CV,Y)- 
(CV+12 , Y+ll) ,MO : RK=8 : GOT03 8 : NEXT 
CV 
58 GOT018 

100 Y(1)=Y:Y(2)=Y+20:IFPPOINT(X+ 
4 , Y+13 ) O1THENP0KE342 , 255 : GOT018 
102 FOR YR=Y(1) TO Y(2) :PUT(X, YR 
)-(X+12,YR+ll) ,GU:NEXT YR:SC=SC+ 
5 : POKE3 42 , 255 : Y=YR-1 : GOT018 

200 RK=l:GY=GY-l:IFGY=0THENGOTO2 
08 

201 IF GY>10 THEN GY=9 

202 COLORl,l: LINE (150, 160) -(220, 
190) , PSET, BF: DRAWC3BM152 , 165D8U 
8F8E8D8BR4R6L6U8R6L6D4R3L3D4R6BR 
6U8F8U8BR4BD7BR6C2"+N$(GY) : IF RK 
=3THENGOTO1012 

204 SOUND3 , 4 : SOUND2 , 5 : SOUND1 , 8 : G 
OSUB300 
206 GOTO 18 

208 PMODE4,l:SCREENl,l:PMODE3,l: 
PLAY"L801T2EFDCBAG" : FORT=1TO900 : 
NEXTT : PCLS 

210 CLS0 : PRINT §0, "YOUR SCORE: ";S 
C 

212 PRINT!? 12 8, "PLAY AGAIN (Y/N) " 
; : INPUTA$ : SCREEN0 , 1 : IFLEFT$ ( A$ , 1 
)="Y"THEN10ELSE CLEAR: END 
214 END 

300 COLORl,l: LINE (30, 160) -(130,1 
80) ,PSET,BF:SC$=STR$(SC) :YS=84:F 
ORR=2TOLEN(SC$) : S$=N$ (VAL(MID$ (S 
C$,R, 1) ) ) : DRAW"BM"+STR$ (YS) +" , 17 
2C4"+S$ : YS=YS+10 : NEXTR: DRAW"BM30 
,172C4R5U3L5U2R5BR4BD5U5NR5D5R5B 
R4NR5U5R5D5BR4U5R6D2L6RF3BR6NR5U 
3NR3U2R5" 
302 RETURN 

400 FORZ=0TO9:READN$(Z) :NEXTZ:RE 
TURN 

402 DATA"U6R4D6NL4BR" , "BR2BU3E3D 
6BR" , "NR4E5HL3G2BR" , "R4U3NL2U3L4 
BR" , "BU2U4D4R6L2U4D6BR3 " , "BU6R6L 
6D2R4FD2GL4R3BR3 " , "U6D6R5U3L5R5D 
3BR" , "E6L6R6BD6BR" , "U6R4D3NL4D3N 
L4BR" , "BR4U3L4U3R4D6BR" 
500 IFX>48THENGOT018ELSE IFX=>32 
AND X<48THENF0RY=125T0152:PUT(X 
,Y)-(X+12,Y+12) ,GU:PUT(X,Y)-(X+1 
2 , Y+ll ) , SP : NEXTY : RL=2 
502 IF RLO2THENP0KE342, 255: GOTO 
18ELSEGOSUB1000:GET(13 6,48)-(160 
,64) ,BL:SC=SC+15 

504 IFPPOINT(72,36)=1THENPUT(60, 
28)-(84,44),BL: IFSO250THENPUT ( 3 
2,48) -(56,64) , BL: IFSO500THENPUT 
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1004 DRAW"BM44,8D8F8U8H8R196C2R8 

ND7L8C4F8L19 6D8R180ND4R8D12H8L52 

D8F8U8NH8R52BD8L8ND4NL44R8D12H8L 

20D8F8U8NH8NR20D8R12ND4R8D12H8L4 

8D8F8U8NH8R48BD8L48R40ND4R8D12H8 

L16D8F8U8NH8R16BD8L16R8ND4R8D12" 

1006 DRAWH8L52D8F8U8NH8R52BD8L5 

2R46ND4R8D12NH8L192H8NR192D16F8U 

16D16BRC2L16BM30,8R13BM8,145D7R7 

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NE (56, 56) -(116, 64) , PSET, B: LINE ( 1 
32,56) -(204, 64) , PSET, B: LINE (100, 
76) -(178, 84) , PSET, B: LINE (64,96) - 
(208,104) , PSET, B: LINE (120, 116) -( 
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1010 DRAW"BM48,4 8D8F8U8H8R60F8BM 
124 , 48D8F8U8H8R72F8BM92 , 68D8F8U8 
H8R76F8BM56 , 88D8F8U8H8R144F8 1 ' : FO 
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11) 

1052 PCOPY1T05 

1054 A$="BR2R5L5GD4FR5EU4HL3D4L2 

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D3L3D4R8U4L5D3L2R4L2D3G2LRE2F2R2 

ii 

1056 DRAW"BM40,25C3;XA$;" 

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5TOl:GET(40,25)-(48,36) ,SP 

1060 DRAW"BM40 ,25; XB$ ; " : GET (40,2 

5)-(48,36) , MO :PCOPY5T01: RETURN 

2000 PMODE4,2:SCREENl,l:PMODE3,2 

:PCLS4 

2002 A$="ND24R24D24NR8NU24L24D32 
R3 2NU32BR12U56R24D24L24F32BR12U5 

6R24D56NL24BR10BU56NR24R12D56BR1 

2U12R4U12R4U12R4U12R4U8D8R4D12R4 

D12NL20R4D12R4D12BR12U56D8R7D12R 

7D12R7D12R7D12U56" 

2004 DRAW"BM12,20C1;XA$;BM20,2 4C 

3 * XA$ " " 

2006 DRAWBD100BL200C3D28R12U12N 

L12D12BR8BU4NU16R12NU16D12NL12U1 

2BR12BU4R8C2BR12BD8U12NR16U8R16D 

20BR6NU20R12BR6U12NR16U8R16D20BR 

6U20F20NU20BR20U12NR16U8R16D20BR 

4RULD" 

2008 DRAW"S5;BD10BL90C3L20D10R20 

D10NL20 ; S4 ; BR6U12R16D4NL16D8BR6U 

12R16D4NL16BD8BR6U12R16D12NL16BR 

6U12R16D4L16R8F8BR13U12L7R16BD12 

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2010 FORR=1TO1000:NEXTR: PAINT (18 
0,37) ,2, 3: PAINT (50, 64) ,2, 3: PAINT 

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INT (75, 35) ,2,3: PAINT (0,0) , 2 , 3 : PA 
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AB ; PI ; B ; PI ; BBBBB ; PI ; A ; PI ; A ; PI ; AA 
AAA ; PI ; B ; PI ; B ; PI ; BBBBB ; PI ; BAGA ; B 
; PI ; B ; PI ; BBBBB ; PI ; A ; PI ; A ; PI ; B ; PI 
;A;P1;GGGGGGGG":POKE65495,0 

2012 EXEC44539:PCLS:PMODE3,l:SCR 
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In the year of our Lord 1991, several of Earth's deep space probes 
encounter several intelligent forms of life. Not all are peaceful. 
One of these races (through the probes' information) has found 
its way to Earth and is now proceeding to overtake it. 

Several of their "motherships" encircled the Earth and surrounded 
it with a blue shield of energy, with the motherships themselves acting 
as the charging bases, and in the process leaving them open without 
defenses. However, each mothership has one falcon ship, a smaller 
and more versatile ship capable of firing back and blocking your 
laser. 

You will be controlling three successive attack bases, capable of 
firing at the falcon ship and its base. Caution: Do not fire when 
the blue bar is directly below your own base, or you will be destroyed! 
To fire, simply press the firebutton on the right joystick, which controls 
your base. 

There are nine levels of play, indicated by the blue bars at the 
bottom of the screen, one being the easiest and nine the most difficult. 

(Aaron Fransen is a 17-year-old high school student and has been involved 
with the CoCo since its introduction.) 






26 



THE RAINBOW August 1985 




August 1985 THE RAINBOW 27 



You will receive three bases, indicated 
by the red bars at the bottom of the 
screen (emanating from the right). Your 
score is indicated by a red line at the 
bottom (emanating from the left). 

What you must do is shoot through 
the defense of the falcon ship's base (the 
Falcon's Lair) so you may then destroy 
the Lair's power cell. Once it is destroyed 
the entire ship falls to the ground, 
explodes and you are transported to 
another Lair's area. 

The more of the shield you destroy 
before destroying the power cell, the 
higher your score will be at the end of 
the round. This is not as easy as it may 
seem. As each level progresses, the 
shield starts to rebuild itself at speeds 
according to the level of play. 

The listing is rather long, but hope- 
fully you'll find the game to be worth 
it. If you would like a line-by-line 



reference and variable reference table 
for this game, please send a SASE and 
$1 to me at this address: Box 817, 
Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada 
VOE 2S0. 

Please remember I live in Canada, 
so use sufficient postage. If you simply 
have a question, complaint (or compli- 
ment?) or other comment, just send a 
SASE to the same address. 

Instructions: 

1) Load game. 

2) RUN it (you may have to run it 
twice because of a bug in BASIC). 

3) Press Reset (and RUN) until screen 
is red. 

4) After the title page comes up and 
the introduction sounds are 
played, press fire. 

5) Adjust the right joystick to select 



difficulty, then press the firebutton. 

6) After a few seconds the game will 
begin. The object is to destroy the 
blue power cell at the center of 
the Falcon's Lair (at the top of 
the screen), while at the same time 
either destroying or avoiding the 
small falcon ship which hovers 
just below the Falcon's Lair. Do 
not fire when the blue bar (the one 
that moves about) is directly 
below you, or you will be 
destroyed. 

7) After you have lost all three bases, 
the game ends, showing you your 
final score and asking if you would 
like to try again. Your selection 
is made by adjusting the right 
joystick until the white box is 
around the appropriate answer; 
then press fire. 



r* 


...11 


19 .... 


....75 


31 .... 


...183 


45 .... 


....25 


52 .... 


....64 


63 .... 


...152 


69 .... 


....85 


82 .... 


...149 


END .. 


92 





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1 PCLEAR7:PMODE4,l:SCREENl,l:PMO 
DE3:PCLS3 

2 I$=INKEY$:IFI$=""THEN2 

3 CLSrDIM X, Y,EX,EY,PX,T,R, LEV,M 
EN,A(10),E(656),E1(50) ,E2(50) ,Y( 
16),P(31) ,D$(61) ,D(5j3) ,N$(9) :ER$ 
="R8DL8DR8DL8DR8DL8BU5" 

4 POKE187,0:FORT=0TO16:READ Y(T) 
: NEXT : FORT=0TO2 6 : READ D$ (T) : NEXT 
:FORT=0TO9:READ N$(T):NEXT 

5 PMODE4 , 4 : PCLS : PMODE4 , 1 : PCLS 1 : S 
CREEN1,1:I$="THE":DRAW"C0S8BM100 
, 20" :GOSUB79:I$= M FALCONS": DRAW'S 
16BM14 , 60" : GOSUB81 : I$="LAIR" : DRA 
W"BM60 , 90" : GOSUB81 

6 I$="BY§AARON§MARTIN@FRANSEN":D 
RAWS4BM30 , 140" : GOSUB79 : FORT=0TO 
7:GET(25,145-T)-(210,145-T) ,E,G: 
PUT(25+T,145-T)-(210+T,145-T) ,E, 
PSET:NEXT 

7 PMODE3 : COLOR3 : LINE (0,0) - (255 , 1 
9 1 ) , PSET , B : COLOR2 : LINE ( 4 , 4 ) - ( 2 5 1 
,187) ,PSET,B:PMODE4:PLAY"L20T8BA 
GFEDCBAGFEDCBAGFEDCAGFEDCAGFEDCA 
GFEDCGFEDCGFEDCGFEDCFEDCFEDCFEDC 



EDCEDCEDCDCDCDCCCCC 

8 P=PEEK(65280) :IFP=1260RP=254TH 
EN9ELSE8 

9 CLS:PRINT@22 6,"WITH THE JOYSTI 
CK, CHOOSE A LEVEL OF DIFFI 
CULTY, THEN PRESS THE FI 
RE BUTTON": PLAY "PI 

10 LEV=INT(JOYSTK(0)/7.4)+l:PRIN 
T@ 2)3 2, "LEVEL =";LEV 

11 P=PEEK(65280) : IFP=1260RP=254T 
HEN12ELSE10 

12 CLS1:PRINT@227,"Y0U WILL BEGI 
N IN A MOMENT"; :SCREEN0,1 

13 MEN=3 

14 PMODE4,2:PCLS:PMODE3:PCLSl 

15 PMODE3:COLOR2:LINE(0,0)-(31,6 
) ,PSET,BF:GET(0,0)-(31,6) ,P:PCLS 
1 

16 GET(0,0)-(80,20) ,E: PMODE3 : COL 
OR3 : FORT=10TO20STEP2 : LINE (T, 4) - ( 
T+20 , 9 ) , PSET : LINE (T+30 , 9 ) - (T+50 , 
4) ,PSET:LINE(T,34)-(T+20,29) ,PSE 
T : LINE (T+30 ,29)- (T+50 ,34), PSET : N 
EXTT:GET(0,0)-(80,20) ,E1:GET(0,2 
0)-(80,40) ,E2:PCLS 

17 PMODE3, 4 :FORT=40TO74: CIRCLE (1 
28,144) ,T,3, . 4:NEXTT:FORT=0TO20: 
CIRCLE (128, 144) ,T,2, .7:NEXTT:COL 
OR2 : LINE (0 , 140 ) - ( 70 , 13 4 ) , PSET , BF 
: LINE (255, 140 ) - ( 18 5 , 134), PSET , BF 
: LINE (0 , 148 ) - (70 , 154 ) , PSET , BF: LI 
NE(255,148)-(185,154) ,PSET,BF 

18 PMODE3,1:LINE(0,12)-(15,22) ,P 
RESET , BF : GET (0,12)-(15.22).E: DRA 
W"BM8 , 12C3M0 , 2 1M15 , 2 1M7 , 12 " : PAIN 
T ( 7 , 16 ) , 3 , 3 : PMODE4 : GET (0 , 12 ) - ( 15 



28 



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,22) ,A:PUT(0,12)-(15,22) ,E 

19 PCOPY7TO1:PLAY"L100T100O2":PM 
0DE4 , 2 : SCREEN1 , 1 : PM0DE4 , 1 : FORT=0 
T047 : GET (0 , T) - ( 2 55 , T+3 2 ) , E : PUT (0 
, T+l) - (255 , T+33 ) , E : PLAY"FC" : NEXT 
T : PCOPY2T01 : PMODE4 , 2 

20 RESTORE :FORT=0TO16: READ Y(T): 
NEXTT 

2 1 PMODE3 , 2 : COLOR2 : F0RT=1T0 ( LEV* 
28)STEP28:LINE(T,188)-(T+20,190) 
,PSET,B:NEXTT:PMODE4,2 

22 PMODE3,2:COLOR3:ON MEN GOSUB7 
7,76,75 

23 GET(j3,33)-(255,46) ,E:SH=1:Y=1 
60 : X=120 : R=RND ( -TIMER) 

24 J=JOYSTK(0) : IFJ<15THENX=X-8EL 
SEIFJ>48THENX=X+8 

25 IFX<0ORX>240THENX=Q 

26 IFRND(10-LEV)=1THENPUT(PX,172 
)-(PX+31,178) ,E:PX=RND(20)*8:PUT 
(PX,172)-(PX+31,178) ,P 

27 PUT(Q,160)-(Q+15,170) ,E:PUT(X 
,160)-(X+15,170) ,A:P=PEEK(652 80) 
:IFP=1260RP=254THENGOSUB39 

28 IFTIMER>1500-(LEV*100)THENTIM 
ER=0:GOSUB57 

29 IFRND(12-LEV)=1THENG0SUB37 

30 GOSUB34 



31 SH=-SH:IFSH=-1THENPUT(EX,EY)- 
(EX+80,EY+20) ,E1 ELSEPUT (EX,EY) - 
(EX+80,EY+20) ,E2 

32 PMODE3,2:COLOR3:LINE(0,184)-( 
SCR/ 100, 185) ,PSET,B:PMODE4,2 

33 Q=X:GOT024 

34 EX=EX+((RND(3)-2)*8) :IFEX<0OR 
EX>172THENEX=QX 

35 EY=EY+( (RND(3)-2)*2) :IFEY<30T 
HENEY=30ELSEIFEY>12J3THENEY=120 

36 QX=EX: RETURN 

37 LINE (EX+35,EY+10)-(EX+35, 170) 
, PSET: LINE (EX+45, EY+ 10) -(EX+45, 1 
70) , PSET: PLAY"L20T40O4BGEDC" :IF ( 
EX+46>X AND EX+46<X+15) OR(EX+34> 
X AND EX+34<X+15)THEN 59 

38 LINE(EX+35,EY+10)-(EX+35,170) 
, PRESET: LINE (EX+45 , EY+10) - (EX+45 
, 170 ) , PRESET : RETURN 

39 IFX>=PX AND X<PX+20THEN59 

40 IFX>EX AND X<EX+70THEN45 

41 T=X/8:IFT<7ORT>23THENTY=0:GOS 
UB74: RETURN 

42 T=T-7 : TY=Y (T) : GOSUB74 : IFY (T) = 
0THEN44ELSEY (T) =Y (T) -4 : LINE ( (T*8 
)+60,Y(T) )-((T*8)+67,Y(T)+8) , PRE 
SET , BF : SCR=SCR+50 

43 IF(T>6AND T<10)AND Y(T)<10THE 




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N47 

44 RETURN 

45 SCR=SCR+20 : TY=EY+5 : GOSUB74 : PL 
AY"01ABDGEFABDFE" : PM0DE4 , 2 : FORT= 
0TO18:PUT(EX+RND(80) ,EY+RND(20) ) 
-(EX+RND(80),EY+RND(20)) ,E,NOT:N 
EXTT 

46 PUT(EX,EY)-(EX+80,EY+20) ,E:EX 
=RND(20)*8:EY=RND(100)+32:RETURN 

47 PM0DE4 , 2 : R=l : PLAY "T2 L2 " : GET ( 1 
08,0)-(149,ll),D,G:FORT=0TO77:PU 
T(108+R,0)-(149+R,ll) ,D,PSET:PLA 
Y"ET+" : IFR=1THENR=0ELSER=1 

48 NEXTT : PC0PY6TO1 : PM0DE4 , 1 : GET ( 
0,15) -(255,80) ,E:FORT=15T067STEP 
2:PUT(0,T)-(255,T+65) ,E:PLAY"L10 
0T50C" : NEXTT: PM0DE4 , 2 : FORT=20TO1 
50STEP4:PUT(0,T)-(255,T+65) ,E 

49 PLAY"L100T20C" : NEXT : PM0DE4 , 2 : 
FORT=0TO4 : X=RND (128) +64 : Y=19 1-RN 
D(32) :F0RR=3T0RND (20) +10: CIRCLE ( 
X,Y) ,R,1, .9:CIRCLE(X,Y) ,R-3,0, .9 
:NEXTR:PLAY ,, L50T50O1CEDCC": NEXTT 

50 FORT=0TO30:PMODE3,2:SCREEN1,1 
: PLAY"03GEDC" : PM0DE4 , 2 : SCREEN1 , 1 
:PLAY"GEDC II :NEXT 

51 FORT=0TO16:INC=INC+((Y(T)-30) 
*-.5) :NEXTT:CLS:PRINT@233,"BONUS 



:":FORT=SCR TO SCR+INC:PRINT@24 
0,T:PLAY"L15T8E" : NEXTT :SCR=SCR+I 
NC 

52 SCREEN1,0:PCLS1:DRAW"C0BM8J3,4 
0":I$= H SCORE":GOSUB79:DRAW ,, BM128 
,40":I$=STR$(SCR) :G0SUB8J3:DRAW"B 
M40, 60" : I$="ADVANCE@TO@NEXT@LEVE 
L":GOSUB79 

53 DRAW"BM36,80":I$="PRESS@FIRE@ 
TO@CONTINUE" : GOSUB79 : PLAY"L200T1 
00" 

54 C=RND ( 12 ) : FORT=2 1T01STEP-1 : PL 
AY"V"+STR$ (T) +" ; "+STR$ (C) : P=PEEK 
(65280) :IFP=12 60RP=254THEN55ELSE 
NEXTT:GOT054 

55 PCLS : PLAY"V28" : LEV=LEV+1 : IFLE 
V>9THENLEV=9 

56 GOT019 

57 T=RND(16) : IFY (T) >28THENRETURN 

58 PMODE4,l:GET((T*8)+60,Y(T))-( 
(T*8)+67,Y(T)+4) ,E:PMODE4, 2 :PUT( 
(T*8)+60,Y(T))-((T*8)+67,Y(T)+4) 
, E : Y (T) =Y (T) +4 : GET (0 , 20 ) - ( 60 , 40) 
,E:RETURN 

59 PMODE4,2:PLAY"L10T8BGEDCAFDCG 
EDCDCC" : FORT=0TO3 : Q=X+RND ( 40 ) -10 
: W=Y+RND ( 20 ) -5 : FORR=3TORND ( 10 ) +5 
:CIRCLE(Q,W) ,R,1:CIRCLE(Q,W) ,R-3 



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A dynamic lool lor businesses and accountants. PAYROL/BAS™ cuts checks and 
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• Enter employee data (name, address, SS#, PICA, taxes, deductions, profit 
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• Automatically calculates and stores seven deductions, including federal, FICA, 
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miscellaneous. 

• Will calculate tax and print to screen for approval before printing check. 

• Keep ledgers (including monthly listings ol all checks, gross income. FICA, 
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• Error correcting routine lets you change data if you have made a mistake. 

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• Calculates state tax automatically. 

• Each state has custom code included. 

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SAP II STOCK ANALYSIS PROGRAM: Stores and tracks your stock portfolio's 

performance A Howard exclusive. $19.95 (S2 shpg) 
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New Dual Mode EPSON 

The new Epson LX-80 ofters printing flexibility in 
two modes: one mode allows you to print in a quick 
(100 cps) dot-matrix style for programming and 
graphics, and the Near Letter Quality mode (16 
cps) produces precise (240 dots per inch), 
beautiful type for correspondence, reports, and 
similar purposes. The LX-80 offers 160 different 
type-style combinations, including Pica, Elite, 
Enlarged, Emphasized, Condensed, Subscripts 
and Superscripts, and type-styles can be selected 
quickly from the top control panel or from program 
control. Comes standard in friction feed; tractor op- 
tion is also available. 

LX-P package includes LX-80 with a serial inter- 
face with 2K buffer, a Color Computer to Epson 
cable, and Printer Tutorial that teaches you how 
to program the different type styles (S29.95 value). 

LX-P: LX-80 package $317 ($7 shpg) 
ET-1 tractor option for LX-80. $29.50. 
SF-1 Single-sheet feeder for the LX-80. $145 ($7 
shpg) 



*EPSON RX-80F/T+ 

RX-P package includes Epson RX-80F/T+ printer, 
Epson serial interface, a serial Color Computer to 
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MONITORS 

123 Zenith 12" Green Screen, 640 dotsx200 dots 
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2 5 MHz band width. S384 $149 [$14 Shpa) 



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NEW: 141 Roland 13" Color Monitor with speaker, 
270 dotsx200 dots resolution, 4 MHz band width 
$247 ($12 shpg) 

All monitors require video controller. 

Reverse video free with monitor order. 

MEMORY 

64K Upgrades— 1 Year Warranty 
64-E1 for E Boards with complete instructions. Re- 
move old chips and replace with preassembled 
package— no soldering or trace cuts. $52.45 ($2 
shpg) 
64-F1 tor F Boards. No soldering needed. Capacitor 

leads must be cut. $48.45 ($2 shpg) 
64-2 for COCO 2. Kit requires one solder point, no 
trace cuts. $48.45 ($2 shpg) 



SURGE SUPPRESSOR 

SS-1 protects your data and equipment against power 
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CONTROLLERS 



New Controller from J&M: Has switch that allows 
either JDOS or RS DOS to be the disk operating 
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while preserving the advantages of J&M's gold con- 
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a parallel port, which means a serial interface is no 
longer needed to make a parallel printer (like the 
Epson) work. 

DC-2 Disk Controller with JDOS. $138 ($2 shpg) 
RS-1: RS DOS ROM Chip. $20.00 ($2 shpg) 
DC-1 Disk Controller reads and writes to 35 and 40 
track single and double-sided drives for all models 
of the Color Computer w/ JDOS. $128 ($2 shpg) 
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by piggy-backing IC on top of interface— no solder- 
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& sound. $24.45 ($2 shpg) 
VC-2 for COCO 2— mono only. $26.45 ($2 shpg) 
VC-3 for COCO 2— both color or monochrome 

$39.45 ($2 shpg) 
VC-4 for new Color Computer (no sockets, chips are 
soldered to mother board). Attaches with spring- 
loaded clips. Color or mono. S39.45 ($2 shpg) 



EPSON AND J&M 

The EJ-P Package 
The Epson LX-80 Printer learned with our new 
J&M DC-2 Controller gives you top printing 
capabilities plus built-in switch gives JDOS or 
Radio Shack DOS so all software can run on your 
Color Computer. Package includes: Epson LX-80 
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D0-P package $354 ($7 shpg) 



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$29.50 ($3 shpg) 
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shpg) 
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by Steven Hirsch 




The checkered flag drops as your pulse rises in this 
lively new arcade game. The road twists to the horizon 
on the 3-D panorama that sets the stage for the most 
exciting race the CoCo has ever seen! Vie for time as 
you speed through the curves at incredible speeds. 
Step through the gears to stay ahead of the pack, but 
step lively since some will stop at nothing to see the end 
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You clutch the tank controls, searching for any sign of the 
enemy. Suddenly a blip appears on radar! Frantically, you 
move your tank into position. At last you spot the elusive 
enemy tank! Facing it, you race to lock sights and fire before 
he does! 

Enter the ultimate battle-zone in this exciting 3-D tank 
combat game. Strategy, speed, and your tank's cannon are 
your only hope as you wind through a three-dimensiona 
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Dazzling graphics and lifelike sound take you a step beyond 
the ordinary in this fast, machine-language arcade game. 
Enter the next dimension, ROMM EL's troops are waiting for 
you! 




By Kary McFadden 




32K Color Computer Required. 



$29.95 




,0:NEXTR:PLAY"L20T20O1CEDC":NEXT 
T 

60 MEN=MEN- 1 : 1 FMEN< 1THEN 6 2 

61 PMODE4,2:PCLS:GOT018 

62 PCOPY6T01:PMODE4,l: GET (0,15)- 
(255 , 80) , E : FORT=15T047STEP2 : PUT ( 

, T) - (255 , T+65 ) , E : PLAY"Llj30T5j3C" 
: NEXTT : PMODE3 , 2 : COLOR2 : R= . 8 : X=0 : 
FORT=60TO191: LINE (128-X,T)- (128+ 
X , T ) , PSET : X=X+R : NEXTT 

63 PLAY"L20T20CDEFGABO+CDEFGO-CD 
EFABO+CDEFGO-CDEFGABO+CDEFGABO-C 
DEFGABO+CDEFGO-DEFGABO+CDEFGO-DE 
FGABO+CDEFGO-DEFGABO+CDEFGO-DEFG 
ABG+CDEFGO- EFGABO+CDEFGO-EFGABO+ 

CDEFGO-EFGABO+CDEFGO-EFGABO+CDEF 
GO- 

64 PLAY"FGABO+CDEFGO-FGABO+CDEFG 
O-FGABO+CDEFGO-FGABO+CDEFGO-GABO 
+CDEFGO-GABO+CDEFGO-GABO+CDEFGC— 
GABO+CDEFGO-ABO+CDEFGO-ABO+CDEFG 
O-ABO+CDEFGO-ABO+CDEFGO-BO+CDEFG 
O-BO+CDEFGO-BO+CDEFGO-BO+CDEFG 

65 PLAY"CDEFGCDEFGCDEFGCDEFGDEFG 
DEFGDEFGDEFGEFGEFGEFGEFGFGFGFGFG 
GGGG 

66 PMODE4,2:I$="THE§ENEMY@HAS@SU 
CCEEDED" : DRAW" BM3 2,4": GOSUB8 2:1$ 

="YOU@HAVE@FAILED":DRAW"BM64,50" 
:GOSUB82 

67 I$="YOU@WILL@RECEIVE@":DRAW"B 
M48, 120" :GOSUB82 : I$=RIGHT$ (STR$ ( 
SCR) ,LEN(STR$(SCR))-1) : GOSUB80 

68 I$="DOLLARS@FOR@YOUR§EFFORTS" 
:DRAW"BM32,130":GOSUB82 

69 I$="DO@YOU@WISH@TO@TRY@AGAIN" 
: DRAWBM32 , 150" : GOSUB82 : I$="@@YE 

S@@@@§@@NO@@":DRAW"BM64,170":GOS 
UB82 

70 T=SGN(JOYSTK(0)-31) :IFT=-1THE 
NR=0ELSER=1 

71 COLORR:LINE(132,168)-(196,178 
) , PSET, B:COLORR+l: LINE (124, 168)- 
(60,178) ,PSET,B 

72 P=PEEK(6528j3) : IFP=12 60RP=254T 
HEN73ELSE70 

73 IFT=-1THENRUNELSECLS : PRINT"TH 
IS IS THE END ":END 

74 PMODE3,2:COLOR2:LINE(X+7,Y)-( 
X+9 , TY) , PSET , B : PLAY"02BGDC" : LINE 

( X+7 , Y ) - ( X+ 9 , TY ) , PRESET , B : RETURN 

75 LINE(167, 182)-(193, 184) , PSET, 
B 

76 LINE(197, 182)-(223, 184) , PSET, 
B 

77 LINE(227, 182)-(253, 184) , PSET, 
B : RETURN 

78 DATA16,24,24,28,28,28,32,32,3 



2,32 



32,28,28,28,24,24, 



16 



79 FORT=lTOLEN(I$) :Q$=MID$ (1$ , T, 
1) :R=ASC(Q$)-64:DRAWD$(R) :NEXTT: 
RETURN 

80 FORT=lTOLEN(I$) :Q=VAL(MID$(I$ 
,T,1) ) :DRAW N$(Q)+"BL7"+N$(Q)+"B 
L" : NEXTT : RETURN 

81 FORT=lTOLEN(I$) : Q$=MID$ (1$ , T, 
1) :R=ASC(Q$)-64:DRAWD$(R)+»S4BL2 
9BUS16"+D$ (R) +"S4BL29BUS16"+D$ (R 
) + " S 4 BL3 BD2 S 1 6 " : NEXTT : RETURN 

82 FORT=lTOLEN(I$) :Q$=MID$(I$,T, 
1) :R=ASC(Q$)-64:DRAW"C0"+ER$+"C1 
"+D$(R)+"BL7"+D$(R)+"BL": NEXTT :R 
ETURN 

83 DATA BR8,BRGD2NDR4NDU2HNL2BR5 
,RNR3D4NLR3EHNLEBR3BU,BRR2NFL2GD 
2FR2EBU3BR4 

84 DATA RNR2D4NLR2EU2HBR5,NR4D2N 
R3D2R4BR4BU4,NR4D2NR3D2BR8BU4,BR 
1NR3GD2FR3ENL2BR3BU3 , D2ND2R4ND2U 
2BR4 




85 DATA BR2NLNRD4NLRBR5BU4,BR4D3 
GL2NHBR7BU4 , D2ND2RNE2F2BR5BU4 , D4 
R4BR4BU4,ND4F2E2ND4BR4 

86 DATA ND4F4U4BR4,NR4D4R4U4BR4, 
ND4R3FGNL1BR5BU2 , BRNR2GD2FR2ENFN 
HU2BR4BU,"ND4R3FDGLM+2,+lBU4BR4" 

87 DATA BR4L3GFR3FGL3BR7BU4,R2ND 
4R2BR4 , D3FR2EU3BR4 , D2F2E2U2BR4 , D 
4E2F2U4BR4 

88 DATA F4H2G2E4BR4,DF2NDE2UBR4, 
R4G4R4BU4BR4 

89 DATA BRGD2FR2EU2HNLBR5,BR2NGD 
4NLRBR5BU4 , BDER2FDL3GDR4BR4BU4 

90 DATA BDER2FGFGL2NHBR7BU4,D2R4 
ND2NU2R1BR3BU2,NR4D2R3FGL3BR8BU4 

91 DATA BR4L3GD2FR3EHNL3BR4BU2,R 
4G2D2BR6BU4 , BRNR2GFGFR2EHEBR4BU1 
,BR3NFL2GFR3NUDGL2BR7BU4 ^ 



36 



THE RAINBOW August 1985 



Why do more CoCo owners 

choose 'REAL TALKER'? 



Sure it's priced right, but there's more... 



bousands of 'Real Talker' owners know 'Real Talker' beats ALL 
ther Coco voice synthesizers in ease of use and flexibility. And, 
10 other Coco talker has a clearer, more intelligible voice, 
hat's quite a lot of advantage when you consider Real Talker's 
nbeatable price. Yet, Real Talker has some important features 
lat you simply will not find in other Coco talkers: 



SAY' command - You'll have your 
omputer talking brilliantly in just 
ninutes thanks to this powerful 
lew command. Type SAY 
ANYTHING YOU WANT" and 
'our words are instantly spoken, 
t's that simple. Think how easy 
his makes creating speaking Basic 
uograms. Adding speech to your 
existing programs is a snap too. 

CONVERT' - This is a truly power- 
ul command for the basic pro- 
;ramer. CONVERT automatically 
ransforms a machine language 
lependent speaking program into 
i stand-alone Basic program. In 
>ther words, you can effortlessly 
vrite speaking Basic programs that 
lo not require a machine language 
ranslator in memory. Thi^ is a uni- 
jue feature of 'Real Talker'. No 
>ther voice synthesizer gives you 
inything even remotely ap- 
aroaching this type of capability - 
;ven synthesizers costing con- 
iiderably more. 




'Real Talker' is compatible with any 16K, 32K, 64K Extended or 
non-extended Color Computer. It works with any cassette or 
disk system and comes complete and ready to talk through your 
T.V. or monitor speaker. Price includes the 'Real Talker' elec- 
tronic voice synthesizer in a ROM pack, software on cassette 
(may be transferred to disk), and user manual. 



NOW INCLUDED WITH 
'REAL TALKER'. 



1. 'DR. TALK-Tbis interactive "Eliza" 
type psychoanalyst program will 
discuss your innermost problems 
at length. 

2. TALKING BATTLESHIP'-W's you 

vs. the computer in this speaking 
version of the classic game. 

3. TALKING BLACKJACK'- Play for 
big stakes against a rather talkative 
casino dealer. 



ONLY 



'Real Talker' is a full-featured electronic voice syn- 
thesizer unit built into a compact cartridge case. You 
simply plug it into the side of your computer. 



$5995 



Dther features include software controlled pitch, unlimited 
/ocabulary text-to-speech, and even a program that will recite 
iny ASCII file (such as from Telewriter-64 & other word pro- 
ressors). You also get Colorware's unique full-screen phoneme 
editor program that let's you experiment with and modify speech 
at it's most fundimental level. 



'REAL TALKER-1' (for the original Color Computer) $59.95 

'REAL TALKER-2' (for the Color Computer-2) $64.95 

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system but do not have a Radio Shack Multi-Slot unit, this 
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f you have a 'Real Talker', do not deprive yourself 
)f this absolutely incredible machine-language 
"alking Head simulation program. While other 
alking head simulations use a minimal cartoon- 
ike face, TALKHEAD uses high resolution, full- 
screen, digitized images of an actual person's face 
o create a life-like animated effect. 




SOFTWARE FOR THE 'REAL TALKER' 

TALKHEAD can be easily commanded in Basic to 
appear on screen and say anything you want. 
Available on cassette or disk for only $19.95, 
TALKHEAD requires 64K and a Colorware 'Real 
Talker'. 

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We are all witnessing an exciting revolu- 
tion in microcomputers: a radically new 
kind of computer and software that 
opens a whole new world of creative 
power to computer users. 

It was inevitable that this exciting ap- 
proach would be brought to the CoCo. 
With this in mind, Colorware chose to 
go all out and maximize this new con- 
cept for the color computer. That meant 
designing not just software but hardware 
too. It meant thousands of hours of pure 
machine language programming. Rarely 
has this much effort been applied to one 
product for the Color Computer. 






UNMATCHED CAPABILITY... 

Because we took the maximum approach: 
highly optimized machine code combin- 
ed with hardware, CoCo Max truly 
stands above the rest as the ultimate 
creative tool for the Color Computer. It's 
unrivaled performance lets you create 
with more brilliance and more speed 
than any similar system - much more 
than you ever imagined possible. And, 
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All the sophisticated power of the bigger 
systems is there: Icons, Pull-Down Menus, 
full Graphic Editing, Font Styles, and all 
kinds of handy tools and shortcuts. 

Plug your joystick, mouse or touch pad 
into CoCo Max's Hi-Res Input Unit. Then 
use a delightfully simple Point-and-Click 
method to get any of CoCo Max's power- 
ful graphic tools. It has them all: 



You can Brush, Spray or Fill with any Col- 
or, Shading or Pattern. Use Rubber Band 
Lines and Shapes (square, rectangle, cir- 
cle, elipse, etc.) fo create perfect illustra- 
tions with speed and ease. There's a Pen- 
cil, an Eraser and even a selection of 
Caligraphy Brushes. And, as you can see, 
CoCo Max can do a lot with text. 
All of the newest special effects are 
there: Trace Edges, Flip, Invert, Brush Mir- 
rors, etc. And all of the very latest super- 
capabilities like: Undo, which 
automatically reverses your mistakes, and 
Fat Bits which zooms you way in on any 
part of your subject to allow dot-for-dot 
precision. 




THE BIG PICTURE 

The large image box in the middle of the 
CoCo Max screen is actually only a win- 
dow on an even larger image. Use the 
Point-and Click "Hand" to effortlessly 
move your window over any portion of 
the larger image. You have a working 
area of up to 3-'/2 times the area of the 
window itself. 



FLEXIBLE PRINTING... 

CoCo Max gives you many ways to print. 
Fill a whole page with your image or 
condense two full CoCo screens to less 
than 'A page for a finely detailed copy. 
"Dump" your CoCo Max screen full size 
or shrink it to '/e page size. 



FREEDOM TO CREATE... 

Anyone who wanls to create anything at 
all on their CoCo screen or printer will 
certainly be very glad to meet CoCo 
Max. CoCo Max's friendly yet 
sophisticated graphic and text 
capabilities let you almost instantly pro- 
duce illustrations, diagrams, charts, 



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You may then use CoCo Max's graphic 
magic on it. The DS-69 is available as an 
option from Colorware from S149.95 
complete with its own software on disk 
or tape. Using the DS-69 with a disk re- 
quires an RS multi-pak adaptor. 



graphs, and computer art - tor serious 
use or just for creative fun. 



tion by using software schemes such as 
sliding windows. Although clever, these 
schemes yield sluggish and awkward 
results. Only CoCo Max does it the right 
way. The CoCo Max Hi-Res Input Unit 
plugs into your ROM slot and adds an 
entirely new joystick input to your com- 
puter - a precision one with a 49,152 
point resolution to match the CoCo 
screen exactly. 
Plug your same joystick, mouse or touch 







COCO MAX REQUIREMENTS 

The CoCo Max System includes the Hi- 
Res Input Unit, software on disk or 
cassette (please specify) and user manual. 
It will work on anv 64K Extended or non- 




AN ABSOLUTE GUARANTEE 

CoCo Max ii a hardware software system 
lhat.no software-only system can 
match. Get CoCo Max and see vour 
CoCo perform as it never could before. 
If you don't agree that CoCo Max is the 
ultimate creative tool for the Color Com- 
puter, simply return it within 20 davs for 
a full, courteous refund from Colorware. 

THE HARDWARE... 

This is the key to CoCo Max's unmatch- 
ed performance. Did you know the nor- 
mal joystick input built into the Color 
Computer only allows access to 4,096 I64 
x 64) points on theCoCo screen? Yet, the 
Color Computer's high resolution screen 



pad into this new input and you have a 
whole new kind of control. The dif- 
ference is remarkable. 





A DIGITIZER OPTION... 

We studied all the video digitizers 
available and picked the best of them to 
link with CoCo Max. The DS-69 from 
Micro Works was our choice. This op- 
tional device lets you capture the image 
from any video source (video recorder, 
camera, etc.) on your Color Computer. 



extended Color Computer. You'll need a 
Radio Shack or equivalent joystick, 
mouse or touch pad. Disk systems re- 
quire a Multi-Slot Interface or Y- 
Branching Cable. 

THE COMPLETE COCO MAX SYSTEM, 
with software on DISK $69.95 

with software on CASSETTE (Available 
Mar '85) $69.95 

Y-BRANCHING CABLE-W you have a disk 
system but do not have a Multi-Slot In- 
terface, use this economical 40-pin, 1 
male, 2 female cable to connect the 
CoCo Max Hi-Res input unit and your 

disk controller to your CoCo $27.95 

Sorry, COCO MAX is not compatible with JDOS 



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has 49,152 (256 x 192) pixels. This means 
that a joystick, mouse or even a touch 
pad can, at best, only access about one 
tenth of the pixels on the CoCo screen. 

Most graphic programs ignore this hard- 
ware limitation of the Color Computer 
and give you only low-res control. 
Others attempt to overcome the limila- 




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GRAPHICS 



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Random Mosaics 

By Bob and Daniel Delbourgo 




andom Mosaics is a very simple 
program which works entirely 
in the low resolution graphics 
mode. It was inspired by the 
mosaics one often sees on 
floors and murals. 

The computer draws the 
mosaics at random with various 
colors and patterns. Nine dif- 
ferent types of mosaics (in 
addition to the title card mo- 
saic) have been devised and 
come in increments of just 
under 10 lines each. 
Line 9 makes the random selection and subroutine 100 

ensures that colors are distinct to bring out the best in 

the profiles. If you do not like the patterns you can easily 

add a few more mosaics of your own by altering Line 

9 appropriately. 

Notice the high-speed poke in Line 1 and delete it if 

your computer cannot handle it. Type in the program, 

RUN it and enjoy the ever changing scenery. 

(For questions regarding this program, the Delbourgos 

can be contacted at 15 Willowdene Avenue, Sandy Bay, 

Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 7005) 

(Daniel Delbourgo is the 13-year-old son of Bob Delbourgo 
who is an A ustralian physicist. They have fun collaborating on 
creating special graphics effects.) 



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If you have not been able to PRESERVE QUANDIC you 
will be happy to hear that our hint sheets are now available. 
It is fully coded to give you only the information you wish to 
decode. $3.95 

UZPAC - STATISTICS 

Absolutely the most complete statistics package we have 
seen for ANY computer anywhere. Lizpac is 850,000 
Bytes of programming filling 7 disks with an eighth disk 
containing data files to be used in the examples. The 200 
page manual completely explains all that Lizpac has to 
offer. Write for more information. Req. 32K disk only. 
$195.00 ^ 

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FLIGHT SIMULATORS 

Flight — This graphics flight simulator gives you four 
levels of difficulty from student level to instrument only 
landing. The high resolution graphics screen shows your 
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synthesized voice from the tower says "perfect landing!". 
This program was written by a professional pilot and it 
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JUMBO JET 

Take off from one airport, fly to another, and land safely, 
using full instruments and a thru the window view. It takes 
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MICROARTIST 

Finally!!! a graphics program so easy to use anyone can 
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tape or disk and incorporate your artwork in your own 
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selection provides 1 6 modes of operation including zoom, 
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This program calculates complete natal horoscopes to an 
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Explore the kingdom of Ursea in search of the elusive 
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Strategy and politics are the key to winning CITY WAR. 
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3 Z=S:FORY=0TO2 56STEP12 8:FORX=3 3 
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4 Z=T : FORY=0TO2 56STEP12 8 : FORX=69 
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5 PLAY " PI ":NEXTV: PLAYS $ : GOT09 

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9 A=RND(9):ONA GOTO 10, 20, 30, 40, 5 
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11 Z=R:FORY=65T0449STEP128:FORX= 
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12 Z=S:FORY=37T0421STEP128:FORX= 
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13 Z=T:FORY=129T0385STEP128:FORX 
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14 Z=U:FORY=101TO357STEP128:FORX 
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16 O=1024+Y+X: POKEO, Z: POKEO+1, Z: 
POKEO+3 , Z : POKEO+4 , Z : POKEO-3 1 , Z : P 
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17 O=1024+Y+X: POKEO, Z: POKEO+1, Z: 
POKEO+3 , Z : POKEO+4 , Z : POKEO+3 3 , Z : P 
OKEO+3 4 , Z : POKEO+3 5 , Z : POKEO+6 6 , Z : 
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20 CLS0:FORV=1TO5:GOSUB100 

21 Z=R:FORY=0TO194STEP194:FORX=3 
3T057STEP6 : GOSUB2 6 : NEXTX , Y 

22 Z=S:FORY=0TO188STEP188:FORX=3 
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23 Z=T:FORY=0TO194STEP194:FORX=1 
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24 Z=U:FORY=0TO188STEP188:FORX=1 
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25 PLAY " PI ":NEXTV: PLAYS $:GOT09 

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31 Z=R:FORX=33TO47STEP14:G0SUB3 6 
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9 : NEXTX: FORX=3 54T0375STEP7: GOSUB 
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36 O=1024+X:POKEO,Z:POKEO+1,Z:PO 
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EO+66 , Z : POKEO+67 , Z : POKEO+69 , Z : PO 
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37 0=102 4+X: POKEO, Z : POKEO+1, Z : PO 
KEO+2 , Z : POKEO+3 , Z : POKEO+5 , Z : POKE 
0+6 , Z : POKEO+3 2 , Z : POKEO+3 5 , Z : POKE 
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EO+67 , Z : POKEO+68 , Z : POKEO+69 , Z : PO 
KEO+70 , Z : PLAY"02L255E" : RETURN 

38 0=lp24+X: POKEO, Z: POKEO+1, Z:PO 
KEO+3 3 , Z : POKEO+65 , Z : POKEO+96 , Z : P 
OKEO+97 , Z : PLAY"02L255G" : RETURN 

39 0=102 4+X: POKEO, Z: POKEO+1, Z : PO 
KEO+3 2 , Z : POKEO+64 , Z : POKEO+96 , Z : P 
OKEO+97 , Z : PLAY"03L255C" : RETURN 

40 CLS0:FORV=1TO5:GOSUB100 

41 Z=R:FORY=0TO256STEP256:FORX=1 
T02 1STEP10 : GOSUB4 6 : NEXTX , Y : FORY= 
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42 Z=S:FORY=0TO256STEP256:FORX=6 
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43 Z=T:FORY=0TO256STEP2 56:FORX=3 
T028STEP5 : GOSUB47 : NEXTX, Y 



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44 Z=U:FORY=128T0384STEP256:FORX 
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45 PLAY"P1":NEXTV: PLAYS $:G0T09 

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POKEO+96 , Z : POKEO+97 , Z : POKEO+99 , Z 
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N 

47 0=lp24+Y+X : POKEO , Z : POKEO+3 1 , Z 
:POKEO+33 , Z : POKEO+63 , Z : POKEO+65 , 
Z : POKEO+9 6 , Z : POKEO+3 2 , Z-3 : POKEO+ 
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50 CLS/8:FORV=lT05:GOSUBlj3j8 

51 Z=R:FORY=^T0384STEP192:FORX=2 
T016STEP14 : G0SUB56 : NEXTX , Y : FORY= 
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G0SUB56: NEXTX, Y 

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KEO+3 5 , Z : POKEO+3 6 , Z : POKEO+3 8 , Z : P 
OKEO+64 , Z : POKEO+7J3, Z : PLAY"L25502 
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57 0=102 4+X+Y : POKEO , Z : POKEO+4 , Z : 
POKEO+32 , Z : POKEO+3 3 , Z : POKEO+34 , Z 
: POKEO+3 5 , Z : POKEO+3 6 , Z : POKEO+66 , 
Z : PLAY"L25502G" : RETURN 

60 CLS0 : F0RV=1T05 : GOSUBlp^l 

61 Z=R:FORY=j3T0384STEP128:FORX=j3 
T024STEP8 : GOSUB66 : NEXTX, Y 

62 Z=S:FORY=j3T0384STEP128:FORX=3 
3T061STEP4 : POKE10 2 4+X+Y, Z : NEXTX, 
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63 Z=T:FORY=j3T0384STEP128:FORX=3 
9T055STEP8 : POKE102 4+Y+X, Z : NEXTX, 
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64 PLAY "PI" :NEXTV: PLAYS $:G0T09 

66 0= lj3 2 4+X+Y: POKEO, Z:P0KE0+1,Z: 
POKEO+2 , Z : POKEO+4 , Z : POKEO+5 , Z : PO 
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KEO+3 5 , Z : POKEO+3 6 , Z : POKEO+3 8 , Z : P 
OKEO+64 , Z : POKEO+65 , Z : POKEO+66 , Z : 
POKEO+68 , Z : POKEO+69 , Z : POKEO+70 , Z 
:PLAY"02L255C": RETURN 

67 0=lj324+Y+X: POKEO, Z: POKEO+3 1,Z 
: POKEO+32 , Z : POKEO+33 , Z : POKEO+64 , 



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: P0KE0+3 1 , Z : POKEO+32 , Z : POKEO+3 3 , 
Z : POKEO+34 , Z : POKEO+64 , Z : PLAY"L25 
5026": RETURN 

70 CLS0 : F0RV=1T05 : GOSUB100 

71 Z=R:FORX=3 3TO57STEP6:FORY=0TO 
224STEP224:GOSUB76:PLAY"L25503C" 
:NEXTY,X 

72 Z=S:FORX=130TO154STEP6:FORY=0 
T0224STEP224 : GOSUB77 : PLAY"L25503 
E":NEXTY,X 

73 Z=T:FORX=102TO126STEP6:FORY=0 
T0224STEP224:GOSUB78:PLAY"L25503 
G":NEXTY,X 

74 Z=U:FORX=167TO191STEP6:FORY=0 
T0224STEP224:GOSUB79:PLAY"L25504 
C": NEXTY, X 

75 PLAY "PI" :NEXTV: PLAYS $:G0T09 

76 O=1024+X+Y:FORP=0TO4:POKEO+P, 
Z : NEXTP : POKEO-3 2 , Z : POKEO+3 2 , Z : PO 
KEO-30 , Z : POKEO+3 4 , Z : POKEO-2 8 , Z : P 
OKEO+36,Z:RETURN 

77 O=1024+X+Y:FORP=0TO4:POKEO+P, 
Z : POKEO+P+64 , Z : POKEO-32+32*P, Z :N 
EXTP: POKEO-64 , Z : POKEO+98 , Z : RETUR 
N 

78 O=1024+X+Y:FORP=0TO3:POKEO-P, 
Z : POKEO-3 2 *P , Z : NEXTP : POKEO-3 4 , Z : 
RETURN 

79 O=1024+X+Y:FORP=0TO3:POKEO-P, 
Z:POKEO+32-32*P,Z: NEXTP :P0KE0-4, 
Z: RETURN 

80 CLS0:FORV=1TO5:GOSUB100 

81 Z=R:FORX=100TO124STEP8:FORY=0 
T0192STEP192:GOSUB86:PLAY"L255O3 
C":NEXTY / X:FORX=417T0441STEP8:FO 
RP=0TO3 : POKE1024+X+P, Z :NEXTP: POK 
E1024+X+35,Z:NEXTX 

82 Z=S:FORX=200TO216STEP8:FORY=0 
T0192STEP192 : GOSUB86 : PLAY"L25503 
E" : NEXTY , X : FORX=64T088STEP8 : FORP 
=0TO3 : POKE1024+X+P, Z : NEXTP : P0KE1 
024+X-32 , Z :NEXTX: 0=1216 : G0SUB89 : 
0=1408 : GOSUB89 : FORP=0TO2 : FORQ=0T 
0192STEP192 

83 P0KE1183-P+Q,Z:P0KE1247-P+Q,Z 
: P0KE124 5+3 2 *P+Q , Z : NEXTQ , P : Z=T : F 
ORX=96TO120STEP8 : FORY=0TO192STEP 
192:G0SUB87:PLAY"L25503G":NEXTY, 
X 

84 FORX=38TO62STEP8:FORY=0TO384S 
TEP192 : GOSUB88 : PLAY"L25504C" : NEX 
TY,X:FORX=130TO154STEP8:FORY=0TO 
192STEP192:GOSUB88:PLAY"L25504C" 
: NEXTY , X 

85 PLAY " PI ":NEXTV: PLAYS $ : G0T09 

86 0=102 4+X+Y:FORP=-3T03:POKEO+P 
,Z:NEXTP:FORP=-64T064STEP32:POKE 



O+P,Z:NEXTP:FORP=0TO3:POKEO+64+P 
, Z : POKEO- 64 -P , Z : NEXTP : FORP=0TO2 : 
POKEO+3-32*P, Z : POKEO-3+32*P, Z :NE 
XTP : RETURN 

87 O=1024+X+Y: POKEO, Z : POKEO+ 100, 
Z : RETURN 

88 O=1024+X+Y: POKEO, Z: POKEO+32 ,Z 
: RETURN 

89 FORP=0TO2: POKEO-3 2 *P,Z:POKEO+ 
32*P, Z : POKEO+1+P, Z : POKEO+65+P, Z : 
POKEO+3-3 2*P,Z: : NEXTP : RETURN 

90 CLS0 : F0RV=1T05 : GOSUB100 

91 Z=R:FORX=3T027STEP8:GOSUB96:N 
EXTX : FORX=167T018 3STEP8 : G0SUB9 6 : 
NEXTX : F0RX=3 2 3T03 47STEP8 : G0SUB9 6 
:NEXTX: 0=1215 :GOSUB97:FORP=192TO 
194 : POKE1024+P, Z : POKE1088+P, Z : NE 
XTP 

92 Z=S : FORX=7T02 3STEP8 : GOSUB9 6 :N 
EXTX:FORX=163T0187STEP8:GOSUB96: 
NEXTX:FORX=327T0343STEP8:GOSUB96 
: NEXTX 

93 0=1055 :GOSUB97: 0=1375 :GOSUB97 
: FORP=32T03 4 : POKE1024+P, Z : POKE10 
88+P,Z:POKE1344+P,Z:POKE1408+P,Z 
: NEXTP 

95 PLAY " PI ":NEXTV: PLAYS $:G0T09 

96 O=1024+X:FORP=0TO3:POKEO-P,Z: 
POKEO+32+P, Z : POKEO+64-P, Z : POKE0+ 
96+P, Z : POKEO+128-P, Z : NEXTP: PLAY" 
L25503C": RETURN 

97 FORP=0TO3:POKEO-P,Z:POKEO+64- 
P, Z : POKEO+128-P, Z :NEXTP: POKEO+32 
, Z : POKEO+96 , Z : PLAY"L25503C" :RETU 
RN 

100 R=RND(8) :S=RND(8) :IFR=S THEN 

100 

101 T=RND(8) :IFT=R THEN101 

102 IFT=S THEN101 

103 U=RND(8) :IFU=R THEN103 

104 IFU=S THEN103 

105 IFU=T THEN103 

106 R=16*R+127:S=16*S+127:T=16*T 
+127:U=16*U+127:RETURN ^ 




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THB RAINBOW August 1986 



The HJL-57 Keyboard 



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Now available for all models 
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Free Function Key Program 

Your HJL-57 kit includes usage 
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32K 
ECB 



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occer Instructor 




By Vincent H. Sheridan 

A text and graphics program, 
Soccer Instructor helps new- 
comers to the game of 
soccer understand the field mark- 
ings and their effect on the game. 
The program requires 32K or 64K 
Extended basic and a cassette 
player. I have coached minor 
league soccer for nine years, and 
wrote this program to show my 
family that CoCo could be used 
for more than playing games. 

The title page is followed by an 
introductory note on the program 
after which the field is drawn in 
PMDDE4 for the first time, off 
screen, and shown following the 
SCREEN command. The program 
then switches to a menu listing sev- 
en field features. 



(Vincent Sheridan is a supervising 
design engineer with Ontario Hydro. 
He is an amateur photographer, and 
has coached minor league soccer for 
several years. He is interested in 
writing educational programs for the 
Co Co.) 



August 1985 THE RAINBOW 47 



Selection of a feature will cause 
the field to be redrawn quickly by 
means of the PCDPY command. The 
feature is emphasized by flashing, 
by PSETting and PRESETting lines 
or PAINTing first in the foreground 
color and then in the background 



Program Structure 

10-20 Credit 

30 Reserves eight graph- 

ics pages 

50-240 Title page 

250-280 Introductory text 

290-310 INKEYS routine for 

branch to Line 10000 
for field graphics 
subroutine 

320-430 Menu 

440 Branch to exit 

program 

450 Branch to repeat 

program 

1000-7190 Subroutines for field 

features 

1 0000- 1 0260 Draws initial soccer 
field 



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Soccer Instructor will be of use 
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The listing: SOCCER 
10 REM* ************************* 





* SOCCER FIELD * 




* AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE * 




* FOR NEW SOCCER PLAYERS * 




* BY V.A.SHERIDAN * 




* COPYRIGHT (C) 1985 * 




************************** 


20 


REM* ************************* 


30 


PCLEAR8 


40 


CLS 


50 


FOR X=3 3T062 


60 


PRINT§X,CHR$(128) 


70 


NEXTX 


80 


FORX=449T0478 


90 


PRINT@X,CHR$(12 8) 


100 NEXTX 



110 FORY=65T0417STEP32 

120 PRINT® Y,CHR$ (12 8) 

130 NEXTY 

140 FORY=80TO462STEP32 

150 PRINT@Y,CHR$(128) 

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170 FORZ=94T0446STEP32 

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260 PRINT: PRINT"**********SOCCER 

FIELD********** THE GAME OF SOC 
CER IS PLAYED ONA SPECIALLY MARK 
ED FIELD. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT A 

NEW PLAYER LEARNS WHAT THES 
E MARKINGS ARE FOR AND HOW THEY 

EFFECT THE GAME"; 
270 PRINT". I HOPE THIS PROGRAM W 
ILL PROVE TO BE USEFUL. 

A PICTURE OF THE SOCCF 
R FIELD FOLLOWS, YOU WILL THEN 
SEE A LISTOF FIELD FEATURES . PRES 
SING THE NUMBER KEY WILL TELL Y 
OU MORE." 
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SEE THE FIELD." 
290 I$=INKEY$ 
300 IF I$=""THEN290 
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320 PRINT" soccer field 

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(3) THE GOAL AR 
EA. (4) THE PENALTY 

SPOT. (5) THE PENALTY 

AREA . " ; 

3 30 PRINT" (6) THE CENTRE CIRCLE. 

(7) THE CORNERS." 
340 PRINT: PRINT" PICK A SUBJECT A 
ND PRESS THE NUMBER KEY, OR PR 
ESS 'E 1 TO END THE PROGRAM, OR P 
RESS 'R' TO REPEAT THE PROGR 
AM." 

350 K$=INKEY$ 
3 60 IFK$=""THEN350 

370 IFK$=" 1"THENSOUND200 , 2 : GOSUB 
1000 
380 IFK$="2"THENSOUND200,2:GOSUB 



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True Upper ' lower Case Display 

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Print @ (ully implemented 
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Different line lengths 
Automatic Key Repeat 
Ad|ustahle Key Repeal 
Auto Repeal Disable 
Erase to end ol line/screen 
Home Cursor 
Solid or Blinking Cursor 
CLS command supported 
X.Y Coordinate Cursor 

Positioning 
Double Size Characters 
Individual/Continuous 

Highlighting 
On Screen Underlining 
Clear Key functional 
16.32 &64K Supported 
Green or Black Background 

Dual Character sets for 

Enhanced 64 and 85 

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Protected Screen Lines 

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Full Control Code Keyboard 

lor Screen control directly 

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Programmable Tab Character 

Spacing Yes 

Full Screen Reverse Function Yes 
Switch lo & from the Standard 

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Screen RAM 2K 

Program Price (Tapel $24 15 



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20,0,0 

3 90 IFK$=" 3 "THENSOUND200 , 2 : GOSUB 

3000 

400 IFK$="4"THENSOUND200,2:GOSUB 

4 10 IFK$= » 5 "THENSOUND200 , 2 : GOSUB 

5000 

420 IFK$= ,, 6"'THENSOUND200,2:GOSUB 

6000 

430 IFK$="7"THENSOUND200,2:GOSUB 

7000 

440 IFK$="E"THENCLS : PRINT@193 , "N 

OW YOU KNOW THE FIELD! ! " : PRINT@2 

57, "HAVE A GOOD SOCCER SEASON!!" 

:FORT=l TO10000:NEXTT:CLS:END 

450 IFK$="R"THENCLS:GOTO10 

460 CLS:GOTO3 20 

1000 F0RN=1T05 

1010 PMODE4,5:COLOR0,1:SCREEN1,0 

: PCOPY1T05 : PCOPY2T06 : PCOPY3T07 : P 

C0PY4T08 

1020 FORT=1TO500:NEXTT 

1030 LINE (4, 16) -(252, 176) , PRESET 

, B : SOUND150 , 4 : FORT=1TO500 : NEXTT 

1040 NEXTN 

1050 PCLS 

1060 CLS 

1070 SCREEN0,0 

1080 PRINT"*********SIZE OF FIEL 

D**********" 

1090 PRINT" THE FIELD IS 50 TO 1 

00 YARDS WIDE, AND 100 TO 130 Y 

ARDS LONG. THE LINES AT THE GOAL 

ENDS OF THE FIELD ARE CALLED 
GOAL LINES, AND THE LINES DOWN TH 
E SIDES OF THE FIELD ARE CALLED 
SIDELINES." 
1100 PRINT" IF THE ATTACKING TEAM 

KICKS THE BALL OVER THE GOAL LI 
NE THE DEFENDING TEAM IS AWA 
RDED A GOALKICK." 

1105 PRINT: PRINT "PRESS ANY KEY T 
CONTINUE." 

1106 B$=INKEY$ 

1107 IF B$=""THEN1106ELSE1110 

1110 CLS: PRINT: PRINT" IF THE DEFE 
NDING TEAM TOUCHES THE BALL BE 
FORE IT CROSSES THE GOAL LINE T 
HE ATTACKING TEAM IS AWARDED A C 
ORNER KICK. IF A PLAY 
ER CAUSES THE BALL TOCROSS THE S 
IDELINE,THE OPPOSING TEAM IS AWA 
RDED A THROW-IN." 

1111 PRINT: PRINT" PRESS ANY KEY 
TO CONTINUE." 

1120 A$=INKEY$ 

1130 IFA$=""THEN1120ELSE RETURN 
2000 PMODE4,5:COLOR0,l:SCREENl,0 
: PCOPY1T05 : PCOPY2T06 : PCOPY3T07 : P 



COPY4T08 

2010 F0RN=1T05 

2020 LINE(0, 84)-(4, 88) , PRESET, BF 

2030 LINE (0,104) -(4, 108) , PRESET, 

BF 

2040 LINE (0, 84) -(0, 108) , PRESET 

2050 LINE(256,84)-(256,108) , PRES 

ET 

2060 LINE (256, 104) -(252, 108) , PRE 

SET,BF 

2070 LINE(256,84)-(252,88) ,PRESE 

T,BF 

2080 FORT=1TO500: NEXTT 

2090 LINE(0,84)-(4,88) ,PSET,BF 

2100 LINE (0,104) -(4, 108) ,PSET,BF 

2110 LINE(0,84)-(0,108) , PSET 

2120 LINE(256,84)-(256, 108) , PSET 

2130 LINE(256,104)-(252,108) , PSE 

T,BF 

2140 LINE(256,84)-(252,88) ,PSET, 

BF 

2150 SOUND150,6 

2160 NEXTN 

2170 PCLS1 

2180 CLS 

2190 PRINT"************THE GOAL* 

************* 

2200 PRINT" THE GOALS ARE MADE 
F TWO UPRIGHT GOALPOSTS AND 

A CROSSBAR. THEY CAN ONLY BE OF 
WOOD OR METAL, AND ARE PAINTED 

WHITE. THE GOAL IS 8 YARDS ( 

24 FEET) WIDE, AND 8 FEET HIGH. 
it • 

2210 PRINT" THE USE OF NETS IS 
PTIONAL, BUT CAN BE ENFORCED B 
Y THE LOCALRULING BODY. 

FOR A GOAL TO BE SCO 
RED, THE BALL MUST BE COMPLETE 
LY BEHIND THE GOALINE . " 
2220 PRINT" PRESS ANY KEY TO CON 
TINUE . " 

2230 I$=INKEY$ 

2240 IF I$=""THEN2230ELSERETURN 
3000 F0RN=1T05 

3010 PMODE4,5:COLOR0,1:SCREEN1,0 
: PCOPY1T05 : PCOPY2T06 : PCOPY3T07 : P 
C0PY4T08 

3020 PAINT(10,96) ,0,0 
3030 PAINT(246,96) ,0,0 
3040 SOUND150,4:FORT=1TO500:NEXT 
T 

3050 NEXTN 
3060 PCLS1 
3070 CLS 

3080 PRINT"*********THE GOAL ARE 
A********** 11 

3090 PRINT" THE GOAL AREA IS DIR 
ECTLY IN FRONT OF THE GOAL. IT 



50 



THE RAINBOW August 1985 



ND ONE TEAMIS GIVEN THE BALL."; 
6100 PRINT "THE OPPOSING TEAM MU 
ST STAY IN THE OTHER HALFOF THE 
FIELD AT LEAST 10 YARDS AWAY FR 
OM THE BALL." 

6110 PRINT" PRESS ANY KEY TO CON 
TINUE . " 

6120 I$=INKEY$ 

6130 IFI$=""THEN6120ELSE6140 
6140 CLS: PRINT: PRINT" THE BALL M 
UST BE KICKED INTO THE OPPONEN 
T'S HALF OF THE FIELD. THE KICKER 
CAN NOT TOUCH THE BALL A SECO 
ND TIME UNTIL IT HAS BEEN TOUCHE 
D BY ANOTHER PLAYER." 
6150 PRINT: PRINT" PRESS ANY KEY 
TO CONTINUE." 
6160 K$=INKEY$ 

6170 IFK$=""THEN6160ELSERETURN 
7000 FOR N=1T05 

70 10 PMODE4 , 5 : COLOR0 , 1 : SCREEN1 , 
: PC0PY1T05 : PCOPY2T06 : PCOPY3T07 : P 
COPY4T08 

7015 FORT=1TO500:NEXTT 
7020 PAINT(5,17) ,0,0 
7030 PAINT(251,17) ,0,0 
7040 PAINT(251,175) ,0,0 
7050 PAINT(5,175) ,0,0 
7060 SOUND150,4:FORT=1TO500:NEXT 
T 

7070 NEXTN 
7080 PCLS1 
7090 CLS 

7100 PRINT"***********THE CORNER 
S**********» 

7110 PRINT" THE CORNERS OF THE F 
IELD ARE MARKED BY AN ARC OF 1 

YARD RADIUS, AND A FLAG OF 
MINIMUM HEIGHT 5 FEET." 
7120 PRINT" IF A DEFENDING PLAYE 
R TOUCHES THE BALL BEFORE IT PA 
SSES OVER THE GOAL LINE, THE ATT 
ACKING TEAMIS AWARDED A CORNER K 
ICK.THE BALL IS PLACED INSIDE 

THE CORNERMARKING BEFORE BEING 
KICKED INTOPLAY." 

7130 PRINT: PRINT" PRESS ANY KEY 
TO CONTINUE." 
7140 I$=INKEY$ 

7150 IFI$=""THEN7140ELSE7160 
7160 CLS: PRINT: PRINT" THE DEFEND 
ING PLAYERS MUST BE AT LEAST 10 

YARDS AWAY FROM THE BALL UNTIL 
IT IS KICKED. A GOAL MAY BE SCOR 
ED DIRECTLY FROM A CORNER KICK 

ii 

7170 PRINT: PRINT" PRESS ANY KEY 
TO CONTINUE." 
7180 K$=INKEY$ 



7190 IFK$=""THEN7180ELSERETURN 

10000 PMODE4,l 

10010 COLOR0,1 

10030 PCLS1 

10040 LINE(4,16)-(252,176) ,PSET, 

B 

10050 LINE(128,16)-(128,176) , PSE 

T 

10060 LINE(4,52)-(40,140) ,PSET,B 

10070 LINE(4,76)-(16,116) ,PSET,B 

10080 CIRCLE(128, 96) ,20,0 

10090 CIRCLE(28,96) ,2,0 

10100 CIRCLE(28, 96) ,20,0,1, .875, 

.125 

10110 LINE(0,84)-(4,88) ,PSET,BF 

10120 LINE (0,104) -(4, 108 ) ,PSET,B 

F 

10130 LINE(0,84)-(0,108) ,PSET 

10140 LINE(256,84)-(256,108) ,PSE 

T 

10150 LINE(256,104)-(252,108) , PS 

ET,BF 

10160 LINE(256,84)-(252,88) ,PSET 

,BF 

10170 CIRCLE(228, 96) ,20,0,1, .375 

, .625 

10180 CIRCLE (228, 96) ,2,0 

10190 LINE(252,76)-(240,116) , PSE 

T,B 

10200 LINE(252,52)-(216,140) , PSE 

T,B 

10210 CIRCLE(4, 16) ,8,0,1,0, .25 

10220 CIRCLE (252, 16) ,8,0,1, .25, . 

50 

10230 CIRCLE(252,176) ,8,0,1, .5, . 

75 

10240 CIRCLE(4, 176) ,8,0,1, .75,0 

10245 SCREEN1,0 

10250 FOR T=l TO 10000 : NEXT 

102 60 RETURN ^ 



Quickie . . . 



Sinelines 



If you want the graphics to move a bit faster or 
slower to match your preferred beat, then change the 
'S' variable in Line 61 to, for example .05 for slower 
music. Experiment! 
10 REM**SINLINES, BY NORM CUTTER 
20 PCLS : PMODE 4,1: SCREEN1 , 1 
S0 B=B+I 
Gl S=S+.l 
70 D=D+q 

B0 IF B>250 THEN PCL5:I=-2 
90 IF D>1B0 THEN Q=-2 

92 IF D<5 THEN q=2 

93 IF B<5 THEN 1=2 

9G X=(SIN(S)*129)+129 
100 LINE (X,D)-(D,B),PSET 
150 GOTDG0 



August 1985 THE RAINBOW 53 



GAME 




54 



THE RAINBOW August 1985 



Sape The Captire Scientists! 



OPERATION 
FREEDOM 



By Steve Britton IV 



T! 



££ ri l^his is the only message we have received from 
them," your superior says as he hands you the 
interstellargra'm. "The lives of almost 80 of the 
Earth's most brilliant scientists are at stake! That is why I 
have decided to send you, our best agent, to free as many 
of those people as you can, before it is too late . . ." 

With these words ringing in your ears you now stand at 
the beginning of what seems to be a deserted lunar street. This 
is only one of the many that run throughout Luna Alpha, 
the first lunar colony of its kind, population: 80. 

Operation Freedom will run on any 16K CoCo with Extended 
Color BASIC. The object of the game is to free as many captives 
as possible and safely escape without being killed by terrorist 
laser fire. 

The, playing screen is divided into three views. The largest 
is a map showing your position in Luna Alpha. At the bottom 
of the screen toward the middle is a side view of you as you 
run along the lunar streets. The smallest view, in the lower 
left corner of the screen, is the view of your laser weapon's 
targeting system. 

You may move around the streets (yellow lines) of the map 
using the right joystick. Your position is indicated by the blue 



(Steve Britton is a 16-year-old student who will be a senior at William 
Blount High School this fall. He is a self-taught programmer and has been 
developing programs for the past two and a half years.) 



August 1985 THE RAINBOW 



55 



dot. The small red areas are the 
locations of captives being held prisoner 
by the terrorists. To free these captives, 
move up to an area that you have not 
been to yet and watch for the prison 
bars to appear on the side view and 
press the firebutton. The number of 
captives you have freed from this area 
is indicated under the word "FREED" 
located at the top right corner of the 
screen. The number of captives in an 
area will vary from one to six. 

As you move around the deserted 
streets of Luna Alpha, you will encoun- 
ter terrorists quite frequently. When a 
terrorist has been encountered, a red 
square will appear in the view of your 
targeting system. This square represents 
the relative position of the terrorist. 

Notice the two rows of green dots 
running up and down and left to right 
along the two sides of this view. These 
are aim indicators. To aim at the 
terrorist, use the right joystick. Moving 
the joystick left and right controls the 
horizontal indicators, while moving the 
joystick up and down controls the 
vertical indicators. Align the blinking 
indicators up so when you fire, the point 
where the indicators intersect is on top 
of the red square. 

On paper this sounds quite complex, 
but when you actually play a few times 
it becomes quite simple. Just hitting the 



red square will not kill the terrorist 
because the terrorists have developed 
a special armor. Keep firing, though, 
until you hit a weak spot. However, 
don't concentrate too deeply on killing 
the terrorist because he is firing at you, 
too! He will either shoot at your head 
or at your feet. When a terrorist fires, 
you will see the shot coming toward 
you (on the side view) at a speed 
determined by the skill level chosen at 
the beginning of the game (one is easy 
and five is hard). To dodge this shot, 
push the right joystick all the way up 
and press the firebutton to jump. Push 
the right joystick all the way down and 
press the firebutton to duck. Be sure 
to hold the firebutton down until the 
shot has safely passed. 

All of this running and shooting can 
drain one's strength and ammunition 
supply rather quickly. Your strength 
and ammo are indicated by red lines 
at the lower right of the screen. When 
the red line under strength reads zero, 
you will die of fatigue. When your 
ammo reaches zero, you will not be able 
to shoot at terrorists; you will simply 
have to dodge any shots fired until the 
terrorist goes away. They usually only 
take a few shots and retreat anyway, 
so it is relatively easy to survive without 
ammunition. 

The green areas on the map are the 



secret hideaways inhabited by th< 
scientists who managed to escape th< 
terrorists. Stop at these places to res 
and reload your laser weapon witl 
energy by moving up beside them unti 
a green figure appears in front of yoi 
in the side view. When this occurs, hi 
the firebutton and your strength anc 
ammo are now ready for combat onci 
again. 

Free as many captives as you can 
being careful not to use too mucl 
strength in the process and stop tc 
restore your essentials until you read 
your destination; the starbase where at 
escape ship awaits to "beam you up ! 
(located at the top left of the map anc 
represented by a green star-like shape) 

When you successfully complete 
Phase one by reaching the escape ship 
you then start over on Phase two. Aftei 
each successful completion of a phase 
1,000 bonus points are awarded. The 
higher the phase, the harder the game 
For each phase you gain, the difficult} 
factor will increase by one until il 
reaches five (the highest skill level). Foi 
beginners, 1 would recommend starting 
on Phase one or two to get used to the 
controls. Intermediates will find chal- 
lenge on Level three, while experts will 
find levels four and five quite difficult 
to master. 

Good luck! 



•* 









~ 


120 ... 


....94 


8027 . . . 


..254 


125 ... 


...170 


9000 . . . 


..189 


155 ... 


...207 


10020 . 


...24 


510 ... 


....73 


20020 . 


...18 


1005 . . 


...190 


30010.. 


..130 


7020 


84 


END 


23 





The listing: FREEDOM 

CLS0:C$=CHR$(128) :GOTO40000 

1 PH=1:CLS0:PRINT@45,"PHASE 1" ; : 
FORX=1TO500 : SCREEN0 , 1 : NEXTX 

2 POKE140,150 

99 PMODEl,l:PCLS3 

100 DRAW"BM16,3C2R2D2R2L6BM9,8R2 
F2R8F2H2L4D2R2L2D4R2D2R2F2D2BM14 
,18D4L2BM16,8R2" 

101 DRAW"BM38,3R2D2R2L6BM31,8R2F 
2R8D2L4D4R2D2R4D2BM36,18D4L2BM38 
,8R2" 

1^2 DRAW"BM56,1R2D2R2L6BM54,8E2R 

6F2H2L2D2L2D4L2D2R6D2 " 

103 DRAW"BM82,9R2D2R2L6BM80,14R6 

D2L4D2L2H2F2D4L2R2U4R6D4R4" 



104 DRAW"BM100,6R2F2G2L2U2D6U4R2 
F2D2BM108 , 14R1BM112 , 6D8BM116 , 14R 
1BM120,6D8U4R2E2H2L2BM100,20D2R1 
4L2U2L4BM124,22L6R2U2R2" 

105 DRAW"BM135,10C4R18D2L18R4D8L 
4R18D2L18U2R8U8R4D8R4U8" 

106 DRAW"BM162,7C1R4D2L4R2D4R2F2 
H2L4H2F2R2D6R2D2R2D2BM160 , 22U2R2 
U2" 

110 DIMR1(1,2) ,R2(2,2) ,J(1,2) ,D( 
1,2),K(2,2),P(1,2),H(1,2),IK(1,2 
),IS(1,2),ZT(7,7) 

120 GET(9,3)-(22,23) ,R1:GET(30,2 
) -(45,23) ,R2: GET (54,1) -(65 ,16), J 
: GET (76,9)-(90,22),D: GET ( 100 , 6 ) - 
(12 5,22) ,K: GET (13 5, 10) -(155, 22) , 
P:GET(160,7)-(169,22) ,H 

121 PCLS3:COLOR4,3 : LINE (5, 3) -(19 
7,117) ,PSET,B:LINE(5,135)-(53,17 
7 ) , PSET , B : LINE (68,135)-(165,176) 
,PSET,B 

122 DRAW"BM184,106C1R2L4D2R4F2H2 
U2E2G2L4H2F2D2G2E2U2R4U1C2U29L40 
D2 6L3 8U2 6L42D2 6L3 6U50R40D1J3R38U3 
0R48D18R20U40L76D24L58U18L24U8C1 
R2L4U2R4E2G2L4H2F2D2G2E2R4F2H2BM 



56 



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183 , 133C2R6L6D4R6D4L6BM193 , 133R4 
L2D8BM2j81,133R4D6F2H2U2L4D4U8BM2 
11, 133R6L6D4R2L2D4R6" 

123 DRAW"BM168,79C2D8C4R2L4D2R4B 
M145,76C1L2U2R2BM145,88C2L8C4U2L 
2D4R2BM1J86,99C1L2U2D4L2U4BM84,79 
C2D8C4R2D2L4BM65 , 8^C1L2U2L2D4R2B 
M47 , lj3j3C2U8C4R2U2L4D2BM28 , 96C1L2 
U2L2D4R2BM221,13 3C2D8U8F4R2D4U8B 
M231, 133R6D2U2L6D8R6U2R2L4BM243 , 
133R4L2D8BM251, 133D8U4R4U4D8" 

124 DRAW"BM31 f 64C2R8C4U2R2D4L2BM 
52 , 55C2D8C4R2D2L4U2BM73 , 56C1R2U2 
R2D4L2BM1J38 , 47C2R10D4C4R2D2L4U2B 
M127 / 31C2U8C4R2U2L4D2BM132,35C1D 
2R2D2L4U2BM174 , 35C2L6U6C4R2U2L4D 
2BM151,12C2Dlj8C4R2D2L4U2BM178,12 
C1R2U2R2D4L2" 

125 DRAW"BM98,19C2L6C4U2L2D4R2BM 
71,32C2U8L8C4U2L2D4R2BM51,36C2D6 
C4R2D2L4U2BM45,20C1R2U2R2D4L2BM2 
3 , 16C2D2pC4R2D2L4U2BM2p5 , 2C2R6L6 
D8U4R2BM215,2R4D6F2H2U2L4D4U8BM2 
25,2R6L6D4R2L2D4R6BM235,2R6L6D4R 
2L2D4R6BM245,2R4F2D4G2L4U8" 

126 DRAW"BM183,156C2G2D6U4R4U2D6 
BM189 , 156D8U8R2D2R6U2L2D2G2E2R4D 
6BM203 , 156D8U8R2D2R6U2L2D2G2E2R4 
D6BM219,156G2D4F2E2U4H2BMlj33,16C 



1R2U2R2D4L2" :F0RX=11T047STEP4 

127 PSET(X, 137,1) :NEXTX 

128 FORY=13 9T0175STEP4 

129 PSET(9,Y,1) :NEXTY 
13p COLOR2,3 

131 IFPH>1ANDLQ<7THENLQ=LQ+1:G0T 
0135 

132 CLS: INPUT "LEVEL <l-5>" ;LQ : IF 
LQ>50RLQ<lTHEN132ELSELQ=LQ+2 

135 PRESET(X,Y) : PLAY"V3103T2 55" : 

SCREEN1,0 

140 X=18 6:Y=lj3/3:C=222:OO=205:PP= 

25:V=222:W=J3 

150 S=20:A=20 

151 COLOR4,3:LINE(182,14 6)-(22j3, 
148) ,PSET,B: LINE (174, 168) -(220,1 
70 ) , PSET , B : C0L0R2 , 3 

152 PRESET(X,Y) 

155 J=JOYSTK(0) :J1=J0YSTK(1) : IFY 
=11THENY=10 

156 IFX=18AND Y=10THEN20000ELSEI 
FX=17AND Y=10THEN20000 

157 PUT(139,150)-(150,170) ,R1:EX 
EC43359 : IFRND (11) =1THEN8000 

158 IFPPGTNT(X+2,Y)=10RPPOTNT(X- 
2 , Y) =10RPP0INT (X , Y+2 ) =10RPP0INT ( 
X, Y-2 ) =1THENRH=1 : PUT ( 111 , 155 ) - ( 1 
20,170) ,H:ELSEIFRH=1THENLINE(104 
,155) -(120, 170) , PRESET, BF:RH=,0 



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159 IFPPOINT(X+2,Y)=40RPPOINT(X- 

2 , Y) =40RPP0INT (X , Y+2 ) =40RPP0INT ( 

X, Y-2 ) =4THENPC=1 : PUT ( 111 , 155) - ( 1 

31, 167), P ELSEIFPC=1THENLINE(111 

,155)-(131,167) , PRESET, BF:PC=j3 

16j3 IFJ=63ORJ=J3ORJ1=0ORJ1=63THEN 

50 

165 !FTIMER>=lpj3THEN6pj2ELSEPUT(l 

39,15/8) -(152,170) ,R2 :EXEC43 359 : F 

0RQ=1T035 : NEXTQ : LINE (13 9, 150 ) - ( 1 

56,170) , PRESET, BF 

170 PE=PEEK(65280) :IFPE=1260RPE= 

254THEN7000ELSE155 

500 IFRH=1ANDPEEK(652 80)=12 6ORPE 

EK( 65280 )=254THEN7000ELSEIFJ=63T 

HENIFPPOINT (X+2 , Y) =2THENPSET (X, Y 

) :X=X+2: PRESET (X,Y) :GOT0165 

505 IFJ=0THENIFPPOINT(X-2,Y)=2TH 

ENPSET(X,Y) :X=X-2: PRESET (X,Y) : GO 

T0165 

510 IFJl=63THENIFPPOINT(X,Y+2)=2 

THENPSET(X,Y) : Y=Y+2 : PRESET (X, Y) : 

GOT0165 

515 IFJ1=0THENIFPPOINT(X,Y-2)=2T 

HENPSET(X,Y) :Y=Y-2 : PRESET (X, Y) :G 

OT0165 

520 GOT0165 



600 TIMER=0:S=S-1:C=C-2:PSET(C,1 
46,2) :PSET(C, 148,2) : IFC=182THEN5 
000ELSEGOTO165 

700 Q=RND(5) : FD=FD+Q: FORZ=lTOQ: S 
OUND(Z^30) , 1: LINE (00, PP) -(00+3, P 
P+2 ) , PSET , B : 00=00+8 : IF00>=2 4 5THE 
NPP=PP+6: 00=205 

701 IFPPOINT(X+2,Y)=4THENPSET(X+ 
2,Y,3) :PSET(X+3,Y,3) 

702 IFPPOINT(X-2,Y)=4THENPSET(X- 
2,Y,3) :PSET(X-3,Y,3) 

703 IFPPOINT(X,Y+2)=4THENPSET(X, 
Y+2,3) :PSET(X,Y+3,3) 

704 IFPPOINT(X,Y-2)=4THENPSET(X, 
Y-2, 3) :PSET(X,Y-3,3) 

705 NEXTZ:SC=SC+(7*Q) :G0T0155 
800 V=V-2:PSET(V, 168,2) : PSET (V, 1 
70 , 2 ) : RETURN 

1000 XT=RND(30)+11:YT=RND(33)+13 

8 

1005 LINE(XT,YT)-(XT+3,YT+3) ,PSE 

T,BF 

1010 AZ=1 

1015 GOTO170 

5000 LINE (139, 150) -(150, 170 ), PRE 

S ET , BF : PUT ( 13 1 , 15 4 ) - ( 15 6 , 17 )8 ) , K : 

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EARS Does It All! 



Two Years In the Making. Speech Systems 
was formed to develop new and innova- 
tive speech products. After 2 years of in- 
tensive Research and Development, we 
have created a truely sophisticated 
speech recognition device. Recognition 
rates from 95% to 98% are typical. Until 
now, such a product was outside the 
price range of the personnel computer 
market, and even small businesses. 

EARS is trained by your voice and capable 
of recognizing any word or phrase. 
Training EARS to your particular voice 
print takes seconds. Up to 64 voice prints 
may be loaded into memory. You may 
then save on tape or disk as many as you 
like so that your total vocabulary is virtu- 
ally infinite. 

Speech and Sound Recognition. EARS is re- 
ally a sound recognition system, so it re- 
ally doesn't matter whether you speak in 
English, Spanish, orFrench. In fact you do 
not have to speak at all, you can train 
EARS to understand sounds such as a 
musical note or a door slamming. 

Hands Off Programming. Imagine writing 
your own BASIC programs without ever 
touching the keyboard. Everything that 



you would normally do through a 
keyboard can now be done by just 
speaking. 

Programming EARS Is Easy. LISTEN, 
MATCH and other commands have been 
added to BASIC so that programming 
EARS is a piece of cake! The single BASIC 
line: 10 LISTEN: MATCH will instruct 
EARS to listen to you and return the 
matching phrase. 

It Talks. EARS is also capable of high qual- 
ity speech. We mean REALLY high quality. 
The speech is a fixed vocabulary spoken 
by a professional announcer. Speech 
Systems is currently creating a library of 
thousands of high quality words and 
phrases. For a demonstration call (312) 
879-6844, you won't believe your ears or 
our EARS. 

DISK OWNERS. EARS will work with any 
disk system with either a MULTI-PAK or 
Y-CABLE. Our new Triple Y-CABLE was 
specifically developed for those wishing 
to add SUPER VOICE as a third device. 

You Get Everything You Need. You gel ev- 
erything you need including a specially 
designed professional headset style noise 



cancelling microphone. The manual is 
easy to use and understand. Several 
demonstration examples are included so 
you don't have to write your own pro- 
grams unless you want to. EARS will work 
in any 32K or 64K Color Computer. 

SUPER VOICE $20 OFF 

Imagine talking to your computer and it 
talking back to you. When you need an 
unlimited vocabulary, you can't beat 
SUPER VOICE. For a limited time, we will 
give you the SUPER VOICE for $59.95 with 
your EARS purchase. Even if you already 
have another speech unit, here is your 
chance to buy the best and save $20. 

VOICE CONTROL 

Applications for EARS are astounding. 
Here is our first of many listening pro- 
grams to come. VOICE CONTROL is a 
program specifically designed to allow 
you to control any appliance in your 
house with your voice and our HOME 
COMMANDER (sold separately). For 
example, you can control your TV by 
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SUPER VOICE is no ordinary speech synthesizer. It uses Silicon 
Systems, Inc. SSI-263, the most advanced speech/sound chip 
available. SUPER VOICE is not only capable of highly intelligible 
speech, sound effects, and singing over a 6 octave range, but now 
we have turned SUPER VOICE into a monophonic Super Music 
Synthesizer with our PIANO KEYBOARD. 

IT TALKS. A free TRANSLATOR text-to-speech program makes 
writing your own talking program as easy as SAYING "HELLO." 

SUPER VOICE works in any 32K or 64K computer. A disk system 
requires a Y-Cable or Multi-Pak. 

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story. FREE EARS to the first one to submit a solution. 
32K Disk S24.95 




SUPER TALKING HEADS 

When the SUPER VOICE speaks in a low pitched voice, the man 
speaks, when a high pitched voice is used the woman 
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A 2'/2 octave (32 note) and 4 octave (49 note) professional Piano Keyboard connects to your COCO and 
SUPER VOICE to turn SUPER VOICE into a real music synthesizer. These keyboards are not toys. They are 
the same style, shape, size and 1eel as professional synthesizer keyboards. Included is the software to give 
MUSICA 2 (sold separately) Piano Keyboard input and SUPER SYNTH, a program that allows you to control 
critical SUPER VOICE parameters to develop incredible sounds. 

Disk system will require a Triple Y-Cable or a Multi-Pak. We have lots more plans for these keyboards, so 

keep watching our ads. 

2'/2 octave (32 note) $79.95 4 octave (49 note) $1 19.95 




'HOME COMMANDER' 

$59.95 



The HOME COMMANDER easily connects (o the 
cassette port of yourColorComputerand lets you 
control appliances in your home. 

NO WIRES NECESSARY 

The HOME COMMANDER uses your home's 
existing electrical wiring to control virtually any- 
thing. Appliances are controlled via small control 
modules available at your local SEARS or Radio 
Shack store. 

ON FRIDAY 7:42 PM, OFF 
SUNDAY 1:26 AM 

Included FREE is a program to allow you to control 
up to 256 devices and specify the time and date 
they are to be activated. That's right, the software 
has its own built in accurate clock. 





Imagine controlling a light or TV with your voice. 
When used with our Electronic Audio Recognition 
System, EARS, you can literally control any 
appliance. 

PLUG'N POWER USERS 

If you were disappointed in the software that 
came with the Radio Shack PLUC'N POWER unit, 
and you probably were, we'll offer you our pow- 
erful software separately. An early version is de- 
scribed in the Feb., April, lune, and August 1983 
issues of RAINBOW. Our current version is even 

better $1 9.95 

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PRECISION TIME MODULE $59.95 



— INCLUDES OS9 DRIVER — 





Now your computer will always know the correct 
time and date. This amazing precision time mod- 
ule is calibrated to the National Bureau of Stan- 
dards (WWV) atomic clock and you should never 
have to change it. 

Use the PRECISION TIME MODULE to add the 
time element to your games or use on BBS. If you 
like, purchase separately our BBS. 
COLORAMA BBS (64 K, 1 drive minimum) $99.95 

BATTERY BACKUP 

Even when your computer is off, the clock 
keeps correct time by operating using the 
internal battery backup system. 







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MONTHS, LEAP YEARS & DST 

The PRECISON TIME MODULE automatically 
adjusts for the different number of days in 
each month as well as leap years. And believe 
it or not, it adjusts for DST so you don't have to 
remember if it's SPRING FORWARD or FALL 
FORWARD. 



Y-CABLE $28.95 

Why pay $100 to $200 for a multi-pak. With 
the Y-CABLE, you can connect your disk 
system to your computer along with either 
our STEREO PAK music synthesizer, our 
VOICE, SUPER VOICE speech synthesizers, 
or our PRECISION TIME MODULE. All con- 
nectors gold plated. 



TRIPLE Y $34.95 

We developed the Triple Y-Cable specifically 
for those interested in both speech synthesis 
and speech recognition. The Triple Y-Cable 
lets you connect EARS and SUPER VOICE to 
your color computer along with your disk 
system. 




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Our oversized board gives plenty of room Tape C-1 0, C-20 $0.69 

for construction whilethesturdyaluminum Advanced Hard Tape Box $0.29 

case with black satin finish assures protec- £^ ec 6821 $2 95 

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Prototype Board only $19.95 $34.95 7407 so - 79 

Prototype Enclosure only $19.95 IC sockets 14, 16, 22 pin $0.29 

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synthesizer, SUPER VOICE, just got better. 

Imagine, now you can compose music with MUSICA 2 by inputting notes via a real 
piano keyboard. Hit A# and MUSICA 2 instantly displays the note. 




The same keyboard can be used with SUPER VOICE to give you a real monophonic 
music synthesizer. The PIANO KEYBOARD comes in a 2!6 and 4 octave version. They 
are not toys. They are the same style, shape, size, and feel you find in professional 
synthesizers. 

Included is an enhanced command which gives MUSICA 2 (sold separately) piano 

keyboard input. Also included is SUPER SYNTH, a program which turns SUPER VOICE 

(see $20 off special offer) into a Super Synthesizer. Disk owners must use a Y-CABLE or 

Multi-Pak. 

Vh octave (32 note) $79.95 4 octave (49 note) $1 19.95 



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• When in stereo mode, music is 
played through our STEREO PAK 
(purchased separately). 

• Loudness of each voice may be 
individually specified. 

• Memory available is constantly 
displayed. 

• Voice waveshapes may be 
exchanged between voices at any 
point. 

• Tempo may be specified and may 
even be altered as the music plays. 

• Flats and sharps supported. 

• Billions of timbre combinations. 

• High resolution graphic display, 
looks just like sheet music. 



• MUSICA 2 is 100% software, no need for 
hardware unless you want music produced in 
STEREO. In that case, the STEREO PAK may be 
purchased separately. It's a must for the 
audiophile! 

• Repeat bars allow repeating of music without 
re-inserting music a second or third time. 

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• Voice timbre (waveshape) may be 
altered by specifying harmonic 
content just like stops on an organ. 

• During editing, voice being inserted 
is displayed. 

• Each measure is numbered for easy 
reading of music. 

• Measure bars aid in reading and 
developing music. 

• Each voice may be visually 
highlighted for easy identification. 

• 4 Voices produced simultaneously. 

• Input notes from Coco keyboard, 
joystick, or Piano Keyboard. 



• Play music from your own BASIC program. 

• Block copy music for easy music development. 

• 100% machine language so it is lightning fast. 

• Vibrato effect easily produced. 

• With STEREO PAK, voices may be switched 
between left and right speakers as music plays. 

• Durations include: whole, half, quarter, 
eighth, sixteenth, thirty-second, sixty-fourth, 
and triplet. 



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An advanced music course that covers Major and Harmonic Minor scales, interval spelling, Triad (Chord) theory, Inversions, Dominant 7th 
chords, and interval ear training. Format of the course includes drill and practice sessions, ascorecard to measure progress, graphics and sound 
output, and a reviewing session. 
32K Disk only $49.95 



&* STEREO PAK™ $39.95 



Plug this gem into your computer, connect to your nome 
stereo system and sit back and enjoy music realism. The 
STEREO PAK is a hardware music synthesizer that plays our 
MUSIC LIBRARY and MUSICA 2 music in stereo. Because it 
was designed specifically with music reproduction in mind, 
the sound is superb. The highs are crisp and clear while the 
bass notes will rattle your walls. 

The STEREO PAK is all hardware. It is intended as an 
enhancement for MUSICA 2 and our MUSIC LIBRARY. Disk 
owners may use the STEREO PAK with the R.S. Multi-Pak or 
our Y-CABLE ($28.95) 






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You get over 100 four voice songs with a combined 
playing time of 3 hours. That's right, 3 hours of music. You 
won't belive your CoCo could sound so good. To fit over 
100 songs required both sides of 5 C-20 tapes and the disk 
version uses 5 full disks (that's a half box of disks). 

AJUKE BOX selection program is included to allow you to 
select specific songs or automatically play each. These 
songs are ready to go, you don't need MUSICA 2 or a 
knowledge of music. 

These songs were developed using the best music program 
available for the CoCo; MUSICA 2. The tunes may be used 
as source files for MUSICA 2 and changed by the user. 
When coupled with the STEREO PAK the songs are 
reproduced in stereo with unsurpassed realism. 



Music of the 70's 
Music of the 60's 
Music of the 50's 
Old Time Favorites 

MUSIC LIBRARY 200 

Our second volume of 100 tunes, Vh hours of musfc. 

MUSIC LIBRARY 300 

Our third volume of 100 tunes, 3 more hours of music. 

MUSIC LIBRARY(Each Volume).. (32KTape) ... $34.95 
(Specify 1 00, 200, or 300) (32 K Disk) .... $39.95 



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DATAPEN $29.95 



Two programs are provided 
free with each DATAPEN. 
SKETCH is a superb high reso- 
lution color drawing program 
allowing precise drawing and 
freehand sketching, painting 
and much more. SHAPE 
CREATE is a high resolution 
library shape drawing program. 
You can even save your work 
to tape or disk for later display 
or editing. 

The software is shipped on 
tape and may easily be moved 
to disk. Included is complete 
documentation to allow you 
to integrate the DATAPEN into 
your own BASIC program. 
Requires 32K. 




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An easy and tun way for kids to 
enter answers. 

Vol. 1 — grades 1, 2, and special 
education. 

Includes these five programs: 

• Basic Addition 

• Basic Multiplication 

• Match the Shapes 

• Match the Numbers 

• Rhyme the Words 
32Kdisk $29.95 

Vol. 2 — grades 3 to 6 and 
special education 

Includes these five programs: 

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EY) - (EX+10 , EY+10 ) , PSET , BF : C0L0R2 

, 3 : FORQ=30TO100STEP5 : PLAY"T"+STR 

$ (Q) +"AB" : NEXTQ : LINE (EX-4 , EY) - (E 

X+10 , EY+10 ) , PRESET , BF : SC=SC+300 : 

LINE (WX, 13 7 ) - (WX, WY) , PRESET : LINE 

(9,WY)-(WX,WY) , PRESET: PSET (WX, 13 

7,1) :PSET(9,WY,1) 

8031 LINE(73,157)-(134,157) , PRES 

ET:GOT0155 

8050 PSET (WX, 137,1) : PSET (9 , WY, 1) 

:IFRND(16)<=(LQ-2) THEN8060ELSE8 

010 

8060 10=10+1 :IFIO=4THENIO=0: LINE 
(EX-4 , EY) - (EX+10 , EY+10 ) , PRESET , B 
F: GOT0155ELSEZZ=l : Q=70 : PSET (EX+2 
, EY+3 , 4 ) : PLAY"ABABCDCD M : PSET (EX+ 
2,EY+3,1) :IFRND(2)=1THEN9000 

8065 Q=Q+ZZ:ZZ=ZZ+LQ 

8066 EXEC43359 

8067 J=JOYSTK(0) :J1=J0YSTK(1) 
8070 IFPPOINT(146,150)=2ANDQ>=14 
6THEN5000ELSEPSET (Q , 150 ,4): DV=PE 
EK( 65280) :IF(DV=1260RDV=254)ANDJ 
1=63THENPUT ( 139 , 157 ) - ( 150 , 170 ) , D 
: LINE (139, 150) -(150, 155) , PRESET, 
BF ELSEPUT(139,150)-(150,170) ,R1 
8075 IFQ<=149THEN8065 

8080 LINE(71,150) -(150, 150) , PRES 



ET:PLAY"CDCDABAB" '.LINE (139, 150) - 
(150,170) , PRESET, BF: PUT (13 9, 150) 
-(150,170) ,R1: LINE (156, 151) -(162 
, 151) , PRESET : LINE ( 167 , 151) - ( 180 , 
151) , PRESET :GOTO8050 

9000 Q=Q+ZZ:ZZ=ZZ+LQ 

9001 EXEC43359 

9005 J=JOYSTK(0) : J1=J0YSTK(1) 
9010 IFPPOINT(146,166)=2ANDQ>=14 
6THEN5000ELSEPSET ( Q , 166 , 4 ) : DV=PE 
EK(65280) :IF(DV=12 60RDV=254)ANDJ 
1=0THENPUT ( 139 , 150 ) - ( 150 , 165 ) , J: 
LINE ( 139 , 167) - (150 , 170) , PRESET, B 
F ELSEPUT(139,150)-(150,170) ,R1 
9020 IFQ<=149THEN9000 
9030 LINE(71, 166)-(150, 166) , PRES 
ET : PLAY"CDCDABAB" : LINE (139, 150 ) - 
(150,170) , PRESET, BF: PUT (13 9, 150) 
-(150,170) ,R1: LINE (156, 167) -(162 
,167) , PRESET: LINE (167, 167) -(180, 
167) , PRESET :GOTO8050 

10000 CLS0 

10001 PRINT© 13 6,"" ; 

10002 POKE140,245 

10005 A$="operation" :GOSUB10030 
10010 A$=" freedom" 

10015 P0KE1169,58:EXEC43359 

10016 PRINT§146, I,M ; 




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1J3)32^5 GOSUB1003,0 

10021 FORX=1TO100: NEXTX: POKE 119 8 
, 45 : EXEC43 359 : PRINT@175 , " " ; : A$=" 
by":GOSUB10030 

10022 POKE1201,45:EXEC43359:PRIN 
T@202,"" ;:A$="steve":GOSUB10030 

10023 PRINT@208,"";:A$="britton" 
:GOSUB10030 

10025 FORX=1TO800: NEXTX :G0T01 

10030 F0RX=1T0LEN(A$) 

10031 POKE140,150 

10035 B$=MID$(A$,X,1) :PRINTB$;:E 

XEC43359:F0RZ=1T0 RND(50) :NEXTZ : 

NEXTX 

10 40 RETURN 

10045 NEXTKQ 

10050 DRAW"BM88,4D7U3R4U4D7BM94, 

8D3F1R3BM95,8R2D2L2BM100,6D6BM10 

3 , 8D7U5R2E1U1H1L2BM116 , 4D4BM116 , 

11M116 , 11BM120 , 4D4BM120 , 11M120 , 1 

1BM123 , 4D4BM123 , 11M123 , 11" 

10060 FORKQ=1TO200 : NEXTKQ: LINE (8 



20050 DRAW"BM40,100C2D2R6U2L4D6R 

2U4C4BM39 , 100D6R2U2BM44 , 108L2D2R 

2BM48 , 100D6L2U2" :GET (0 , 71) - (83 , 1 

20) ,ZT 

20060 PLAY"01T1 ; 4 ; 6 ; 5 ; 1 ;T1;3" 

20070 FORY=71TO0STEP-1:PCLS3:W=W 

+2:PUT(0,Y)-(83,Y+49) ,ZT:PLAY"T" 

+STR$ (W) +"02ABCD" : NEXTY 

20080 CLS0:PRINT"you"C$"have"C$" 

escaped" ; : POKE1024+17 , 33 : POKE102 

4+18,33 

20090 FORE=12 8TO480STEP3 2: PRINTS 

E,STRING$(31," ");:NEXT 

20095 SC=SC+1000 

30000 PRINT@224,"YOU FREED "FD 11 

PEOPLE . . . " ; 

30010 PRINTS 3 20, "AND KILLED "XI" 

IMPERIALS . . . " ; 
30020 PRINT@3 84,"FOR A TOTAL SCO 
RE OF "SC; 

30030 IFINKEY$=""THEN30030 

30031 PH=PH+1 : CLS0 : PRINT@45 , "PHA 




8,4)-(123,15) , PRESET, BF 

10070 GOTO10020 

20000 C$=CHR$(128) : PMODE1, 1: PCLS 

3 : SCREEN1 , : COLOR2 , 3 : DRAWBM0 , 12 

0C4R4L2M8 , 99R66M80 , 120R2L4BM75 , 9 

9E8U12H8L66G8D12F8":PAINT(3 6,88) 

,4,4: PSET ( 20 , 180 , 2 ) : DRAWBM16 , 18 

3C2F2R4E2M20,187G2D2BM23,190U2": 

GET (16, 180) -(24, 190) , IK: LINE (16, 

-(40,99) , PRESET, BF: NEXTX 

180) -(24, 190) , PRESET, BF 

20010 FORJZ=1TO10: PRESET (RND( 80) 

,RND(25)+71) :NEXTJZ 

20020 FORX=lTOINT(FD/5) 

20025 FORZ=250TO40STEP-20 

20030 GET(Z,111)-(Z+10 / 120) , IS : P 

UT(Z,111)-(Z+10 / 120) ,IK:EXEC4335 

9 : FORA=1TO50 : NEXTA : PUT ( Z , 111) - ( Z 

+10, 120), IS 

20040 NEXTZ:PUT(40,111)-(50,120) 

, IK : LINE ( 40 , 9 9 ) - ( 50 , 120 ) , PSET , BF 

: FORT=50TO100STEP10 : PLAY"T"+STR$ 

(T) +"ABABABA" : NEXTT : LINE ( 50 , 120 ) 



SE " ; PH ; : FORX=1TO500 : SCREEN0 , 1 : N 

EXTX:GOT0121 

40000 CLS:A$="TO:THE FEDERATION 

OF EARTH" : PRINTS0 , " " ; : GOSUB10030 

:A$=" FROM: PEOPLE'S REVOLUTION FO 

R" : PRINTS 64 , " " ; : GOSUB10030 : A$="A 

NARCHY":PRINT@96,"";:GOSUB10030: 

A$=" DATELINE : LUNA ALPHA" : PRINT@1 

35,"";:GOSUB10030 

40009 FORX=1TO200: NEXTX 

40010 A$="WE HAVE TAKEN LUNA ALP 
HA" : PRINTS192 , " " ; : GOSUB10030 : PRI 
NTS218,"-STOP-"; :SOUND200,1 

40014 FORX=1TO100: NEXTX 

40015 A$="WE HAVE PRISONERS" : PRI 
NTS256 , " " ; : GOSUB10030 : PRINT@2 82 , 
"-STOP-" : SOUND200 , 1 

40019 FORX=1TO100: NEXTX 

40020 A$="THEY START DYING IN 8 
HRS . " : PRINTS 3 20 , " " ; : GOSUB10^ 30 : P 
RINT@34 6, "-END-" : SOUND200, 1 
40030 FORX=1TO500: NEXTX : GOTO1000 
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THE RAINBOW August 19B5 



DISK UTILITY 



16K 
Disk 



RAINBOW il 



Say 'Hello' To This 
Directory Helper 



By Doug Heyza 



"Stop! Slow down! I want to get on!" 



Have you been saying those words 
every time you look at your diskette's 
directory? Well, I have a solution. Hello 
will help those of us who would like 
to see the directory before it scrolls 
down the screen. 

From the program you can LOAD, 
RUN, KILL and RENAME programs with 
a section of the directory to look on. 
The program has a total of three pages 
available and 26 program names possible 
per page. Hello will list the programs 
you have on the pages, starting from 
the first page. 

After you type in the program, make 
sure you save it. When you load or run 
a program from Hello it will be replaced 
with the program you select. A good 
thing to do is save this program on your 
most-used diskettes; it will save time in 
changing diskettes. 

Instructions 

When you run Hello, the program 
will ask for a drive number. Press the 

(Doug Heyza is 15 years old and attends 
Stevenson High School in Livonia, 
Michigan. He is interested in computers 
and electronics and plans to have a 
computer-oriented career.) 



appropriate drive number from which 
you want the directory listed (0, 1, 2 
or 3). The program will then assign the 
programs on the disk with a letter and 
display them on the screen. These letters 
are used instead of typing in the whole 
program name: 



R 


= Run 


L= 


: Load 




N 


-Rename 


K. 


=KiIl 




P= 


= Page 


E= 


=End 


program 


t= 


Rerun program 









To use a function, press the letter of 
the function you want, which is outlined 
in black at the bottom of the screen. 
When using the functions Load and 
Run the program asks for a letter; press 
the corresponding letter to the program 
you want. 

Pressing 'R' (Run) will LOAD a BASIC 
program and RUN it. If the program is 
in machine language it will be LDADed 
and EXECed. If the BASIC program needs 
a CLEAR or a PCLEAR before being RUN, 
don't use this option. Or, if a machine 
language program needs an EXECing 
address, don't use this option; you may 
be able to use the next option. 



Pressing 'L' (Load) will basically do 
the same thing as Run except it only 
LOADs the program and does not RUN 
or EXEC it. 

Pressing 'N' (Rename) will ask for 
the letter assigned to the program you 
would like to change, then there will 
be a space for the new name to be 
entered. Enter the name only in the blue 
space (first eight characters), then enter 
the extension in the red space (last three 
characters). It will then ask, "COR- 
RECT (YES/ NO)?" You must type YES 
and press the ENTER key. Inputting 
anything else will take you to the main 
menu. After YES is entered it will 
RENAME the program you selected and 
relist the directory from Page 1. 

By pressing 'K' (Kill), you will be 
asked to press the letter of the program 
you want to kill. After the appropriate 
letter is pressed it will ask, "CORRECT 
(YES/ NO)?" You must, again, type 
YES. It will kill the program and relist 
the directory. 

Pressing 'P' (Page) will take you to 
the next page of the directory. If you 
are on the last page it will return to 
Page 1. It will also tell you what page 
you are on and the total number of 
pages. 



August 1985 THE RAINBOW 69 



Pressing 'E' (End Program), will exit 
you from the program, but will not clear 
it from memory. 

Pressing the up-arrow key will rerun 
the Hello program. You can use this 
if the program you want isn't on the 
diskette you selected. First, change the 
diskette when you're at the main menu 
and while the disk light is off, press the 
up-arrow key. The new diskette's 
directory will be listed after you enter 
the drive number. 

If you press the wrong function, and 
it is asking for a letter, pressing the 
CLEAR key will take you back to the 
main menu. 



How it Works 

Hello checks Track 17 on the drive 
you select, which contains the names 
of the programs on that disk. It uses 
the DSKIS command. It will check from 
sectors 3-11. Bytes 0-7 contain the 
name. If byte is zero, then the name 
has been deleted and the program skips 
it. If byte is "FF" (hexadecimal), then 
there are no more program names and 



the program goes to the next procedure. 

The extensions are in bytes 8-10 and 
the last thing it looks for is the file type 
(example: basic, data). That resides in 
byte 1 1. If it is a BASIC program, byte 
1 1 would be zero. BASIC data files are 
one. Machine languages are two and 
text editor sources are three. If it isn't 
zero or two, it doesn't allow you to load 
it. (You can find out more in your "Disk 
Systems" book.) 

It will then proceed to print the 
directory with a corresponding letter, 
one for each program on that page. 
From there it goes to the main menu 
subroutine and waits for a key (using 
the INKEYS statement) and goes to the 
proper subroutines. It uses the regular 
commands to LOAD, RENAME and KILL. 
To RUN it uses LOAD"program name", R. 

For machine language programs it 
uses LOADM and LDADM followed by an 
EXEC command. The flashing cursor is 
produced by a colored square being 
printed before the INKEYS and a 
CHR$(9), backspace, after it checks to 
see if there is an INKEYS. Otherwise, 
it branches to the subroutine selected. 





Variables 


DN — 


Drive number 


IS 


INKEYS inputs 


T$ - 


Program name 


E$ - 


Extension name 


PS — 


Program name and extension 


F — 


File type 


PG - 


Number of pages 


PL - 


Number of program on last 




page 


P 


Page presently on 


ST - 


Number of programs per 




column 


PN — 


Program number 


LP — 


Program number from input 


RS — 


New name input from rename 



Changes that Can be Made 

If you have only one drive you can 
put REflarks before lines 40-100 to keep 
from entering the drive number every 
time you run the program. 

If you don't receive rainbow on 
tape and don't want to type this 
program in, send me S3 for postage and 
handling. I'll send you a cassette copy. 
My address is 36145 Jay, Livonia, MI 
48152. 



v\c=x^; 



The listing: HELLO 



tf/240... 


...128 


470 ... 


....59 


640 .. . 


...213 


850 .. . 


...160 


END .. 


...70 





OTO250 

220 E$(N)=MID$(A$(Q) ,1+8,3) 



BY DOUG HEYZA 



10 'HELLO 

20 CLEAR 2000 

30 'SELECT DRIVE NUMBER 

40 CLS 

50 SOUND 200,1: PRINT "DRIVE # :" 

60 PRINT" (0,1,2 OR 3)" 

70 PRINT© 10, CHR$ (191) ;:I$=INKEY$ 

:IF 1$="" THEN PRINT CHR$(8);:GO 

TO 70 

80 IF I$<"0" OR I$>»3" THEN 70 

90 DN=VAL(I$) 

100 PRINT @ 10, DN; 

110 DRIVE DN 

120 DIM A$(69) ,N(69) ,T$(69) ,E$(6 

9) ,P$(69) ,F(69) 

130 'READ DIRECTORY 

140 N=0:P=0:FOR X=3 TO 11 

150 DSKT$ DN,17,X,A$(1) ,A$(2) 

160 FOR Q=l TO 2 

170 FOR 1=1 TO 12 8 STEP 3 2 

180 N=N+1 

190 T$(N)=MID$(A$(Q) ,1,8) 

200 IF ASC(T$(N) )=255 THEN N=N-1 

.-GOTO270 

210 IF ASC(T$(N))=0 THEN N=N-1:G 



230 

240 

250 

2 60 

270 

280 

290 

300 

310 

3 

320 

330 



P$(N)=T$(N)+"."+E$(N) 

F(N)=ASC(MID$(A$(Q) ,1+11,1) ) 

NEXT I,Q,X 

'PRINT FILES 

PG=INT(N/2 6+.97) 

PL=INT( ((N-(PG-l)*26)/2)+.5) 

P=P+1 

CLS 

IF P=PG THEN ST=PL ELSE ST=1 



FOR PN=1 TO ST 

PRINT CHR$(PN+9 6) ;" ";P$(PN+ 
((P-l)*26)), 

340 IF P$(PN+ST+( (P-l) *26) )="" T 
HEN 3 60 

350 PRINT CHR$(PN+ST+96) ;" ";P$( 
PN+ST+((P-1)*26) ) 
3 60 NEXT PN 
370 'MAIN MENU 
3 80 SOUND 200,1: PRINT© 4 4 8," rUN 

10AD REnAME kILL eND" ; 
3 90 PRINT© 4 80, "FUNCTION: " ; CH 
R$(126) ;"RUN pAGE" ;P; "OF" ;PG; 
400 PRINT@490,CHR$(175) ;:I$=INKE 
Y$:IF 1$="" THEN PRINT CHR$(8);: 
GOTO 400 

410 IF I$="R" THEN 500 
420 IF I$="L" THEN 580 
430 IF I$="N" THEN 660 



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THE RAINBOW August 1985 





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440 IF I$="K" THEN 820 

450 IF I$="E" THEN END 

460 IF I$="P" THEN 920 

470 IF I$=" A " THEN RUN 

480 SOUND 20, 5: GOTO 400 

490 'RUN 

500 PRINT@448,"RUN LETTER: 
ii . 

510 GOSUB 950 

520 IF F(LP)=1 THEN PRINT@480,"C 
AN ' T LOAD DATA " ; : 

SOUND 200, 5: FOR EE=1 TO 500: NEXT 

EE:GOTO 500 
530 PRINT© 4 4 8, "RUNNING: ";P$(LP) 

540 IF F(LP)=2 THEN LOADM P$(LP) 

:EXEC 

550 IF F(LP)=0 THEN LOAD P$(LP), 

R 

560 GOTO 380 

570 ■ LOAD 

580 PRINTS 4 4 8, "LOAD LETTER: 

ii • 

i 

590 GOSUB 950 

600 IF F(LP)=1 THEN PRINT@480,"C 

AN ■ T LOAD DATA " ; : 

SOUND 20, 5: FOR EE=1 TO 500: NEXT 

EE:GOTO 500 

610 PRINT§448, "LOADING: ";P$(LP) 

• 

620 IF F(LP)=2 THEN LOADM P$(LP) 

:END 

630 IF F(LP)=0 THEN LOAD P$(LP): 

END 

640 GOTO 3 80 

650 'RENAME 

660 PRINT§448,"RENAME LETTER: 

ii • 
# 

670 GOSUB 950 

680 PRINT@448,P$(LP) ;" TO ";STRI 

NG$(8,175) ;".";STRING$(3,191) ; 

690 PRINT@464, ;: SOUND 200,1: LINE 

INPUT N$ 



700 IF LEN(N$)>8 THEN 680 

710 PRINT@472 , " . " ;STRING$ (3 , 191) 



720 PRINT@473, 

INPUT E$ 
730 IF LEN(E$)>3 
740 R$=N$+"."+E$ 
750 PRINT§4 80,STRING$(31," "); 
760 PRINT@480, "CORRECT (yes/no)? 



: SOUND 200,1: LINE 
THEN 710 



770 
780 
300 
790 
800 
810 
820 

830 

840 

850 

8 60 
ii . 

870 
880 

300 
890 
900 
910 
920 
930 
940 
950 
r] 



SOUND 200,1: LINE INPUT YN$ 
IF YN$<>"YES" THEN CLS : GOTO 

RENAME P$(LP) TO R$ 

GOTO 140 

•KILL 

PRINT§4 4 8, "KILL LETTER: 
ii • 

GOSUB 950 

PRINT@448,"KILL: ";P$(LP); 
PRINT@480,STRING$(31," "); 
PRINT@480, "CORRECT (yes/no)? 

SOUND 200,1: LINE INPUT YN$ 
IF YN$<>"YES" THEN CLS: GOTO 

KILL P$(LP) 
GOTO 140 

'PAGE 

IF P=PG THEN P=0 

GOTO 2 90 

•INPUT LETTERS 

SOUND 200,l:PRINT@4 80,"[clea 
TO EXIT TO MENU "; 



960 PRINT@4 63,CHR$(2 55) ; :I$=INKE 

Y$:IF 1$="" THEN PRINT CHR$(8);: 

GOTO 9 60 

970 IF I$=CHR$(12) THEN 380 

980 LP=(ASC(I$)-64)+((P-l)*26) 

990 IF P$(LP)="" THEN SOUND 20,5 

: GOTO 960 

1000 PRINT§480,STRING$(31, " " 

1010 RETURN 



/^\ 



Corporation Plus is a fast paced arcade styled game combining skill, strategy and luck. In 
the course of the game, players may buy and sell corporations, invest in the stock market, 
buy lottery tickets, lose or gain capital in situations on the board or go bankrupt. 

One to Seven players can play or players may compete against the computer. 
Requires 32K Extended Basic 



Corporation Plus — $24.95 



(Add $2.50 shipping and handling) 




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THE RAINBOW August 1985 




By Bob, Daniel and Tino Delbourgo 



It is quite common to get a view of 
the rotating Earth at the start of 
a news program. This is easy to 
arrange through cinefilm or on main- 
frame computers with powerful graph- 
ics, but represents a real challenge on 
small microcomputers with their limited 
memories. We offer you a program for 
our favorite 64K machine which just 
manages such a graphics feat. (You can, 
of course, adapt it to other 
circumstances.) 

(Bob, Daniel and Tino Delbourgo are 
a faiherj sons programming learn who 
have a particular interest in computer 
graphics. Tino delves into machine 
language, Daniel handles graphics and 
Bob provides the mathematical 
formulae.) 



There are two tricks needed to 
simulate a spinning world: First, one 
has to devise a way of encapsulating 
the map of the Earth; second, one must 
find a way of storing the pictures in 
the computer — this is where the 
memory limitation is most acute. 

For trick #1, we have broken up the 
world into 18 lunes (20 degree separa- 
tions between lines of longitude), 
marked out the key vertices that needed 
joining and stored them in strings via 
DATA statements. Then, depending on 
the orientation of the Earth, we have 
called them up, done the necessary 
spherical projection and drawing, and 
stored the frame on tape or disk. For 
trick #2, we have managed to release 
36 graphics pages in PM0DE2 (a large 
slice of memory), and after calling up 



Around 
The 
World 
In 

18 

Frames 

the pictures from tape or disk, stored 
each frame in two pages. 

After that it is a simple matter to flick 
through them in quick succession and 
get a perfectly satisfactory representa- 
tion of the turning world. The eye is 
easily deceived into thinking the motion 
is smooth; with fewer pictures this 
would not have been true. 

The program is necessarily divided 
into two parts. Listing 1 , Earthrot, takes 
care of the world map and the successive 
drawings. When running it, do make 
sure your tape or disk is ready to store 
the 18 screens. Pageturn, the second 
listing, contains a machine language 
injection to release 20 pages in the upper 
reaches of the 64K. 
ofthe64K. 

In addition, you will need to do some 
appropriate PDKEs to release a further 
16 pages in the lower 32K — the 
instructions appear in the program. 
With all this memory available, loading 
the screens becomes a cinch (remember 
to have your disk ready or your tape 
properly rewound). The final step is the 
cinematography. 

Even if your colleagues have another 
computer brand, they will be impressed 
by the versatility of CoCo, so please 
bring them along to the show! 

(The Delbourgos may be reached at 
15 Willowdene Ave., Sandy Bay, 
Hobart, Australia 7005 for any questions 
you may have concerning these 
programs.) 

August 1985 THE RAINBOW 73 






Listing 1: EARTHROT 



f 110 ... 


....90 




*' 200 .. . 


...38 




290 ... 


...246 




360 ... 


1 




390 ... 


...217 




470 ... 


...97 




END . 


70 







10 CLEAR17J20:PI=3. 141592 65 : CLS : P 

RINT M ROTATING EARTH — THE DELBO 

URGOS": PRINT "WAIT A MOMENT FOR T 

HE GEOGRAPHICSTRINGS TO BE READ 
ii 

2j3 DIMN(20) ,A$(2j3) :N ( 1) =45 :N (2) = 
40 : N ( 3 ) =4 3 : N ( 4 ) =20 : N ( 5 ) =20 : N ( 6 ) = 

46:N(7)=69:N(8)=44:N(9)=25:N(10) 
=15:N(11)=10:N(12)=18:N(13)=17:N 

(14)=42:N(15)=63:N(16)=27:N(17)= 

11:N(18)=36 

30 FORJ=lT018:FORI=lTON(J) :READL 

A , LO : A$ ( J) =A$ (J) +CHR$ ( LA+90 ) +CHR 

$(LO) :NEXTI,J 

40 PRINT :PRINT"WILL YOU SAVE THE 

PICTURES TO <T>APE OR <D>ISK? 
ii 

50 IN$=INKEY$ : IFIN$= ,I T"THENDE=1 : 

GOTO70 

60 IFIN$="D"THENDE=2:VERIFYON:GO 

TO70ELSE50 

70 FORJ=18T01STEP-l 

80 PMODE2,1:PCLS1:SCREEN1,0 

90 F0RK=1T09:I=J+K-1:IFI>18THENI 

=1-18 

100 LA=ASC(LEFT$(A$(I) ,1) )-90:LO 

=ASC(MID$(A$(I) ,2,1) )-110+20*K:W 

=0 

110 LO=LO*PI/180:LA=90-LA:LA=LA* 

PI/180 : GOSUB200 : X1=X : Y1=Y 

120 FORII=3TOLEN(A$(I) )STEP2:LA= 

ASC(MID$(A$(I) ,11,1) )-90:LO=ASC( 

MID$(A$(I) ,11+1,1) ) :W=0:GOSUB210 



:NEXTII,K 

130 CIRCLE (128, 96) , 96 ,0 : CIRCLE (1 
8,18) , 16: LINE (18,18) -(18+16*COS( 
J*2*PI/9) ,18+16*SIN(-J*2*PI/9) ) , 
PSET : PAINT ( 2 40 , 190 ) , , : PAINT ( 20 

,19J3),0,0 

13 5 IFJ=2*INT(J/2)THENPSET(10,90 

,1) :PSET(30, 170,1) : PSET (210, 6 , 1) 

: PSET (2 30, 70,1) : PSET (23 5 , 130 , 1) : 

PSET(220, 180,1) :PSET(250,40,1) :P 

SET(10, 130,1) 

140 IFDE=2THENSAVEM"PAGE"+MID$ (S 

TR$(19-J) ,2) ,&H0E00,&H19FF,&HB44 

A 

150 IFDE=1THENCSAVEM"PAGE"+MID$( 

STR$(19-J) ,2) ,&H0600,&H11FF,&HB4 

4 A : MOTORON : FORTT=lTO 1000 : NEXTTT : 

MOTOROFF 

160 NEXTJ: PRINT: PRINT "all saved! 

" : END 

170 FORF=0TOl:FORK=-3TO4STEPST/2 

: PMODEM, 13 -ST : PCLS1 : SCREEN1 , SC : C 

OLORINT(M/2) 

180 FORL=lTO ST:A=USR0( (32-ST+L) 

*256+2*K+6+L+16*F) :NEXTL,K,F 

190 F0RI=1T033-M STEPST: A=USR1 (I 

) : SCREEN1 , SC : FORT=1TO20 : NEXTT , I : 

GOTO190 

200 Y=95*(l-COS(LA) ) :X=128+95*(S 

IN (LA) )*(SIN(LO) ) :X=INT(X) :Y=INT 

(Y) : RETURN 

210 IFLO>20THENLO=LO-100:W=1 

220 LO=LO-110+20*K:LO=LO*PI/180: 

LA=90-LA:LA=LA*PI/180:GOSUB200 

230 IFW=1THENCOLOR1ELSECOLOR0 

240 LINE(X,Y)-(X1,Y1) , PSET 

250 X1=X:Y1=Y: RETURN 

260 DATA 78,20,79,16,76,20,78,20 

,70,120,62,6,60,8,61,11,57,13,59 

,18,64,17,67,20,54,120,55,11,58, 

12,57,10,55,10,50,0,40,100,41,2, 

42,4,43,10,38,17,36,17,37,13,38, 

17,39,18,44,13,45,15,40,20,32,12 



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0, 29, 20,31,10,33, 12 ,32, 0, 5, 100, 4 
,1)8,-2,9,-7,13,-20,12 

27J3 DATA -35,18,-35,20,-70,120,- 

68,10,-70,0 

280 DATA 70,0,71,9,68,20,68,17,6 

5,18,66,20,67,100,67,2,65,6,62,5 

,61,12,54,0,40,100,36,2,38,4,41, 

4,41,7,46,8,45,18,42,20,41,7,37, 

8,37,17,32,16,31,10,32,0,20,120, 

30,18,28,17,29,15,15,20,0,110,-1 

7,120,-20,15,-23,15,-34,8,-35,0, 

-70,120,-68,14,-69,0 

290 DATA 66,0,69,14,66,20,46,120 

,45,16,43,16,42,20,4 6,20,44,112, 

47,9,45,6,38,8,36,12,41,14,43,11 

,44,12,40,120,2 6,120,27,17,28,12 

,31,7,24,10,25,16,22,20,17,17,12 

,7,20,0,15,100,11,6,12,12,4,8,-4 

,0,-17,0,-17,106,-14,10,-20,10,- 

25,8,-24,5, -17 , 6 , -20 , 100 

300 DATA -70,100,-65,1,-68,20 

310 DATA 66,0,69,0,72,6,71,12,67 

,8,69,16,71,15,71,20,10,120,8,18 

,16,14,22,12,20,10,25,6,25,0,0,1 

20,-68,100,-68,14,-70,15,-67,20 

320 DATA 71,0,76,20,5,120,7,18,1 

6 , 17 , 14 , 16 , 22 , 10 , 2 1 , 8 , 15 , 2 , 10 ,0 , 

9,100,7,2,6,0,9,0,4,120,6,16,-2, 

20,-67,120,-66,5,-67,0 

330 DATA 76,0,75,12,71,4,72,20,4 

0,120,38,17,3 6,20,26,120,22,15,2 

1,9,20,11,19,8,21,9,20,6,18,5,13 

,7,3,5,13,2,8,0,5,4,1,4,6,0,-2,5 

,-4,3,-2,100,-4,3,-9,15,-6,10,-4 

,3 

340 DATA 1,120,0,18,4,17,5,19,7, 

17,2,9,-2,11,-3,16,0,18,-5,20,-2 

0,120,-22,16,-3 6,17,-35,20,-67,1 

20,-66,15,-67,0 

350 DATA 72,0,68,17,70,20,58,120 

,56,18,55,20,46,20,42,13,43,8,40 

,7,36,9,35,6,40,5,40,0,36,100,36 

,2,34,0,30,2,26,0,40,120,38,19,3 



5,10,34,9,36,20,21,101,23,3,22,1 

,21,1,6,105,8,7,9,5,13,4,15,2,17 

,2,17,1,15,0,13,4,9,2,9,5,7,3,6, 

5 

3 60 DATA 1,101,2,5,-1,0,-1,2,-5, 

2,-3,0,-5,0,-3,120,-4,16,-1,12,- 

3,13,-5,17,-9,20,-17,120,-15,15, 

-12,16,-13,10,-16,8,-15,6,-20,0, 

-3 6,120,-3 3,18,-35,16,-34,11,-3 5 

,0,-67,100,-66,14,-67,20 

3 70 DATA 70,0,68,20,53,120,56,17 

,58,20,61,20,58,16,58,0,50,110,3 

6,100,39,2,41,1,42,3,44,1,49,3,5 

6,1,44,1,41,1,40,1,-3,100,-6,8,- 

5,14,-3,12,-5,15,-7,12,-6,8,-10, 

10,-9,8,-7,4,-9,0 

3 80 DATA -17,100,-12,2,-25,13,-3 
0,14,-36,10,-38,5,-36,0,-42,104, 
-41,7,-44,6,-43,4,-42,4,-67,100, 
-72,20 

390 DATA 68,0,67,20,65,120,63,19 

,59,1,53,0,-49,108,-48,11,-42,14 

,-38,19,-37,16,-3 5,14,-37,15,-40 

,13,-42,14,-41,11,-46,7,-49,8,-6 

, 100,-72 , 100 , -73 , 14 , -80,0 , -82 , 8 

,-81,11,-81,20 

400 DATA 65,0,65,10,67,0,72,20,7 

0,9,67,20,67,9,65,17,62,13,60,20 

,58,13,58,20,0, 100 ,-82, 100 ,-81,2 



410 DATA 72,0,71,20,58,100,59,8, 

61,13,60,20,0,110,-76,120,-79,0, 

-81,0 

420 DATA 73,20,74,12,78,15,79,20 

,73,20,72,120,71,0,33,120,41,15, 

47,15,50,13,48,15,60,0,0,110,-76 

,100,-78,10,-75,11,-74,20 

4 30 DATA 70,20,74,5,70,4,69,10,7 
, 20 , 68 , 120 ,67,15,71,0,17, 120 , 20 
,13,32,6,23,9,33,0,0,100,-74,100 
,-76,20,-71,20 

440 DATA 80,20,79,0,76,0,76,20,7 
4,120,74,9,73,7,69,14,71,20,51,1 




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. 



20,52,16,55,16,5 
8,12,68,0,50,100 
,18,29,17,29,4,2 
0,23,16,29,104,2 
,10,22,13,16,12, 
0,10,16,13,13,17 
450 DATA -74,100 
460 DATA 80,0,76 
,76,10,74,0,71,0 
14,65,2,68,6,71, 
,9,58,12,60,16,5 
3,46,10,47,14,45 
40,4,34,2,32,0,2 
20,109,18,11,18, 

470 DATA 10,100, 
0,8,2,5,2,0,0,-7 



7,6,61,6,64,10,6 
,32,120,26,20,25 
3,120,23,16,21,2 
6,3,19,4,18,8,22 
16,16,11,18,10,2 

,-76,20 

,10,82,20,75,120 

,67,18,66,11,64, 

0,51,100,63,2,61 

3,20,50,120,49,1 

,17,43,14,44,15, 

5,0,23,100,21,3, 

7,20,9,21,102,21 

12,8,10,20,10,10 
,0,-16,5,-18,8,- 



35,7,-54,6,-56,8,-56,13,-54,6,-5 
3,11,-38,18,-38,20,-77,120,-72,2 
0,-70,16,-63,20,-67,15,-71,9,-76 

,?> 

480 DATA 82,0,84,20,66,120,61,16 

,67,4,69,5,75,0,53,100,51,4,51,0 

,46,1,51,4,48,7,46,1,10,100,7,3, 

6,10,0,12,-3,20,-21,120,-24,14,- 

34,9,-33,3,-36,5,-38,0,-78,120,- 

77,0 

490 DATA 84,0,82,20,75,10,73,15, 

66,0,20,100,-3,100,-7,5,-21,0,-7 

8,100,-72,20 

500 DATA 64,3,67,9,66,0,64,3,50, 

120 , 53 , 19 , 56 , 17 , 59 , 18 , 59 , 17 , 57 , 1 

6,55,16,54,12,51,12,51,14,55,16, 

54 , 17 , 50 , 16 , 50 , 20 , 48 , 13 , 47 , 14 , 42 

,14,42,11,36,11,35,15,3 6,19,42,2 

0,3 3,120,3 5,15,33,12,28,10,23,5, 

14,3,5,11,5,20,-70,120,-72,0 



^~ 



110 5 

END 33 



Listing 2: PAGETURN 

10 CLEAR200,&H7FA0:DEFUSR0=&H7FA 

1:DEFUSR1=&H7FC7 

20 CLS:PRINT"SPINNING EARTH — T 

HE DELBOURGOS": PRINT" HAVE YOU R 

EMEMBERED TO ENTER" 

30 PRINT" POKE28160,0:POKE25,110 

:NEW for disk OR": PRINT" P 

OKE26112,0:POKE25,102:NEW f 

or tape?" 

40 PRINT: PRINT" IF YOU HAVE, PRE 

SS <ENTER>; OTHERWISE <BREAK 

>, ENTER POKES, AND RELOAD THE P 

ROGRAM." 

50 IFINKEY$OCHR$(13)THEN50 




60 PRINT: PRINT" LOAD FROM <T>APE 

OR <D>ISK?" 
70 A$=INKEY$ : IFA$0"T"ANDA$0"D" 
THEN70 

80 PRINT" GET YOUR TAPE/DISK REA 
DY... AND THEN HIT ANY KEY." 

90 IFINKEY$=""THEN90 
100 FORI=&H7FAl TO&H7FFF:READD:P 
OKEI,D:NEXTI 

110 DATA189,179,237,52,4,31,137, 
141,50,31,1,53,4,141,44,31,3,16, 
142,6,0,26,80,127,255,223,236,12 
9,2 37,193,49,62,38,248,127,255,2 
22,57,189,179,2 37,77,3 8,48,141,1 
3,31,1 

120 DATA220,183,147,186,159,186, 
48,139,159,183,57,90,193,3 5,34,2 
8,150,188,192,20,36,4,203,20,134 
,128,52,2,134,6,61,235,224,79,30 
,137,77,43,4,145,25,3 6,1,57,126, 
180,74 

130 PMODE2,15:PCLS:SCREEN1,0 
140 F0RP=1T03 5STEP2 
L50 IFA$="D"THENLOADM"PAGE"+MID$ 
(STR$( (P+l)/2) ,2) ,21504 
160 IFA$=" T" THEN : CLO ADM" PAGE "+MI 
D$(STR$((P+l)/2) ,2) ,21504 
165 A=USR0(35*256+P) :A=USR0(36*2 
56+P+l) 
170 NEXTP 

180 F0RP=1T035STEP2:A=USR1(P) :SC 
REEN1 , 1 : FORT=1TO40 : NEXTT , P : GOTOl 
80 



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Real Data 



By Richard A. White 
Rainbow Contributing Editor 






I got my CoCo in late 1980. Then, 
it was a new machine and there was 
no software available except a few 
ROM packs from Radio Shack. The 
only practical thing to do was learn to 
program in BASIC. One of the first 
things I learned was that it takes three 
to four weeks to learn enough BASIC 
to use up the memory in a 4K machine. 
By April 1981, I had upgraded to 
16K. Extended BASIC was out and I had 
that, also. Each of those items cost as 
much as a 64K CoCo costs today. And, 
I was working on one of my first 
"major" programs: a program to 
calculate gas mileage for my recently 
purchased new car. That was a good 
learning exercise though it consumed 
hours and hours. 

The program finally worked, though 
there were weaknesses. Editing data 
entry errors was difficult and missing 
data caused problems. The display of 
results was limited and there was no 
code to scroll up and down the data. 

(Richard While has a long background 
with microcomputers and specializes in 
BASIC programming. With Don Doll- 
berg, he is the author of the TIMS 
database management program.) 



All in all, I found little encouragement 
to continue using the program or to 
rewrite it. However, I continued to write 
down each gasoline purchase, the date 
and the mileage, though the rest of the 
family failed to do so from time to time. 
Now it's 1985 and I have five years 
of data in a notebook. Why not do a 

"When setting out to 
analyze data, it is 
important to determine 
what is significant and 
what is not. The 
methods used, in the 
analysis can then be 
selected and properly 
applied." 

quick spreadsheet to analyze that data 
and see what it may have to say? 

When setting out to analyze data, it 
is important to determine what is 
significant and what is not. The methods 
used in the analysis can then be selected 
and properly applied. In this case, the 
lank was not always completely filled 



at each purchase, so the mileage foi 
each single gasoline purchase is mean 
ingless in some cases. Determining tht 
average mileage over three to five 
purchases will reduce these variations. 

On the other hand, averaging wil 
hide some real peaks and valleys leaving 
only longer term trends like diminishinj 
performance for lack of engine main 
tenance, or the mileage loss due to ver 
cold weather in winter and use of ai 
conditioning in the summer. 

I chose to use a five point movin 
average. This means the mileage ca. 
culated is averaged over the last fiv 
gasoline purchases. 

The other data to be entered will b 
the odometer reading for each purchas 
and the month (number) of eac 
purchase. We will use the month lati 
when we do some data plotting. 

The finished spreadsheet with son 
data is shown in Figure 1. Colurr 
headings in cells A5 . . . D5 are rig 
justified to align better over the da 
in the columns. Data in columns ' 
through 'C is entered as numbe: 
DynaCalc shows the numbers in c< 
umns 'A' and 'B' as they are entere 
Column C was formatted for t\ 
decimal places. 



80 



THE RAINBOW August 1985 






You may remember that in DynaCak 
an empty cell will not take a format, 
however, a space may be typed into cell 
C6 and a format can be applied to that 
cell. C6 can then be replicated down 
Column C. The cells will still look 
empty, but the format is there waiting 
to act when you type in a value. 
Columns 'D' and 'E' are formatted also, 
but each cell contains a formula and 
is willing to accept a format. 

Before moving to the formulae, let's 
look at the data. The 4.4 gallons shown 
in C12 represents a partial fill because 
the car was driven almost 300 miles 
since the last fill. This causes the 
calculated average gas mileage, 32 mpg, 
to be erroneously high, but not exces- 
sively so due to the use of the averaging 
over five data points. The next purchase 
was a fill-up and the new gas mileage 
is a better representation. 

The data for cells B16 and C16 was 
missing. Nothing to do in this case but 
make a guess of both miles and gallons 
and enter these. After all, we are dealing 
with a data set that cannot be duplicated 
as you might with laboratory data. 
What is gone is gone forever. However, 
we do know on an average what mileage 
we are getting and can make an 
educated guess. 

1 later found an even better way. Pick 
some estimated miles where gas was 
probably added and divide that number 
by average gas mileage then being 
obtained. If the last fill-up occurred at 
45,600 miles, the estimated miles at the 
next fill-up is 45,850 and the car is 
getting approximately 28 miles per 
gallon, the entry in the gallons column 
would be 250/28. The computer will 
perform the calculation and print 8.93 
in the cell. Even better, DynaCak stores 
the entry as 250/28 which is shown on 
the cell contents line at the top of the 
sheet when the cursor is placed over 
the cell. 

At the top of the spreadsheet we do 
not have five data pieces to average so 
we start out with a simple average 
Formula in D7. While there are gallons 
shown in C6, this serves only to start 
with a full tank and is not used in the 
:alculations. In D8, we have two fills 
o work with and set up the form of 
he equations we will use for the 
emainder of Column D. 

The formula in D 1 1 has five purchases 
o average. This formula can be repli- 
ated to the rest of the column, as long 
is you want to make it. 1 took it to 
tow 1 50, which will cover several years, 
lefore doing the replicate, remember 



to apply the two-decimal place format. 
Note in each of the succeeding equations 
the cell addresses are adjusted one row 
down in each case. This is another 
example of relative addressing discussed 
in previous columns. 

Column E is set up to plot the mileage 
as a bar graph. I expected all the mileage 



values would exceed 15, so I subtracted 
that amount from each 'D' column 
value and applied a graph format to 
each cell. Actually, do this only to cell 
E7, then replicate that cell over the 
range E8. . . El 50. Again the addressing 
is relative. 

In cell D152, the average mileage 





A ][ 


B ][ 


c ][ 


D ][ 


E ] 




1- 


GASOLINE MILEAGE 








2- 


1980 HORIZON 










3- 


NEW 


9/80 10 


MILES 








4- 


START 9/2/83 










5- 


MO 


MILES GALLONS 


MILEAGE15 20 25 30 




6- 


9 


43433 


10.90 








7- 


9 


43663 


8.50 


27.06 


############ 




8- 


9 


43889 


8.50 


26.82 


############ 




9- 
10- 


10 
10 
10 


44131 
44448 
44751 


8.60 
10.20 

11.10 


27.27 
28.35 
28.10 


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11- 


####■######### 




12- 


10 


45035 


4.40 


32.06 


################# 




13- 


11 


45172 


10.40 


28.70 


############## 




14- 


11 


45407 


8.80 


28.42 


############# 




15- 


11 


45600 


6.89 


27.70 


############# 




16- 
17- 
18- 
19- 
20- 


12 
12 
12 
12 

1 


45950 
46200 
46492 
46729 
46978 


10.00 29.61 
8.93 25.88 

10.20 29.45 
9.50 29.04 
9.99 28.34 

Figure 1 


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GASOLINE 


MILEAGE 


2- 




1980 HORIZON 


3- 




NEW 9/80 


10 MILES 


4- 




START 9/2/83 


5- 


MC 


MILES 


GALLONS 


6- 


9 


43433 


10.9 


7- 


9 


43663 


8.5 


8- 


9 


43889 


8.5 


9- 


1(J 


44131 


8.6 


10- 


1? 


44448 


10.2 


11- 


10 


44751 


11.1 


12- 


1? 


45035 


4.4 


13- 


11 


45172 


10.4 


14- 


11 


45407 


8.8 


15- 


11 


45600 


193/28 


16- 


12 


45950 


If 


17- 


12 


46200 


250/28 


18- 


12 


46492 


10.2 


19- 


12 


46729 


9.5 


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46978 


9.99 



MILEAGE15 



20 



25 



30 



(B7-B6)/C7 

(B8-B6)/@SUM(C7. . .C8) 
(B9-B6)/@SUM(C7. . .C9) 
(B10-B6)/@SUM(C7. . .C10) 
(B11-B6)/@SUM(C7. . .Cll) 
(B12-B7)/@SUM(C8. . .C12) 
(B13-B8)/@SUM(C9. . .C13) 
(B14-B9)/@SUM(C10. . .C14) 
(B15-B10)/@SUM(C11. . .C15) 
(B16-BU)/<asUM(C12. . .C16) 
<B17-B12)/@SUM(C13. 
(B18-B13)/@SUM(C14. 
(B19-B14)/@SUM(C15. 
(B20-B15)/@SUM(C16. 



.C17) 
.C18) 
.C19) 
• C20) 



D7-15 

D8-15 

D9-15 

D10-15 

Dll-15 

D12-15 

D13-15 

D14-15 

D15-15 

D16-15 

D17-15 

D18-15 

D19-15 

D20-15 



Figure 2 



[A ][ B ][ C ][ D ] 

(B149-B144)/@SUM(C145. . .C149 
(B150-B145)/@SUM(C146. . .C150 



149- 
150- 
151- 

152-GRAND AVERAGE MILEAGE (@MAX(B7 . . . B15J3) -B6)/@SUM(C7 . . . C150 



Figure 3 



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33.8 




25.0 



1980 HDRIZ0N MILEAGE SEPTEMBER! 1983- HftVi 1985 
5-SftriPLE HD'-'IHG AVERAGE AVERAGE = 28.56 




Figure 4 



' 1 2. 3 H 



based on all the data in the spreadsheet 
is calculated. B7 is the starting miles. 
@MAX(B7 . . . B150) finds the highest 
number in the range B7 . . . B150. This 
will be the miles in the last entry. Data 
can be entered from time to time and 
the spreadsheet will still work. 
@SUM(C7 ... CI 50) sums only cells 
that have values. 

DynaCalc has a plotting capability 
that is unique in CoCo spreadsheets. 
You can make a line plot, a bar chart, 
a pie chart or a high/ low/ average plot 
such as those used to show stock 
performance. Plots are made on the 
high resolution graphics screen. 

Data to be plotted is drawn from 
specified ranges of cells on the spread- 
sheet with a maximum of 121 cells per 
range. Except for the pie chart, up to 
three ranges may be defined. The graph 
is automatically sized according to the 



value extremes within the ranges 
specified. Once the plot is made, you 
can type captions onto it, save it to disk 
or print it on your printer. 

The graph in Figure 4 is a printout 
of a plot of my gas mileage data. This 
is actually a composite of two plots. 
First, a plot of identical ranges from 
the mileage and month columns was 
made. The gas mileage line is at the 
top. 

Since the months were entered as 
numbers from 1 to 12, they plot as a 
stepped line at the bottom of the chart. 
The text and numbers on the plot are 
made in the caption mode. The arrow 
keys are used to move the cursor to 
where the user wants and the text is 
typed in. Text can be erased by moving 
to its beginning and typing spaces. 
Careful, for the plotted lines can be 
erased as well. 



The dashed line through the gas 
mileage curve is a calculated average 
for the data points used. This could not 
be done from the plot as shown since 
DynaCalc would have used both the 
month and the mileage values to 
determine an average. 

First, I saved my captioned graph 
with both the mileage and month curves 
to disk, then I exited the graphics mode 
and reentered to get a clean screen. This 
time 1 plotted only the mileage figures 
and used the average line option. The 
first plot was then loaded. It overlaid 
the second. The result looks just like 
the first plot except the average line of 
the second shows. 

Now comes the bottom line. What 
can be learned from this plot? First, the 
automobile performance has been 
essentially constant over the 21 month 
period. There are low spots each winter 
and high spots in the spring and fall. 
These seem to reflect the effects of 
driving in the cold and snow versus 
driving in moderate weather without air 
conditioning. The overall average 
mileage for this period was about one 
mile per gallon better than the previous 
two years reflecting an office move to 
a location where I could drive interstates 
for the most part, rather than all city 
streets. Finally, this data tells me the 
engine remains sound and in tune. 

Other uses? Surely you can find them. 
How about lab and other reports for 
those in high school or college? Keeping 
and plotting sports statistics seems a 
natural. Budgeting is another — plot 
your budget amounts against what is 
actually spent. And the uses in business 
are almost limitless. 



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EDUCATION 



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Co Co worms its way into preschool fun 



A Caterpillar's Alphabet 



By Mike Knolhoff 




Asa teacher I am able to see and 
/% evaluate educational software 
LJLquite frequently. This gives me 
le opportunity to get ideas for pro- 
■ams I can write for my own children 
• for my classes. 

I recently saw an interesting program 
at was written for a more expensive 
■mputer. The program was designed 
help preschoolers or primary school 
ildren learn the alphabet. A sequence 
five letters was displayed in order 
i the screen with the middle letter left 
ink. The student was to figure out 
rich letter went in the blank and type 
it letter. The letter typed would then 
. in the blank, and a right or wrong 
e would be given. 

Each time the student typed the 
rrect letter, a caterpillar segment 
mid appear on the screen until the 
erpillar was complete. At that time 



(ike Knolhoff is a 6th grade teacher 
to is married and has three children. 
? is currently earning a master's 
gree emphasizing computer applica- 
nts in education.) 



the caterpillar would walk around and 
off the screen as a visual reward for 
a job well done. Tapping any key would 
then restart the program. 

The program required no reading 
skills on the part of the student, and 
all keyboard input from the student 
consisted of single keystrokes. The 
program was written in machine lan- 
guage and sold for about $30. 

The listing that follows is my version 
of this program. Thanks to the powerful 
graphics commands Tandy gave the 
CoCo, it is written entirely in BASIC. 
Admittedly, the graphics are not as 
refined and the animation not as 
smooth as its inspiration program, but 
it does function in much the same 
manner (and is a great deal more 
economical). I believe parents will find 
it very beneficial for their 4-6 year old 
children. 

You need 16K Extended BASIC for 
the program. It uses the speed-up POKE 
in Line 690, so if your computer cannot 
handle this POKE you will have to edit 
that line to remove it. It will run on 
disk as well as cassette. 

The following is a brief line descrip- 
tion of the program: 



Line Description 

10-20 Program set up 

30-80 Title screen 

90-250 DRAW and GET caterpillar 

segments 
260-340 Put letter sequence on the 

screen 
350-370 Receive keyboard input 
380-390 Display answer in blank 

spot 
400 Branch to 570 on correct 

answer 
410-420 Wrong answer cue 
430 Second try for first wrong 

answer 
440-490 Flash correct answer 
500-550 Erase sequence of letters 
560 Return to start of loop 

570-670 Put caterpillar segment on 

screen 
680-840 Animation routine moves 

caterpillar left to right and 

off screen 
850-1070 Animation routine moves 

caterpillar right to left and 

off screen 
1080-1090 Await key press to begin 

again 
1100-1380 Draw strings for letters of 

the alphabet 



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'CHESSD is a trademark of Software Dynamics. 




The listing: LETRSKIP 



1 **************************** 

2 ' CATERPILLAR 

3 ' LETTER SKIP 

4 **************************** 

5 ■ BY 

6 ■ MIKE KNOLHOFF 

7 ■ STERLING, IL. 

8 ' MAY 1984 

9 i *************************** 

10 C=0:DIMH1(14) ,B(14) ,H2(14) ; BL 
(14) 

20 CLS2:GOSUB1110 

30 PRINT@201," CATERPILLAR " ; : PR 

INT@265," LETTER SKIP "; 

40 A$="T303L4CP3 2L8CP128L4DP32L8 

DP12 8EP128GP12 8EP128L4 . C" 

50 PLAYA$ 

60 PLAY"P8L4CP32L8CP128L4DP32L8D 

P128L4.EP128CP8" 

70 PLAYA$ 

80 PLAY"P8L3AP32DP128L8FP128L4.E 

P128L1C" 

90 PMODE3,1:PCLS:SCREEN0,1 

100 CIRCLE (20, 20) ,8,6, .9:PAINT(2 

0,20), 6, 6 

lip CIRCLE (24, 16) ,2,8 

120 DRAW"BM26,22C8L6H2" 

130 DRAW M BM18,14C8U4E4BR4G4D4" 

140 GET(12,2)-(28,32) ,H1,G 

150 PCLS 

160 CIRCLE(20,20) ,8,6, .9:PAINT(2 

0,20) ,6,6 

170 CIRCLE(16,16) ,2,8 

180 DRAW"BM14,2 2C8R6E2" 

190 DRAW"BM18,14C8U4H4BR4F4D4" 

200 GET(12,2)-(28,32) ,H2,G 

210 PCLS 

220 CIRCLE(20,20) ,8,6, .9:PAINT(2 

0,20), 6, 6 

230 DRAW"BM18,2 6C8NG4BR4F4" 

240 CIRCLE(20,20) ,4,8, .9 

250 GET(12,2)-(28,32) ,B,G 

2 60 PCLS 

270 SCREEN1,1 

280 R=RND( -TIMER) 

290 R=RND(26) 

30j3 IF R<3THEN310ELSEDRAW"BM0,20 

C7S16'*+L$(R-2) 

310 IF R<2THEN320ELSEDRAW"BM50,2 

0C7S16"+L$(R-1) 



320 DRAW"BM92,64C8S16R12" 

3 30 IF R>25THEN3 50ELSEDRAW"BM150 

,20C7S16"+L$(R+1) 

340 IF R>24THEN3 50ELSEDRAW"BM200 

,20C7S16"+L$(R+2) 

3 50 I$=INKEY$:IFI$=""THEN35,0 

3 60 A=ASC(I$)-64 

370 IFA<10R A>26THEN350 

380 DRAW"BM100,20C8S16"+L$(A) 

390 FORK=1TO500:NEXTK 

400 IFA=R THEN570 

410 FORX=1TO50:PLAY"V30T255L255O 

1CP2 50": NEXTX 

420 W=W+1 : DRAWBM100 , 20C5S16"+L$ 

(A) 

430 IFW=1THEN350 

440 W=0:FORX=1TO5 

450 DRAW"BM100,20C8S16"+L$(R) 

460 FORK=1TO100:NEXTK 

470 DRAW"BM100,20C5S16"+L$(R) 

480 FORK=1TO100:NEXTK 

490 NEXTX 

500 IFR<3THEN510ELSEDRAW"BM0,20C 

5S16"+L$(R-2) 

510 IFR<2THEN520ELSEDRAW"BM50,20 

C5S16"+L$(R-1) 

520 DRAW M BM100,20C5S16"+L$(R) : DR 

AW"BM92,64C5R12" 

530 IFR>25THEN540ELSEDRAW"BM150, 

20C5S16"+L$(R+1) 

540 IFR>24THEN560ELSEDRAW"BM200, 

2 j 0C5S16"+L$(R+2) 

550 FORK=1TO300:NEXT 

5 60 GOTO290 

570 W=0 

5 80 C=C+1 

590 ON C GOTO600,610,620,630,640 

, 650,660 

600 PUT(96,100)-(112,130) ,H1,PSE 

T:GOT0665 

610 PUT(80,100)-(96,130) ,B,PSET: 

GOT0665 

620 PUT(64,100)-(80,130) ,B,PSET: 

GOT0665 

630 PUT(48,100)-(64,130) ,B,PSET: 

GOT0665 

640 PUT(32,100)-(48,130) ,B,PSET: 

GOT0665 

650 PUT(16,100)-(32,130) ,B,PSET: 

GOT0665 

660 PUT(0,100)-(16,130) ,B,PSET 

6 65 FORX=1TO5:SCREEN1,0:FORK=1TO 
150 :NEXTK: SCREEN1, 1 : FORK=1TO150 : 
NEXTK: NEXTX 

670 PLAY"T255L255V30O2CDEFGABO3C 

DEFGAB04CDEFGABAGFEDCO3BAGFEDC03 

BAGFEDC02BAGFEDC" 

680 IFC<7THEN500 

690 POKE65495,0:SCREEN1,0:X1=112 



August 1985 THE RAINBOW 85 



:X2=128:M$="V3101T255L255CP255C" 

700 F0RK=1T08 

710 PUT (XI, 100) -(X2, 130 ), HI, PSET 

720 PUT(X1-16,100)-(X2-16,130) ,B 

,PSET 

73j3 PUT(X1-112,100)-(X2-112,130) 

,BL,PSET 

740 PLAYM$:FORD=1TO50: NEXTD 

750 X1=X1+16:X2=X2 + 16 

760 NEXTK 

770 PUT(224,100)-(240,130) ,B,PSE 

T 

780 PUT(128,100)-(144,130) ,BL,PS 

ET : PLAYM$ : FORD=1TO120 : NEXTD 

790 X1=144:X2=160 

800 F0RK=1T06 

805 PUT(224,100)-(240,130) ,BL,PS 

ET 

810 PUT (XI, 100) -(X2, 130) ,BL,PSET 

: PLAYM$ 

815 PUT(224,100)-(240,130) ,B,PSE 

T 

820 FORD=1TO80: NEXTD 

830 X1=X1+16:X2=X2+16: NEXTK 




835 PUT(224,100)-(240,130) ,BL,PS 

ET 

840 FORD=1TO800: NEXTD 

850 PUT(224,150)-(240,180) ,H2,PS 

ET : PLAYM$ : FORD=1TO120 : NEXTD 

860 X1=208:X2=224:FORK=1TO6 

870 PUT(X1,150)-(X2,180) ,H2,PSET 

880 PUT(X1+16,150)-(X2+16,180) ,B 

, PSET : PLAYM$ 

890 X1=X1-16:X2=X2-16 

900 FORD=1TO80: NEXTD 

910 NEXTK 

920 X1=112:X2=128 

930 F0RK=1T08 

940 PUT(X1, 150)-(X2, 180) ,H2, PSET 

950 PUT(X1+16,150)-(X2+16,180) ,B 

,PSET 

960 PUT(X1+112,150)-(X2+112,180J) 

,BL,PSET:PLAYM$ 

970 FORD=1TO50: NEXTD 

980 X1=X1-16:X2=X2-16:NEXTK 



990 PUT(96,150)-(112,180) ,BL,PSE 

T 

1000 PUT(0, 150)-(16, 180) ,B, PSET: 

PLAYM$ 

1010 FORD=1TO120: NEXTD 

1020 X1=80:X2=96 

1030 F0RK=1T06 

1035 PUT(0, 150)-(16, 180) ,BL, PSET 

1040 PUT(X1,150)-(X2,180) ,BL,PSE 

T : PLAYM$ 

1045 PUT(0, 150)-(16, 180) ,B, PSET 

1050 FORD=1TO80: NEXTD 

1060 X1=X1-16:X2=X2-16 

1070 NEXTK 

1075 PUT (0,150) -(16, 180) ,BL, PSET 

1080 I$=INKEY$:IFI$= IM, THEN1080 

1090 POKE65494,0:C=0:SCREEN1,1:G 

OTO500 

1100 END 

1110 DIML$(26) 

1120 L$(1)="BD10U5NR8U1E4F4D6BR4 

BU10" 

1130 L$(2)="D10R6E2U1H2NL6E2U1H2 

L6BR12" 

1140 L$(3)="BR3NR5G3D4F3R5BR3BU1 

0" 

1150 L$(4)="D10R5E3U4H3L5BR12" 

1160 L$ (5) ="NR8D5NR6D5R8BR4BU10" 

1170 L$(6)="NR8D5NR6D5BR12BU10" 

1180 L$(7)="BR8L6G2D6F2R4E2U3L4B 

R8BU5" 

1190 L$(8)="D10U5R8D5U10BR4" 

1200 L$(9)="BR1R6L3D10L3R6BR5BU1 

0" 

1210 L$(10)="BR2R6L3D8G2L1H2U2BR 

12BU6" 

1220 L$ (11) ="D10BR8L1H5NL2E5R1BR 

4" 

1230 L$(12)="D10R8BR4BU10" 

1240 L$(13)="ND10F4E4ND10BR4" 

1250 L$(14)="ND10D1F8D1U10BR4" 

1260 L$(15)="BR2G2D6F2R4E2U6H2L4 

BR10" 

1270 L$(16)="ND10R6F2D1G2L6BR12B 

U5" 

1280 L$(17)="BR2G2D6F2R4E1NH3NF1 

E1U6H2L4BR10" 

1290 L$ (18) ="ND10R6F2D1G2L6R1F5B 

R4BU10" 

1300 L$(19)="BR8L6G2D1F2R4F2D1G2 

L6BR12BU10" 

1310 L$(20)="R4ND10R4BR4" 

1320 L$(21)="D8F2R4E2U8BR4" 

1330 L$(22)="D6F4E4U6BR4" 

1340 L$(23)="D10E4NU1F4U10BR4" 

1350 L$(24)="D1F8D1BL8U1E8U1BR4" 

1360 L$(25)="D1F4ND5E4U1BR4" 

1370 L$(26)="R8D1G8D1R8BR4BU10" 

13 80 RETURN /^\ 



86 



THE RAINBOW August 1985 



DIGISECTOR 

DS-69 

VIDEO 

DIGITIZER 

FOR THE 

COCO 





Give your COCO the gift of sight! 

The Micro Works is happy to introduce the newest 
member of our Digisector™ family — the DS-69 Video 
Digitizer for your COCO. It has all the standard 
features of its big brothers but comes with a price tag 
that's right for you. 

■ High Resolution 256 by 256 spatial resolution. 

■ Precision 64 levels of grey scale. 

■ SPEED! 1 /2 second for a full screen of video. 

■ Compactness Self contained in a plug in Rompack. 

■ Ease of Use Software on disk will get you up and 

running fast! 

The DS-69 Digisector 
opens up a whole new 
world for you and your 
COCO. Your computer 
can be a security system, 
take portraits, analyze 
signatures, inspect 
assembly work . . . 
the DS-69 is your COCO's 
eyes. Use the DS-69 and a TV camera to get fast, 
precise conversion of video signals into digital data. 

Powerful C-SEE™ software. 

C-See is a menu-driven software package included 
with your DS-69. It provides high speed 5 level digitiz- 
ing to the screen, high precision 16 level digitizing for 
superb hard copy printout, and simple software con- 
trol of brightness and contrast. Or call our driver rou- 
tines from your own Basic 
program for easy 64 level 
random access digitizing. 
Pictures taken by the 
DS-69 may be saved on 
disk by C-See and then 
edited by our optional 
MAGIGRAPH package for 
enhancements and 
special effects. 

The DS-69 comes with a one year warranty. C-See 
supports both cassette and disk operation with the 
Multi-Pak adaptor and requires 64K. Cameras and 
other accessories are available from The Micro 
Works. Let your COCO see the World! 

■ DS-69 Digisector & C-See Software $149.95 

■ MAGIGRAPH Graphics Package on disk $ 39.95 
Terms: Visa, Mastercard, Check or C.O.D. 

Purveyors of Fine Video Digitizers Since 1977. 




mD©03@ 



■ 



Established 1977 

P.O. Box 1110 Del Mar, CA 92014 (619) 942-2400 






GAME SHORTIES 



Now, just the moment you've been 
waiting for . . . 



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Oodles 



A Mind Boggier 

See if you can solve this Picstick puzzle. Play against 
the computer, alternating turns until all 15 sticks are 
taken. The object is to force the computer to take 
the last stick. Each turn (your's and the computer's) 
is limited to one, two or three sticks. Of course, when 
you figure out the correct pattern you will always 
win. But, how long will that take? 

The listing: PICSTICK 

1 CLS: PRINT "PICK UP STICKS" : PRIN 
T 

2 PRINT" YOU MAY PICK UP 1,2, OR 
3" 

3 PRINT" STICKS EACH TIME. THE O 
BJECT" 

4 PRINT" IS TO MAKE THE COMPUTER 
PICK" 

5 PRINT" THE LAST ONE. PRESS ENT 
ER" 

6 PRINT" WHEN YOU ARE READY." 

7 INPUT A$ 

8 CLS(0) 

10 FOR 1=1 TO 15 

20 FOR J=16 TO 31 

30 SET(I*4,J,4) 

40 NEXT J 

50 NEXT I 

60 SW=1 :T=15 

100 PRINT@0, "ENTER NO. (1,2, OR 

3) " 

110 INPUT A$ 

120 A=VAL(A$) 

130 IF A<1 OR A>3 THEN 100 

140 T=T-A 

145 PRINT" STICKS CHOSEN="A" REM 

AIN="T 

150 IF T>0 THEN 180 

160 IF SW=1 THEN PRINT@0,"YOU LO 

SE" ELSE PRINT@0,"YOU WIN" 

170 GO TO 1000 

180 SW = -SW 

88 THE RAINBOW August 1985 



190 
200 

210 
220 
230 
240 
2 50 

2 60 
270 
280 
290 
300 
310 
320 
330 
340 

3 50 
3 60 
370 
1000 
1010 
1020 



B=(15-(T+A) )+l:Bl=(B+A)-l 
FOR I=B TO Bl 
FOR J=16 TO 31 
RESET (1*4, J) 
NEXT J 
NEXT I 

IF SW=1 THEN 100 
ST=T-1 
MC=0 

IF MC=3 THEN 3 60 
MC =MC+1 
A=(ST-MC)/4 
A=ABS (A) 
A=A-INT(A) 
IF AO0 THEN 280 
A=MC 
GOTO 140 
A=l 

GOTO 140 
PRINT@32 "END 



PRINT" 
INPUT 



RESTART 
A$:GOTO 



GAME" 

= ENTER" 

8 

Brian Baxter 
Arlington, TX 



Where Are the Walls? 

The Maze Game begins with a man (in the upper 
left corner of a blank screen) and a blue dot (in the 
lower right corner of the screen) indicating an exit. 
Your goal is to find your way out of the dark maze, 
however, the walls are invisible. They only appear 
as you run into them. 

The listing: MflZEGflME 

10 REM MAZE 

20 DIM A$(16) 

30 MV=0:F=3 

40 GOSUB 700 

60 FOR 1=1 TO 16 

70 READ A$(I) 

80 NEXT I 

90 READ L,E:X=INT(L/100) :Y=L-(X* 



>f Games For 4K 






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/ 



M 



95 EX=INT(E/10,0) :EY=E-(EX*10p) 



CLS(^) :MX=X:MY=Y 

SET(EY*2, (EX-1)*2,3) 

GOSUB 400 

B$=INKEY$ 

IF EX=X AND EY=Y THEN 

IF B$="" THEN 12JZ5 

MX=X:MY=Y 

AND X>1 THEN MX=X- 



8^5^ 



IF 



IF 



IF 



IF 



B$="U" 

B$="D" AND X<16 THEN MX=X 
B$="L" AND Y>1 THEN MY=Y- 
B$="R" AND Y<32 THEN MY=Y 



100 

101 

105 

12j3 

123 

125 

130 

140 

1 

150 

+ 1 

160 

1 

170 

+ 1 

180 IF MID$(A$(MX) ,MY, 1) ="W"THEN 

GOSUB200 ELSE GOSUB300 
190 GOTO 120 

REM WALL 

11= (MX-1) *2 : IJ= (MY-1) *2 

FOR 1=11 TO II+l 

FORJ=IJ TO IJ+1 

SET (J, I, 8) :NEXT J 

NEXT I: RETURN 

REM RESET/SET POSITION 

II=(X-1)*2:IJ=(Y-1)*2 

FOR 1=11 TO II+l 

FOR J=IJ TO IJ+1 

RESET (J, I) 

NEXT J: NEXT I 

II=(MX-1) *2:IJ=(MY-1) *2 

FOR 1=11 TO II+l 

FOR J=IJ TO IJ+1 

SET(J,I,5) 

NEXT J: NEXT I 

X=MX : Y=MY : MV=MV+ 1 

RETURN 

DATA WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW 
WWWWWWWWW 

510 DATA WSWSSSWSSWSSSWSSSWWFSWS 
WSSSWSSSW 



200 
210 
220 
230 
240 

2 50 
300 
310 

3 20 
330 
340 
3 50 
400 
410 
420 
430 
440 
445 
450 
500 



520 DATA WSWSWSWSWWSWSWSWSSSWSWS 

WSWSSSWSW 

530 DATA WSSSWSWSSSSWSWSWWWSWSWS 

WSSWWWWSW 

540 DATA WWWWWSWSWSWSSWSSSWSWSWS 

WWSSSSWSW 

55jZ) DATA WSSSSSSSWSWSSSWWSWSWSSS 

wswwsswsw 

560 DATA WSWSWWWWWSWSWSSSSSSSSWS 

SSSSSWSSW 

570 DATA WSWSWSSSWSSSSWWWWSSWSSW 

WWWWWWSWW 

580 DATA WSWSSSWSWWWWSSSSSWSWSWS 

SSSSSWSSW 

590 DATA WSSWWWWSWSSSWFWWWWWWSWS 

WSWWSSWSW 

600 DATA WWFWSSSSWSWSSWSSSSSWSWS 

WSSSWSSSW 

610 DATA WWWWSWWWWSSWSWSWWWSWSWW 

WWWSWWWSW 

620 DATA WSSSSWSSSWSWSWSSSWSWSWS 

SSSSWSSSW 

630 DATA WSWWWSSWSWSWSSSWSWSWSWW 

SWWWWWWWW 

640 DATA WFSSSSWWSSSWSWWWSWSWSFW 

SSSSSSSSW 

650 DATA WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW 

WWWWWWWSW 

660 DATA 0202,1631 

70J3 CLS:PRINT"MAZE (VERISION 1)" 

710 PRINT: PRINT"FIND YOUR WAY OU 

ijiii 

7 20 PRINT"U=UP D=DOWN L=LEFT R=R 

IGHT" 

725 PRINT"EXIT IS BLUE SQUARE" 

7 30 PRINT"PRESS 'ENTER 1 TO START 

ii 

7 40 INPUT B$ 

7 50 RETURN 

800 CLS: PRINT" YOU MADE IT OUT IN 

"MV'MOVES. 11 

Brian Baxter 
Arlington, TX 

August 1985 THE RAINBOW 89 



Watch Out, Danny Sullivan! 

Indy4K\s a road race in which you control a super- 
fast car with your right joystick. Stay on the road 
for as many miles as you can. 

If your CoCo can not take the "Vitamin E" POKE, 
delete it from Line 0. 

The listing: INDY4K 

POKE65495,0:CLS:PRINT@106,"KAM 
AKAZIE KAR":PRINT§175, "BY": PRINT 
@238,"PAUL":PRINT@2 69,"WAGORN":P 
RINT@33 4 , "FOR" : PRINT§397 , "APOLLO 
" :PRINT@428 , "SOFTWARE" 

1 SOUND 100,4:SOUND140,5:SOUND10 
, 1 : SOUND140 , 1 : SOUND100 , 1 : SOUND1 
10 , 1 : SOUND120 , 1 : SOUND130 , 1 : SOUND 
140 , 1 : SOUND130 , 2 : SOUND120 , 4 : SOUN 
D110,8:SOUND100,10 

2 FORPO=503 TO 2 3 STEP -64: PRINT 
@PO,"!"; 

3 POKE65315,63:FORI=lT0255STEP9: 
POKE653 12 , 255 : P0KE653 12 , I : NEXT 

4 PRINT@PO-31,">"; :POKE65315,63: 
F0RI=1T0255STEP9 : POKE65312 , 255 : P 
OKE6 5 312,1: NEXT : NEXTPO 

5 PRINT@490, "PRESS A KEY";:EXEC4 
1329 

6 C1$=CHR$ (132+96) +CHR$ (143+48)+ 
CHR$ (13 6+9 6) :C2$=CHR$ (13 2+9 6) +CH 
R$ (140+48) +CHR$ (136+96) :WL$=CHR$ 

(194) :CLS:P=15:S$=CHR$(255) :M$=C 
HR$(128) :R$=CHR$ (131+32) +S$+M$+M 
$+M$+M$+WL$+M$+M$+M$+S$+CHR$(131 
+32) :RP=12 

7 FORI=l TO20:PRINTTAB(RP) ;R$:NE 
XT:PRINT§P,C1$; : PRINT@P+32 , C2$ ; : 
PRINT@14+98 , "start" ; : SOUND100 , 1 : 
SOUND200 , 3 : SOUND50 , 3 : SOUND100 , 1 : 
SOUND140 , 2 : SOUND130 , 3 : SOUND110 , 4 
: SOUND100 , 5 : SOUND90 , 6 : SOUND80 , 7 : 
PRINT@0,""; 

8 CD=RND(3)-2:F0RL=1T0 4 

9 D=D+1 

lj3 IF JOYSTK(0)=<3 AND P>=1 THEN 
P=P-1:ELSEIFJOYSTK(0) >=60 ANDP< 
=28 THENP=P+1 

11 KI=P+64+1024:IFPEEK(KI)=255OR 
PEEK(KI+1)=2550RPEEK(KI+2)=255TH 
EN 16 

12 PRINTTAB(RP) ;R$ 

13 GOSUB15:IFRP+CD>0ANDRP+CD<18T 
HENRP=RP+CD : NEXTL : ELSEGOT08 

14 GOTO 8 

15 PRINT@P, Cl$ ; : PRINT§P+32 , C2$ ; : 
PRINT @ 4 7 9 , " " : RETURN 

16 E1$=CHR$ (139+48) +CHR$ (140+16) 
+CHR$ (141+48): E2 $=E1$ : E3 $=CHR$ ( 1 

90 THE RAINBOW August 1985 



41+16)+CHR$ (131+96) +CHR$ (139+16) 
: E4 $=E3 $ : F0RI=1T05 : PRINT0P, El$ ; : 
PRINT§P+32 , E2 $ ; : POKE653 15 ,63: FOR 
R=lT04:POKE65312,2 55:POKE65312,R 
ND(255) :NEXT:PRINT@P,E3$; :PRINT§ 
P+32,E4$; 

17 SOUND200,1:NEXTI 

18 SOUND10,4:SOUND40,2:SOUND1,1: 
SOUND10 , 1 : SOUND40 , 4 : SOUND20 , 1 : PR 
INT@230,"MILELAGE:"D/20"MILES." 

19 PRINT@480+RP+1, "PRESS A KEY"; 
:POKE65314,14:EXEC413 29:CLEAR:GO 
TO 6 

20 FORI=lTO 4:MOTORON:FORK=1TO50 
: NEXT : SOUND1 , 4 : FORK=1TO500 : NEXT 
:CSAVE"KAM KAR":NEXT 

Paul Wagorn 
Carp, Ontario 



Screen Cleaning 

Use the arrow keys in Cleanup to travel the screen 
and clean up all of the characters. But, don't touch 
the outer walls or any of the graphics. 

The listing: CLERNUP 

5 CLEAR 500-.CLS 

10 PRINT: PRINT" (PRESS ANY KEY TO 

START) " 
15 A$=INKEY$:IF A$=""THEN 15 
20 CLS : BL=0 : SC=0 : INPUT" STARTING 
LEVEL (1-50) " ;S:IF S<1 OR S>50 TH 
EN 20 

25 CLS(0) : PRINT "SCORE=";SC 
30 FOR X=0 TO S*3-l 
35 P=RND(375)+96:IF PEEK(P+15360 
)<33 THEN PRINT@P,CHR$(RND(63)+1 
28) ;ELSE35 
40 NEXT X 

45 FOR X=0 TO S*3-l 
50 P=RND(375)+97:IF X/3=INT(X/3) 

THEN IF PEEK(P+15360)<33 THEN P 
RINT@P,CHR$(RND(94)+32) ;ELSE 50 
55 NEXT X 

60 FOR X=0 TO 63:SET(X,3,5) : SET ( 
X, 3 1,5): NEXT X:FOR X=4 TO 31: SET 
(0,X,5) :SET(63,X,5) :NEXT X 
65 X=5:Y=5:U=0:H=0:A$=INKEY$:FOR 

D=l TO 2 STEP 0:IF INKEY$<>""TH 
EN D=2:NEXT D ELSE NEXT D 
70 K$=INKEY$ 

75 IF K$=CHR$(94) THEN U=-1:H=0 
ELSE IF K$=CHR$(10) THEN U=1:H=0 

ELSE IF K$=CHR$(8) THEN U=0:H=- 
1 ELSE IF K$=CHR$(9) THEN U=0 : H= 
1 

80 X=X+H:Y=Y+U:IF POINT (X,Y)>1 T 
HEN 100 



85 IF POINT (X,Y)=-1 THEN SC=SC+1 

: BL=BL+ 1 : PRINT § 7 , S C ; 

90 SET(X,Y,1) :IF BL<S THEN 70 

95 CLS : PRINT "LEVEL" ;S; "COMPLETED 

. . . BONUS :";S*5:SC=SC+S*5:BL=0:S= 

S+l:FOR D=l TO 1000: NEXT D:GOTO 

25 

100 SOUND 45,1: CLS : PRINT" YOU MAD 

E IT TO LEVEL "S;"WITH A SCORE 

F "SC 

Stephan J. Elms 
Fort Ann, NY 

Hunt and Peck 

Typanic will test your knowledge of the CoCo's 
keyboard, as well as your reflexes. Shoot down falling 
:haracters before they hit the ground by typing the 
ippropriate key on the keyboard. If you miss five 
imes, the game is over and the CoCo displays your 
core. 

The listing: TYPRNIC 

10 CLS : PRINT@43 , "TYPANIC" : PRINT: 
PRINTTAB (7) ; "LEVEL: " : PRINTTAB (7) 
; " ( 1 ) BEGINNER" : PRINTTAB ( 7 ) ; " ( 2 ) 

INTERMEDIATE " : PRINTTAB ( 7 ) ; " ( 3 ) 
EXPERT " : PRINTTAB ( 7 ) ; " ( 4 ) PRETTY 
DARN HARD" 

20 A$=INKEY$:IF A$="" THEN 20 
30 A=VAL(A$):IF A>4 OR A<1 THEN 
20 
40 POKE282,1:CLS:T=300-50*VAL(A$ 

) 

50 PO=2+RND(28) : C=32+RND (58) 

60 C$=CHR$(C) :Y=PO 

70 A$=INKEY$ 

80 PRINT@Y,C$;:Y=Y+32 

90 IF Y>448 THEN 130 

100 IF A$=C$ THEN 150 

110 FOR DL=1 TO T:NEXTDL:PRINT§Y 

-32," "; 

120 IF A$="" THEN 70 ELSE 70 

130 SOUND 1,1:W=W+1:IF W=5THEN17 



140 GOTO 50 

150 T=T-A: SOUND 200 , 1 : PRINT§Y-32 

," "; :SC=SC+1:PRINT@0,SC:IFT<4 T 

HEN T=5 

160 GOTO50 

170 CLS0:FOR S=200 TO 1 STEP -6 

180 SOUND S,1:NEXTS 

190 PRINT@160,"YOUR SCORE IS "SC 

200 PRINT@224,"PLAY AGAIN (Y/N) ? 
";:A$=INKEY$:IFA$=""THEN200ELSEI 
FA$="Y"THENRUN ELSEEND 

Michael Sims 
Nanuet, NY 



Memory Jogger 

Letter Memory is a simple but challenging game 
that tests your memory. The object of the game is 
to remember a letter string that keeps growing larger. 
When you run the program it will briefly display a 
letter which you are to remember. You must type 
the letter and the same letter will appear with another 
letter added. The computer will keep adding more 
and more to the string, one letter at a time, until 
you forget part of the string (or, if you type it 
incorrectly). 

The listing: LETRMMRY 

10 ' 

20 ! LETTER MEMORY 

30 ' BY BEN JOHNSON 

40 ' 

50 SC=0 

60 A$="ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXY 

Z" 

70 CLS 

80 FOR T=l TO 255 

90 GOSUB 140 

100 INPUT F$ 

110 IF F$OS$ THEN 220 

120 SC=SC+T:IF T/5=INT(T/5) THEN 

SC=SC+5 
130 NEXT T 
140 R=RND(26) 
150 D$=MID$(A$,R,1) 
160 S$=S$+D$ 
170 D$="" 
180 PRINTS$ 

190 FOR H=l TO 500: NEXT H 
200 CLS 
210 RETURN 

220 CLS 3: PRINT"? " ;F$ : PRINT" SORR 
Y, YOU LOST TRACK." 
230 PRINT" SCORE: "SC 
240 PRINT"CURRENT STRING:" 
250 PRINTS $ 
2 60 GOSUB310 

270 FOR L=l TO E : PRINT@159+NM (L) 
,"-":NEXTL 

2 80 PRINT: PRINT "TAP <ENTER> TO P 
LAY AGAIN ..." 

290 A$=INKEY$:IF A$OCHR$(13) TH 

EN 2 90 

300 RUN 

310 FOR J=l TO LEN(S$) 

320 IF MID$(S$,J,l)OMID$(F$,J,l 

) THEN E=E+1:NM(E)=J:NEXT ELSE N 

EXT 

3 30 FOR J=l TO LEN(F$) 

340 IF MID$(F$,J,l)OMID$(S$,J,l 
) THEN E=E+l:NM(E)=J:NEXT ELSE N 
EXT 

350 RETURN Ben Johnson 

Charlestown, WV 

August 1985 THE RAINBOW 91 







Inverting The Output 



By Ed Ellen 
Rainbow Technical Writei 



( 



• //7 your June 1985 issue, you recom- 
mended Radio Shack's Hi-Res Screen Print 
Utility, so maybe you can help me with this. 
My PMOQE 4 diagrams are displayed with 
while lines on a black background, and 
BWDUMPprin/j them that way. However, 
I need black lines on white paper because 
the diagrams reproduce better that way. Is 
there a simple way (e.g., a set of POKEs) 
to invert the output from BWDUMP? 

Humphrey Bryson 
Stratford, CT 



I don't know of any way to make 
BWDUMP invert its printing, but you can 
invert the screen easily if your program is 
in BASIC. One way is to change PCLS to 
PCL55 (to clear to white) and then use 
PRESET to "set" points to black and PSET 
to "reset" them to white when desired. 
Another is by running this program: 

10 FDR Y=0 TD 191: FDR X=0 TD 255 
20 S=PPOINT(X,Y):IF 5=0 THEN 
PSET(X.Y) ELSE PRESET(X,Y) 
30 NEXT X,Y 



(Ed Ellers, a RAINBOW and PCM staff 
member, is a self-confessed electronics 
fanatic whose other interests include 
science fiction.) 



CoCo Fender-Benders? 

• Some lime ago there was mentioned an 
auto touch-up paint that could be used to 
touch up the original gray CoCo. Do you 
know what type of paint would be used? 

Harold L. Laroff 
Monsey, NY 



Strangely enough, the paint to use for this 
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models' silver finish. You can find this at 
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Where Did It Go? 



• When I load a machine language tape 
into my 64K ECB CoCo, then enter PRINT 
MEM. the MEM value remains the same. Could 
it be it 's storing the value in high memory? 

Aaron Repath 
Tucson, AZ 



Yes it could, but that isn't causing the 
apparent discrepancy. The MEM value 
represents the amount of memory left for 



BASIC programs and variables; loading 
machine language file has no effect on th 
pointer. 



Watching the Files Go By 

• We now find that we have more file 
on our disks than will display on on 
directory screen. We would like to do on 
of the following: 

1) Get a printout of the directory, or 

2) Display the directory in two column 
as on the screen. 

Do you have a solution to this problem? 

John E. Bee, 
Boise, 11 



Yes. To get a printout of a disk director 
just get your printer ready (and POKE 15 
with the proper value, if needed), then entf 
POKE 111,254 :DIR or DIR1. The POK 
redirects output from the screen to th 
printer. I've never had any luck using it fc 
other screen output. 



DfiTfi Statement Tricks 
How can you input various items o 



92 



THE RAINBOW August 1985 



information at prompts and then, by 
programming, transfer the information to 
a OATfl statement? 
For example: 

(890): 

10 LINE INPUT "CHECK NUMBER";C$ 

(9/12/84): 

20 LINE INPUT "DflTE";D$ 

(10.00): 

30 LINE INPUT "S AMOUNT ;"R$ 



8300 DRTfl B90, "9-"12/B4", "10.00" 



/ am a magician, but don't know how 
to do this trick! 

John R. Morrison 
Beaver. PA 



The third guess on your reply card was 
about right; it's like the Hindu rope trick 
that everyone talks about, but no one does. 
DRTfl statements are mainly intended for 
data items that are pretty well fixed and 
simply need to be tucked into memory when 
the program is run. It is possible, but hardly 
practical, to POKE in new lines like this; you 
would have to know all sorts of pointer 
addresses to get the lines in the right place 
with the proper format. 



Board Conflicts 



• / have been using the CNR Engineering 
SP-I internal serial interface board to 
connect my CoCo to an Epson MX-80 
printer. I will soon have another Tandy 
computer which has parallel output. Can 
I plug this into my MX-80 without taking 
out the SP-1 serial board? 

Ralph J. Fusco. M. D. 
Miami, FL 

It would be best to take out the option 
board before using the MX-80 with a 
parallel interface. Leaving it in shouldn't do 
any damage, but the board's signals may 
interfere with the signals coming from the 
other computer. 



ASCII Aggravation 

• Ever since I have owned my CoCo, I 
have had trouble saving and loading files 
in A SCII on tape. If I listen to the tape, 
I find that the signal is very weak. Everything 
works fine when using the binary mode. 

Rodney Lee Gibbons 
Fairmont, WV 

This sounds like a problem with your 
cassette recorder. Apparently the automatic 



level control circuit is increasing level during 
the blank spaces between blocks; when the 
block comes along, the ALC drops way 
down and takes some time to recover. The 
result is that the signal is recorded too 
weakly. If you don't have a Radio Shack 
computer recorder, I suggest getting one. 



Does Frugality Pay Off? 

• / like to keep my disk drives clean, but 
I like to avoid waste, too. I use Radio 
Shack 's drive head cleaning kit, and I've 
noticed that, although I follow directions 
to the letter, I've always got cleaning Jluid 
left over. This is true even when I've used 
the cleaning disks the recommended 13 
times each. Is it OK to continue to use these 
disks until the Jluid is used up, or could 
that in some way damage my drives? 

Barry Friedman 
Union, NJ 



I wouldn't recommend using the cleaning 
disks more than 13 times simply because 
there's that much more chance of fouling 
the head from some large particle. Since you 
seem to have more fluid than you need, you 
might want to use it to clean the heads of 
your tape recorder (if you use one). /^\ 



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Interfacing 
Machine Language 
With BASIC 






By R. Bartly Betts 
Rainbow Contributing Editor 



While the topic of this month's 
column is interfacing machine 
language programs with BAS- 
IC, it covers other territory as well. 
Along with another method of initial- 
izing machine language programs, it 
introduces a few ROM routines to use. 
Finally, everything is tied up in a neat 
machine language program that lets you 
type a selected number of characters on 
the screen. The characters you type are 
in reverse video but, when you press 
ENTER, they flip back to regular video 
and are stored in a string variable that 
you specify. 

Last month the feature program 
demonstrated one way to interface 
BASIC to machine language. The pro- 
gram this month shows you another 
way to interface BASIC with machine 
language, and also how to interface 
machine language with BASIC. 

Push and Pull 

But first, some lessons. Two new 
instructions for you to learn are PSHS 
and PULS. PSHS (Push a Register on 



(R. Bartly Bens is currently a technical 
writer for Tandy Corp. and is a former 
news reporter and magazine editor. As 
the fat her of 10 children, computers are 
his escape from reality.) 



the Hardware Stack) is used like a good 
filing system. In effect, issuing an 
instruction like PSHS Y is like filing 
the sales figures for yoyos in a file 
drawer. The next time you need to know 
how many yoyos are sold, open the 
drawer and pull the yoyo file. 

Likewise, if you have some informa- 
tion in Register Y and are afraid it might 
get lost or destroyed if you leave it there, 
you can file its contents on the hardware 
stack with a PSHS Y instruction. In 
fact, PSHS can be used to save any 
number of .the registers. To test this, 
type Listing 1, then single-step through 
it to observe the results: 



Listing 1: DEMO 






(A demonstration of the PSHS 


and PULS instructions.) 




00100 START 


LDA 


#9 


00110 


LDB 


#8 


00120 


LDX 


#7 


00130 


LDU 


#6 


00140 


PSHS 


A,B,X,U 


00150 


CLRA 




00160 


CLRB 




00170 


LDX#0 




00180 


LDU#0 




00190 


POLS 


A , B , X , U 


00200 DONE 


SWI 




00210 


END 





As you can see, this program doe. 1 
nothing but load values into foui 
registers, then clears them to zero 
Before clearing them, however, Lint 
140 causes them to be pushed onto the 
hardware stack. After the registers art 
clear, a PULS instruction is issued ir 
Line 190 to restore the values. In this 
demonstration program, four register; 
are saved. PSHS can, however, save as 
many or as few registers as you wish 
using only one PSHS instruction. 

Reading the Registers 

To see the program in action, entei 
the ZBUG mode by typing Z and 
ENTER. To begin single-stepping, type 
START, (type a comma after START). 
Press 'R' to see the condition of the 
registers. Register A contains the value 
'9'. To step to the next instruction, press 
the comma again. Again press 'R' tc 
see the registers. Register A still 
contains '9' and Register B contains '8'. 

Continue through the program bj 
pressing the comma to advance. Exam- 
ine the registers each time. You see the 
four registers A, B, X and U loaded 
with values. The subsequent PSHS 
instruction does not cause any change. 
Next, the registers are cleared. Finally 
the PULS instruction loads all the 
original values back into the four 
registers. 



96 



THE RAINBOW August 1985 



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When using the PSHS and PULS 
instructions, remember that you must 
keep track of the order in which 
registers are loaded onto the stack. The 
stack operates in a "last in, first out" 
manner. Therefore, if you push the 
value in Register Y onto the stack, 
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a PULS Y instruction does not load 
Y's original value back into Y, it loads 
the value from X. 

Relating to ROM 

Last month 1 discussed writing to the 
text screen by storing character values 
directly into the screen memory. This 
column introduces you to a different 
approach. 



"A great many ROM 
routines are available 
for you to use from 
machine language. A 11 
you need to know is 
what they do and 
where they are. " 



In BASIC, characters are displayed on 
the video screen by a subroutine in 
ROM (Read Only Memory). ROM has 
hundreds of routines that BASIC uses 
to do its work. For instance, there are 
routines to turn on your cassette 
recorder or disk drives. There are 
routines to do arithmetic. There are 
routines to read key presses when you 
type, and there are routines to display 
characters on the screen. A great many 
ROM routines are available for you to 
use from machine language. All you 
need to know is what they do and where 
they are. 

Listing 2 makes use of two of these 
subroutines to 1) get a keypress and 2) 
display the generated character on the 
video screen. It also introduces you to 
the USR method of interfacing to BASIC. 

The origin of this program is set to 
$E00 to be compatible with all com- 
puters. The next instruction, in Line 
1 10, jumps to a ROM subroutine that 
loads Register D with the value of the 
argument, or parameter, included in the 
BASIC USR command. For instance, if 
you issue the command A=USR0(101), 



Listing 2: SCRNTYPE 










(A program to 


read keyboard 


input and display 


it on the 


icreen. The 


location for the display is controlled by the USR function.) 








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00120 




ADDD 


#1024 


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01 


00130 




TFR 


D,X 


0E08 BD 


A1C1 


00140 


GKEY 


JSR 


$A1C1 


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FB 


00150 




BEQ 


GKEY 


0E0D 81 


20 


00160 




CMPA 


#32 


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0C 


00170 




BEQ 


SPACE 


0E11 81 


08 


00180 




CMPA 


#8 


0E13 27 


0E 


00190 




BEQ 


BACK 


0E15 81 


0D 


00200 




CMPA 


#13 


0E17 27 


12 


00210 




BEQ 


DONE 


0E19 A7 


80 


00220 




STA 


,x+ 


0E1B 20 


EB 


00230 




BRA 


GKEY 


0E1D 86 


60 


00240 


SPACE 


LDA 


#96 


0E1F A7 


80 


00250 




STA 


,x+ 


0E21 20 


E5 


00260 




BRA 


GKEY 


0E23 30 


IF 


00270 


BACK 


LEAX 


-i,x 


0E25 86 


60 


00280 




LDA 


#96 


0E27 A7 


84 


00290 




STA 


,x 


0E29 20 


DD 


00300 




BRA 


GKEY 


0E2B 39 




00310 


DONE 


RTS 






0000 


00320 




END 




0000 TOTAL ERRORS 











Line 1 10 stores the value 101 in the 'D' 
register. Therefore, in the case of this 
program, the characters you type begin 
at screen location 101. 

Line 120 of the program adds 1024 
to the value now stored in Register D. 
This is because the text screen memory 
begins at 1024. When this value is added 
to the screen location value you set in 
the USR command, the result is the 
proper screen memory location. The 
new value of 'D' is then transferred to 
Register X for safe keeping. 

A second ROM routine is used in 
Line 140. Here, the routine at SA1C1 
is used to capture the keys you type. 
It stores your keystrokes in Register A. 
Routine SA1C1 does not produce a 
cursor when you type. I have used the 
label GKEY to mark the beginning of 



the routine that handles the character 
you type. Here is how the routin 
works: 

• Line 150 compares a keystrok 
stored in Register A to a value c 
zero. Zero in Register A means tha 
no key is pressed and the routin 
loops back to check again. 

• Line 160 compares the keystrok 
to a space (you pressed the spac 
bar). If it is a space, Line 17 1 
branches to a routine to display 
space (character 96). The norma 
character 32 (generated when yoi 
press the space bar) causes a blacl 
block to appear on the screen whei 
stored in text screen memory. 

• Line 180 compares the keystrok* 
to a backspace (character 8). If yoi 
press a backspace, Line 19( 



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hranches to a routine that decreases 
Register X by one and stores 96 
in place of the previously typed 
character, erasing it. 

• Line 200 compares Register A to 
the value generated by a carriage 
return. If it is a carriage return, 210 
causes the program to end. 

• If you press a key, but it was not 
a carriage return, space or back- 
space, Line 220 stores the character 
value you typed into text screen 
memory at the location pointed to 
by Register X and increases Reg- 
ister X by one. 

• Line 230 then causes the program 
to always branch back to the 
GKEY routine to look for the next 
keystroke. 

"When using the PSHS 
andPULS instructions, 
remember that you 
must keep track of the 
order in which registers 
are loaded onto the 
stack. The stack 
operates in a 'last in, 
first out" manner. " 

You can see that using ROM routines 
is easy. A jump-to-subroutine instruc- 
tion (JSR) is all that is required. Each 
ROM routine ends with a RTS (Return 
From Subroutine) instruction that 
causes it to return control to your 
program, beginning execution at the 
line following the JSR. 

Joining Forces with BASIC 

To use Listing 2 with basic, all you 
need are a few short lines that establish 
the beginning of the machine language 
routine and call it with a USR command 
that contains a valid argument. Listing 
3 does this: 



Listing 3: INTRFfiCE 
(A BASIC program to interface the 
previous machine language pro- 
gram with BASIC.) 

1/8 CLS 

2j3 DEFUSR#=&HE0j3 
3j3 A=USRJ3(101) 
4J3 END 



Listing 4: REVTYPE 










(A program 


to display keyboard 


input on 


the screen in reverse video, 


then invert the characters when you press ENTER.) 








00010 


********************** 






00020 


* REVERSE TYPE * 






00030 


* BY 


CHRIS 


BONE * 






00040 


********************** 






00050 


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00060 


* 






7000 




00100 




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00120 




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00130 




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88 


00140 




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00150 




STX 


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00160 




ABX 




700D BF 


705D 


00170 




STX 


LENGTH 


7010 BD 


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00180 


LOOP 


JSR 


$A1B1 


7013 81 


0D 


00190 




CMPA 


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7015 27 


2D 


00200 




BEQ 


DONE 


7017 81 


20 


00210 




CMPA 


#32 


7019 25 


0C 


00220 




BLO 


CONTRL 


701B 26 


08 


00230 




BNE 


FLIP 


701D 9E 


88 


00240 




LDX 


$88 


701F A7 


80 


00250 




STA 


,x+ 


7021 9F 


88 


00260 




STX 


$88 


7023 20 


07 


00270 




BRA 


CONTR0 


7025 88 


20 


00280 


FLIP 


EORA 


#$20 


7027 BD 


A30A 


00290 


CONTRL 


JSR 


$A30A 


702A 9E 


88 


00300 




LDX 


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702C BC 


705F 


00310 CONTR0 


CMPX 


BEGIN 


702F 24 


07 


00320 




BHS 


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7031 BE 


705F 


00330 




LDX 


BEGIN 


7034 9F 


88 


00340 




STX 


$88 


7036 20 


D8 


00350 




BRA 


LOOP 


7038 BC 


705D 


00360 


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00370 




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LOOP 


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08 


00380 




LDA 


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00390 




JSR 


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705F 


00410 


DONE 


LDX 


BEGIN 


7047 35 


20 


00420 




PULS 


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7049 A6 


84 


00430 


DONELP 


LDA 


.x 


704B 88 


40 


00440 




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00450 




STA 


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704F 81 


60 


00460 




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02 


00470 




BNE 


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00480 




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00490 


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00530 


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705F 




00540 


BEGIN 


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0000 


00550 




END 




00000 TOTAL ERRORS 









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Line 20 establishes the beginning of 
your machine language program with 
the DEFUSR statement. Line 30 calls the 
machine language program, passing it 
an argument of 101. Thus, when the 
program is run, the characters you type 
begin to appear at screen location 101. 

To use the programs, simply LORD 
them using the proper loading com- 
mands, type RUN and ENTER (because 
the machine language program is 
initialized by the BASIC program, you 
do not use the EXEC command). The 
screen clears and you can begin typing. 
To return to BASIC, press ENTER. 

Type and Invert 

Listing 4 uses some of the preceding 
features in a different way. The current 
cursor position establishes where the 
characters you type are displayed. The 
characters appear in reverse but, when 
you finish and press enter, they 
immediately invert to normal uppercase 
characters. 

This program also uses two new 
ROM routines. The routine at SA1B1 
is similar to the routine at SA1C1, 
except the normal cursor is on the 
screen as you type. The second routine 
at SA304 causes the characters typed 
to be displayed on the screen. This is 
the routine your computer uses in 
basic, and it replaces the STA instruc- 
tion we used in the earlier program. 

Listing 5 is commented to help you 
follow its logic. The following notes 
describe some of the key points: 

• The RMB instructions in lines 530 
and 540 set aside storage space that 
points to the beginning and end of 
the string. 

• Memory location $88 stores the 
current screen cursor position. 

• The ABX instruction adds the 'X' 
and 'B' registers. 'X' and 'B' are the 
only registers that allow this 16- 

and 8-bit addition. 

• The subroutine at $A1B1 gets 
whatever key you press and stores 
it in Register A. This subroutine 
provides a normal cursor while 
waiting for a key press. 

• The subroutine at SA30A displays 
the character currently in Register 
A on the screen at the current 
cursor position. 

• If you are not familiar with the 
ASCII values of characters (used 
in lines 190, 210, 310, 360, 380, 460 
and 500), there is an ASCII chart 
in your Color basic manuals. 



Listing 6: SAMPLE 

A BASIC program to show how REVTYPE can be used.) 

10 CLS 

20 CLEAR 1000,&H6FFF: REM change 
&H6FFF to &H3FFF for a 16K mach 
ine 

25 LOADM" REVTYPE: REM change LOA 
DM to "CLOAD for a tape system 
30 DEFUSR0=&H7000 : REM change &H 
7000 to &H3000 for a 16K machine 
40 PRINT TAB (5) "COMPLETE THE SE 
NTENCE 

50 FOR T=l TO 3 
60 READ A$ 
70 S$(T)=A$ 
80 NEXT T 
90 FOR T=l TO 3 
100 PRINT 

110 PRINT S$(T) " "; 
120 B$=USR0(" 

") 

130 C$=S$(T)+" "+B$ 

140 PRINT 

150 PRINT "this is what you wrot 
e:" 

160 PRINT C$ 

170 NEXT T 

180 DATA ROSES ARE, MY BONNIE LIE 
S,HOME IS WHERE THE 



Listing 5: CALLER 

(BASIC program to call the Reverse 

Type program. The number of 

spaces between the quotes in Line 

120 establish the maximum 

number of characters you can 

type.) 



10 DEFUSR0=&H7000 
20 A$=USR0(" 
3.0 END 



") 



Listing 6 is a sample of how the 
program might be handled from BASIC. 

The program asks you to complete 
three sentences. The characters you type 
are in reverse video. When you complete 
your entry and press the ENTER key, 
the typed characters flip back to normal 
video. To show that the characters you 
type are stored in B$, Line 1 30 combines 
them with the partial sentence. 

After using the program, LIST it. The 
last characters you typed are now part 
of the program and are displayed 
between the quotation marks in Line 
120. 



Forging Ahead 

Now, put your imagination to work. 
Use some of the techniques you have 
learned to write programs of your own. 
You can, for instance, combine last 
month's program with the one for this 
month and create a program that lets 
you type characters in reverse video, flip 
them when you are through, then flash 
them. 

You probably realize that i ou now 
have the knowledge to write a simple 
word processor, or create your own 
editing routine for a program. 

You should feel that assembly lan- 
guage isn't too difficult. You should 
have the heady feeling of accomplish- 
ment that comes with realizing you are 
writing routines which could be used 
in full-fledged machine language games 
and utilities. 

We have covered a lot of ground; now 
take your time and explore the new 
territory during the next month. It's a 
territory filled with more treasures. 
When you find some, write me, and we 
will share them with others. My address 
is 2251 Lipscomb, Fort Worth, TX 
76110. ^ 



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Travel to the surface of an alien planet, 
dodging boulders, rockets, bombs and more, 
in route to your final goal 



By Nick Bradbury 



Amphibia is loosely based on the 
Moon Patrol. A Hi-Res 32K game, 
Amphibia has several features which you may find 
interesting: 

1) Hi-Res artifact graphics 

2) Machine language subroutines for "superfast" 

3) Four totally different screens 

4) Scrolling screens for continuous play 
Because of the many machine language subroutines 

in Amphibia, I will explain how these routines work and 
also how the graphics were created. 

How to Play 

You travel the surface of an alien planet trying to 
reach your final destination: Moon Base Amphibia! Your 
vehicle is capable of traveling under water as well as 
over land. To reach your base, you must complete three 
levels of difficult obstacles: 1) boulders and rockets, 



(Nick lirudhury enjoys cartooning, music and computer program- 
ming. He will attend the University of Missouri- Holla this fall where 
he plans to obtain his bachelor's in computer science.) 



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August 1985 THE RAINBOW 107 



2) bombs and craters, and 3) geysers 
and surface rockets. 

On each level, the right joystick 
controls your movements (you can only 
move left and right) and the firebutton 
controls jumps. 

On Level one, you must jump over 
boulders while avoiding jumping up 
into the overhead rockets. Your timing 
must be perfect to jump over the 
boulders. After the timer runs out (at 
the bottom of the screen), you will go 
to the next screen. 

In the second screen, you are under 
the alien ocean. Large craters appear 
and you must jump over them. Occa- 
sionally, undersea patrollers appear 
above you. You must avoid the bombs 
they drop and watch out for the craters 
the bombs leave when they hit the ocean 
floor. 

After this screen, you will go on to 
level three. There are two obstacles you 
must avoid in this screen. The surface 
rockets appear to your left. These 
rockets pause for a moment, then 
unexpectedly shoot across the screen. 
You must jump over these rockets using 
split-second timing. Geysers will occa- 
sionally appear at the right of the 
screen. These are impossible to com- 
pletely jump, but you must jump high 
enough so the water does not reach your 
cockpit. 

After completion of these three 
screens, you will appear in front of the 
moon base. Above and below you are 
two revolving treadmills. The top 
treadmill is slowly coming down upon 
you, so you must act fast. To your right 
are two berserkers which you must 



avoid before you can reach your base. 
To reach your base, you must move 
your vehicle to the right. Upon com- 
pletion of this screen, you will receive 
a bonus and will return to the first 
screen. 

How to Create Graphics 

The shapes in Amphibia are created 
in an extremely simple way. All shapes 
were originally drawn on graph paper. 
Because of Extended Basic's DRAW 
command, this drawing can be easily 
translated into a draw string. For 
example, if a line on the graph paper 
moves right four spaces, I translate this 
to equal "R4." After the complete string 
has been created, I draw it the size I 
want using the powerful scale option 
of the DRAW command. The PAINT 
command was used to fill in the shapes. 

The colors used in this game are the 
famous "artifact" colors that give 
different colors in PMDDE 4 using 
SCREEN 1,1. The best way I've found 
to use these colors is by using memory 
location 178. By changing the value in 
this location, the colors in the graphics 
commands are changed. By poking a 
1 into this location, blue will show up. 
By painting in this mode with the 
format of PRINT (x,y) , ,1, the color 
blue will show up instead of white. 

The ML Subroutines 

The most important subroutine is the 
routine that copies an object onto the 
graphics screen. The other routines do 
the same action or scroll the back- 
ground. I will only explain the copy 
routine, for I feel it is the most useful. 



This routine (see accompanying 
listing) uses less than 50 bytes. First 
draw the shapes onto pages five througr 
eight. The ML routine copies thes( 
shapes onto a specified section of th< 
viewing screen. The ROM routine a 
SB3ED (hexadecimal) is used to senc 
the location from the USR command tc 
the ML routine. This ROM routin< 
transfers the contents in between thi 
USR brackets and places it into the 'D 
register. The ML routine takes thi: 
location and places the shape in th< 
desired memory location. You may usi 
this routine in any of your programs. 

Getting it Working 

There are two problems you may fine 
in Amphibia. First, the artifact color; 
may not turn out correctly. To solvi 
this, you will see a cleared screen a 
the beginning of the program. If thi 
screen is a bluish color, press Reset anc 
rerun the program until the colors an 
correct. After a short pause, the screei 
will change and the program wil 
continue. 

The other problem you may have i 
with the famous "speed-up" POKE tha 
is used. If you have problems with thi 
POKE, change the value of "PK"in Lim 
to 65494. This will set the speed fo 
the entire program. 

If you encounter any problems witl 
Amphibia, please write me and includ' 
a full explanation of what went wrong 

Also, please include a self-addressed 
stamped envelope. I will write back a; 
soon as possible. My address is I050( 
Sandpiper Lane, Knoxville, TN 37922. 






112 233 5255 218 

410 33 6900 24 

1016 104 7124 85 

1218 60 7430 95 

2000 179 7905 158 

3052 69 8130 104 

3162 234 8400 33 

3316 218 8984 62 

5050 151 9190 118 

5175 128 END 128 



T 



Listing 1: AMPHIBIA 

CLS0 : CLEAR8 5 , 3 1000 : PCLEAR8 : DIM 
Al (10) : PK=65495 : POKEPK,0 : PMODE3 , 
1 : PCLS3 : PMODE4 , 1 : SCREEN1 , 1 : S 1=0 : 
NS=4 : PX=10 : PY=12 : GOSUB5000 : GOSUB 
2000 : CLS : PRINT@32 , Z$ ; : PRINT@448 , 
Z$;:PRINT@72,"a m p h i b i a":P 
RINT@131, "(C) 1983 BY NICK BRADBU 



RY" :PRINT@160,Z$; 

20 SCREEN0 , : PMODE4 , 1 : PCLS0 : PMOD 
E4 , 5 : PCLS0 : POKEPK,0 : PRINTQ224 : PR 
INT@256:PRINT@284:GOSUB1000:GOSU 
B3000 : DEFUSR0=3 1000 : DEFUSR1=3 105 
: DEFUSR2=3 1100 : DEFUSR3=3 1150 : DE 
FUSR4=3 1200 : DEFUSR5=3 12 50 : DEFUSR 
8=3 1400 : GOSUB6300 : GOSUB6500 : PLAY 
"O3V30L255T255" : POKE65494 ,0 : 
85 IFINKEY$=CHR$(13)THEN90ELSEPL 
AY"FAAE":GOT085 

90 R1=0:R2=0:TI=0:POKEPK,0:BG=52 
54 : BX=5 : E1=0 : E2=0 : PC=0 : JP=0 : U=US 
R0(BG) 

98 LV=1:PMODE4,1:COLOR1,0:SCREEN 
1,1 

100 J0=JOYSTK(0) :IFJP=1THEN108EL 
SEIFJ0<20THEN200ELSEIFJ0>43T'HEN2 
25 

108 PC=1-PC:U=USR0(BG) :U=USR4(0) 



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112 IFR1=1THENGOSUB405 

120 IFJP=1THEN310ELSEIF(PEEK(&HF 

F00 ) AND1 ) =0THEN300 

124 IFPC=1THENBG=BG-32ELSEBG=BG+ 

32 

130 U=USR4(0) :U=USR3(0) :IFR1=1TH 

ENGOSUB405ELSEIFRND(15)=1THENGOS 

UB400 

144 IFR2=1THENG0SUB425ELSEIFRND( 

2 6 ) =1THENG0SUB4 20 

180 TI=TI+1:IFTI>8THENTI=0:GOSUB 

6400 

190 PLAY"O5V31P255":GOTO100 

200 IFBX<1THEN108ELSEBX=BX-1:BG= 

BG-1 

205 U=USRl(BG+7) :GOTO108 

225 IFBX>16THEN108ELSEBX=BX+l:BG 

=BG+1 

230 U=USR1(BG-1) :GOTO108 

300 JP=1:J2=0:J1=0:PLAYP2$ 

310 IFJ2=1THEN320ELSEJ1=J1+1:IFJ 

1>4THENJ2=1ELSEBG=BG-128 

315 GOTO330 

320 J1=J1-1:IFJK1THEN350ELSEBG= 

BG+128 

330 GOTO130 

350 J2=0:JP=0:GOTO130 

400 R1=1:E1=5755:U=USR5(E1) :X1=2 

9 

405 Pl=PEEK(El+98) : IFP10255THEN 

910ELSEE1=E1-1 : X1=X1-1 : IFXK1THE 

N414 

4 10 U=USR5 (El): RETURN 

414 R1=0: 1=480 :U=USR1(E1-I) :U=US 

R1(E1-I+1) :U=USRl(El-I+2) :U=USR1 

(El-I+3) :U=USRl(El-I+4) : RETURN 

420 R2=1:E2=4768:U=USR8(E2) :X2=1 

425 Pl=PEEK(E2+258) :IFPK>42THEN 

910ELSEE2=E2+1:X2=X2+1:IFX2>28TH 

EN440 

430 U=USR8(E2) : RETURN 

440 R2=0:FORI=0TO4:U=USR1(E2+I) : 

NEXTI: RETURN 

910 PLAYPP$:NS=NS-1:CLS:SCREEN0: 

PRINT@32,Z$;:PRINT@448,Z$;: PRINT 

@99,"YOU HAVE "NS" BUGGIES LEFT.": 

PRINT© 16 3, "YOUR SCORE IS"Sl"POIN 

TS . " : PMODE4 , 1 : COLOR1 , : LINE (0,98 

)- (255, 150) , PRESET, BF:FORX=0TO2 5 

5:Y=143+RND(3) :PSET(X,Y) :PSET(X, 

Y+l) :NEXTX:PMODE4,1:COLOR1,0: 

955 R1=0:JP=0:J2=0:PC=0:R2=0:GOS 

UB6500 : POKE65494 , : PRINT@387 , "PR 

ESS <ENTER> TO CONTINUE" 

975 IFINKEY$=CHR$(13)THEN980ELSE 

975 

9 80 CLS:POKEPK,0:GOTO98 

1000 PMODE3,l:COLOR4,l: LINE (0,0) 



-(255,30) ,PSET,B:LINE(4,4)-(248, 
26) ,PSET,B:PAINT(2,2) ,3,4:PMODE4 
, 1 : COLOR1 , : FORX=0TO2 5 5 : Y=14 3 +RN 
D(3) :PSET(X,Y) :PSET(X,Y+1) :NEXTX 
: POKE178 , 2 : PAINT (12 8, 190 ) , , 1 : COL 
OR1 , : Y=90 : Xl=2 5 6 : FORX=0TO12 8 : PS 
ET(X,Y) :PSET(X1,Y) :PSET(X,Y+1) 
1016 NEXTX:PMODE4,1:COLOR1,0:LIN 
E(0, 170) -(255, 192) , PRESET, BF: LIN 
E (0,170) -(255, 192) , PSET, B: D1$="R 
2F1E1R1D1F1D1L1G1H1D1L2H1G1L1H1L 
1E1U1R1E1R1" : PMODE4 , 1 : DRAWC1S16 
BM44,58;XD1$;BM128,61;XD1$;BM212 
,58;XD1$;":COLOR1,0:PAINT(60,60) 
, ,1:PAINT(130,64) , ,l:PAINT(214 
1100 PMODE4,1:COLOR1,0:PCLS0:D1$ 
="E1U1F1R1F1" : LINE (0 , 150) -(255,1 
88) ,PSET,BF:FORX=6TO250STEP12:CI 
RCLE (X , 56 ) , 8 , 1 : NEXTX : LINE (0,52)- 
(255,70) , PRESET, BF: LINE (251, 51)- 
(256,51), PSET: POKE178 , 1 : PAINT ( 12 
8,60) , ,1:COLOR1,0: PAINT (100, 160) 
, , 1 : PMODE4 , 1 : COLOR1 , : PMODE4 , 1 
1185 PMODE3,l:COLOR4,l: LINE (0,0) 
-(255,30) , PSET, B: LINE (4, 4) -(248, 
26) ,PSET,B:PAINT(2,2) ,3,4:PMODE4 
, 1 : COLOR1 , : FORI=1TO30 : PRESET (RN 
D(255) ,161+RND(7) ) :NEXTI:RETURN 
1200 PMODE4 , 1 : COLOR1 , : PCLS0 : PMO 
DE3,l:COLOR3,l: LINE (0,156) -(255, 
180 ) , PSET , BF : PMODE4 , 1 : COLOR1 , : F 
ORI=1TO100: PRESET (RND (256) , 159+R 
ND (8 ) ) : NEXTI : Xl=256 : COLOR1 , : Y=8 
: FORX=0TO128 : PSET (X, Y) : PSET (X, Y 
+1) :PSET(X1,Y) :PSET(X1,Y+1) :X1=X 
l-l:Y=Y-2+RND(3) : IFY<72THENY=7 
1218 NEXTX :PMODE3,l:COLOR4,l: LIN 
E (0,0) -(255, 30) , PSET, B: LINE (4, 4) 
-(248,26) ,PSET,B:PAINT(2,2) ,3,4: 
PMODE4 , 1 : COLOR1 , : D1$= M R2F1E1R1D 
1F1D1L1G1H1D1L2H1G1L1H1C1E1U1R1E 
1R1" : PMODE4 , 1 : DRAW"C1S16BM36 , 40 ; 
XD1$ ; BM110 , 44 ;XD1$ ; BM2 10 , 40 ; XD1$ 
;": PAINT (42, 49) , , 1: PAINT (116 , 5 
1280 PMODE4,1:COLOR1,0: LINE (0,17 
0)- (255, 192) , PRESET, BF: LINE (0,17 
0)- (255, 192) ,PSET,B:POKE178,l:PA 
INT(128,66) , ,1:RETURN 
1300 PMODE4,1:COLOR1,0:PCLS0:LIN 
E (0 , 170 ) - ( 2 55 , 192 ) , PRESET , BF : LIN 
E (0 , 170 ) - ( 2 55 , 192 ) , PSET , B : PMODE3 
,l:COLOR4,l:LINE(0,0)-(255,30) ,P 
SET, B: LINE (4, 4) -(248,26) ,PSET,B: 
PAINT ( 2 , 2 ) , 3 , 4 : PMO DEM , 1 : COLOR1 , 
:D1$="U4E2R1U4E1U2H1L1H1U1H1U1E1 
U1E1R1E1U1E1D1F1E1U1F1D1F1R1F1 
1340 LINE(0,31)-(255,48) ,PSET,BF 
: LINE (0,162) -(255, 169) ,PSET,BF:P 
MODE4 , 1 : COLOR1 , : CIRCLE ( 180 , 89 ) , 



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10,1:POKE178,1:PAINT(180,115) , ,1 

:COLOR1,0: RETURN 

2000 P2$="O2V30L255T255DCGAFB":P 

3$="O3V30L255T255FA" : P4$="O1V30L 

255T255A02G01A" : P5$="O5V30L255T2 

55EO3AO1G":PP$="O1V30L255T255FFA 

FEAV25EGFADCEV20BGFEDAV15GFDACEV 

10CBEGDDAV5FDEADV2GFEDA" : Z$=STRI 

NG$(32,»*") 

2505 TM$="BM+3,0U6L3R6BR2BD6;BM+ 

5,-6L4R2D6L2R4BR3;BM+l,0U6RlF2Dl 

U1E2R1D6BR3;BM+5,0L4U6R4BD3BL2L1 

BD3BR6;": RETURN 

3000 PM0DE4 , 5 : D1$="E1R9NR2G1D2R4 

U2NH1D3G1U1L2D1L3U1L2D1L1U1L2D1L 

1H1U3 " : D2 $="R2 D1NL2 D1L1NU2 L1U2 " : 

DD$="NL2R1D1R1H1F1D1L5U1E1" : PMOD 

E4 ; 5 : DRAWC1S16BM34 , 92 ; XDD$ ; " : PO 

KE178,l:PAINT(32,97) , ,1:COLOR1,0 

: CIRCLE (28, 101), 2,1: CIRCLE ( 3 9 , 10 

1), 2,1: GET (20, 90) -(46, 105) ,A1, 

3010 DRAWC1S16BM8 , 8 ;XD1$ ; » : DRAW 

"BM14 , 8 ;XD2$ ; BM22 , 8 ;XD2$ ;BM30 , 8 ; 

XD2 $ ; " : POKE17 8 , 1 : PAINT ( 40 , 2 1 ) , , 1 

: COLOR1 , : CIRCLE ( 20 , 24 ) , 4 , 1 : CIRC 

LE(32,24) ,4,1: CIRCLE (52 ,24) ,4,1: 

DRAW"C1S16BM8 , 42 ;XD1$ ; " : DRAW'BMl 

4,42;XD2$;BM22,42;XD2$;BM30,42;X 



D2$;":POKE178,2:PAINT(40,55) , , 
3028 LINE(0,30)-(92,68) ,PSET,B:P 
OKE178,l:PAINT(l,31) , ,l:PMODE3,5 
:COLOR2,l:LINE(0,30)-(92,68) , PSE 
T , B : PMODE4 , 5 : COLOR1 , : D3 $="R1F1D 
1F1L6U1E1R1E1" : PMODE4 , 5 : COLOR1 ,0 

: DRAW" BM9 8,13; XD3 $ ; " : PAINT ( 9 8 , 20 
) ,,l:LINE(92,21)-(94,23) , PRESET: 
LINE (92, 21) -(95, 18) , PRESET: LIN 
3052 LINE(140,14)-(150,22) ,PSET, 
B : POKE17 8 , 2 : PAINT (144, 16), ,1: COL 
OR1 , : PMODE4 , 5 : COLOR1 , : D5 $="R8F 
1L9U1":DRAW"C1S12BM215,16;XD5$;" 
: PAINT (220, 16) ,,1:PSET(243,19) :P 
MODE3 , 5 : COLOR3 , 1 : X=2 14 : FORY=13TO 
15 : LINE (X, Y) - (X+12 , Y) , PSET : X=X+2 
:NEXTY:X=222:FORY=19T021:LINE( 
3 100 PMODE4 , 5 : COLOR1 , : D1$="E1U"1 
E1R2F1D1R1E1R3E1R2E1U1H1R4G1D3F1 
D3H1D3F1L4E1U1H1L2H1L3H1L1D1G1L2 
H1U1H1" : DRAWC1S8BM102 , 48 ;XD1$ ; " 
: CIRCLE ( 108 , 47 ) , 3 , 1 : PAINT (126,47 
) , ,1: PAINT (108, 51) , ,l:PAINT(108, 
43) , ,1: LINE (118, 46) -(134, 48) , PRE 
SET , B : COLOR3 , 1 : FORX=120TO130ST 
3142 PMODE4 , 5 : DRAW"C1S8BM182 , 52 ; 
XD2 $ ; " : POKE178 , 2 : PAINT ( 188 , 52 ) , , 
1 : COLOR1 , : DRAWBM168 , 52 ; XD2$ ; » : 












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D1$="D4R12U4G2L1G1L1G1H1L1H2L1H1 
" : DRAW"C1S16BM208 , 50 ;XD1$ ; » : PAIN 
T(22^ / 6j3) // l:PAINT(246,6^) , ,1:PM 
ODE4,5:COLORl,0:LINE(94,33)-(256 
,64) , PSET, B:POKE178,l: PAINT (95 
3162 PMODE4 / 5:COLORl,^f:LINE(254, 
49) -(255, 64) ,PSET, B:PM0DE4 , 5: COL 
0R1,^:D1$="R1E1U1F1R1F1R2E1R1E1F 
1R1F1" : D2$="E1U1H1L1G1U2E1R2F1E1 
R2F1D2H1L1G1D1F1" : PMODE4 , 5 : DRAW" 
C1S16BM12 , 1^1 ;XD1$ ; " : LINE (12 , 102 
) - (64 , 102 ) , PSET : POKE178 , 2 : PAINT ( 
50,100) ,,l:PAINT(26,100) ,,1:PM 
3220 DRAW"C4S16BM29 , 98 ;XD2$ ; » : PM 
ODE4,5:POKE178,l:PAINT(36,88) , ,1 
: PM0DE3 , 5 : PMODE4 , 5 : DRAWC1S16BM8 
4,101;XD1$;»:LINE(84,102)-(136,1 
02 ) , PSET : POKE17 8 , 2 : PAINT (96, 100 ) 
, ,l:PAINT(124,100) , ,l:PMODE3,5:C 
OLOR3 , 1 : LINE ( 8 4 , 10 2 ) - ( 13 6 , 10 2 ) , P 
SET: DRAW"C4S24BM98 , 98 ;XD2$ ; " : P 
3246 DRAWS8BM34, 92 ;XD2$;": COLOR 
4,1: LINE (110, 100) -(110, 80) ,PSET: 
LINE (106, 100) -(106, 80) , PSET: LINE 
(114 , 98 ) - ( 114 , 80 ) , PSET : PMODE4 , 5 : 
COLOR1 , : D3 $="E1R5F1R1F1R1F1L8E1 
L3D1H1U1E1" :DRAW"C1S12BM24,121;X 
D3$;":PAINT(42,124) , , 1: D4$="U1E1 
R2F2L5" : D5$="G2R3E2L3 " : PMODE3 , 
3266 DRAW"BM28,124;XD5$; ,, :PAINT( 
28,128) ,3, 3: LINE (32, 130) -(10, 130 
) , PRESET : COLOR2 , 1 : FORX=40TO54STE 
P4: PRESET (X, 126) : NEXTX : LINE ( 4 6 , 1 
21) -(48, 123) , PSET, BF: PRESET (49,1 
21) :RETURN 

3300 PMODE4,5:COLOR1,0:PCOPY5TO1 
: PCLS0 : PC0PY1TO5 : LINE (0 , 2 9 ) - ( 2 55 
, 48 ) , PRESET , BF : D1$="NU4ND4NL4NR4 
" :D2$="NE4NF4NG4NH4": LINE (0,42) - 
(255,42) , PSET: LINE (0,54) -(255,54 
) ,PSET:LINE(0,40)-(255,40) ,PSET: 
LINE(0,56)-(255,56) ,PSET:POKE178 
, 2 : PAINT ( 100 , 55) , , 1 : PAINT ( 100 , 
3316 LINE(0,62)-(255,62) ,PSET:LI 
NE (0 , 74 ) - (255 , 74 ) , PSET : LINE (0 , 60 
)- (255, 60), PSET: LINE (0,76) -(255, 
76) ,PSET:POKE178,2:PAINT(128,61) 
,,1: PAINT (128 ,75) , , 1: COLOR1,0 : FO 
RX=8T0256STEP16 : CIRCLE (X, 48) , 7 , 1 
: CIRCLE ( X , 6 8 ) , 7 , 1 : NEXTX : DRAW" CIS 
4" : F0RX=8T0256STEP16 : DRAW"BM"+ 
5000 ML$="BDB3ED1F01108E1E01C607 
A6A0A7805A26F930881931A819108C21 
872DEB39":TT=31000:GOSUB5500:ML$ 
="BDB3ED1F01108E1E08C601A6A0A780 
5A26F930881F31A81F108C21882DEB39 
":TT=31050:GOSUB5500:ML$="BDB3ED 
1F018600C607A7805A2 6FB39":TT=311 
00:GOSUB5500 



5030 ML$="8E1001108E1000A680A7A0 

8C129F26F78E129F108E12BFA684A7A4 

3088E031A8E08C0FFF26F139":TT=311 

50 : GOSUB5500 :ML$="8E1801108E1800 

A680A7A08C18BF2 6F78E18BF108E18DF 

A684A7A43088E031A8E08C17FF2 6F139 

" : TT=3 1200 : GOSUB5500 

5J050 ML$="BDB3ED1F01108E1FAAC605 

A6A0A7805A2 6F930881B31A81B108C21 

2E2DEB39":TT=31250:GOSUB5500:ML$ 

="BDB3ED1F01108E1FB9C606A6A0A780 

5A2 6F930881A31A81A108C20BE2DEB39 

" : TT=3 1400 : GOSUB5500 

5090 ML$="8E0CE1108E0CE0A680A7A0 

8C0FDF26F78E0FDF108E0FFFA684A7A4 

3088E031A8E08C0CFF26F139":TT=315 

50 : GOSUB5500 :ML$="BDB3ED1F01108E 

21C1C607A6A0A7805A26F930881931A8 

19108C25C72DEB39" :TT=31600 : GOSUB 

5500 

5110 ML$="BDB3ED1F01108E2288C601 

A6A0A7805A26F930881F31A81F108C26 

682DEB39":TT=31650:GOSUB5500:ML$ 

="8E18C1108E18C0A680A7A08C1B1F26 

F78E1B1F108E1B3FA684A7A43088E031 

A8E08C18DF2 6F186FF8E1A20A7843088 

E08C18A02 6F639" :TT=31700:GOSUB55 

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RAINBOWfest is the only 
computer show specifi- 
cally dedicated to your 
Tandy Color Computer. No- 
where else will you see as 
many produces, have imme- 
diate access to the top experts, 
or be able to attend free semi- 
nars of such import. It's the 
next best thing to receiving the 
latest issue of the rainbow in 
your mailbox! 

Every RAINBOWfest fea- 
tures many delightful surprises 
because it's a great opportuni- 
ty for commercial pro- 
grammers to show off many 
new and innovative products 
for the very first time. You get 
the jump on new capabilities 
for your CoCo. In exhibit after 
exhibit, there are demonstra- 
tions, opportunities to experi- 
ment with software and hard- 
ware, and special 
RAINBOWfest prices. 

You can set your own pace 
between visiting exhibits and 
attending valuable, free semi- 
nars on all aspects of your 
CoCo — from improving basic 
skills to working with the so- 
phisticated OS-9 operating 
system. 

Many of the persons who 
write for the rainbow — as 
well as those who are written 



about — are there to meet you 
and answer your questions, 
technical and otherwise. You 
also will meet lots of other per- 
sons, just like you, who share 
your interest in the Color Com- 
puter. It's a person-to-person 
event, as well as a tremendous 
earning experience, in a fun 
and relaxed atmosphere. 

To make it easier for you to 
participate, we schedule RAIN- 
BOWfests in three parts of the 
country. If you missed the fun 
in Irvine, Calif., and Chicago, 
why don't you make plans now 
to join us in Princeton, N.J.? 
For members of the family who 
don't share your affinity for 
CoCo, you'll be comfortable 
knowing that RAINBOWfest is 
located in an area with many 
other attractions. 

The Hyatt Regency — Prince- 
ton offers special rates ($65, 
single or double room) for 
RAINBOWfest. The show 
opens Friday evening with a 
p.m. to 10 p.m. session. It's a 
daytime-only show Saturday 
— the CoCo Community Break- 
fast is at 8 a.m., then the exhib- 
it hall opens promptly at 10 
a.m. and runs continuously un- 
til 6 p.m. (There will be no exhi- 
bition hours or seminars Satur- 
day evening.) On Sunday, the 
exhibit hall opens at 1 1 a.m. 
and closes at 4 p.m. 

A well-known speaker again 
will keynote the highly popular 
CoCo Community Breakfast. 
These traditional gatherings al- 
low you to catch up on signifi- 
cant happenings in the CoCo 









lommunity in an intimate 
etting. 

When you attend other com- 
uter trade shows, you are 
ften disappointed. But you'll 
Dve RAINBOWfest because it 
> the only major show com- 
pletely dedicated to the Tandy 
)olor Computer. 

Tickets for RAINBOWfest 
lay be obtained directly from 
he rainbow. We'll also send 
ou a special reservation form 
o you can get your special 
oom rate. 

Come to RAINBOWfest! 
et's all celebrate the CoCo 
Jommunity! 



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Your admission to 
RAINBOWfest also 
entitles you to visit the premiere 
of PCMfest! It's a brand new 
show focusing on Tandy's new 
generation of computers — the 
Tandy MS-DOS computers 
and the Tandy Portables. 

PCMfest is sponsored by our 
sister publication, PCM, The 
Personal Computing Magazine 
for Tandy Computer Users. 
The show will be in the same 
location as RAINBOWfest and 
the exhibit hours will be exact- 
ly the same. If you also use 
one of these Tandy computers, 
it's an opportunity you won't 
want to miss! 



Show Schedule: 

Friday evening — Exhibits open 

from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. 
Saturday — CoCo Community 

Breakfast at 8 a.m. 

Exhibits open at 10 a.m. and 

close at 6 p.m. 
Sunday — Exhibits open from 

11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

RAINBOWfest/PCMfest - 

Princeton, N.J. 

Dates: October 11-13, 1985 

Hotel: Hyatt Regency- 
Princeton 

Rooms: $65 per night, single or 
double 

Advance Ticket Deadline: 
October 4, 1985 



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'lease send me: 

Three-day tickets at $9 each total 

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oom). 



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Account Number 

Exp. Date 

Signature 



vlake checks payable to: The RAINBOW. Mail to: RAINBOWfest, the Falsoft Building, P.O. Box 385, 
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Advance ticket deadline: October 4, 1985. Orders received less than two weeks prior to show opening will be held for 
/ou at the door. Tickets will also be available at the door at a slightly higher price. 



/ou at the 



5130 ML$="8E0C01108E0C00A680A7A0 

8C0CDF26F78E0CDF108E0CFFA684A7A4 

3088E031A8E08C0BDF26F139":TT=317 

60 : GOSUB5500 :ML$="BDB3ED1F01108E 

222CC607A6A0A7805A26F930881931A8 

19108C25922DEB39":TT=31800:GOSUB 

5500 

5150 ML$="BDB3ED1F01108E2337C601 

A6A0A7805A26F930881F31A81F108C25 

172DEB39 " : TT=3 1850 : GOSUB5500 : ML$ 

="BDB3ED1F01108E2335C601A6A0A780 

5A26F930881F31A81F108C25152DEB39 

" : TT=3 1900 : GOSUB5500 : ML$=" BDB3ED 

1F01108E23BAC606A6A0A7805A26F930 

881A31A81A108C253E2DEB39" 

5175 TT=31950:GOSUB5500:ML$="BDB 

3ED1F01108E27A0C608A6A0AA84A7805 

A26F730881831A818108C2BA72DE939" 

:TT=32000:GOSUB5500:ML$="393939" 

: TT=3 2050 : G0SUB5 500 : ML$= " 8E0A8 1 1 

08E0A80A680A7A08C123F26F78E123F1 

08E125FA684A7A43088E031A8E08C0A9 

F26F139":TT=32100:GOSUB5500 

5210 ML$="8E0E81108E0E80A680A7A0 

8C123F26F78E123F108E125FA684A7A4 

3088E031A8E08C0E9F26F139":TT=321 

50:GOSUB5500:ML$="8E19E1108E19E0 

A680A7A08C1B1F26F78E1B1F108E1B3F 

A684A7A43088E031A8E08C19DF26F139 

" : TT=3 2 200 : G0SUB5 500 

5230 ML$="BDB3ED1F01108E26A1C609 

A6A0A7805A26F930881731A817108C2A 

C9 2 DEB3 9 " : TT=3 2 2 50 : G0SUB5 500 : ML$ 

="BDB3ED1F01108E26AAC609A6A0A780 

5A26F930881731A817108C2AD22DEB39 

" : TT=3 2 300 : G0SUB5 500 : ML$= " BDB3 ED 

1F01108E26B2C609A6A0A7805A26F930 

881731A817108C2ADB2DEB39" 

5255 TT=32350:GOSUB5500:ML$="BDB 

3ED1F01108E2BC1C607A6A0A7805A26F 

930881931A819108C2EA72DEB39":TT= 

32400 :GOSUB5500:ML$="BDB3ED1F011 

08E2 300C60FA6A0A7805A26F93088113 

1A811108C252F2DEB39":TT=32450:GO 

SUB5500 

5280 ML$="BDB3ED1F01108E2580C60F 

A6A0A7805A26F930881131A811108C27 

6F2DEB39":TT=32500:GOSUB5500:ML$ 

="BDB3ED1F01108E1E71C602A6A0A780 

5A26F930881E31A81E108C21F22DEB39 

" : TT=32550 : G0SUB5 500 : RETURN 

5500 F0RI=1T0LEN(ML$)STEP2:AA$=M 

ID$(ML$,I,2) :AA=VAL("&H"+AA$) :P0 

KETT+ W , AA : W= W+ 1 : NEXTI : W=0 : RE 

TURN 

6 300 TM=0 : PM0DE3 , 1 : C0L0R3 , 1 : TY=1 

78 : FORTX=40TO240STEP4 : LINE (TX, TY 

) - (TX , TY+6 ) , PSET : TM=TM+1 : NEXTTX : 

PM0DE4 , 1 : DRAW"C1S4BM4 , 184 ;XTM$ ; " 



: RETURN 

6400 TX=TX-4 : PM0DE3 , 1 : C0L0R4 , : L 
INE(TX,TY)-(TX,TY+6) ,PSET:S1=S1+ 
5 : TM=TM-1 : IFTM<1THEN6900 

6425 PMODE4,1:COLOR1,0:PLAYP3$:R 
ETURN 

6500 PMODE4,1:COLOR1,0:IFNS<=0TH 

EN20000 

6504 LINE(8,7)-(240,24), PRESET, B 

F: X=8 : Y=8 : F0RI=1T0NS : PUT (X, Y) - (X 

+26,Y+15),A1,0R:X=X+26:NEXTI:RET 

URN 

6900 IFLV>1THEN7600ELSEPOKE65494 

,0 : POKE65314 , 170 : PLAY"O1V30L255T 

255FE02A" : P0KE65314 , 255 : F0RI=«1T0 

200: NEXTI 

6905 CLS : SCREEN0 : PRINT@32 , Z$ ; : PR 

INT@448 , Z$ ; :NS=NS+1 : PRINT@96 , "YO 

U HAVE COMPLETED LEVEL ONE.":PRI 

NT" BONUS 500!M":S1=S1+500:PRIN 

T:PRINT"YOUR SCORE NOW IS"S1".": 

PRINT "YOU HAVE "NS" ROVERS LEFT.": 

POKEPK , : LV=2 : PMODE4 , 1 : COLOR1 , : 

PCLS0 : GOSUB6500 : GOSUB1100 : GOSU 

7000 CLS : DEFUSR0=3 1600 : DEFUSR1=3 

1650 : DEFUSR2=31700 : DEFUSR3=31760 

: DEFUSR4=3 1800 : DEFUSR5=31850 : DEF 

USR6=31900 : DEFUSR7=3 1950 : POKE654 

94,0: CLS : SCREEN0 , : PRINT@227 , "PR 

ESS <ENTER> TO CONTINUE" 

7074 IFINKEY$OCHR$(13)THEN7074 

7090 BG=5287:BX=5:JP=0:PC=0:E1=0 

: E2=0 : E3=0 : POKEPK, : PMODE4 , 1 : COL 

OR1,0:SCREEN1,1 

7100 J0=JOYSTK(0) :IFJP=1THEN7108 

ELSEIFJ0<20THEN7200ELSEIFJ0>43TH 

EN7225 

7108 PC=1-PC:IFE1=1THENGOSUB7410 

7110 U=USR0(BG) :U=USR2(0) :U=USR3 

(0) :IFJP=1THEN7310ELSEIF(PEEK(&H 

FF00 ) AND1 ) =0THEN7 300 

7124 IFE1=1THENGOSUB7410ELSEIFRN 

D(24)=1THENGOSUB7400 

7128 IFE2=1THENGOSUB7440 

7130 U=USR2(0) :ML=ML+1:IFML>8AND 

E1=0THENIFRND (INT (TM/3) ) =1THENG0 

SUB7500:ML=0 

7140 IFPEEK(BG+1061)=85THEN7905 

7180 TI=TI+l:IFTI>10THENTI=0:GOS 

UB6400 

7190 PLAY"O5V31P255":GOTO7100 

7200 IFBX<1THEN7108ELSEBX=BX-1:B 

G=BG-1 

7205 U=USRl(BG+7) :GOTO7108 

7225 IFBX>16THEN7108ELSEBX=BX+1: 

BG=BG+1 

7230 U=USR1(BG-1) :GOTO7108 

7300 JP=1:J2=0:J1=0:PLAYP2$ 
7310 IFJ2=1THEN7 3 20ELSE Jl=Jl+ljI 



116 



THE RAINBOW August 1985 



FJ1>3THENJ2=1ELSEBG=BG-128 

7315 GOTO7330 

7320 J1=J1-1:IFJK1THEN7350ELSEB 

G=BG+128 

7330 GOT07124 

735J3 J2=0:JP=0:GOTO7130 

74,00 E1=1:EP=3739:U=USR4(EP) 

7410 EP=EP-1:IFEP<3711THEN7420EL 

SEU=USR4(EP) 

7412 IFE2=1THEN7415ELSEIFRND(18) 

=1THEN7430 

7415 RETURN 

7420 E1=0:FORI=0TO6:U=USR1(EP+I) 

:NEXTI: RETURN 

7430 E2=l:EO=EP+514:PLAYP5$:EY=0 

:U=USR5(E0) 

7440 EY=EY+6:EO=EQ+192:IFEY>42TH 

EN7460 

7445 IFPC=1THENU=USR5(E0) ELSEU= 

USR6(E0) 

7448 Pl=PEEK(EO+512) :IFPK>85THE 

N7905 

7450 RETURN 

7460 EI=EO+448:U=USRl(EO-448) :E2 

=0 : G0SUB7 50 5 : PLAYP4 $ : RETURN 

7500 EI=6299 

7505 U=USR7 (EI) : RETURN 

7600 IFLV>2THEN8600ELSEPOKE65494 



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,0 : P0KE65314 , 170 ; PLAY"O1V30L255T 

255FE04E" .POKE65314, 255: F0RI=1T0 

200.NEXTI 

7605 NS=NS+1:S1*=S 1+1000 :CLS:SCRE 

EN0:PRINT@32,Z$;:PRINT@448,Z$;:P 

RINT@96,"YOU HAVE COMPLETED LEVE 

L TWO" : PRINT" BONUS 1000 111": PRI 

NT:PRINT"Y0U HAVE "NS" ROVERS LEFT 

. » : P0KEPK, : LV=3 : PM0DE4 , 1 : C0L0R1 

, : PCLS0 : GOSUB6500 : GOSUB1200 : GOS 

UB6300:GOTO8000 

7 905 POKE65494,0:PLAYPP$:CLS:SCR 

EEN0 , : NS=NS-1 : PRINT@3 2 , Z $ ; : PRIN 

T@448,Z$;:PRINT@99,"YOU HAVE"NS" 

BUGGIES LEFT. ":PRINT@163," YOUR S 

CORE IS "SI "POINTS . " : PM0DE3 , 1 : COL 

OR2,1:LINE(0,69)-(255,149) ,PSET, 

BF : C0L0R4 ; 1 : LINE (0 , 150 ) - ( 2 55 , 170 

) , PSET , BF : PM0DE4 , 1 : C0L0R1 , : FO 

7970 POKE65494,0:PRINT@387,"PRES 

S <ENTER> TO CONTINUE" 

7975 IFINKEY$=CHR$(13)THEN7980EL 

SE7975 

7980 CLS :POKEPK,0:GOTO7090: STOP 

8000 CLS : DEFUSR0=3 1000 : DEFUSR1=3 

1050 : DEFUSR2=3 2 100 : DEFUSR3=3 2 150 

: DEFUSR4=3 2 200 : DEFUSR5=3 2 2 50 : DEF 

USR6=3 2 300 : DEFUSR7=3 2 3 50 : DEFUSR8 

=32400 : POKE65494 ,0 : CLS : SCREEN0 , 

: PRINTS 2 2 7, "PRESS <ENTER> TO CON 

TINUE" 

8074 IFINKEY$OCHR$(13)THEN8074 

8090 JP=0;BG=5574:BX=5:CT=0:E1=0 

: E2=0 : F3=0 : U=USR4 (BG) 

8098 PMODE4,1:COLOR1,0:SCREEN1,1 

:POKEPK,0:GOSUB6500 

8100 J0=JOYSTK(0) :U=USR3(0) :U=US 

R4 (0) : IFPC=1THENU=USR2 (0) 

8104 IFJP=1THEN8108ELSEIFJ0<20TH 

EN8200ELSEIFJ0>43THEN8225 

8108 PC=1-PC:IFF3=1THENGOSUB8550 

8110 U=USR0(BG) :IFE1=1THENG0SUB8 

410ELSEIFE2=lTHENPE=PEEK(F2+485) 

:IFPE<255THEN8910 

8120 IFJP=1THEN8310ELSEIF(PEEK(& 

HFF00 ) AND1 ) =0THEN8 300 

8130 U=USR4(0) :CT=CT+1:IFCT<7THE 

N8180 

8135 IFE2=1THENGOSUB8510ELSEIFE1 

=0ANDRND ( 20 ) =1THENG0SUB8 500 

8140 IFE2=1THEN8180ELSEIFE1=1THE 

NGOSUB8410ELSEIFRND(20)=1THENGOS 

UB8400 

8180 PE=PEEK(BG+357) :IFPE>0THEN8 

910 

8185 TI=TI+1:IFTI>9THENTI=0:GOSU 

B6400 

8190 PLAY"O3V31P255":GOTO8100 

8200 IFBX<1THEN8108ELSEBX=BX-1:B 



August 1985 THE RAINBOW 117 



G=BG-1 

8205 U=USRl(BG+7) :GOTO8108 

8225 IFBX>16THEN8108ELSEBX=BX+1: 

BG=BG+1 

8230 U=USR1(BG-1) :GOTO8108 

8300 JP=1:J2=0:J1=0:PLAYP2$ 

8310 IFJ2=1THEN8320ELSEJ1=J1+1:I 

FJ1>7THENJ2=1ELSEBG=BG-128 

8315 GOTO8330 

8320 J1=J1-1:IFJK1THEN8350ELSEB 

G=BG+128 

8330 GOTO8130 

8350 J2=0:JP=0:GOTO8130 

8400 E1=1:F1=5464:FX=27 

8410 IFPC=1THEN8450ELSEU=USR5(F1 

) :F1=F1-1 

8420 GOTO8480 

8450 U=USR6(F1) :F1=F1-1 

8480 FX=FX-1:IFFX<1THENE1=0:U=US 

R7 (Fl) : P0KE6528 , 170 : CT=0 

8490 RETURN 

8500 E2=1:F2=5728:X2=2:FF=0:F3=0 

8510 IFF3=1THEN8550ELSEFF=FF+RND 

(3) :IFFF>26THENFF=0:F3=1:GOTO855 

8514 IFPC=1THENF2=F2-32ELSEF2=F2 

+32 

8530 U=USR8(F2) :GOTO8580 



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TEACHER PAK PLUS Like Teacher Pak but Includes 
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COCO TESTEM Create multiple choice, completion, 
short answer, true/false, and matching tests. On 
tape but works with disk. Requires 32K Extended 
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SCHOOL DAYS Hilarious but quite realistic 
be-a-teacher game. 32K Extended BASIC. $19.95 

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Extended BASIC and dot matrix printer with 
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Make machine language sounds that can be EXECuted 
by BASIC. 16K Extended BASIC. $19.95 

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reproducing patterns. Printer optional. 16K 
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All of these programs carry the Rainbow Seal. 



8550 F2-F2+1:FF=FF+1:IFFF>27THEN 

8590ELSEU-USR8 (F2) 

8580 RETURN 

8590 E2»0:U=USR7(F2-416) :CT=0:F3 

=0: RETURN 

8600 POKE6,5494,0:POKE65314,170:P 

LAY"O1V30L255T255FEO2FEO3FEO4FEO 

5FE04FE03FEFEFEF" : POKE65314 , 255 

8610 CLS:FORI-1TO200:NEXTI: SCREE 

N0,0:PRINT@32,Z$;:PRINT@448,Z$;: 

PRINT@96,"YOU HAVE COMPLETED LEV 

EL THREE . " : PRINT" BONUS 1500 1 ! 1 " 

: Sl-Sl+1500 : PRINT: PRINT" YOUR SCO 

RE IS NOW"Sl"POINTS.":PRINT"YOU 

WILL GO TO THE FINAL LEVEL" :PRIN 

T"WITH"NS " BUGGIES. " :GOTO9000 

8910 PLAYPP$:FORI-1TO200:NEXTI:S 

CREEN0 , : CLS : PRINT@32 , Z$ ; : PRINT@ 

448 , Z$ ; : PRINT@98 , "YOU HAVE"NS"BU 

GGIES LEFT."; PRINTS 16 4, "YOUR SCO 

RE IS"S1" . " : PMODE4 , 1 : COLOR1 ,0 : LI 

NE (0 , 88 ) - (255 , 155) , PRESET, BF: NS» 

NS-1 : POKE65494 ,0 : CLS : PRINT@227 , " 

PRESS <ENTER> TO CONTINUE" 

8984 IFINKEY$OCHR$(13)THEN8984 

8990 CLS : JP=0 : BG-5574 : BX=5 : CT=0 : 

E1=0 : E2=0 : F3=0 : GOTO8098 

9000 POKEPK, : GOSUB3 300 : GOSUB130 

: GOSUB6300 : GOSUB6500 : DEFUSR0=3 1 

000 : DEFUSR1=3 1050 : DEFUSR2=32450 : 

DEFUSR3=32500:DEFUSR4=32550:JP=0 

: BG=5252 : BX=3 : RP-6176 : E1=0 : E2=0 : 

RQ=RP-3072 

9098 PMODE4,1:COLOR1,0:SCREEN1,1 

:EX=3183:E1=0:E2=0:EY=5583 

9100 J0=JOYSTK(0) :IFJ0<20THEN920 

0ELSEIFJ0>43THEN9225 

9108 PC=1-PC:U=USR0(BG) :GOSUB940 

0:IFPC=1THENU=USR2 (RP) :U=USR2 (RQ 

) ELSEU=USR3 (RP) :U=USR3 (RQ) 

9122 IFPC=lTHENRQ=RQ+32 

PE=PEEK(BG+99) : IFPE>0THEN99 



9180 
00 

9185 
900 

9190 
9200 



PE=PEEK(BG+101) :IFPE>0THEN9 



PLAY" P2 55" :GOTO9100 

I FBX< 1THEN9 10 8 ELSEBX=BX- 1 : B 
G=BG-1 

9205 U=USRl(BG+7) :GOTO9108 
9225 IFBX>16THEN9108ELSEBX=BX+1: 
BG=BG+1 

9230 U=USR1(BG-1) :IFBG=5261THEN9 
500 

9245 GOTO9108 
9400 IFE1=1THEN9450 
9410 EX=EX+192:U=USR4(EX) :E2=E2+ 
1:IFE2>8THENE1=1 
9430 GOTO9470 
9450 EX=EX-192:U=USR4(EX) :E2=E2- 



118 



THE RAINBOW August 1985 



1:IFE2<1THENE1=0 

9470 IFE1=1THEN9485 

9475 EY=EY-192:U=USR4(EY) : RETURN 

9485 IFE2<3THENU=USR4 (EY) ELSEEY 

=EY+192:U=USR4(EY) 

9490 RETURN 

9500 U=USR0(BG) :POKE65314,170:PL 

AY"V31L255T255DEFEDGDE M : POKE6531 

4,255: POKE65494 ,0 : PLAY"O3V30L255 

T255DEFFDEEDFADFADFADF" : CLS : FORI 

=1TO300 : NEXTI : PRINT@32 , Z$ ; : PRINT 

@448,Z$;:PRINT@96,"CONGRATULATIO 

NS!!!": PRINT "YOU HAVE MADE IT TO 

* , :PRINT"MOON BASE AMPHIBIA!!!" 

9590 GOTO20 

9900 POKE65494,0:PLAYPP$:FORI=1T 



0200 : NEXTI : SCREEN0 , : CLS : PRINT© 3 
2 , Z$ ; : PRINT§448 , Z$ ; : PRINT@98 , " YO 
U HAVE "NS "BUGGIES LEFT. ": PRINT @1 
64, "YOUR SCORE IS"S1" . " :GOSUB130 
: JP=0 : BG=52 52 : BX=3 : RP=617 6 : E1=0 
: E2=0 :RQ=RP-3072 : NS=NS-1 : P0KE654 
94, 0: CLS :PRINT@227, "PRESS <ENT 
9984 IFINKEY$OCHR$(13)THEN9984 
9990 CLS:POKEPK,0:GOTO9098 
20000 POKE65494,0:FORI=1TO200:NE 
XTI : CLS : SCREEN0 , : PRINT@ 3 2 , Z $ ; : P 
RINT§448,Z$;:PRINT@128,"YOUR FIN 
AL SCORE IS"Sl:PRINT§352:INPUT"P 
LAY AGAIN (Y/N) " ; A$ : L$=LEFT$ (A$ , 
1) :IFL$="Y"THENRUN 



Listing 2: 



7918 




00000 
00005 
00007 


7918 BD 


B3ED 


00010 


791B IF 


01 


00020 


791D 108E 1E01 


00030 


7921 C6 


07 


00040 


7923 A6 


A0 


00050 


7925 A7 


80 


00060 


7927 5A 




00070 


7928 26 


F9 


00080 


792A 30 


88 19 


00090 


792D 31 


A8 19 


00100 


793p( 108C 


2187 


00110 


7934 2D 


ED 


00120 


7936 39 




00130 




0000 


00140 


00)200 TOTAL ERRORS 





ORG 31000 
*THIS ROUTINE PUTS THE BUGGY GRAPHIC ON THE GRAPHIC SCREEN 
*AT THE LOCATION SPECIFIED THROUGH THE BASIC PROGRAM. 



START 



L00P1 



JSR 


$B3ED 


TFR 


D,X 


LDY 


#$1E01 


LDB 


#7 


LDA 


,Y+ 


STA 


,x+ 


DECB 




BNE 


L00P1 


LEAX 


$19, X 


LEAY 


$19, Y 


CMPY 


#$2187 


BLT 


L00P1 


RTS 




END 





*GET PARAMETER FROM BASIC 

*STORE PARAMETER IN X 

*PUT LOCATION OF BUGGY GRAPHIC IN Y 

*LENGTH IN BYTES OF GRAPHIC 

*LOAD BYTE FROM BUGGY 

*PLACE BYTE ON SCREEN 

*COUNT 

*IF NOT ZERO, THEN GO BACK 

*NEXT LINE 

*NEXT LINE 

*END OF GRAPHIC? 

*N0, RETURN 



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UNIX TRAINING — OS-9 users 
wanting to learn more about the UNIX 
operating environment will be interested 
in a new series of UNIX Systems 
tutorials to be conducted by AT&T at 
the UNIX Expo, Sept. 18-20 in New 
York City. 

A multi-level program composed of 
20 sessions is designed to teach skills 
for job-specific applications and will 
include a series of laboratory courses 
to provide hands-on experience. 

The exposition is expected to attract 
more than 200 leading manufacturers 
and vendors displaying the latest 
UNIX-based hardware, software and 
services. Write: Robert Birkfeld, Na- 
tional Expositions Co., 14 West 40th 
Street, New York, NY 10018. 

FORTH AND GOAL — Cybertron 
Forth, an instructional package for the 
FORTH computer language, has been 
introduced by Cybertron, Inc. 

The package includes software and 
tools for applications program devel- 
opment, along with a comprehensive 
educational manual on the language 
and full source listings. 

FORTH is an advanced language used 
for real-time and control applications. 
It allows the addition of new words as 
a permanent extension of the language 
by letting the programmer use a new 
word or symbol to represent complex 
functions within the computer. Write: 
30600 Solon Industrial Parkway, Solon, 
OH 44139. 

SUNNY SUGAR — Sugar Software's 
move from Reynoldsburg, Ohio to 
Florida is now complete. Although the 
company continued to respond to 
customer orders within 24 hours of 



receipt, Susan Davis wants to pass 
along her apologies for any inconven- 
ience experienced during the move. 

Sugar's new address is: 1710 North 
50th Ave., Hollywood, FL 33021. The 
telephone number is 305-981-1241. 

NO, THANKS — The board of direc- 
tors of H & R Block recently turned 
down a $72.5 million offer to purchase 
its subsidiary, the CompuServe Infor- 
mation Service, by a group headed by 
Jeffrey M. Wilkins, former chairman 
and chief executive officer of 
CompuServe. 

During the past year Wilkins has 
made similar proposals to buy various 
segments of CompuServe, according to 
Henry W. Bloch, president of H & R 
Block. Wilkins was axed just prior to 
the offer and David C. Swaddling, 
CompuServe's chief financial officer, 
resigned. 

Bloch said that since acquiring 
CompuServe in 1980, H & R Block has 
made direct investments totaling more 
than $20 million. "These strategic 
investments are beginning to pay off in 
accelerated earnings and revenue 
growth. We have every intention of 
continuing on this promising course," 
said Bloch. 

CompuServe claims more than 
200,000 personal computer subscribers. 
Unaudited pretax earnings for fiscal 
year 1985 were up approximately 50 
percent. 

DAILY NEWS — So much is happen- 
ing so rapidly in the world of computers 
that Ziff-Davis Publishing Co. plans to 
introduce Computer Industry Daily this 
summer. The newspaper will cover the 
entire computer industry, including 



product announcements, internationi 
developments, managerial change: 
analyses and columns by well-know 
computer industry experts. 

The publication will be targeted < 
computer businesses, along with pre 
fessionals in businesses that serve th 
industry. Write: Ziff-Davis Publishin 
Co., One Park Avenue, New York, N' 
10016. 

TAX HELP — If you claim time o 
your Color Computer as a busine; 
expense on your personal income ta 
form, you may find the new Person! 
Computer Usage Record helpful durin 
an audit. 

It's a 4-by-6-inch logbook designe 
for logging your time on the compute 
Each page of the ledger is divided inl 
columns which make it easy to recor 
the amount of time spent for person; 
and/ or business use. Write: Richard C 
Foley, 1440 Japaul Lane, San Jose, C/ 
95132. 

RS-232 PROTECTION — A "lightnin 
sponge" to protect devices remotel 
connected to a host computer by RS 
232 cables has been introduced b 
Telebyte Technology. 

The device is designed to accommo 
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Greenlawn, NY 11740. 

SCREEN SHIELD — The Sentinc 
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shield which fits over a compute 
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anti-reflective and anti-static. 

The maker also says that the shiek 
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radiation and eliminates buildup o 
static electricity and possible resultinj 
dust and potential skin problems 
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CoCo, 
Phone 
Home 



Here's a nice little program to 
show your friends. It's called 
Phone, and upon running the 
program, a black desk phone appears 
and begins ringing. If you hit ENTER, 
you've answered the phone and your 
printed message appears on the screen 
along with your spoken message. 

All you have to do is put this program 
on tape, and immediately after it, put 
your spoken message. Match the 
spoken message to the screen message 
for a finishing touch and you're done. 

Now, call a friend into the room, run 
the program and let them answer it. By 
now you've had time to include them 
in your message. "Good morning, Mr. 
Phelps. Your mission, should you 
decide to accept it ... " 



(Bill Bernico is a self-taught computerist 
who also enjoys golf, music and pro- 
gramming. He is a drummer with a rock 
band and lives in Sheboygan, Wis.) 



By Bill Bernico 



Line Description 

20 128 Makes the phone black 

159= Yellow 

175 = Blue 

191 = Red 

207 = White 

223 = Cyan 

239 = Magenta 

255 = Orange 
30-210 Draws the phone 
220-3 10 Draws the phone cord 
320-350 Puts number buttons on 

face of phone 
360 Produces 10 rings 
370 Creates ringing sound 
380 Delay between rings 
390 If ENTER is hit, phone is 

answered 
410 Input your message here to 

match the spoken message 

on tape 
420 Sends cassette message to 

TV speaker and turns on 

cassette motor 

(If you have any questions regarding 
this program, Bill may be reached at 
708 Michigan Avenue, Sheboygan, WI 
53801, phone (414) 459-7350.) 



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THE RAINBOW August 1985 



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COCO SCREEN DUMP 



The best screen dump program for the Panasonic , Epson & Gemini printers ever! Have the option of 
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A multi - featured tool for USER FRIENDLY disk handling. Utilize a directory window to selectively 
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A truly user friendly data base program at an affordable price. Maintain inventories, hobby 
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A Hi-Res graphics casino blackjack simulation and card counting tutor. Fully realistic play includes: 
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Stomp Is A Unique Boerdgeme for two to four players, agtssl'indovir. With STOMP, you 
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capitalize on your chances and yat the few rules ere very simple, and easily understood Each) 
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Joystick or keyboard. 32K eat. Basic 


Script* 

Script* is a menu-driven spelling program. Prompt allows for correct spelling only, or lots 

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style most used in e'ementerv end Junior-high schools. 

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Get the bugs before they ge 

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ing: PHONE 


i 




10 


2LS:PRINTTAB(4)"HIT ENTER TO 


ANSWER PHONE 


20 


2=128 


30 


PRINT@38 , STRING$ ( 20 , C) 


40 


PRINT© 68 , STRING$ (24 , C) 


50 


PRINT@98 , STRING$ ( 28 , C) 


6J3 


PRINT@130 , STRING$ ( 5 , C) 


70 1 


PRINT@138 , STRING$ ( 2 , C) 


80 ] 


PRINT@148 , STRING$ (2 , C) 


90 ] 


PRINT@153,STRING$(5,C) 


W 


PRINT@162 , STRING$ (5 , C) 


110 


PRINT§170 , STRING$ ( 12 , C) 


120 


PRINT@185 , STRING$ (5 , C) 


130 


PRINT@202 , STRING? ( 12 , C) 


140 


PRINT@229 , STRING$ (22 , C) 


150 


PRINT§2 61 , STRING$ ( 22 , C) 


160 


PRINT§293,STRING$(22,C) 


170 


PRINT@325,STRING$(22,C) 


180 


PRINT§357 , STRING$ (22 , C) 


190 


PRINT§389 , STRING$ (22 , C) 


200 


PRINT@421,STRING$(22,C) 


210 


PRINT@453 , STRING$ (22 , C) 


220 


PRINT@161,CHR$(137) ; 




230 


PRINTS 19 3, CHR$ (134) 




240 


PRINT§225,CHR$(137) 




250 


PRINT@257 , CHR$ ( 134 ) 




2 60 


PRINT@289,CHR$(137) 




270 


PRINT@3 21,CHR$(134) 




280 


PRINTQ353 , CHR$ ( 137 ) 




290 


PRINTQ3 85 , CHR$ ( 134 ) 




300 


PRINTQ4 17 , CHR$ ( 137 ) 




310 


PRINT@449 , CHR$ ( 134 ) 


•CHR$(137 


) ;CHR$(134) ;CHR$(137) ; 


320 


POKE 1267,57:POKE1263,56:POK 


E1259,55 


330 


POKE 1331,54:POKE 1327,53:P0 


KE 


1.323,52 


340 


POKE 1395,51:POKE1391.50:POK 


E1387,49 


350 


POKE 1459, 35: POKE 1455,48:P0 


KE 


1451,42 


3 60 


FOR Y=l TO 10 


370 


PLAY "V30L9 204 AFAFAFAFAFAFAFA 


FAFAFAFAFAFAFAFAFA 


380 


FOR X=l TO 1300: NEXT X 


390 


IFINKEY$=CHR$(13)THEN 410 


400 


NEXT Y 


410 


CLS : PRINT"HELL0 . . . PRINT YOUR 


MESSAGE HERE TO MATCH THE SPOKE 


N MESSAGE ON THE TAPE! 


420 


AUDIO ON: MOTOR ON 




ts 



128 THE RAINBOW August 1985 




Sir Eggbert lumper 
Leaps To The Rescue 



By David Dawson 




O 




ne terrible day a hole 
appeared in the ground in a small kingdom. 
Terrible creatures began to spring from it 
and ravage the countryside. Many knights 
descended into the pit but none returned. 
Finally, Eggbert, a strange knight who never 
used weapons and had only his odd ability to 
jump like a rabbit, volunteered to rid the kingdom 
of the menace. The king was doubtful but desperate, 
so he agreed to send the young, peculiar knight. 
Sir Eggbert Jumper is a one-player game similar to many "climb- 
up" games like Donkey Kong but with more of a "swords and sorcery" 
theme. There are eight dungeon screens included in Eggy's tasks (his 
friends call him Eggy), five of which are different. The last screen 
holds many surprises which you will have to play to see. 

Game Play 

The main objective for Eggy is to grab the yellow key and move, 
not jump, below the yellow door to exit the dungeon level. Be careful 
— jumping into the door could erase it and trap you on that level. 



(David Dawson holds a master's degree in psychology and will be working towards 
his doctorate in the fall. He has a wife, Leigh Anne, and a son, Adam.) 



August 1985 THE RAINBOW 129 



Touching any red object will knock 
Eggy out. Touching yellow objects, 
except the key, will cause the screen to 
change color. While the colors remain 
abnormal it is not possible to jump off 
the level Eggy is on, but be careful not 
to step off the platform. The creatures 
cannot harm Eggy while they are not 
red, so use this time to get away from 
them. 

Touching blue objects, and all objects 
while the colors are not normal, scores 
points. 

A creature will appear if too much 
time is taken on a level. This creature 
leaves a permanent trail that may make 
it impossible to continue and effectively 
end the game. Be careful to finish 
quickly. 



Joystick Operation 

Move right or left by moving the 
joystick in the direction desired. If at 
any time Eggy's feet are not supported 
he will fall. 

To jump up, press the joystick button 
while pressing the joystick forward. If 
the stick is also inclined to the right 
or left, Sir Eggbert will jump in that 
direction as well as up. 

Jumping down is done the same way 
but the joystick must be pulled back. 
When jumping down it is critical that 
Eggy is near the edge of the platform 
upon attempt. If he is too far away from 
the edge he will try to jump up instead 
of down; on the other hand, if he steps 
off before he jumps he will fall to his 
death. 



If a platform is above Eggy when r 
makes an upward jump he will bounc 
off the platform and, if a platform 
below him at the end of the jump, \ 
will land safely. This could be used I 
jump over small breaks in the platfon 
on which Eggy is traveling or to avoi 
objects. 

Use PCLEAR2 and ENTER befoi 
running the program. As a hint to wh; 
waits on the last screen: The slogan < 
avid Eggy players is "Jump A Dragon 



(For those having questions regardii 
this program, Mr. Dawson may 
contacted at 4808 Davenport, Apt. ft 
Omaha, NE 68132.) 




The listing: EGGBERT 

5 CLEAR100:PCLEAR2:PMODE1,1:PCLS 
10 DIM Hl(ll,15) :DIM H2(11,15):D 
IM OJ(9,5):DIM CI (13 , 17) : DIM C2 ( 
13,15) 

20 DRAW"C3BM20,120D2NR6D4R2NF4L2 
D2L2D2L2BM106 , 120D2NL6D4L2NG4R2D 
2R2D2R2" 

30 FOR C=1T08:READX,Y:PSET(X,Y,4 
):NEXT:DATA 20,116,2)3,118,22,116 
,22,118,104,116,104,118,106,116, 
106,118 

40 DRAW II C2BM3 6,90D4L2U2NU2R8D2" 
50 COLOR4,l:LINE(86,58)-(98,72) , 
PSET , BF : PRESET ( 9 8 , 70 ) : PRESET (98, 
72) :PRESET(98,58) : PRESET (96, 58) : 
PRESET(88,58) : PRESET (88 , 60) 
60 LINE(86,56)-(86,66) ,PRESET:LI 
NE(92,68)-(98,70) , PRESET, BF 
70 PRESET (92, 66) : PRESET (90,66) :P 
SET(96,62,2) : PSET (96 , 68 , 3) 
80 GET(16,116)-(26,130) ,H1:GET(1 
00, 116) -(110, 130) ,H2:GET(36,90)- 
(44,94) ,OJ:GET( 88, 58) -(100,72) ,C 
2 

100 CLS: PRINT® 128, "(C) 1982 BY D 
AVID LIONELL DAWSON" :PE=3 
400 CL=0:KX=20:KY=168 
405 IF RO=0 THEN 4 80 



408 IF RO=8 THEN DRAW"BM40 , 80R4B 
R3NU3D3BR4U6F6U6BR8F2ND4E2BR4D6R 
6U6NL6BR4D6R6U6BR4D3ND3R4NF2U3NL 
4BR12NR6D3NR6D3BR12U3NR6U3R6D6BR 
4NR6U6R6BR4NR6D3NR6D4R6" : FOR XX= 
1 TO 3: PLAY "T10;L4;O1;12;12;8;8 
;4":NEXTXX 

409 PLAY"T10 ; L4 ; 03 ; 1 ; 3 ; 5 ; 3 ; 5 ; 6 ; 6 
; 8 ; 6 ; 5 ; 6 ; 8 ; 10 ; 12 ; 04 ; LI ; 1" 

410 DRAW"BM"+STR$ (DX) +" , "+STR$ (D 
Y) 

420 SOUND255,8:FOR X=l T052:DRAW 
"S"+STR$(X) :GOSUB8200:NEXT:SC=SC 
+RO*100:DRAW"S4" 
480 RO=RO+l 

482 IF RO=9 THEN SCREEN0 ,0 : FOR X 
=1 TO 250 STEP6:CLSRND(8) :SOUNDX 
,1:NEXT:CLS:PRINT@224, "DUNGEON 
COMPLETE , BONUS=" ; SC*100 : SC=SC+SC 
* 100: RESTORE 

485 IF RO=9 THEN FOR C=1T04:READ 
X,X,X,X:NEXT 
500 IF RO=9 THEN RO=l 
510 COLOR 3,l:PCLS 
515 LINE(0,0)-(254,4) ,PSET,BF 
520 ON RO GOSUB 4000,4200,4000,4 
400,4200,4400,4600,4800 
540 READ F:F0R C=l TO F 
550 READPX, PY: DRAW"BM"+STR$ (PX) + 
" / "+STR$(PY) : GOSUB 8000 
570 NEXT 

590 READ F:FOR C=l TO F 
610 READ PX,PY:DRAW"BM"+STR$(PX) 
+","+STR$(PY) :GOSUB8100 
' NEXT 

READDX,DY 

DRAW"BM"+STR$ (DX) +" , "+STR$ (D 



630 

640 

650 

Y) 

660 

670 



GOSUB 8200 
READNO:IF NO=0 



THEN 700 



130 



THE RAINBOW August 1985 



680 FOR C=l TO NO 

690 READ PX(C) ,PY(C) 

695 NEXT 

700 READ PX, PY: PUT (PX, PY) - (PX+8 , 

PY+4) ,OJ 

710 DATA 2,140,92,140,184,2,230, 

85, 13)3, 131, 10,0,2,80, 3j3,5j3, 76, 14 

,82 

720 DATA 3,10,46,170,46,60,92,2, 

50,89,160,132,128,52,2,128,30,12 

8,76,208,36 

730 DATA 2,140,92,140,184,2,2 30, 

85,130,131,10,0,2,80,30,50,76,14 

,82 

740 DATA 3,190,46,130,92,8,138,2 

, 10 , 3 7 , 170 , 12 9 , 4 5 , , 6 , 100 , 12 2 , 20 

0,76,10,76,50,30,100,30,160,30,2 

38,82 

750 DATA 3,10,46,170,46,60,92,2, 

50,89,160,132,128,52,2,128,30,12 

8,76,208,36 

760 DATA 3,190,46,130,92,8,138,2 

,10,37,170,129,45,0,6,100,122,20 

0,76,10,76,50,30,100,30,160,30,2 

38,82 

770 DATA 4,40,138,74,92,130,92,1 

0,92,1, 110 , 85 , 90 , 9 8 , 1 , 180 , 12 2 , 20 

,129 

780 DATA 1,180,138,1,100,129,10, 

54,0,240,175 

785 CO=200-RO*10 

1000 IF R0<3 THEN NO=0 

1010 CNT=0:K=0:I=1 

1020 HX=50:HY=168 

102 5 SCREEN 1,0 

1030 LX=HX : LY=HY : EX=0 

1031 CNT=CNT+1 

1039 IF PPOINT(HX+5,HY+18)=7 THE 
N 1100 

1040 IF PPOINT(HX+5,HY+18)=3 THE 
N 1100 

1050 IF PPOINT(HX+5,HY+35)=3 OR 

PPOINT(HX+5,HY+35)=7 THEN HY=HY+ 

17:GOTO1200 ELSE 3000 

1100 X=JOYSTK(0) :Y=JOYSTK(l) : IF 

X>40 THEN M=l ELSE IF X<20 THEN 

M=2 ELSE M=0 

1110 IF Y<20 THEN U=l ELSE IF Y> 

40 THEN U=2 ELSE U=0 

1120 IF PEEK(65280)=254 OR PEEK( 

65280) =126 THEN 1130 ELSE 1190 

1130 PLAY"T255;12;1":IF U=2 THEN 
IF PPOINT(HX+15,HY+18)=l OR PPO 
INT(HX-15,HY+18)=1 THEN HY=HY+46 
:GOTO1190 

1140 IF PPOINT(HX+5,HY-2 7)=l THE 
N HY=HY-46:EX=15:GOTO1190 ELSEHY 
=HY-17 : EX=15 : GOTO1190 
1190 IF M=0 THEN 1200 ELSE IF M= 



1 THEN HX=HX+10+EX ELSE IF M=2 T 

HEN HX=HX-10-EX 

1200 IF HX>245 THEN HX=245 ELSE 

IF HX<15 THEN HX=15 

1210 LINE(LX-10,LY)-(LX+14,LY+14 

), PRESET, BF: IF M=l THEN PUT(HX,H 

Y)-(HX+12,HY+14) ,H1 ELSE PUT(HX, 

HY)-(HX+12,HY+14) ,H2 

1220 IF K=l THEN PUT (HX, HY) - (HX+ 

10,HY+6) ,OJ 

1230 IF NO=0 THEN 1300 

1240 X=RND(NO) : LINE (PX (X) -4 , PY (X 

) )-(PX(X)+16,PY(X)+14) , PRESET, BF 

1250 IF HX<PX(X) THEN PX(X)=PX(X 

)-6 ELSE PX(X)=PX(X)+6 

1260 PUT(PX(X) ,PY(X) )-(PX(X)+12, 

PY(X)+14) ,C1 

1300 IF CNT<CO THEN 1400 

1310 KX=KX+I*4:IF KX<10 THEN KY= 

KY-46:I=1 ELSE IF KX>245 THEN KY 

=KY-46:I=-1 

1315 IF KY< 30 THEN KY=168 

1320 PUT(KX,KY)-(KX+12,KY+14) ,C2 

: CIRCLE (KX-2,KY+5) ,5,4,3 

1400 IF K=0 THENIF RND(40)=1 THE 

N PUT(PX,PY) -(PX+8, PY+4 ) ,OJ 

1410 IF R0O8 THEN 1450 

1420 IF DF=0 THENDF=1: PX(1)=136 



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:PY(1)=48 ELSE LINE (PX(1) , PY (1) ) 

-(PX(1)+12,PY(1)+14) ,PRESET,BF 

143)3 IF PX(1)<HX THEN PX(1)=PX(1 

)+4 ELSE PX(l)=PX(l)-4 

1435 PY(1)=PY(1)+RND(30) 

1440 IF PP0INT(PX(1)-6,PY(1) )<>1 

OR PY(1)>182 THEN DF=0 : PLAY"T25 
5; 2, -6, -10" ELSE PUT(PX(1) ,PY(1) )- 
(PX(1)+12,PY(1)+14) ,C1 
1450 IF PPOINT(HX-12,HY+8)=l AND 

PPOINT(HX+12,HY+8)=l THEN 2000 
1455 IF PPOINT(HX-12,HY+8)=5 THE 
N 2000 

1460 IF PPOINT(HX-12,HY+8)=4 OR 
PPOINT(HX+12,HY+8)=4 THEN 3 200 
1470 IF PPOINT(HX-12,HY+8)=2 OR 
PPOINT(HX+12,HY+8)=2 THEN IF HX> 
PX-13 AND HX<PX+18 AND HY<PY AND 

HY>PY-40 THEN K=l : PLAY"T1 ;04 ;L1 
6;12":GOTO1800 ELSE CL=CNT+50:SC 
REEN 1,1:GOTO1800 
1472 SC=SC+RO*10 
1480 SOUND 250,1 

1800 FOR X=12 TOl STEP -2:PLAY"T 
255;L16;04;"+STR$(X) : CIRCLE (HX,H 
Y+6) ,X+10,2, .2:CIRCLE(HX,HY+6) ,X 
+10,1, .2:NEXT 
2000 IF CNT>CL THEN SCREEN 1,0 



2005 IF K=l AND PPOINT (HX+5 , HY-1 

2) =2 THEN 400 

2010 GOTO 1030 

3000 FOR X=HY TO 171 : HY=X: LINE (H 

X-5,HY) -(HX+10,HY-10) , PRESET, BF: 

PUT (HX , HY) - (HX+10 , HY+14 ) , HI :NEXT 

3 200 FORX=1TO10:SOUNDX,1:SCREEN1 

, 1 : SCREEN1 , : NEXTX 

3210 LINE (HX,HY)- (HX+10 ,HY+12) ,P 

RESET, BF 

3220 DRAW"BM"+STR$ (HX) +" , "+STR$ ( 

HY+16) +"H4R8NU6R8U2L2" 

32 25 SOUND100,10:SOUND1,20 

3 2 30 IF PE=1 THENSCREEN 0,0:CLS: 

PRINT§160,"TRY AGAIN ADVENTURER! 

":PRINT"YOU REACHED LEVEL" ;RO: PR 

INT"SCORE WAS" ;SC:END ELSE PE=PE 

-1:CLS: SCREEN 0,0: PRINT@160,"AD 

VENTURERS REMAINING" ; PE : FORX=lTO 

2000 : NEXT : GOTO10 10 

4000 LINE(0,184)-(254,191) ,PSET, 

BF 

4005 LINE(0,0)-(254,2) ,PSET,BF 

4010 LINE(0,138)-(208,144) ,PSET, 

BF 

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4040 LINE(0,46)-(100,52) ,PSET,BF 

4050 LINE(144,46)-(214,52) ,PSET, 

BF 

4060 LINE(208,46)-(214,92) ,PSET, 

BF 

4070 COLOR4,1:LINE(202,26)-(214, 

40) ,PSET,BF: PRESET (214, 26) :PRESE 

T(202,26) :CIRCLE(208,32) ,5,2:PSE 

T(208,32) -.LINE (204, 38) -(212,38) , 

PRESET 

4080 GET(202,26)-(214,40) ,C1:LIN 

E(202,26)-(214,40) , PRESET, BF 

4100 RETURN 

4200 LINE(0,184)-(254,191) ,PSET, 

BF:LINE(0,138)-(96,144) ,PSET,BF 

4210 LINE(128,138)-(216,144) , PSE 

T,BF: LINE (44, 92) -(254, 96) ,PSET,B 

F 

4220 LINE(0,46)-(96,52) ,PSET,BF: 

LINE(128,46)-(228,52) ,PSET,BF 

4230 C0L0R4,1: CIRCLE (18, 172) ,14, 

4: PAINT (18, 172) ,4, 4: FOR X=l TO 4 

:PSET(RND(28) ,146+RND(12) ,4) :NEX 

T: LINE (10, 158) -(28, 165) ,PSET,BF 

4240 RETURN 

4400 LINE(0,184)-(254,191) ,PSET, 

BF:LINE(0,138)-(44,144) ,PSET,BF 

4410 LINE (154 ,138) -(230,144) , PSE 

T , BF : LINE ( 64 , 92 ) - ( 152 , 98 ) , PSET , B 

F 

4420 LINE(202,92)-(254,98) ,PSET, 

BF: LINE (0,46) -(64,52) ,PSET,BF:LI 

NE(178,46)-(218,52) ,PSET,BF 

4430 RETURN 

4600 LINE(0, 184)-(254, 191) , PSET, 

BF 

4610 LINE(0, 138)-(204, 144) , PSET, 

BF : LINE (0 , 9 2 ) - ( 2 8 , 9 8 ) , PSET , BF : LI 

NE( 74, 92) -(148,98) , PSET, BF: COLOR 

4,1 '.LINE (148,0) -(254, 98) ,PSET,BF 

:LINE(0,0)-(148,52) ,PSET,BF 

4 620 RETURN 

4800 LINE(0,62)-(26,34) ,PSET:LIN 

E-(44,56) , PSET .'LINE- (54, 30) , PSET 

: LINE- (216,30), PSET : LINE- (222,52 

) ,PSET:LINE-(240,28) ,PSET:LINE-( 

244,60) ,PSET:LINE-(254,42) , PSET 

4810 PAINT (100, 20) ,3,3 

4820 COLOR 4,1 

4830 LINE(76,0)-(70,14) ,PSET:LIN 

E-(118,46) ,PSET:LINE-(94,16) ,PSE 

T : LINE- (112,2), PSET : LINE- ( 130 , 2 2 

) ,PSET:LINE-(138,30) , PSET: LINE- ( 

138,40) ,PSET:LINE-(142,44) ,PSET: 

LINE- ( 14 6 , 40 ) , PSET : LINE- (148,30) 

, PSET: LINE- (154, 22) ,PSET 

4840 LINE- (150, 16 ), PSET: LINE- (14 

2,12) , PSET: LINE- (136, 16) ,PSET:LI 

NE-(130,22) , PSET: LINE (156,22) -(1 



78,4), PSET : LINE- (212,18), PSET : LI 

NE-(202,46) ,PSET:LINE-(232,12) ,P 

SET:LINE-(232,0) , PSET 

4850 PAINT(144,0) , 2 , 4 : PAINT (144 , 

20), 4, 4 

4870 LINE(120,10)-(122,28) ,PSET: 

LINE- (13 6, 34) , PSET: LINE- (148 , 34) 

, PSET : LINE- (162,28), PSET : LINE- (1 

64,12) ,PSET 

4880 PAINT(158,22) , 4 , 4 : PAINT (128 

,22), 4, 4 

4885 CIRCLE(138,26) ,2,2, . 5 : CIRCL 

E(148,26) ,2,2, .5 

4890 PSET(138,24,3) : PSET (138 , 26 , 

3) :PSET(148,24,3) : PSET ( 148 , 26 , 3) 

:PSET(144,40,3) : PSET (140 , 40 , 3) 

4900 COLOR 2,1:LINE(142,12)-(134 

,9) , PSET: LINE (14 6, 8) -(13 8, 5) ,PSE 

T: DRAW"C4BM128 , 32D8ND8R4ND8L8ND8 

BM156,32D8ND8R4ND8L8D8" 

4910 COLOR 3,1: LINE (0,92) -(162 ,9 

8) ,PSET,BF 

4920 LINE(0, 184)-(254, 191) , PSET, 

BF: LINE (62, 138) -(128, 144) ,PSET,B 

F : LINE ( 17 8 , 13 8 ) - ( 200 , 14 4 ) , PSET , B 

F 

4930 LINE(50,90)-(140,100) ,PRESE 

T,BF 

4950 CIRCLE (14 2, 58) , 4 , 4 : CIRCLE ( 1 

42 , 58 ) , 1 , 2 : COLOR4 , 1 : LINE (14 6,56) 

-(138,48) ,PSET 

4960 GET(136,48)-(148,62) ,C1 

4970 LINE(136,48)-(148,62) , PRESE 

T,BF 

49 80 RETURN 

8000 DRAW"C3U10E4R4F4NL8D10" : PAI 

NT(PX+4,PY-3) ,3,3 

8010 RETURN 

8100 DRAW"C2NU8R8E4H4ND8L8G4F4" 

8110 RETURN 

8200 DRAW"C2NR20NL4D2NL4D2NL4D6N 

L4 D2NL4D2NL4D6R20U20 " : PAINT ( DX+2 

,DY+2),2,2 

8205 DRAW"BM-14,+4C3R6D2L2ND4L4" 

8210 RETURN fZ\ 



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Play And Learn Together — 
Wonderment Is Contagious! 



By Bob Albrecht and Ramon Zamor 
Rainbow Contributing Editor 



"School Is In The Heart Of A Child" is for parents of quite young children. 
We want to help you work and play with your 3- to S-ycar-old child und learn 
to use computers as a joyful family experience. We suggest ways to use the 
home computer as another means to encourage your child's independence, growth 
and control over her own life. Sec the pride on her face as she directs the 
computer to do what she selects with deliberation. See her head gears switch 
to "on" as she progresses step by step with your presence and caring guidance. 
We will explore (we hope, with your help) the following: 

• Specific "leaching" techniques so the discovery can be the child's own. 

• Critical evaluation of software based on extensive playtcsting in family and 
related environments, 

• Additional resources to consult: books, magazines, software publishers, 
networks, etc. 

• Suggestions for interludes and fun limes away from the computer (a must!): 
call the librarian for information; watch TV together and discuss it; work 
together as volunteers in a community project; take an "awareness" walk. 

• Whatever we learn from families we work with in Menlo Park or from you, 
our readers. Lei's pool our knowledge and share our experiences as we learn 
from our children. 



Copyright® 1985 by DragonQucst, P.O. Box 7627, Menlo Park, CA 94026. 



(Well-known author Bob Albrecht co-authors the 
"Game Master's Apprentice "feature for THE RAINBOW 
each month. Ramon Zamora is author and co-author 
of several books, co-founder of Computer Town 
USA!, and currently designing computer games for 
kids at Child Ware Corp. in Menlo Park, Calif) 



Since you haven't said you want more Wandering Stai 
this time we will give you an assortment of program 
from TRS-80 Color BASIC by Bob Albrecht. 
We begin with Intergalactic Broadcasting. We sugges 
you type it in using your name. Then, encourage your chili 
to change it to her or his name. 



w 


CLS 




105 


1 




110 


PRINT 


"INTERGALACTIC" 


120 


SOUND 


89, 20 


125 


i 




130 


PRINT 


"BROADCASTING" 


140 


SOUND 


125, 20 


145 


1 




150 


PRINT 


"COMPANY" 


160 


SOUND 


147, 20 


165 


1 




170 


PRINT 


"BRINGS TO YOU. . ." 


180 


SOUND 


176, 40 


185 


i 




200 


CLS 


Of course, you may wan 


210 


PRINT 


" LUCY " ; — lo put your name in 


220 


SOUND 


89, 1 | Line 210. 


230 


GOTO 2 


10 



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136 



THE RAINBOW August 1985 



You see, the way to make a computer wonderful to a 
hild is to play with the child on the computer. Play 
jgether, learn together. Wonderment is contagious! 

We think your small child might like this one. Encourage 
im or her to type in his or her name. 



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REM**GRAND FINALE SCH 16-2 

CLS 
i 

REM**FOR WHOM? 

INPUT "YOUR NAME"; N$ 



REM**CRESCENDO FOR 

CLS 

FOR T=l TO 255 

: PRINT N$; 

: SOUND T, 1 

NEXT T 

i 

REM**LONG TIME 

FOR K=l TO 2500: 

i 

REM** DO IT AGAIN 
GOTO 110 



Patience! 

This will take 

about five seconds. 



DELAY 
NEXT K 




Almost every kid we know is on a team or has a friend 
n a team. So we suggest this program called Go, Team, 
■nl 



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REM**GO TEAM GO! SCH 16-3 

i 

REM**' GO 1 ON A BLUE SCREEN 

CLS 3: PRINT "GO"; 
GOSUB 910 « Use time delay subroutine 

i 

REM**' TEAM' ON ORANGE SCREEN 

CLS 8: PRINT "TEAM"; 

GOSUB 910 -+ Use time delay subroutine 

i 

REM**' GO! 1 ON MAGENTA SCREEN 
CLS 7: PRINT "GO!"; 

GOSUB 9 10 Use time delay subroutine 

GOSUB 910 " twice for longer delay 

i 

REM**KEEP IT GOING 
GOTO 210 

REM**TIME DELAY SUBROUTINE 
FOR K=l TO 500: NEXT K 
RETURN 



Adults love to kid adults. Kids love to kid adults. Adults 
>ve to kid kids. And so on. Imagine this: You are the 
ist one to go to bed tonight. Before you go, put a message 
n the screen for the early risers. 



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T"; 

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REM**MESSAGE BLINKER SCH 16- 



REM**GET MESSAGE & PLACE 

CLS 

INPUT "YOUR MESSAGE"; M$ 

INPUT "WHERE SHALL I BLINK I 

P 

i 

REM**BLINK MESSAGE ON 
CLS: PRINT §P, M$; 
Z = 500 
GOSUB 910 

REM**BLINK MESSAGE OFF 
CLS 2 

Z = 300 / ' BRUSH 

GOSUB 910 ' 'OUR TEETH, 

REM**DO IT AGAIN 

GOTO 310 
i 

REM**TIME DELAY SUBROUTINE 
FOR K=l TO Z: NEXT K 
RETURN 




Can you figure out how to use the following program 
to paint many (or few) colored stripes on the screen? 



100 REM**STRIPE 'PAINTBRUSH' SCH 

16-5 
110 CLS 

199 • 

200 REM**DIALOG WITH PAINTER 
210 PRINT @0, CHR$(30): PRINT @0 

• 

220 INPUT " DOWN, L,R, CLR"; DOWN, 
L, R, CLR 

299 ' 

300 REM**PAINT HORIZONTAL STRIPE 
310 FOR OVER=L TO R 

320 : SET (OVER, DOWN, CLR) 
3 30 NEXT OVER 

399 • 

400 REM**DONE. SOUND OFF. 
410 SOUND 89, 10 

499 ' 

500 REM**GO BACK FOR MORE 

510 GOTO 210 

Aha! L is the Lett 
end of the stripe. 
R is the Right end. 



August 1985 THE RAINBOW 137 






The real wonderment of computers is to make them do 
what you want them to do. Everyone who reads this 
magazine can learn to read and understand CoCo BASIC 
programs, if only the people who write for the magazine 
have compassion for you, the beginner. If you learn to 
read and understand BASIC programs written by others, 
you will soon learn to express yourself in the language 
built in to every home computer. 

Now try to read and understand this program. Replace 
the DflTR statements with locations of your stars. 



100 
110 
199 
200 
210 
299 
300 
310 
320 
330 
340 
399 
400 
410 
499 
500 
910 
920 
930 
940 
950 



REM**CONSTELLATION SCH 16-6 

CLS 
i 

REM**NS IS NUMBER OF STARS 

READ NS 
i 

REM**TURN ON NS STARS 
FOR STAR=1 TO NS 
: READ OVER, DOWN 
: SET (OVER, DOWN, 8) 
NEXT STAR 

REM**DO NOTHING LOOP 
GOTO 410 



REM** STAR DATA 
DATA 7 

DATA 6 , 12 , 
DATA 26, 12, 
DATA 38, 20, 
DATA 56, 14 




18, 
34, 
54, 



10 
14 
20 



Values of OVER and DOWN 
lor seven stars 



A mandala is a symmetric pattern; nice to look at. A 
giant snowflake is beautifully symmetric about its center. 
Snowflakes are great mandalas but melt too soon. Use 
this program to put an ever changing mandala on the screen. 



100 REM**MANDALA, EVER CHANGING 
SCH 16-7 
110 CLS 

199 ' 

200 REM**HORIZONTAL & VERTICAL O 
FFSET 

210 H = RND(32) - 1 
220 V = RND(16) - 1 

299 • 

300 REM**RANDOM COLOR 
310 KOLOR = RND(8) 

399 • 

400 REM**TURN ON FOUR BLIPS 
410 SET (31 - H, 15 - V, KOLOR) 



420 


SET (31 - 


H, 


16 


+ 


v, 


KOLOR) 


430 


SET (32 + 


H, 


15 


— 


V, 


KOLOR) 


440 


SET(32 + 


H, 


16 


+ 


v, 


KOLOR) 


499 


1 












500 


REM** DELAY, 


THEN 


DO 


MORE 


510 


Z = 10 












520 


FOR K=l r 


ro 


Z: NEXT 


K 


530 


GOTO 210 













RUN the program. The computer turns on four ligh 
at a time, symmetric with the center of the screen. If yo 
don't see this happen, increase the time delay by changir 
Line 510 to: 

510 Z = 500 

and RUN the program again. If you want the mandala t 
change more rapidly, delete lines 510 and 520, or chanj; 
Line 510 to 510 Z = 1. 

Experiment! Try these variations: 

Variation 1: Change only Line 210, as follows: 

210 H = RND(RND(32) ) - 1 
Variation 2: Change only Line 220, as follows: 

220 V = RND(RND(1G)) - 1 
Variation 3: Change both lines 210 and 220, as follows: 

210 H = RND(RND(32) ) - 1 

220 V - RND(RND(1E) ) - 1 
Variation 4: Change either Line 210 or Line 220, or botl 
as follows: 

210 H = RND(RND(RND(32) ) ) - 1 

220 V = RND(RND(RND(1G) ) ) - 1 
Vaiiation 5: Change either Line 210, or Line 220, or both 

210 H = 32 - RND(RND(32)) 

220 V = 1G - RND(RND(1G)) 
Variation 6: Change Line 310: 

310 KOLOR = RND(RND(B)) 



Experiment! The best 
variations are your 
variations. 



Variation 7: Anything suggested by the above variations. 

Here is a simple number guessing game. The numbe 
of stars tells you how close you are to the CoCo's secre 
number. Can you guess the number in seven guesses (ever 
time)? 



^~ 



The listing: STARS 



500 . 
END 



.37 
.65 



100 REM**STARS - A GUESSING GAME 
SCH 16-8 

199 » 

200 REM**TELL HOW TO PLAY 
210 CLS 



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220 PRINT 


"WELCOME TO MY GALAXY. 


I ■ LL" 




2 30 PRINT 


"THINK OF NUMBER, 1 TO 


100 . " 




240 PRINT 


"YOU GUESS MY NUMBER. 


IF YOU" 




2 50 PRINT 


"MISS, I'LL PRINT SOME 


STARS . " 




2 60 PRINT 


"THE CLOSER YOU ARE, T 


HE MORE" 




270 PRINT 


"STARS YOU WILL SEE." 


2 80 PRINT 


"IF YOU SEE 7 STARS (* 


******) f " 




290 PRINT 


"YOU ARE VERY, VERY CL 


OSE!" 




299 ' 




300 REM**COCO 'THINKS' OF A NUMB 


ER 




310 X = RND(100) 


399 ' 




400 REM**GET GUESS, G 


410 PRINT 


§480,; 


420 INPUT 


"YOUR GUESS"; G 


499 • 





500 REM**D IS DISTANCE 


FROM X 


510 D - ABS(X - G) 




599 ' 




600 REM**CHECK FOR A WIN 


610 IF D=0 THEN 810 




699 ' 




700 REM**NO WIN. PRINT 


HINT. 


710 PRINT @4 64, "*"; 




720 IF D<64 THEN PRINT 


II * II . 


730 IF D<32 THEN PRINT 


II * ll . 


740 IF D<16 THEN PRINT 


II *ll. 


750 IF D<8 THEN PRINT 


II * ll . 


760 IF D<4 THEN PRINT 


ll * II . 


770 IF D<2 THEN PRINT 


II * ll . 


780 PRINT: GOTO 410 




799 ' 




800 REM**WINNER! 




810 CLS 




820 FOR K=l TO 100 




830 : PRINT @RND(510), 


II * II . 


840 NEXT K 




850 PRINT @480, "YOU GOT IT, MY 


NUMBER WAS" X 




899 ' 





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lain and Fancy Patterns, the Easy Way 

Our next number pattern program will generate any of 
e sequences shown in previous episodes, and lots more, 
ich sequence is defined by four numbers: 'S,' 'M,' 'A' 
id 'B.' 'S' is the first number in the pattern. To get the 
:xt number: 

1) Add 'A' to the preceding number 

2) Multiply the result of Step 1 by 'M' 

3) Add 'B' to the result of Step 2 in BASIC: S = N*(S 

+ fi) + B 

The following table shows the values of 'S,' 'M,' 'A' and 
' for some of our previous patterns. 



Pattern 



M 



B 



12 14 
i ,t,j,i, ... 


1 


1 


1 





2,5,8,1 1. ... 


2 


1 


3 





1,2,4,8,... 


1 


2 








11,111,1111,... 


11 


10 





1 


32,332,3332, ... 


32 


10 


1 


2 


34,334,3334, ... 


34 


10 


-1 


4 



It's your turn. Show the values of 'S,' 'M,' 'A' and 'B' 
r each of the following patterns. 

Pattern S M A B 

2,4,6,8, ... 
1,3,5,7, ... 

1,10,100.1000, ... 
3,6,12,24,... 
1,-2,4,-8, ... 
99,999,9999, ... 
43,433,4333, ... 
98,998,9998, ... 
37,337,3337, ... 
12,102,1002, ... 

Relax for a while. Do something physical. Jog, stretch, 
ince, play tennis. Then browse through our previous 
umber Patterns programs. Now, refreshed in mind and 
3dy, do the next exercise. 

xercise 

Write the program Number Patterns which generates 
itterns defined by 'S,' 'M,' 'A' and 'B.' Read their values 
om DATA statements. Write DATA statements for the 
itterns you want to see. 

We will help you get started by showing an outline of 
le program using REM statements. All you have to do 

write the statements that follow each REM statement. 




100 REM**NUMBER PATTERNS 

200 REM**READ STARTING NUMBERS 

300 REM**SHOW "LATEST 1 NUMBER 

400 REM**COMPUTE NEXT NUMBER 

500 REM**WHAT TO DO NEXT 

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By Fred B. Scerbo 
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Editor's Note: If you have an idea for 
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By now all of you should be 
familiar with the graphics power 
of your Color Computer. We 
have spent many articles in the past year 
reviewing different graphics techniques 
that will let you have fun with the 
graphics commands of Color Extended 
basic. We have drawn rock groups, 
baseball teams and even motion picture 
characters. What we have really not 
done until now is use any of this 
graphics magic for educational purposes. 
Our educational graphics have been 
limited to the CHRS found in Color 
BASIC. 

(Fred Scerbo is a special needs instructor 
for the North Adams Public Schools. 
He holds a master's in education and 
published some of the first software 
available for the Color Computer 
through his software firm, Illustrated 
Memory Banks.) 



This month, we will remedy that with 
the Color Change Quiz written in 16K 
Color Extended BASIC. The program 
can be used to help instruct youngsters 
in the correct counting of coins, but best 
of all, it will do so using the kind of 
Hi-Res graphics you would expect from 
a program costing quite a bit of money. 

Computer Graphics and Education 

As computers get more and more 
sophisticated, we have come to expect 
a great deal from them as far as high 
resolution graphics are concerned. 1 
remember when I first got the original 
16K. Color BASIC CoCo back in the 
spring of 1 98 1 and how excited everyone 
got when 1 produced a low resolution 
character block map of Europe for my 
students. None of my students had ever 
seen anything remotely like it on a 
computer TV screen, and even though 
the image was rather rough, most of 
them got the idea of what I was trying 
to present. 

However, when we wish to present 
something drawn on a computer screen 
in graphics tod ay, we have much greater 
competition to deal with. Arcade games 
now explode with detailed color graph- 
ics. Can we seriously expect a student 
using an educational program on a 



computer to be satisfied with anythii 
less? Therefore, if we are going 
display or simulate something on o 
CoCo screen, we should be careful 
make it look as close to the object 
copies as possible. 

Unfortunately, I have seen a numb 
of graphics programs which deal wi 
dollars and coins and do a very po 
job of displaying the currency. Can \ 
expect students to make change in re 
life if a computer drills them in mon 
skills by using a circle with "25 cent 
written inside of it? 

If we are going to draw a quarte 
then we should see good old Geor; 
Washington right down to his pigt; 
hairdo. Similarly, a dime should ha - 
Roosevelt, a nickel should have Jeffe 
son and a penny should be copper-n 
with honest Abe Lincoln on it. Regre 
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For use with cassette systems, change LOflDM to 
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£ CLS: INPUT "PICTURE" ;F$ : INPUT"EV 
EN (1) OR ODD (2) ALAISING" ; A: PM 
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is a skill everyone needs to master 
order to survive, so having an easy- 
use program for the CoCo on t 
subject was a desirable wish for me 
readers. 

Other suggestions that have come 
included ways to have students nu 
the correct correlation between a digi 
clock and the type with two han 
These ideas slowly jell to form a w 
from month to month. In this case. 1 
change skills seemed to be a good roi 
to follow. 

The Program 

Color Change Quiz starts off with c 
now typical title card using the CH 
blocks. I have found that these ma 
quick and colorful title screens becai 
they allow the use of a totally bla 
background. Since we have to inclu 
instructions or prompts to make t 
program run the way we wish, as w 
as our credits and copyright symbo 
staying in the text mode saves us t 
difficulty of redrawing our alphabet 
the graphics mode. 

Also, INPUT statements would n 
work in graphics; we would have to i 
the INKEYS function instead. To put 
all into a nutshell: Why go to all th 



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rouble when the text mode will let us 
lo it attractively and efficiently? Case 
:losed. 

The actual coins in our program are 
imited to quarters, dimes, nickels and 
>ennies. I have left out the half-dollar 
or two reasons: Few people use half- 
lollars nowadays, and drawing a half- 
lollar on the screen would take up too 
nuch space, allowing for the use of 
ewer coins on the screen at one time. 
\lso, if 1 were to take up the space using 
i half-dollar, the next logical step would 
>e to draw a Susan B. Anthony dollar 
ince it is smaller than a half-dollar. The 
nain purpose of this program is to be 
unctional. 

The coins are created using a com- 
>ination of DRAW and CIRCLE com- 
nands. 1 have taken great pains to make 
he characters on the coins look as much 
ike the actual coins' figures as possible. 
I did not go into as much detail on 
he penny. You will see a shadowy 
mage of Lincoln, but you will have no 
lifficulty recognizing the coin as a 
>enny.) 



Each of the coin graphics is stored 
in a graphics array using the GET 
command. When we want to draw a 
given coin, we simply PUT the approp- 
riate array where we want it. The 
selection of coins displayed is determined 
by a selection of random numbers. 



Running the Program 

When you run the program, you will 
be asked to select the number of coins 
to be displayed. The maximum number 
of coins is 15, but you can display as 
little as one coin. The screen will go 
blank and then display a title card 
asking you to select the red-colored 
letter. You must select either 'A' or 'B.' 
This determines our color-set and helps 
insure that our pennies are red, not blue. 

Next, our screen will display our 
coins starting in the upper left-hand 
corner. The lower left-hand corner will 
show a box with three spaces ($0.00). 
Above the space farthest to the left will 
appear an arrow. Let's say the total for 



the coins on the screen is $.30; then the 
first digit you must enter is '0' for the 
dollar's place. It must be entered as 
$0.30 instead of $.30. 

If at any point you enter an incorrect 
digit, pressing the backspace arrow will 
correct the error. When the final digit 
is entered, the screen will indicate if the 
answer was correct or wrong. If the 
answer is wrong, you may not continue 
until you enter the correct answer. 

The program will keep displaying sets 
of coins for you to add until you press 
the '@' key. Then, a "scorecard" will 
appear with the number wrong, the 
number correct, your percentage and 
the prompt for trying again ('Y' or 'N'). 
That's all it takes to run the program. 

Try Color Change Quiz if only to see 
the graphics it draws. You will find it 
is very useful to any youngster trying 
to learn about coin mathematics. Best 
of all, it will teach these skills in a way 
which graphically represents exactly 
how these coins appear in the real 
world. After all, isn't that what a 
computer program should do? 



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870 


...189 


950 .. . 


...246 


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COLOR CHANGE QUIZ * 

BY FRED B. SCERBO * 

COPYRIGHT (C) 1985 * 

149 BARBOUR ST . N . ADAMS , MA* 

***************************** 

70 SCREEN0,0:CLS0:FORI=0TO64STEP 

3 2 : FORY=10 62TO1080 : READA : POKEI+Y 

,A+128:NEXTY,I 

80 FORI=0TO64STEP32:FORY=1156TO1 

179: READA : POKEI+Y , A+12 8 : NEXTY , I : 

FORI=0TO64STEP32:FORY=1256TO1270 

: READA : POKEI+Y , A+128 : NEXTY , I 

90 DATA63, 60, 60, ,63,60,63, ,63,48 

,48, ,63,60,63, ,63,60,63 

100 DATA127, 112, 112, ,127,112,127 

, ,127,112,112, ,127,112,127, ,127, 

125,114 

110 DATA44, 44, 44, ,44,44,44, ,44,4 

4,44, ,44,44,44, ,44,32,44 

120 DATA95, 92, 92, ,95,80,95, ,87,9 



2, 91,, 95, 91, 80, 95,, 95, 92, 92,, 95, 

92,92 

130 DATA95, 80, 80, ,95,92,95, ,95,9 

2, 95, ,95, 84, 91, 95, ,95,84,95, ,95, 

92,92 

140 DATA92, 92, 92, ,92,80,92, ,92,8 

0,92, ,92,80,84,92, ,92,92,92, ,92, 

92,92 

150 DATA47, 44, 47, ,47,32,47, ,36,4 

7,40, ,44,44,47 

160 DATA47, 33, 47, ,47,32,47, ,32,4 

7,32, ,35,44,32 

170 DATA44, 44, 46, ,44,44,44, ,36,4 

4 40 44 44 44 

180 DIM D(55) ,P(55) ,N(55) ,Q(55) , 

A(8) ,CV(4) ,TV(10) ,N$(10) ,CS(15) , 

PS(15) 

190 DATA BL2L3H2U7E2R3F2D7G2,BLL 

6R3U11LGD,NU2L7U3E2R3E2U2H2L3G2D 

2,BH4BL3D2F2R3E2U3H2NL2EU2HL3GD, 

L3R2U11LG5D2R8 , BL7BU2F2R3E2U3H2L 

3G2U6R7D2 , BU10BLHL3G2D7F2R3E2U3H 

2L3G2 , BL6E6U5L7D3 , BU2G2L3H2U3E2H 

U2ER3FD2GNL3F2D3 , BL5NHR3E2U7H2L3 

G2D3F2R3E2 

200 FORI=0TO9:READN$(I) :NEXT 

210 JK(1)=100:JK(2)=10:JK(3)=1 



BY FRED B. 
COPYRIGHT ( 



220 PRINT@352," 

SCERBO": PRINT" 
C) 1985" 
230 R=5:PRINT@416," ENTER NUMBER 

OF COINS (MAX. 15) ": PRINT: PRINT@ 



August 1985 THE RAINBOW 145 



4 60,""; : INPUT QW:IF QW>15THEN2 30 

ELSE IF QW=0 THEN 230 
240 T=1:IF QW>5THENDL=2 
250 IF QW>10 THEN DL=3 
260 GOTO270 

270 PM0DE4,1:PCLS1:SCREEN1,1 
280 CV(1)=1:CV(2)=5:CV(3)=10:CV( 
4)=25 

290 PM0DE3,1 

300 F0RI=1T03:DRAW"S16BM"+STR$(I 
+84)+",136C7U3NR4U2END6R2ND6FD5B 
R12C6U6RND6R2FDGNL2RFDGL3 " : NEXTI 
310 DRAW"S12BM3 6,50C1U6R3FDGNL3B 
D3BR3U6R3FDGL3R2F2DBR3NR3U3NR2U3 
R3BR3BD6R3U3L3U3R3BR3BD6R3U3L3U3 

R3BR2" 

320 DRAWBD6BR16U6L2R4BR3D6U3R4U 

3D6BR3NR3U3NR2U3R3" 

330 DRAW"BM27,88U6R3FDGL3R2F2DBR 

3NR3U3NR2U3R3BR3ND6R2F2D2G2L2BR1 

8NU6R3BR3NR3U3NR2U3R3BR3R2ND6R2B 

R3R2ND6R2BR3NR3D3NR2D3R3BR3U6R3F 

DGL3R2F2D" 

340 X$=INKEY$ : IFX$="A"THEN350ELS 

EIFX$="B"THEN3 60ELSE340 

3 50 L=7:GOTO370 

3 60 L=6 

370 CLS0 : PM0DE4 , 1 : PCLS1 : SCREEN0 , 




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1 

380 CIRCLE ( 40 ,4j3) ,14,0, .9 

390 DRAW"S4C0BM48,44NG5U3EU4HULH 

2L2HL5GLGDGD2FG2DRD2NR3D2FR2FRFD 

RFRBU6GLREBU2REU2HL2BL3BDNL2NGHL 

HLBU4R4BFGBGF" 

400 CIRCLE (40, 40) ,12,0, .9,. 4, .2 

410 GET(16,18)-(64,62) ,D,G:PCLS1 

420 CIRCLE(80,40) ,16,0, .9:PAINT( 

80 , 40 ) , , : PMODE3 , 1 : PAINT (80 , 40 ) 

, L, 8 : PM0DE4 , 1 : SCREEN0 , 1 : CIRCLE ( 8 

0,40) ,16,0, .9: CIRCLE (81, 40) ,16,0 

,.9,. 6, .3 

430 LINE(60,26)-(100,54) ,PSET,B: 

CIRCLE (80, 40) ,14,0, .9,. 15, . 4 : CIR 

CLE (80, 40) ,14,0, .9,-65, .9 

440 FORI=70TO71:DRAW"C0BM"+STR$( 

I) +" , 46UE3UBRNF2BLUE2UHU2HR2E2UR 

BRR2FRFRDR2D2G4F2DRBL4F6BL4NH3BL 

4NH4BU11U2R3BD2DBD5BR4NR4BL8BU4L 

3NU2BL3BD2L5":NEXT 

450 GET(56,18)-(104,62) ,P,G 

460 FORI=0TO1: CIRCLE (135, 40) ,20+ 

1,0, .8:NEXTI 

470 COLOR1,0: LINE (110, 24) -(160,5 

6) ,PSET,B 

480 FORI=17T019STEP2: CIRCLE (135, 

40) ,1,0, .8, .4, .7:CIRCLE(13 5,40) , 

1,0, .8, .9, .1:NEXT 

490 DRAW"C0BM125,52U2ENR3U2E3R3E 

R6FD2FD2FD2BR3U2HU2HU2NL4U3L3D3R 

3U3E2UEUHU2HU2HLHL12GLGD2NR3GDNF 

2FDG2DNR3R2DGDNR3GF2R2" 

500 FORI=2T06STEP4 : CIRCLE (13 6,34 

) ,1,0,1.3, .2, .5:NEXT 

510 CIRCLE (13 8, 50) ,6,0, .7, .5, .8 

520 GET(111,18)-(159,62) ,N,G 

530 FORI=20TO22: CIRCLE (200 ,40) ,1 

,0,. 9,. 6,. 9: CIRCLE (200, 40), 1,0,. 

9, .2, .3:NEXTI 

540 C0L0R1 , : FORI=180TO2 10STEP5 : 

LINE (I, 20) -(1+2,90) , PSET, BF:NEXT 

I 

550 FORI=0TO1: CIRCLE (200, 40) ,2 4+ 

1,0, .9:NEXT 

560 CIRCLE (200, 40) ,19,0, .9, .15, . 

35 

570 DRAW"C0BM212,52U2LU2H2U2H2R2 

F3D2RD3BL4BU8R2E2U2HL2HL2H2L2GDB 

R8U3HU2H2UHUL11GLGLDLD2LDLDBRF2B 

DG3DR3LD2NR2D2F2R2FD3G3DGBR8BU9N 

E4BL11BD2L4BH2R7BR7BU10H2NLBD2D" 

580 GET(176,18)-(224,62) ,Q,G 

590 GOTO640 

600 PUT(C,D) -(C+48,D+44) ,P,PSET: 

RETURN 

610 PUT(C,D)-(C+48,D+44) ,N,PSET: 

RETURN 

620 PUT(C,D)-(C+48,D+44) ,D,PSET: 



146 



THE RAINBOW August 1985 



V. 



RETURN 

630 PUT(C,D)-(C+48,D+44) ,Q,PSET: 

RETURN 

640 PMODE4,l:PCLS5:SCREENl,l 

650 KC=0:PMODE3,1 

660 HL=RND(30) :IF HL<27 THEN 680 

670 FOR RT=1T0QW:CS(RT)=HL-2 6:NE 

XTRT:GOTO690 

680 FOR RT=1T0QW:CS(RT)=RND(4) : : 

NEXTRT 

690 SR=0 

700 FOR RT=lTOQW-l:IF CS (RT) <CS ( 

RT+1)THEN720 

710 NEXT RT:IF SR=1THEN690ELSE73 



720 TEM=CS(RT) : CS (RT) =CS (RT+1) :C 

S (RT+1) =TEM: SR=1 :GOTO710 

730 D=0:JC=0:FORY=1TO DL:C=2:FOR 

I=T TO R:JC=JC+1 

740 F=CS(JC) 

750 TV=TV+CV(F) :KC=KC+1 

760 IF F=1THENGOSUB600ELSEIF F=2 

THENGOSUB610ELSEIF F=3THENGOSUB6 

20ELSEIF F=4THENGOSUB630 

770 C=C+50:IF KC=QW THEN800 

780 NEXTI 

790 D=D+44:NEXTY 

800 COLOR8, 6: LINE (0,144) -(142,18 

2) , PRESET, BF 

810 FORK=0TO80STEP40:LINE(32+K,1 

48)-(56+K,178) , PSET, BF :NEXTK 

820 DRAW"C5S4BM62,178U3R2D3" 

830 COLOR7,5:LINE(0,144)-(142,18 

2) , PRESET, B 

840 DRAW"S8BM10,170C8FRND3NU12R2 

ND3NU12REU3HL5U3ER4F" 

850 PV=1:FORK=0TO80STEP40:DRAW"B 

M"+STR$(K+44)+",140C7NU6NH2E2L3" 

860 X$=INKEY$:IFX$=CHR$(8)THEN95 

0ELSEIFX$="@"THEN970ELSEIFX$=""T 

HEN8 60 

870 KP=ASC(X$) :IFKP<48THEN860ELS 

EIFKP>57THEN860 

880 KP=KP-48 : DRAW"BM"+STR$ (K+51) 

+" , 174C7"+N$ (KP) +"BM"+STR$ (K+44) 

+" , 140C8NU6NH2E2L3" 

890 AV=AV+KP*(JK(PV) ) :PV=PV+1:NE 

XTK 

900 IF AVOTV THEN940 

910 NR=NR+1 : DRAWS16BM153 , 173C7H 

U3ERFBD3GNLBR3HU3ERFD3GNLBR2U5R2 

FDGNL2FDBRU5R2FDGNL2FDBRU5NR3D2N 

R3D3R3BR2HU3ERFBD3GNLBR3U5L2R4" : 

SOUND200,4 

920 FOR P=1TO1000:NEXT P 

930 GOTO960 

940 NW=NW+1:F0R BQ=1T03 : PM0DE4 , 1 

: SCREEN1 , : S0UND19 , 5 : PM0DE4 , 1 : SC 

REEN1,1:S0UND1,5:PM0DE3, 1 : NEXT B 



Q : AV=0 : KP=0 : GOTO800 

950 DRAW ,I BM"+STR$ (K+44) +" , 140C4N 

U6NH2E2L3 " : AV=0 : KP=0 : GOTO800 

9 60 AV=0:C=0:D=0:TV=0:GOTO640 

970 PMODE4,1:PCLS1:CLS0:FORI=102 

4T0153 5 : POKEI ,32: NEXTI : SCREEN0 , 

: PRINT@101, "number" ; : PRINT@165 , " 

number" ; : PRINT @ 108 , "right" ; : PRIN 

T@172, "wrong"; 

980 NW$=STR$(NW) :NR$=STR$(NR) :Q= 

LEN (NR$) : F0RI=1T0Q : W=ASC (MID$ (NR 

$,1,1) ) :POKE1142+I-Q,W:NEXTI:Q=L 

EN(NW$) :F0RI=1T0Q:W=ASC(MID$(NW$ 

,1,1)) :POKE1206+I-Q,W:NEXTI 

990 SCREEN0,0:J=NR+NW:IF J=0 THE 

N J=l 

1000 SC=INT(NR/J*100) :PRINT@229, 

"your" ; : PRINT§234 , "score" ; 

1010 NR$=STR$(SC)+"%":Q=LEN(NR$) 

: F0RI=1T0Q : W=ASC (MID$ (NR$ ,1,1)): 

P0KE1271+I-Q,W: NEXTI 

1020 PRINT@293, "another"; :PRINT@ 

301, "try"; :PRINT§306, "y" ; : PRINT© 

308, "or" ; :PRINT§311, l, n"; 

1J330 X$=INKEY$:IF X$="Y" THEN RU 

N ELSE IF X$="N" THEN CLS.-END EL 

SE 1030 



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August 1985 THE RAINBOW 147 






The Rainy 
Day Account 



By Steve Bly 
Rainbow Contributing Edito 



You are never too young to learn 
the value of saving your money. 
One never knows when a rainy 
day emergency may come along. Sim- 
ilarly, one never knows when that big 
ticket item that you have been wanting 
for so long finally goes on sale. 

Many school systems throughout the 
country have banking programs for 
elementary school age children. This 
helps to reinforce the importance of 
saving. 

Parents and grandparents often open 
accounts for youngsters. This may 
represent a substantial amount of 
money. The child should not necessarily 
be aware of this account. We can, 
however, easily open a small account 
with the child for the purposes of 
instruction as well as savings. This 

(Steve Blyn teaches both exceptional 
and gifted children, holds two master's 
degrees and has won awards for the 
design of programs to aid the handi- 
capped. He and his wife, Cheryl, own 
Computer Island.) 



account can help instill positive values 
and experiences into the child's 
environment. 

A larger than life approach is often 
quite successful with younger children. 
This implies making a big deal out of 
what is often commonplace to us. 
Visiting a bank and signing your name 

"This month's program 
illustrates a simple 
hank account book that 
shows deposits and 
withdrawals. " 

to an application for an account is a 
big deal to many youngsters. (Signing 
for your first library card is in the 
category of important events.) 

This month's program illustrates a 
simple bank account book that shows 
deposits and withdrawals. The child's 
task is to compute his balance after each 
transaction. 



The child should first be familiarize 
by an adult with the meaning of tl 
key words. They are withdrawa 
deposit and balance. These words m< 
be likened to positive and negati' 
numbers if this is appropriate for yoi 
children. A deposit of S5.00 is simili 
to +5 and a withdrawal of S3. 00 
similar to -3. 

The balance would be +2, which 
the sum of these two signed number 
An introduction to signed numbers ca 
be approached in this manner. Son 
children find this approach easy t 
understand; others would be bettt 
served by using play money to figui 
out each transaction in a tangibl 
manner. 

The reasons we use a bank for oi 
savings should also be discussec 
Mention of the safety factor and th 
interest that may be earned can b 
explained by the adult. Children wi 
not initially believe that withdrawal 
can be made at any time. The fact tha 
the money is still his even though it i 
in the bank should be stressed. 



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By Michael Plog, Ph.D. 
Rainbow Contributing Editor 



When educators speak of com- 
puter uses in schools, they 
generally think of computer 
assisted instruction (CAI) or computer 
management of instruction (CMI). 
When used as CMI, the computer may 
never be touched by students, but used 
as a recording device by teachers. Some 
teachers have even written programs to 
calculate grades and print report cards. 
When used as CAI, students usually 
have direct access to the computer. If 
students are sitting at a computer 
keyboard, they are generally learning 
something through the electronic me- 
dium. The computer is transformed into 
a smart workbook. Student responses 
are used by the program to determine 
what problems to present next, or what 
to assign the student. 

In math classes, for example, students 
are practicing addition facts in front of 
a screen instead of using paper and 
pencil. Sometimes the computer lesson 
presents new facts to students instead 
of drilling on facts already learned. 

There is nothing wrong with this type 
of computer use in schools. Such 
learning can be very helpful for students 
by using the computer to drill or even 

(Michael Plog received his Ph.D. degree 
from the University of Illinois. He has 
taught social studies in high school, 
worked in a central office of a school 
district, and currently is employed at 
the Illinois State Board of Education.) 



introduce material, and no one would 
doubt the benefits of having the 
computer perform calculations for 
teachers. 

In neither case, however, is the 
computer fully integrated into a lesson. 
Most CAI deals with lower order 
learning skills, such as practice, drill, 
etc. Some simulations attempt to deal 
with higher order thinking skills, such 
as synthesis, analysis of knowledge and 
testing hypotheses generated by stu- 
dents. This month, I would like to 
present a different type of classroom 
computer use, and ask your assistance 
about such suggestions. 

For lack of a better term, we are 
calling this use of the computer "inte- 
grating with the lesson. "This means the 
computer is used in a unit of study in 
various places to help students with 
higher order learning skills. 

For example, let us consider a social 
studies lesson. (This example is pre- 
sented only because I taught social 
studies, and am not all that familiar 
with other subject areas.) Intentionally, 
the lesson is one of the dullest I can 
think of: a civics or government lesson 
about local elections. The class is to be 
divided into several groups, each group 
attending to a single campaign. 

The purpose of the lesson will be to 
have students learn about local election 
processes, understand factors that 
influence local campaigns, and conduct 
an analysis of election victories and 



losses. The class will not be spendin 
full time every day on the lesson, bi 
will be dealing with other activitie 
associated with local democratic pre 
cesses. This class activity will take a fc 
months to be completed. 

The role of the teacher in this lesso 
is to coordinate and guide studer 
activities. The teacher will do very littl 
lecturing, but spend most of the tim 
working with the groups of student! 
The activities done by the students ar 
the key part of this lesson, includin 
their use of the computer. 

Each group of students will have t 
write letters to tne candidates in th 
various races being examined. Th 
letters will explain what the class i 
doing, ask for interviews with th 
candidates, and ask for updates on new 
releases and public appearances. Th 
letters do not have to be the same fror 
each group, but all groups should b 
aware of other letters. A word processin 
package should be used to write th 
letters. 

Throughout the campaign, eacl 
group of students should identify a 
many issues as possible discussed b; 
each candidate. The position of eacl 
candidate on every issue should b 
recorded. A database package or won 
processing package could be used t< 
store issues and positions. This file wil 
need updating often, as candidate 
make speeches, public appearances anc 
news releases come out. 



150 



THE RAINBOW August 1985 



The students should keep a record 
'f each candidate's appearance before 
ivic groups, presentations before 
■ublic bodies, news conferences, etc. 

One important learning activity for 
he class would be to conduct a pre- 
lection public opinion poll of the races 
■eing examined. There could be three 
■r four such polls during the campaign. 
lach group would contribute questions 
o the poll, but there should be one poll 
rom the entire class. 

The poll could be taken of students 
n the school and their parents (not just 
n the civics class). Results of polls 
hould be released to candidates and 
he newspapers — with an explanation 
hat the results are unscientific and 
robably not accurate in predicting the 
inal vote. 

A spreadsheet or database package 
ould be used to store the poll results. 
V BASIC program could be written 
possibly by students in the computer 
lass, not the students in the civics class) 
o calculate frequencies and percentages 
if responses to questions. If preferred, 

spreadsheet package could be used 
o calculate frequencies and percentages, 
lome of the graphics packages available 
■n the market would be an excellent 
/ay of obtaining figures and charts of 
he poll results. Naturally, a word 
processing package would be used to 
/rite the results of the poll. 

After the election, students could 
■btain voting results by precinct for all 
aces studied in the class. Precinct 
esults can be stored on a spreadsheet 
>r database. Comparisons of actual 
esults with the pre-election polls could 
>e made to determine how close the 
ample matched the final vote. The 
Tecinct results have greater use for 
nalysis of the election, which is the 
airpose of the whole exercise. 

Students can compare all races 
xamined by the groups of the class to 
se what patterns exist. Each group 
/ould have to share its files with all 
ther groups. In order to provide an 
nalysis of the elections, the teacher 
lay want to direct the classroom to 
ositions on issues held by candidates, 
leakingengagements, editorial support 
om news media and even precinct 
Dting patterns. A BASIC program or 
ord processing package can be used 
) merge important information from 
le various files created by the students. 

Throughout this entire exercise, 
tudents are not taught anything about 
he computer itself; they never sit down 



in front of a keyboard for a lesson. The 
computer is integrated into the lesson, 
which would be impossible to complete 
in the same way without electronic 
assistance. Some students might learn 
how to type during the unit on local 
elections; some will learn their way 
around a database package; some will 
discover previously unknown secrets of 
a spreadsheet program; and some may 
never turn on the computer. Someone 
in each group will have to operate the 
computer: store and retrieve informa- 
tion, type reports and put pieces of data 
together in a coherent form. That does 
not mean all members of the group will 
have to be turned into computer 
operators. 

The role of the computer is to 
organize information needed by the 
students in order to solve problems and 
assist with higher order thinking skills. 
In the truest sense of the term, the 
computer is a classroom tool, very 
similar to a 16mm movie projector or 
card catalog in the library. Students are 
never assigned a computer task for the 
purpose of that task itself, but only to 
help them in a learning experience. 

After all, the purpose of this lesson 
is not to learn about commercial 
packages or BASIC programming; it is 
to learn about local elections. Without 
the electronic aid, students would have 
a much more difficult time sifting 
through the information on hand, and 
might not ever be able to conduct the 
same type of analysis that is possible 
with the computer. 

The example of a civics class lesson 
is given for illustrative purposes only. 
The same type of activities could be 
done in many different classrooms with 
many different subjects. 

As far as I know, there is no school 
where such a curriculum is in use. In 
all probability, there are individual 
classrooms where teachers are using the 
computer in the manner described 
above, but doing so in isolation from 
other teachers in the building. In a way, 
that is a desirable condition; teaching 
is an art, and individual teachers are 
expected to create individualistic lessons 
for their students. 

If you, or anyone you know, is using 
the computer to conduct lessons similar 
to the one described, please write to me. 
I would like to know about the activities 
and start a file on such units of 
instruction. My address is 829 Ever- 
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Star Trek. FASA. P.O. Box 6930. Chicago. I L 60680. 

Tunnels & Trolls (T&T). Blade. P.O. Box 1467, Scottsdale. AZ 85252. 

Beginners beware! The rule books are formidable. If you are a beginner, we 
suggest you start with one of the following hooks, both from Reston Publishing 
Company. 1480 Sunset Hills Road. Reston, VA 22090. 

Adventurer's Handbook: A Guide to Role Playing Games by Hob Albrecht 
and Greg Stafford. 

You will also need Adventurer's Handbook if you play our play-by-mail 
beginner's game. We call it DragonFun. 

Copyright® I9S5 by DragonQuest. P.O. Box 7627. Menlo Park. CA 94026. 



sitting around a large table. As you walk into the 
game area, you see people obviously having a good 
time. Curious, you approach. 

The players interact animatedly. Then a player asks 
a question of the GameMaster. Play stops while she 
digs out the appropriate rule book. After some time, 
she answers. Play resumes, then stops again while 
rule books are consulted. You notice that much time 
is spent flipping pages in numerous rule books. 
Slowly, an idea forms in your mind. Why not use 
the Color Computer as a . . . 

* Database Management System 

* Management Information System 

* GameMaster Information System 

Call it what you will. We call it "GameMaster's 
Apprentice." In this series, we will surely, but slowly, 
explore how to use the Color Computer to help 
manage a fantasy world such as Dungeons & Dragons, 
RuneQuest, Tunnels & Trolls or Worlds of Wonder. 
And so we did. This is the 27th, and last, "GameMaster 
Apprentice" in THE RAINBOW. Thanks, Lonnie, for givir 
us space and wonderful readers so we could experimei 
and develop this idea. We almost know how to do it now 
Thanks, Bill Nolan, who wrote "The Dragon's Byte" fc 
quite a long time. We wrote tutorials for beginners or nes 
beginners. Bill wrote useful programs for experienced D&, 
players. 

Our three years writing for the best CoCo magazine hi 
been a great experience. This ending is another beginnin; 
We'll tell you about that at the end of this final installmer 
of "GameMaster's Apprentice." 



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Here is a list of companies who run play-by-mail games. 

Advent Games, P.O. Box 81674, Lincoln, NE 68501 
Adventures By Mail, P.O. Box 436, Cohoes, NY 12047 
Adventures Design Group, P.O. Box 821072, Dallas, TX 

75382 
Adventure Systems, 1669 S. Voss, Suite FF-H, Houston, 

TX 77057 
Arden Enterprises, Rt. 4 Box 4506, New Philadelphia, OH 

44663 
Rick Barr, P.O. Box 1873, Cave Creek, AZ 85331 
Central Texas Computing, 710-S, Southwest Tower, 

Austin, TX 78701 
Clemens & Associates, P.O. Box 4529, San Clemente, CA 

92672 
C-Mind Enterprises, 1008 Tenth St. No. 417, Sacramento, 

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Comstar Enterprises, P.O. Box 601062, N. Miami Beach, 

FL 33160 
ECI-Power, 6923 Pleasant Dr., Charlotte, NC 2821 1 
Fantastic Simulations, P.O. Box 24566, Denver, CO 80224 
Flying Buffalo, P.O. Box 1467, Scottsdale, AZ 85252-1467 
4 Sight, P.O. Box 1903, Indianapolis, IN 46206 
Game Systems, Inc., P.O. Box 431 166, Miami, FL 33243 
Graff Simulations, 27530 Harper, St. Clair Shores, MI 

48081 
Jabberwock Enterprises, P.O. Box 158, Somers, CT 06071 
JF&L, 305 E. Caffery, Pharr, TX 78577 



KSK Concepts, P.O. Box 375, Morris Plains, NY 07950 
Neolithic Enterprises, 350 N. Lantana, Suite 58' 
Camarillo, CA 93010 

Palace Simulations, P.O. Box 743, Madison, NJ 07940 
Pierce & Co. PBM, P.O. Box 25675, Chicago, IL 60625 
Quest Computer Services, P.O. Box 1300, Dahlgren, VA 

22448 
Rhiannon Enterprises, P.O. Box 510, N. Highlands, CA 

95660 
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Superior Simulations, P.O. Box 505. Fairfield, ID 83327 
Time Space Simulations, 5304 Crossfield Rd., Virginia 

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White Lion Enterprises, P.O. Box 188, Wood Ridge, NJ 

07075 
Mike Williams, Route 4, Box 802, La Follette, TN 37766 
World Campaigns, P.O. Box 321, Epping, NH 03042 
Constantine Xanthos, 120 MacDougal St., NY, NY 1001 
Zorph Enterprises, 3646 Gibsonia Rd., Gibsonia, PA 150' 

We know little or nothing about most of these companie 
However, without reservation, we can recommend Flyir 
Buffalo, Inc. 

Fortunately, Rick Loomis, who can lay fair claim 1 
starting all this, has begun (or helped begin) an associatic 
to promote responsible play-by-mail moderating. It is Tl 
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ey will send you a list of PBMA members. 
If you play role playing games, play-by-mail games, on- 
le games on computer networks, or even solitaire 
dventure games on your CoCo, we bet you will enjoy 
e following books: Dream Park by Larry Niven, Octagon 
l Fred Saberhagen and True Names (novella) by Vernor 
inge in BINARY STAR #5, editor: James R. Frenkel. 

loysious — One More Time 

Aloysious made it across the creek, successfully climbed 
e embankment and exercised his displeasure by throwing 
few stones. Now, late in the day, he continues his journey. 

Hit with fist — Success percentage: 50% 

Aha! A "weapon," cheap and always available. For 
loysious, flailing with his fist is a hit or miss proposition, 
e connects about half the time, if he is trying to hit a 
:rson of average S1Z and DEX. 

Success: Roll 50 or less on the percentile dice 
Failure: Roll 51 or more on the percentile dice 

Night falls. Aloysious spends the night in the woods near 
cliff. He lights a fire and makes some tea. Presently, 
: notices his shadow on the cliff and decides to get in 
little boxing practice. Roll the dice: 36. He lands a blow, 
uch! Well, so much for boxing your shadow on a cliff. 



Hit with stick — Success percentage: 25% 

This is the ability to hit a moving target with a stick 
• similar weapon: a broom, shovel, rake or even a "real" 
eapon such as a mace or spear. 

Success: Roll 25 or less on the percentile dice 
Failure: Roll 26 or more on the percentile dice 

Aloysious awakes with a start. In the bright moonlight 
ortunately), he sees a raccoon trying to pilfer his 

ovisions. He grabs his sturdy walking stick (always by 
s side) and leaps to the fray, flailing as he goes. 



completely computer-moderated game. 

The game we are in began in the game year 801. Here 
is the State of Cairleon as the game began. 



,rst roll: 78 
:cond roll: 89 
nird roll: 52 



He misses. 
Another miss. 
Curses! Missed again. 



The raccoon, too wise to remain hungry, runs away, 
loysious now does what he should have done before. He 
ings his gear from a branch of a tree, out of reach of 
e more ubiquitous nocturnal bandits. With a sigh, he 
ttles down to a good night's rest. 

And so we leave Aloysious, sleeping beneath the stars 
ith his seven characteristics and his 11 special skills. His 
lventures will continue to be chronicled in another place. 

eport from Cairleon 

We are playing Feudal Lords by mail, making one turn 
ich month. We are the Lord of Cairleon on the west 
>ast of Britain. There are five other human players, each 
e lord of a fief. Forty other fiefs are controlled by the 
imputer, which is also the GameMaster. This is a 



Market Price for Food: Sell 10, Buy 


II 




Lord's Rank: Baron, Leadership 2 






Gold 


1400 Tax rate 20 


Lumber mills 





Food 


1400 Markets 


Fishing fleets 





Knights 


200 Cattle 


Mines: Stone 





Peasants 


800 Ships 


Metal 





Townsmen 


200 Agric. bonus 


Gold 





Castle 


10 Champion 3 


Gem 






Each turn is one game year. We can send up to 12 orders 
selected from a list of 31 possible orders. We spent about 
three hours trying out various possibilities. Soon we will 
have a CoCo program to help us! 

First, we must feed our peasants and knights at least 
one food unit per year, a total of 800 + 200 = 1 ,000 food 
units. Townsmen will buy their own food. We have an 
excess of 400 food units. We decided to give our peasants 
an extra 100 food units to encourage population growth. 
Peasants are the strength of a fief — they grow most of 
the food. 

We now have a surplus of 300 food units. We will sell 
250 at the market price, thus increasing our gold supply 
from 1,400 to 3,900. We will soon spend much of this 
gold. 

The rulebook informs us that about 25 percent of surplus 
food will spoil, so we convert the surplus to livestock at 
a cost of five gold and one food unit for each unit of 
livestock. We buy 50 livestock. This brings our gold supply 
down to 3,650. 

In the year 801 "food is gold," so we will use some gold 
to increase our ability to grow food. We spend 1,000 gold 
on agricultural research. We now have 2,650 gold. 

We send two spies to tell us what is going on in the 
neighboring fiefs of Hereford and Glamorgan, both 
controlled by the computer. Spies cost 100 gold each, which 
leaves us 2,450 in our treasury. 

It costs five gold to maintain a knight — there goes 
a cool 1,000 gold to maintain our 200 knights! We decide 
to disband half our army in order to use more gold to 
build other resources. In a couple of turns we will build 
the army up again. We now have 1,450 gold. 

Let's spend a little more gold. We'll build a fishing village 
at a cost of 300 gold. This will produce additional food 
in the future. Here is a summary of our orders. 

Order Additional Description 



Sell 250 food 

Spend 1,000 gold on agricultural 

research 

Give 100 extra food to peasants 

Send spy to fief #24 (Hereford) 

Send spy to fief #21 (Glamorgan) 

Disband 100 knights 

Buy 50 livestock 

Build one fishing village 



Code 


Info 


16 


250 


21 


1000 


18 


100 


23 


24 


23 


21 


8 


100 


20 


50 


29 





August 1985 THE RAINBOW 157 



We mailed our orders to Flying Buffalo and waited for 
a reply. In the meantime, we send letters to the Lord of 
Denbigh and the Lord of Dorchester, suggesting a friendly 
and mutually supportive alliance. Without allies, you will 



soon be wiped out in this game! 

Soon the computer replied with a very complete repo 
of the State of Cairleon and news of other events in Britaii 



Cairleon began 801 with: 

Maintain 200 Knights 
Disband 100 Knights 
Sell 250 food at market 

Townsmen had to buy 200 food 
Give 900 food to peasants 
Agricultural research faileth 
Spy on Hereford 
Spy on Glamorgan 
Buy 50 livestock 
Build 1 Fishing Fleet 



Gold 


Food 


Peasant 


Townsmen 


Knights 


1400 


1400 


800 


200 


200 


-1000 


-200 


+0 


+0 


+0 


+0 


+0 


+0 


+90 


-100 


+2500 


-250 


+0 


+0 


+0 


+0 


-900 


+0 


+0 


+0 


-1000 


+0 


+0 


+0 


+0 


-100 


+0 


+0 


+0 


+0 


-100 


+0 


+0 


+0 


+0 


-250 


-50 


+0 


+0 


+0 


-300 


+0 


-10 


+0 


+0 



Thy Chancellor reporteth the following revenues: 



Tax & population growth/ decline 


+ 1914 


+0 


+59 


+ 15 


+0 


A normal harvest (1.52) 


+0 


+ 1290 


+0 


+0 


+0 


(Average harvest was 1.6) 












Fishing 


+0 


+ 18 


+0 


+0 


+0 


Livestock increase by 10 













Thy Sheriff reporteth other events in thy fief: 
28 foreign knights join thy service. 

Thy Marshall reporteth the following military activity: 



In Cheshire: Wroxeter won a 8:1 raid against Cheshire. 
In Devon: Cornwall won a 8:1 raid against Devon. 
In Gloucester: Hereford won a 1:1 raid against Gloucester. 
In Uxworth: Norfolk lost a .4:1 siege against Uxworth. 



Thy champion rode errant into the Fens and defeated dwarves, gaineth eight peasants. 





Spy reports 




Hereford 


Player: non-player 
Gold 1874 Peasants 
Food 1439 Townsmen 
Knights 183 


No Overlord 
819 Castle 10 
204 Ships 


Glamorgan 


Player: non-player 
Gold 2161 Peasants 
Food 1332 Townsmen 
Knights 211 


No Overlord 
854 Castle 1 1 
191 Ships 



158 



THE RAINBOW Augusl 1985 



Well, that was a good year. Cairleon begins the year 
)2 as follows. 



Market Price for Food: Sell 9, Buy 10 
-ord's Rank: Baron, Leadership 2 



3old 


3064 


Tax rate 


20 Lumber mills 




-*ood 


1308 


Markets 


Fishing Fleets 


1 


Cnights 


128 


Livestock 


60 Mines: Stone 





feasants 


857 


Ships 


Metal 





Townsmen 


305 


Agric. Bonus 


Gold 





3astle 


10 


Champion 


4 Gem 






Except for the size of its army, Cairleon is in much better 
lape than at the beginning of the game. Now if we would 
ist get a favorable reply from the Lords of Denbigh and 
•orchester. 

Feudal Lords is an excellent multi-player Simulation 
ime requiring much careful analysis, record keeping, 
iplomacy, contingency planning, resource management, 
c. For more information, write to either of the following. 

- Flying Buffalo, Inc., P.O. Box 1467, Scottsdale, AZ 
85252-1427 

- Graaf Simulations, 27530 Harper, St. Clair Shores, Ml 
48081 

ames for Beginners? 

If you are a beginner, you may be at a disadvantage 
i a multi-player, play-by-mail game. Why? Because there 
ill probably be experienced players in the game who know 
rategies you don't know. We are trying to arrange some 
imes for beginners only. In these games, all players will 
: beginners (unless someone lies — please don't). 



If you are interested in playing in a beginner's game, 
send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to DragonSmoke, 
P.O. Box 7627, Menlo Park, CA 94026. Be sure to tell 
us what you want — we get lots of self-addressed, stamped 
envelopes! 

DragonSmoke 

We will continue with our own newsletter, which began 
in the same way as THE RAINBOW. Our first issue (January 
1985) consisted of two pages run off on our Canon PC 
copy machine. DragonSmoke grows as did RAINBOW. Our 
February issue had eight pages; March, 16 pages, April, 
20 pages; and May, 24 pages. 

THE RAINBOW grew and became the number one 
magazine for the CoCo Community, with more than 200 
advertisers and almost everything a CoCo user could 
possibly want. THE rainbow covers the world for CoCo 
users, from beginner to expert. 

DragonSmoke will remain small. It will not take ads. 
It does not compete with magazines like THE rainbow. 
It is for beginners. It explores computers for beginners, 
role playing games, play-by-mail games, encourages new 
ways to learn and points CoCo users back to RAINBOW. 

In DragonSmoke, we will rerun "GameMaster's 
Apprentice" from the beginning. Thanks to our RAINBOW 
experience, we can make it better the second time around. 

Here are some ways to sample DragonSmoke: 
- Send $1 and we will send you the first three issues: 
January, February and March. 
— Or, send $1 and tell us you want the most recent issue. 

Our address is DragonSmoke, P.O. Box 7627, Menlo 
Park, CA 94026. 

Farewell, RAINBOW. For us, this is the end ... of a 
beginning. 



One- Liner Coniesl Winner . . . 

As many people already know, Halley's Comet is 
already well within our solar system and is expected 
to make its appearance later this year. This program 
is a graphics presentation of the sun, Earth's orbit 
and the path of the comet. 

The listing: 

1 PMODE3:PCLS3:SCREEN1,,0:FORX=1T 
08p:PSET(RND(25^5) ,RND(190) ,2) :NE 
XT: CIRCLE (7^,95) ,12,2, .9:PAINT(7 
j3,95) ,2, 2: CIRCLE (7)3, 95) ,55, , .9:F 
ORY=1.4T04.9STEP.)33:V=COS (Y) *177 
+23j3:H=SIN(Y) *65+95 : PSET (V,H, 1) : 
NEXT:PLAY"01T3V13L1CV24G02V28CP5 
03L4EL1D+":GOT01 

Don Rowan 
Minneapolis, MN 



(For this winning onc-lincr comest entry, the author has been sent copies 
of both The Rainbow Book Of Adventures and its companion Rainbow 
Adventure Tape.) 



One-Liner Contest Winner . . . 

This program sorts strings alphabetically. Simply 
input the number (up to 999) of strings to be sorted 
and then input each string. 



The listing: 

1 DIMN$(999) :CLS:PRINT@43,"SUPER 
SORT" : INPUT "# OF WORDS" ;W: FORX= 
1TOW: INPUT" INPUT WORD";N$(X) :NEX 
TX : FORS=lTOW-l : IFN$ (S ) <=N$ (S+l) T 
HENNEXTS : CLS : FORX=lTOW: PRINTN$ (X 
) : NEXTX : END : ELSEH$=N$ ( S ) : N$ ( S ) =N 
$ (S+l) :N$ (S+l) =H$ : S=)3 :NEXTS : CLS : 
FORX=lTOW:PRINTN$(X) :NEXTX 

Michael Stankas 
Moundsville, WV 



(For ihis winning onc-lincr conies! entry, the author has been sent copies 
ol" both The Rainbow Book Of Simulations and its companion Rainbow 
Simulations Jape.) 



August 1985 THE RAINBOW 159 




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Phrase substitution editor - fast ML delete routines 
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Switching 

Double- Sided Disks 



By Tony DiStefam 
Rainbow Contributing Edito 



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It was great seeing the whole RAIN- 
BOW gang at the Chicago RAIN- 
BOWfest in May. That made my 
first RAINBOWfest anniversary. There 
were a lot of new products to be seen. 
Fancy software, new and improved 
hardware, and a lot of new faces. 

These get-togethers are quite warm 
and friendly. I have gone to many 
computer shows, some for different 
kinds of computers and some that host 
just one brand. But, I have never seen 
one that came close to the atmosphere 
at a RAINBOWfest. I tip my hat to 
the CoCo Community. 

Speaking of new products, look 
forward to seeing my new line of 
products, starting with the D1STO disk 
controller. 

Clearing up Confusion 

The topic of this month's project 
involves disk drives and disk controllers. 
There seems to be some confusion 
about disk drives being double-sided, 
double-density, single-sided, single- 

(Tony DiStefano is well-known as an 
early specialist in computer hardware 
projects. He lives in Laval Ouest, 
Quebec.) 



density, 96 or 48 tpi (tracks per inch) 
and the compatibility between them. 
Especially when you talk about OS-9. 

"When the Color 
Computer first came 
out, the only mass 
storage available was a 
cassette recorder. 
Though the cassette 
recorder works well for 
music and speech, it 
was slow and not well- 
suited for computer 
work. A new form of 
mass storage had to he 
invented: The diskette 
was introduced." 



1 hope to clear all that up right here 
and now and follow it up with a small 
project to let you see just what side of 
the fence, uh . . . I mean disk, you are 
on. 

I will start off by describing a diskette 



and a disk drive. First, a diskette i< 
form of media. It holds information 
what information is up to you. 
telephone numbers file, a game or tw 
your favorite word processor. All 
these are files that make your compu 
function the way it does; this data r. 
to be stored somewhere. 

When the Color Computer first cai 
out, the only mass storage available v. 
a cassette recorder. Though the casse 
recorder works well for music a 
speech, it was slow and not well-suit 
for computer work. A new form of m; 
storage had to be invented: The diske 
was introduced. There are many kin 
of diskettes on the market today, b 
I will limit this discussion to those tl 
are compatibile with our lovable CoC 

Without going into too much deu 
the Radio Shack standard diskette us 
with the CoCo is a 514-inch, sing 
sided, double-density, 35 tracks at 
tpi, soft-sectored diskette. The Rac 
Shack Disk BASIC, disk operati 
system, drive and controller are ma 
to comply with these standards. Y 
can get more details on the DOS in t 
Disk BASIC manual. The Radio Sha 
controller is made to handle two orfo 
drives, depending on what cable y 
have. 



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ROLLER edge connector, 
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The disk drive itself connects to the 
ltroller via a 34-pin ribbon connector. 
;ure 1 shows the pin configuration 
the "disk side" of the controller. As 
i can see from the diagram, four pins 

used for selecting or activating up 
our drives. Radio Shack drives differ 
m standard drives by the way they 

selected. You see, all four pins on 
dio Shack drives are connected 
;ether and the selecting is done by 
>sing pins in the cable connector, 
-or example, to select Drive 2, the 
>le connector that is configured to 
number 2 has the pins that correspond 
drive numbers 0, 1 and 3 missing. 
at way, when another drive is 
ected, it won't affect that drive 
:ause that pin is missing. 
There is one more interesting thing 
Dut the Radio Shack cable config- 
ition. Drive 3 pin on the controller 
not in the normal position for a 
ndard drive. The normal position for 
itandard Drive 3 is pin #6, where 
dio Shack chose to keep this pin 
pty. 

Interestingly enough, though, the 
ice they did put it is where the 
ndard disk drive has its side select, 



pin #32 (for double-sided drives only). 
Since this pin is connected to the 
controller, it gives us access to the 
second side of a disk drive. All the 
hardware is there to use the second side, 
providing you have double-sided drives. 
Today, the price of double-sided 
drives is so low that in some cases it 
is cheaper to buy a double-sided drive 
from another company than it is to buy 
a single-sided drive from Radio Shack. 
More and more people already have 
them and are not using the second side 
because Disk BASIC does not allow 
them to do so. I will show you a couple 
of ways to access the second side. One 
is software and the other is hardware. 
Use the method that suits you best. 
Either way, you will want to build the 
project if you have double-sided drives. 

"There are two ways to 
change the mask byte 
in software. One is to 
burn the new mask byte 
into an EPROM. The 
second is to use the 64K 
mode of the computer 
and make the changes 
in RAM." 

The first thing to do to use the 
double-sided drive is make sure you 
have one! You must connect it to the 
Radio Shack controller. Remember, I 
said there were pins missing in the 
Radio Shack cable and that will give 
us problems. 

The side select pin is only present on 
a four-drive cable, and then only on 
the fourth drive. You must add another 
connector for every double-sided drive 
you are adding to your system. (They 
are available at your nearest Radio 
Shack Computer Center.) The connector 
is a 34-pin edge card connector. If you 
don't know how to install it on your 
cable, ask your dealer to do it for you. 
Have him press the new connector 
about an inch and a half away from 
the old connector. 

The disk drive now has to be con- 
figured to which drive number you 
want. There are jumpers inside the drive 
you must set. In the owner's manual 
of the drive there will be instructions 
on how to do that. 

Now you have a double-sided drive 
on line, but you will still need a way 



to access it. The first way is in software. 
The way Disk BASIC selects the drive 
is by using four "mask" bytes. Each byte 
contains the necessary data in order to 
activate that drive number. There are 
four bits that control each of the output 
pins as seen in Figure 1 . 

In the controller, there is a memory- 
mapped byte that controls the output 
of these pins. It is at SFF40 or 65344. 
Try this: 

POKE G5344,l 

The select light on Drive turned on. 

Now try the values two, four and 64 
instead of one. This will turn on drive 
numbers 1, 2 and 3, respectively. The 
last value of 64 activates Drive 3 (if you 
have four drives), but remember on our 
double-sided drive that is the side select. 
By changing the values on the four mask 
bytes we can access the second side of 
the drive. By changing the mask data, 
you can access the second side of the 
drive as another drive. 



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Double-sided drive switcher 



Example: If you have one single- 
sided Radio Shack drive and one 
double-sided drive with the right 
changes to the mask byte, you will have 
three drives on line. The Radio Shack 
drive is the first, the first side of the 
double-sided drive is the second and the 
second side of the double-sided drive 
is third. If you had two double-sided 
drives, it would be as if you had four 
separate drives. Two double-sided 
drives is the maximum you can have 
with Disk BASIC because there are only 
four mask bytes. 



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There are two ways to change the 
mask byte in software. One is to burn 
the new mask byte into an EPROM. 
The second is to use the 64K mode of 
the computer and make the changes in 
RAM. I'll leave that part up to you, 
but what I will do is tell you how to 
change the mask byte. 

The four mask bytes correspond to 
four drives. Since we are using the last 
drive number as a side select, we can 
no longer use it as a drive but only as 
a side select. That leaves us with three 
other mask byte values. The values are 
1, 2 and 4. The side select value is 64. 
Any combination of this will work 
(maximum of four). 

First example: Your first drive is a 
Radio Shack single-sided drive. You 
want it to be Drive 0, so the value of 
the first mask byte is '1.' Your second 
drive is a double-sided drive; they will 
be Drive 1 and Drive 2. The second 
mask byte will be '2' and the third byte 
will be 65. The fourth byte will be 
untouched. 

Second example: You have two 
double-sided drives. Drive will be the 
normal side of the first drive; Drive 1 
will be the normal side of the second 
drive. Drive 2 will be the second side 
of the first drive and Drive 3 will be 
the second side of the second drive. The 
four mask bytes are 1, 2, 65, 66. 

Radio Shack has two versions of 
DOS: 1.0 and 1.1. The memory address 
of the four mask bytes for DOS 1.0 
is SD7AA (55210); the address mask 



bytes for DOS 1.1 is SD89D (55453), 
plus the next three bytes for the other 
three values. 

If all that doesn't thrill you, you can 
select the other side by adding a small 
switch to your disk controller. Figure 
2 shows how to hook up the switch to 
your controller. You must cut the foil 
between points 'A' and 'B.' Drill a 
suitable hole in the cover of the 
controller to mount the switch. When 
the switch is in the up position, the 
normal sides of all double-sided drives 
are accessed. When the switch is in the 
down position, the second side is 
accessed. Never change the switch when 
doing I/O to disk since it will ruin both 
sides. Again, remember, you must not 
use the fourth drive on a four-drive 
connector. 

To some, it is easier to install the 
switch than to do it in software, but 
it is a little more difficult to manually 
flip the switch. In any case, visual cue 
as to what side of the disk you are really 
on is almost a necessary option. 

Figure 3 is a schematic for a circuit 
that will tell you what side of the drive 
you are using by lighting a different 
color LED for each side. This circuit 
goes inside the disk drive and replaces 
the "active drive" select LED. The heart 
of the circuit is the Radio Shack Tri- 
color LED (part #276-035). This LED 
glows one of three colors. We will be 
using only two of these colors, red and 
green. The circuit uses a 74LS138 
decoder. 



When no drive is selected, the f 
outputs used are logical level one a 
the LED is off. When the drive 
question is selected, the 'A' (drive sele 
input goes low, therefore activating t 
chip. If the 'B' (side select) is high (fi 
side of the drive), the Y7 output gc 
low. This will cause a positive volta 
to appear across the Tri-Color LE 
which makes the LED glow red. If t 
'B' input is low, the Y6 output goes lo 
in which case there will be a negati 
voltage across the LED. Then the LE 
will glow green. When the 'A' input 
high (drive not selected) the chip 
disabled and both Y7 and Y6 are hij 
the LED will be off. I put red as t 
first side because it is the color ol 
single-sided drive. That way when I < 
green, I automatically know I'm on l 
other side. 

There are just a few things to consic 
when hooking up this circuit inside t 
drive. The first is where to get the fi 
volts and ground needed to run t 
circuit. The easiest place to get a grou 
is pin #1 of the drive cable connect' 
Pin #1 is on the side of the conned 
that has all the pins connected togeth 
They are all the odd-numbered pii 
The drive connector pins are number 
on each end. 

Five volts can be taken from the li 
pin of any 74LSXX chip. Use a v 
meter to check the voltage. This is eitl 
pin #14 or #16 depending on how ma 
pins there are on that chip. 

The second thing to watch for is 
make sure the 'A' input matches tl 
of the drive selected. This means if t 
'A' wire goes on Drive 0, make si 
the drive configuration block is set 
Drive 0, otherwise the LED will ne^ 
light. 

The actual construction of the circ 
can be done on a small perf board. Ta 
or glue down the board in an unus 
area of the disk drive. Make sure 
doesn't get in the way of the diske 
that enters the drive. Remove the c 
LED. Replace it with the new one. I 
tape or glue to hold it down. 

Now, try the drive and access the fi 
side of the drive. The LED should 
red. If it is green, reverse the wires tt 
go to the LED. When all is OK, t 
LED will glow red for the first side a 
green for the second side. This way y 
will always know which side of the dri 
the software is accessing. 



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TUTORIAL 



Memory On A 

STRING$Bu 



One of the most powerful string functions available 
in Extended BASIC is the INSTR (in-string) function. 
This function searches for the first occurrence of 
String 1 in String 2 and returns the position at which the 
match is found. If no match is found, it returns a zero. 

This may be difficult to grasp at first, so let's look at 
some examples in order to illustrate the function: 



1. A=IMSTR ("ABCDEFG", "C") 

2. A=INSTR ("ABCDEFG", "CDE") 

3. A=INSTR ("ABCDEFG", "X") 

4. A=INSTR (2, "ABCDEFG", "CDE") 

5. A=INSTR (5, "ABCDEFG", "CDE") 



Example 1 — In this first example, the value of 'A' will 
be set to three since the character 'C is located in the 
third position of the string "ABCDEFG" 

Example 2 — In this case, the value of 'A 1 will also 
be set to three since the string "CDE" starts at the third 
position of the string "ABCDEFG" 

Example 3 — Here is a case where 'X' is not contained 
in the string "ABCDEFG," so the value of 'A' is set to 
zero, meaning no match was found. 

Example 4 — You can add a numeric value (must be 
less than the length of the string being tested) at which 

(Jorge Mir is a certified public accountant and 
controller of a Fortune 500 Corporation. He publishes 
most of his original work through THE RAINBOW) 



point you want to start the search. In this case, the compu 
will start searching at Location 2 (the 'B') of str 
"ABCDEFG" to see if the string "CDE" is contained wit 
it. The value of 'A' will be set to three in this exam 
since a match will be made and "CDE" starts at Posit 
3 of the string being tested. 

Example 5 — In this example, the computer will st 
searching at Location 5 (the 'E') to see if "CDE" is contaii 
in the rest of the string. The value of 4 A' will be set 
zero since "CDE" is not contained in that section of 
string being tested. 

You can use string values in the program step rat 
than the actual strings. Here is an illustration: 



10 


x$ 


= "ABCDEFG' 




20 


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= "CDE 1 






30 


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■ "X" 






40 


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(X$, 


v$) 


50 


B = 


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60 


PRINT A 






70 


PRINT B 







If you run this program, the screen will show a th 
(the value of 'A') since YS was found in XS starting 
Location 3, and a zero (the value of 'B') since ZS is 
contained within XS. 

This is powerful stuff! But, how do you use it ii 
program? Here are some examples. Let's assume you h 



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dget 



By Jorge Mir 



data file containing names and addresses which have 
en stored in string values from NS(1) to N$(100) and 
u want to find out if there is anyone in the file who 
es in Atlanta, Georgia. The subroutine might look like 
s: 



1000 INPUT "KEYWORD: ";K$ 

1010 FOR X = 1 TO 100 

1020 IF INSTR (N$(X),K$) = THEN 1040 

1030 PRINT N$(X) 

1040 NEXT X 



When the computer reaches this subroutine, you will 
prompted for a "keyword" (Step 1000). In this case 
u will enter the word flTLRNTFl. The subroutine then goes 
o a loop, testing each of the 100 items in memory. Step 
20 tests to see if the word "Atlanta" (stored in K$) is 
ntained in the string N$(X). If it is not, it will return 
zero and the program jumps to Step 1040 where it 
ntinues to the next name and address. If it is contained 
the string N$(X), it will then continue with Step 1030 
d print that name and address record on the screen. 
Please note that in the case above all records containing 
i word "Atlanta" will be printed on the screen, so if 
;re is an Atlanta, Florida in the file, it will also be printed, 
kewise, if someone's name is Atlanta, or if there is a 
eet named Atlanta, those will also be printed. If you 
.nt to avoid this, you can type the keywords ATLANTA, 
ORG I A, thus restricting the search further. 



The INSTR function can also be used to conserve space 
in a program. For example, let's assume your program 
contains a menu from which the user is to select an item. 
The subroutine might look like this: 



2.000 


CLS 










2010 


PRINT 


" A - 


ITEM ONE" 






2020 


PRINT 


" B - 


ITEM TWO" 






2030 


PRINT 


" C - 


ITEM THREE' 






2040 


PRINT 


PRINT 


1 YOUR CHOICE?" 


2050 


1$ = INKEY$ 


: IF 1$ ="' 


THEN 


2050 


2060 


ON INSTR("ABC",I$) GOTC 


2100 


2200,2300 


2070 


GOTO 2050 








2100 


PRINT 


" YOU 


CHOSE ITEM 


ONE": END 


2 200 


PRINT 


" YOU 


CHOSE ITEM 


TWO": END 


2 300 


PRINT 


" YOU 


CHOSE ITEM 


THREE" :END 



Steps 2000-2040 print the menu on the screen. Step 2050 
assigns a value to IS equal to the key pressed on the 
keyboard (if no key is pressed, it repeats the step until 
a key is pressed). Step 2060 determines if the key pressed 
is an 'A,' 'B' or 'C If it is one of these keys, the program 
will continue with step 2100, 2200 or 2300. If it is not 
any of these three keys, Step 2070 will return to the start 
of "the loop at Step 2050. 

The function can also be used to conserve memory space 
by compacting data into strings and later being able to 
separate the data. Let's assume you want to add certain 
information to the name and address file referred to in 
a previous example. In addition to variables NS(l-IOO), 
you can also create variables IS( 1-100) to store the added 
data, but this will use up a lot of memory. Instead, you 
can add the data to variables NS(1-100) using a specific 
code in order to indicate where the name and address data 
ends and the added data begins. 

Let me illustrate how this could be done. Suppose you 
want to code each name and address file to indicate whether 
it belongs to a friend (code 1), a relative (code 2) or a 
business associate (code 3). In addition, you want to indicate 
whether a Christmas card was received (code 4), or sent 
(code 5). 

Here is the way the data could be compacted: 



3000 FOR X = 1 TO 100 : PRINT N$(X) 

3010 INPUT "TYPE (1-3): ";T$ 

3020 INPUT "XMAS CARD RECEIVED (Y/N)";I$ 

3030 IF I$="Y" THEN CR$ = "4" ELSE CR$ = "" 

3040 INPUT "XMAS CARD SENT (Y/N)";I$ 

3050 IF I$="Y" THEN CS$ = "5" ELSE CS$ = "" 

3060 N$(X) = N$(X) + "/" +T $ + C R$ + CS$ 

3070 NEXT X 



Step 3060 compacts the data by adding the '/'to indicate 
where the name and address ends and the codes start. If 
you had indicated that the record was a business associate 
from whom a Christmas card was received, it would look 
like this: 



NAME AND ADDRESS/3 4 



To select specific names and addresses through a 
subroutine, you have created the variable CIS containing 
a '3' and the variable C2S containing a '4' because you 
want to search the name and address file to find all business 



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such names and addresses. Here is what the subrout 
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4020 IF A = THEN 4060 




4030 IF INSTR (A,N$(X) ,C1$) 


= THEN 406? 


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In steps 4010-4020, we find out if the record has b 
coded. If the character "/" is not contained in the stri 
it means it has not been coded and the program goes 
the next record. 

In steps 4030-4040, we find out if both codes 
contained in the record by examining the charac 
contained in variable NS(X) starting at the spot in the rec 
where "/" was found. If neither of these codes is fou 
the program advances to the next record. 

In step 4050 we print the record, except we exclude 
character "/" and the codes that follow, only printing 
name and address. In other words, we print the left : 
of the record up to the character prior to where 
is located. 

Now, let's complicate this matter further. Let's assi 
the name and address record which is all contained i 
single string contains a T to indicate separations betw 
name, city, state and ZIP code (since you want the c 
printed in the usual format rather than in a single li 
In this case, NS(X) would look like this: 



JOE SMITHS1234 MAIN STREET$ANYTOWN, WI 53533/34 



In order to print the record in the regular name i 
address format, steps 4045 and 4055 would be added 
the subroutine and would look like this: 



4045 


N=INSTR(N$(X) 


,"$»): 


IF 




N=0 THEN 4050 


ELSE 






MID$(N$(X) ,N, 


1) = 






CHR$(13) :GOTO 


4045 




4055 


N=INSTR(N$(X) 


,CHR$(13)) : 




IF N=0 THEN 4060 ELSE 




MID$(N$(X) ,N, 


!)=»$" 


:GOTO 




4055 







In Step 4045, we replace each "$" with a charactei 
(a carriage return) until all have been replaced. In 5 
4055, we restore the "$" in their original spot be: 
continuing to the next record. 

On the other hand, if you wanted to print the m 
and address file in single line format, instead of inser 
a CHR$(13) where each "$" is located, just insert a bl 
space (either a CHR$(143) or " " would do the trick). 

There are many other uses of this function which cc 
simplify and compact your programs considerably, I 
conserving valuable memory. You should become fam 
with it by writing your own subroutines in various forn 
and for various purposes. You will soon recognize its m 
uses when you sit down to write that huge program i 
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The Permanent Shift 



By David Geoffroy and Norman Racine 



A fter owning a TRS-80 Color 
'% Computer for some time, I have 
^.discovered a way of modifying 
: computer to make the use of 
percase lettering more practical. 
To use the computer in typewriter 
m, as in word processing, I noticed 
did not have a SHIFT-lock key, as 
es a typewriter. I found it was so 
lple to install a SHIFT-lock key I 
ndered why I hadn't done it sooner. 
For installation, all that's needed is 
)ush on/ push off key switch (Radio 
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sired, connectors (Radio Shack #64- 
19) can be installed on the wires to 
ike disconnection possible if the 
/er is taken off again. (A note of 
rning: Modification will cancel your 
rranty.) 

First, unplug the computer and 
nove the screws from the bottom. It 
best to turn the computer upside 
wn to remove the screws. Next, turn 
i computer back over, remove the 
/er and unplug the keyboard from 
: main board. 

There are 16 pins on the keyboard 
inector. Pin #3 on the keyboard is 
ssing — it is an unused ground. Now 
der one end of the wires to pins #8 
i #16 of the keyboard. 
\fter soldering the wires to the pins, 
s necessary to drill a hole in the lid 



>avid Geoffroy is a veteran of the 
tiled States Air Force. He lives in 
■cramento, Calif., and works for the 
y repairing traffic signals. He has 
meda CoCofor about four years now 
d enjoys it very much. 
Norman Racine is interested in 
rdware and utility programs; he does 
sembly language and BASIC program- 
ing. He works for National Business 
'stems and owns a Color Computer 
) 




to the left of the left SHIFT key. Due 
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the opening. 

Now that the hole has been drilled, 
install the switch. Next, solder the wires 
to the switch. It makes no difference 
which wire goes where. Now, plug the 
keyboard in, put the top back on, install 
the screws and it's all done. 

The SHIFT-lock key is useful for 
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When listing programs, type LI ST, push 



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SHIFT-lock key is not labeled, but the 
SHIFT-lock key is red and does extend 
higher than any of the other keys. With 
a little effort it's easy to memorize where 
and what the key does. 

(For anyone having questions con- 
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We have been working with the 
DRAW statement and proving 
to one and all that beginners 
can master it without special effort. 
Today, while you are brimming with 
confidence, we will create an interesting 
design. 

As you work through this tutorial, 
do not hesitate to stop and run off on 
a tangent when you get an idea. Pursue 
it! You can always return to this article 
and pick up where you left off. Your 
ideas are too precious to relegate to the 
back of your mind. Truly, a discovery 
you make on your own is more impor- 
tant than those which you may glean 
from this tutorial. 

Key in lines 0, 10, 500 from Listing 
1. Look at Figure 1. It is a design 
worked out on graph paper. Each box 
is one unit long. The star is the point 
of origin. You must begin drawing the 
design at some location. 

At the starting point, go up and to 
the right two units, E2. Following 
along, you can readily see that to 
advance further, you must go right two 
units, R2. The next line traces down 
and to the right. You might go two 

(Joseph Kolar is a free-lance writer and 
programmer dedicated to proselytizing 
for computers in general, and the CoCo 
specifically.) 




units, F2. If you do, you have a choice 
of traveling in three directions — up 
and to the right, E4; down and to the 
right, F4; down and to the left, G2. 

Although you may create the com- 
plete design using any of the three 
routes, you are likely to choose E4 
followed by R8F4E2R2F2G2L2H2G4L 
8H4G2L2H2, returning to the point of 
origin (Line 15 of Listing 1). 

If you began with E2R2, rather than 
stopping at F2, you could have con- 
tinued four more units in the same 
direction, F4. Put another way, F2F4 
or, simply, but no less correct, F6. Using 
this alternate routing, R8E6R2F2 
G2L2H6L8G6L2H2, brings us to the 
starting point (Line 20). 

Line 25 creates the same design 
another way. First the left unit is created 
(trace it out). BR6 moves us to start 
creating the large central unit. BR 16 



moves us over to create the right un 
In order to get back to the startii 
location, we must move left as mai 
'B' units as we advanced to the rigl 
BR6+BR16=BR22. The opposite dire 
tion of BR22 is BL22. 

Key in Line 15. Type RUN, examin 
then hit the break key. Ditto for Lii 
20. 

Since we plan to use the desij 
repeatedly, we can avoid keying t 
same line over and over again, whi> 
is boring and subject to error. We p 
the design into a string and call it wi 
the variable, AS. For practice, y< 
could do this with Line 15 or 20. T 
instructions to CoCo are omitted 
Line 25 and the directions are enclosi 
in quotation marks (" "). To make ti 
line appear on the screen, a new lir 
30, is created. This line has the instru 
tions to CoCo within quotation mar 



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(" "), telling CoCo where you want the 
design to appear and in what size. 
Concatenating '+,' A$ tells CoCo what 
design to display. 

Key in Line 30, type RUN, check and 
then hit the BREAK key. Key in Line 
40. This demonstrates how AS is used 
to put a design element above the three 
on the screen and one below them. Now, 
we have five designs in a column. 

Suppose we add a design at the left 
side. Key in: 50 DRAW"BM50,70"+A$ 
and type RUN. This location was a lucky 
guess! It connects nicely. We'll make 
two more units underneath which give 
us a total of three design units. Then 
we'll make a unit farther to the left. 
This means the next row will have two 
units side by side; one beginning at 
horizontal, 0, and the other at 50. Hit 
the BREAK key and add to the end of 
Line 50 :DRAW"BM0,90"+A$+"BR 
25"+A$ and RUN. 

If you left out +"BR25", you would 
have lost the second unit. Delete it and 
see! Do you know why? 

The first AS at "BM0,90" ended at 
49,90. If you merely added another 
+ AS, it would print in the same location. 
How could you solve it? Move the 
starting location over by inserting 
+BR25 between the ASs. 

Can you think of another way? If you 
edited out BL22 from the end of Line 
25, and RUN, you will note that it must 
be pushed to the right to avoid overlap. 
If you added BR3 to the end of Line 
25, it would be just right. Try it and 
see! Then hit the break and change 
BR3 back to BL22. 

Add to Line 50 :DRAW"BM50, 
110"+A$ and RUN. It is decided to have 
five columns, which will begin at 
horizontal 0, 50, 100, 150, 200. 

Why did we have to move "BR25" 
rather than the "BR50" that you would 
expect? Change the +BR25 to +BR50 
and see the second AS disappear. Now 
RUN. What happened? 

Moving it over 50 units printed it over 
the middle piece. Hit the BREAK key. 
To see that this is so, change +BR50 
to +BR49 and RUN. Can you see it now? 
Hit BREAK and change it to +BR25. 

Change the size in Line 30, S8, to 
S4 and RUN. Now change +"BR25" to 
+"BR50" and RUN. 

In other words, size S8 is twice the 
size of S4, so the design needs to be 
moved over half the number of units 
required in S4. We don't really care why 
CoCo does what it does. All we want 



to know is what it does. 

Hit the BREAK key and change L 
30 back to S8 and Line 50 back 
+"BR25". 

Whether or not you understand w! 
the correct shift is matters little. Y 
can always work it out by trial and er 
to get the solution. 

Without peeking at the listing, c 
you add four units to the right side 
make it a symmetrical display? Trj 
and see (Line 60). 

Suppose you wanted to make f 
design units across the top of the sen 
at horizontal 10. Line 70 shows c 
way. 

Suppose you wanted to make 
similar five units at the bottom to ke 
the symmetry of the display. Line 
shows you a second way. 

The technique in Line 80 is long 
but it is easy to figure out. Althou 
not as elegant as the solution in Li 
50, it is perfectly adequate. Just as lo 
as the result is satisfactory, any meth 
is fine. 

Line 70 was a little tricky. O/S (C 
of String Space) error message fore 
us to insert a pair of DRAW stateme 
to overcome this problem. 

This could be partially overcome 
adding 5 CLEAR 500. When plann; 
to use strings, play it safe and CLE 
500. 

Finally, in Line 70, if you change 
first ':' to '+' and delete DRAW, you v 
find it OK. But, if, in addition, y 
change the second ':' to '+' and del 
DRAW, you will get an L/S (String T 
Long) error message. 

It is time to introduce the 'A' opti 
of DRAW. The 'A' option allows you 
draw a design around a point (locatio 
A0 prints the design as you conceiv 
it; Al prints it from the same starti 
point but 90 degrees clockwise, perpe 
dicular to A0 but above it. A2 prii 
a further 90 degrees clockwise, radiati 
in the opposite direction of AO; , 
places it 90 degrees further along ir 
clockwise direction to be opposite t 
perpendicular, Al 

This may sound confusing but it 
well worth the effort to add this feati 
to your store of useful knowledge. 

Key in lines 0, 5, 10, 20, 500 frc 
Listing 2. Notice that Line 20 dra 
the same element used in Listing I. 
you trace it out on graph paper, y 
will discover that the starting point 
at the opposite end. 

The object is to give you plenty 



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practice creating a familiar design and 
stimulate you to go off into uncharted 
territory. 

Key in the first part of Line 30: 
30DRflW"S4BM128,9S"+fl$ and RUN. 
You should have the same old design 
unit. If in doubt, hit the BREAK key 
and temporarily change S4 to S8. Now 
RUN and you will be able to see it better. 
When your design is OK, change back 
to S4. After S4 insert A0, the first 'A' 
option. This is the default option. You 
get it whether you like it or not, unless 
you advise CoCo otherwise. RUN. 

Now, change AO to Al and RUN. See? 
It is perpendicular. Do the same to get 
A2 and A3 to see all four possible 



options at work. If you have trouble 
visualizing the rotation, temporarily 
add: 

25 LINE (128,0) -(128, 191), PSET 

Run through the 'A' options a few 
times to observe what is what. When 
you are satisfied, delete Line 25. Did 
you notice that AO radiates out to the 
left of the starting location; Al radiates 
upward; A2 radiates to the right and 
A3 radiates downward in this example? 

Hit the BREAK key. Make sure that 
Line 30 is AO and add at the end of 
it, +"fll"+flS. We told CoCo, in 
addition to the original design element, 
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Now, RUN and hit the BREAK key. 

Let's tell CoCo to add the a> 
element to radiate to the right. Add 
Line 30 + "A2"+fl$, RUN and hit 
BREAK key. Now, add and check 
last option. Did you note when ) 
instructed CoCo to change the ori 
tation of the design element that 
information must be enclosed in q 
tation marks (" ")? 

Caution: AO is not necessarily in 
same quarter (radiating left), but co 
be in any location depending on the c 
in hand. Anyway, it isn't a bad desi 
What else can we do? 

You could create more designs on 
blank parts of the screen. Hint: Choi 
an arbitrary set of location poii 
BMx,y and after you create the eni 
design, move it over to its final rest 
place by trial and error. 



"We don't really care 
why CoCo does what i 
does. A 11 we want to 
know is what it does." 



Why do I frequently insist on ti 
and error? According to "Kolar's La> 
no matter how well you calculate a pi 
it rarely is correct because you are ; 
to make changes, modifications 
enhancements, throwing your figu 
awry. So, you may just as well ease y( 
design into its berth. Visualize a bur 
of tugs nudging and pushing an oct 
liner into its berth. Push a little t 
way. Nudge a bit that way. Ease it ii 
its dock. 

Key in Line 50. We want to sup 
impose the same enlarged design o' 
our creation. RUN and check. If you ; 
curious, you could add one 'A' opti 
at a time. Note that once you use 
'A' option, every time you chai 
options in each new DRAW line you m 
indicate an option, even AO, the defa 
option. 

To illustrate the concept, delete 
in Line 50 and RUN. Sorry about th 
What happened was that the 1 
instruction CoCo received was A3 
the end of Line 40. It began Line 
with the downward design; then I 
upward; the right; and again, downwa 



176 



THE RAINBOW August 1985 



:reated A3, the downward element, 
ce. Of course, you could change A3 
AO in Line 50 and correct it. Now, 
■ou RUN, you will see that the second 
wnward element is facing left. But, 
't it easier to insert the AO in the 
it place? 

\t any rate, we have a pleasing 
;ign. But, since we superimposed S12 
,ts over S4, what do you say we super- 
pose S8 on the whole mess and see 
at we come up with? 
Ley in Line 60 and RUN. It is really 



a repetition of the design in Figure 1 
rotated in four directions in three sizes. 

As a point of information, the 
instructions to CoCo could be in any 
order. Line 60 could have been written 
"BM12B,9GS8R0C1", just so all the hot 
scoop was enclosed within quotation 
marks (" ")• CI is the default color and 
is included just to illustrate the point. 

Line 40 was not used. It was included 
for you to substitute it for AS and cycle 
through the 'A' options to reinforce in 
your mind what happens when the basic 



element is radiated right instead of left. 
Notice that what was A2 using AS is 
now AO using BS. 

This tutorial should have given you 
food for thought. You are invited to 
get out the old graph paper, plot out 
your own design element and run it 
through its four 'A' option paces. 
Create! Experiment! 

CSflVE a copy of Listing 2 for next 
month. We will add the same design 
unit in the four diagonal directions, H, 
E, F and G. 



.istingl: LISTING 1 

"LISTING1 

5 CLEAR 500 

10 PMODE4,l:PCLS:SCREENl,l 

15 DRAW"S8BM100,70E2R2F2E4R8F4E2 

R2F2G2L2H2G4L8H4G2L2H2 " 

20 DRAW"S8BM100,90E2R2F6R8E6R2F2 

G2L2H6L8G6L2H2" 

25 A$="E2R2F2G2L2H2BR6E4R8F4G4L8 

H4BR16E2R2F2G2L2H2BL22" 

30 DRAW ,, S8BM100,110 ,I +A$ 

40 DRAW"BM100 , 50"+A$ : DRAWBM100 , 

130"+A$ 

50 DRAWBM50 , 70"+A$ : DRAWBM0 , 90" 

+A$+"BR25"+A$:DRAW"BM50,110"+A$ 

60 DRAWBM150 , 70"+A$ : DRAWBM150 , 

90"+A$+"BR25"+A$ : DRAWBM150 ,110" 

+A$ 

70 DRAWBM0 , 10"+A$+"BR25"+A$ : DRA 

W"BR25"+A$+"BR25"+A$:DRAW"BR25"+ 

A$ 

80 DRAW"BM0 , 170 "+A$ : DRAWBM50 , 17 

0"+A$ : DRAWBM100 , 170 "+A$ : DRAW'BM 

150,170"+A$:DRAW"BM200,170"+A$ 

500 GOTO500 

Jsting 2: LISTING 2 

'LISTING2 

5 CLEAR500 

10 PMODE4,l:PCLS:SCREENl / l 

20 A$="H2L2G6L8H6L2G2F2R2E6R8F6R 

2E2" 

30 DRAW"S4A0BM128 , 96"+A$+"Al"+A$ 

+"A2"+A$+"A3"+A$ 

40 B$="E2R2F6R8E6R2F2G2L2H6L8G6L 

2H2" 

50 DRAW"S12A0BM128 , 96"+A$+"Al"+A 

$+»A2"+A$+"A3"+A$ 

60 DRAW"S8A0BM128 / 96"+A$+"Al"+A$ 

+"A2"+A$+»A3"+A$ 

500 GOTO500 



Listing 3: SHUTTLE 

• SHUTTLE 

10 '(C) 1984, J. KOLAR 
30 PMODE3:PCLS:PMODE4 
40 A=90:B=86:R=76:P=1.70 
50 DIM S(7) ,T(7) 

60 CIRCLE (8, 8) , 8 , 1 : CIRCLE (7 , 7) ,8 

,1 

61 DRAW"BM8,8NBU3L6U5R10D10L10U5 
ii 

70 GET(0,0)-(16,16) ,S,G 

72 CIRCLE(38,8) , 6 , 1: PAINT (40 , 8) , 

1,1 

73 GET(30,0)-(46,16) ,T,G 
80 PCLS: SCREEN 1,1 

90 FOR Q=.15 TO .05 STEP -1 

100 F0RZ=1T06.55 STEPQ 

110 C=Z:C=40-(C)*P*270-R A 2 

115 K=LOG(C A 2)*COS(R)/COS(R A 2) 

120 X=INT(A-6+R*COS(C) ) :Y=INT(B- 

8+R*SIN(K)) 

130 PUT(X+36,Y+10)-(X+52,Y+26) ,S 

,OR 

135 PUT(X+36,Y+10)-(X+52,Y+26) ,T 

,AND:SOUND100,1 

140 X=INT(A-6+R*SIN(K) ) :Y=INT(B- 

8+R*COS(C)) 

150 PUT(X+36,Y+8)-(X+52,Y+23) ,S, 

OR 
155 PUT(X+36,Y+8)-(X+52,Y+23) ,T, 
AND:SOUND100,1 
160 NEXT Z,Q 

170 PLAY"V20O3L8EEFFABO4L16CCO3F 
AL8FFAAL4FEL2CP4V25L8FFAAB04CL16 
EEDDL8CCO2AAL4FEL2CP4V20O2L8EEFF 
AAO3V25L16CCO2BAV20L8FFDDL4CV15O 
1B02DL2C" 
180 PCLS:GOTO90 



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August 1985 THE RAINBOW 177 





Robert Centurelli 
Skyline 

This month's first prize winner is a serene 
reflection of the Big Apple drawn using 
Graphicom II. Robert lives in Plainville, 
Conn. 




John Poole 
A Reef Scene 

From Titusville, Fla., John sends the 
Gallery a subaqueous second prize 
winner drawn using Graphicom II 's pan 
and zoom mode. 



[3rd 

P 
R 

I 

Z 
E 



Jeff Steinmetz 
Shuttle 

Jeff lives in Minneapolis, Minn., and used 
CoCo Max to draw a profile of the Space 
Shuttle using the upper and lower 
portions of the CoCo Max screen. 




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THE RAINBOW August 1985 




sharlie Fulp 
2ompuWar 

Charlie drew the grid and light cycles of 
his futuristic warscape using Extended 
iasic. The tank and spheres were drawn 
ising CoCo Max. Charlie lives in South 
Joston, Va. 



SI 111 fLE SKYLINE 



Betty Ann White 
Seattle 

Betty Ann used the draw, line and print 
commands of PM0DE4 to create this 
stylized portrait of the Emerald City's 
skyline on a sunny day. Betty Ann lives 
in Kirkland, Wash. 




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THE RAINBOW 

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Be sure to send a cover letter with your name, address 
and phone number detailing how you created your picture 
(what programs you used, etc.), how to display it and a 
few facts about yourself. 

Please don't send us anything owned by someone else; 
this means no game screens, digitized images from TV 
programs or material that's already been submitted 
elsewhere. 

We will award a first prize of $25, a second prize of $15 
and a third prize of $10. Honorable mentions also will be 
given. 

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Scoreboard column. All entries must be received 60 days prior to publication. Entries should be printed 
— legibly — and must include your full name, address, game title, company name and, of course, your 
high score. Each individual is limited to three score entries per month. Send your entries to Scoreboard, 
c/o the rainbow. * Current Record Holder 



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ATOM (Radio Shack) 

41 *Erik Huffman, Delran, NJ 
BASEBALL (Radio Shack) 

535-50 *Bob Oewill, Blue Island. IL 
BATS AND BUGS (THE RAINBOW) 

24,600 *Michael Rosenberg, Prestonburg. KY 
8.450 Bill Mnnm, Myrtle Beach, SC 

7,200 Lezleo Bishop, Salt Lake City, UT 

5,220 Brian Cook, Dixon, IL 

4.000 Jon Hobson, Plainfield, Wl 

BATTLE OF MIDWAY (Ark Royal) 

1009:259 *Matt Hazard, Columbia Station. OH 
BLOC HEAD (Compulerware) 

41,975 *Miohael Hebb, Victoria, Australia 
27.000 Rodney Mullineaux, Gig Harbor. WA 

23,500 Paschal Wilson. Kenlwood. LA 

BREWMASTER (NOVASOFT) 

98,875 *Chri9 Cope, Central, SC 
9,150 David Hart, Salt Lake City, UT 

BUSTOUT (Radio Shack) 

15.520 *Brett DuPont, Oregon. OH 
14,500 Wayne Oewitt, Blue iBland, IL 

13.500 Ken Dewltt. Blue Island. IL 

BUZZARD BAIT (Tom Mix) 

3,091,700 *Blossom Mayor, East Greonbush, NY 
CALIXTO ISLAND (Mark Data) 

115 *Glenn Dolla-Monlca, Sacramento, CA 
CANYON CLIMBER ( Radio Shack) 

288,800 *Beverly Herbers, Placontia, CA 
162,500 Michael Sileo Jr., Glendale, NY 

140,500 Todd Wall, Durham, NC 

128.200 Stephana Asselln, Bale-Comeau, 

Quebec 
8,900 George Frausto. Blue Island. IL 

CAVERN COPTER (THE RAINBOW) 

2,431 *Jay Beam, Louisville. KY 
1,535 Pierre-Jean Doulllard, Granby, 

Quebec 
1,245 Sean Conner. Summit, NJ 

1 ,213 Doug Schwartz, Glendale, AZ 

968 Michael Mefferd, Wren, OH 

CHAMBERS (Tom Mix) 

104,200 *Blossom Mayor, East Greenbush. NY 
CLOWNS & BALLOONS (Radio Shack) 

15.130 *Brett DuPont. Oregon, OH 
COLOR BASEBALL (Radio Shack) 

668-0 *Christian Roch, Granby, Quebec 
254-0 Chris Reynolds, Richmond, KY 

250-0 Rob Mowery, Robinson, PA 

167-0 Keith Townsend, Kokomo, IN 

158-0 Bart Ankrom, Atlanta, KS 

158-0 Toby Jacobs, Bellefontalne. OH 

COLOR CAR (NOVASOFT) 

525.650 *Dan Bouges. Niantic, CT 
154,600 Scott Cunningham, East Lyme, CT 

COLORPEDE (Inlracolor) 

133.036 *Mariano Frausto, Blue Island, IL 
23,450 Georgo Frausto, Blue Island, IL 

COSMIC INVADERS (Spaclral Associates) 

16,400 *Mariano Frausto, Blue Islsnd, IL 
CRYSTLE CASTLES (ThunderVision) 

83,297 *Craig Hoffmann, Kenosha, Wl 
CLTBER (Tom Mix) 

19,550 *Rodney Mullineaux, Gig Harbor, WA 
DALLAS QUEST (Radio Shack) 

93 #Robert Sunderland, Sacramento, CA 
DEFENSE (Spectral Associates) 

56.720 *Brett DuPont, Oregon, OH 
DEMOLITION DERBY (Radio Shack) 

119.800 *Dovld Oelhaupl, Calgary. Alberta 
109.100 Charles Bowen. Imperial Beach, CA 

79,100 David Close. Springfield. VA 

44.000 Joseph Dehn, Tucson. AZ 

32.900 Les Dorn, Eau Claire, Wl 



DEMON II (THE RAINBOW) 

21,925 -■ it. Schuler, Merritt Island. FL 

12,475 Rhett Bagnall, Saskatoon. 

Saskatchewan 
10,075 Frank Canepe III, Santurce, 

Puerto Rico 
1.800 Bryan Ecker, Lusby, MD 

DEVIL ASSAULT from Mix) 

64.741 *Eugene Little, Piorcalend, 
Saskatchewan 
DOODLEBUG (Compulerware) 

825,370 *Susan Bellinger. Uxbridge. Ontario 
66,770 Sean Colsen, East Lyme, CT 

DOUBLE BACK (Radio Shack; 

337,990 *John Denn, Hobarl, IN 
286,570 Timothy Bishop, Jacksonville, FL 

268,350 Marc Ploulfe. Willlston, VT 

258,400 Alfredo. New York, NY 

235.1 10 Les Dorn, Eau Claire, Wl 

219,720 Jeff Lahale, Essex Jet., VT 

181.150 Michael Brennan, Calgary, Alberta 

DOWNLAND (Radio Shack) 
20,900.400 *Adam Petersen, Portland, OR 
68,345 Alain Cyr, Valcourt, Quebec 

67,456 Chris Mitchell, Byron, GA 

67,141 Cliff Farmer. McGregor, TX 

66.145 Jeanine McCuen, Rutland, MA 
DRACONIAN (Tom Mix) 

35B.550 *Jamle Sprang, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia 
241 ,290 Kristopher Staller, Ft, Wayne, IN 

206,240 Joe Neuman, Sacramento, CA 

136.400 Tony Cross. New South Wales, 

Australia 
FOODWAR ('Arcade Animation) 

165,960 *Chris Cope, Central, SC 
74,120 Jim Partridge, Clinton, CT 

FROGGER (Cornsolt) 

15,860 *Erlk Huffman, Delran. NJ 
12.000 Nicole Freedman, Wellesley, MA 

GALAGON (Spectral Associates) 

219.670 *Brian Wagner, Lawrence, KS 
214,920 Tony Smith, Gig Harbor, WA 

185,740 Arnold Snitser, Los Angeles, CA 

144,710 Brendan Smith, Coral Springs. FL 

135.180 Mario Asselln. Baie-Comeau. Quebec 

97,790 Miriam Kavis, Los Angeles, CA 

GHOST GOBBLER (Spectral Associates) 

48,200 *Steven Allen, Sharpsburg, MD 
34,270 Glen Bilodeau, Otterburn Park, 

Ontario 
32,260 Jean-Pierre Boisclalr, Asbestos, 

Quebec 
GLAXXONS (Mark Data) 

19.146 *Terry Moore, SI. Catherines, Ontario 
GOLD RUNNER (NOVASOFT) 

144,150 *Chris Cope, Central, SC 
65,800 Dan Bouges, Niantic, CT 

65.800 Sean Colsen. East Lyme. CT 

GUARDIAN (Quasar Animations) 

4,350 *Jason Forbes, Moxico, NY 
ICEMASTER (Arcade Animation) 

14,525 *Jean-Plerre Boioclair. Asbestos, 
Quebec 
THE INTERPLANETARY FRUIT FLY (THE RAINBOW) 
37.000 *Scott Perkins. Port Orange. FL 
27.500 Le3 Dorn. Eau Claire, Wl 

26,000 Eric Foss, Cochrane, Alberta 

25.500 Michele Gaborlault, Foxboro. MA 

25.000 Andrew Bartels. Sulphur. OK 

THE JUNGLE (THE RAIN80W) 
668.690,000 *Jolf Lawrence, Cambridge, Ontario 
459,351.041 Denise Morln. Hudson. MA 

4,560.144 Jon Hobson. Plainfield, Wl 

4,134,000 Brandon Duncan, Benton. KS 

1,659,162 Jay Andraschko, Yuma, AZ 



JUNIOR'S REVENGE (Compulerware; 
8.020,000 #lan Stewart, Lynwood, Perth-Australia 
3,386,000 Chris Morris, Colonial Heights, VA 

786,300 Richard Wiseman, Marion, OH 

205,700 Tony Smith. Gig Harbor, WA 

112,300 Jeff McClure, Weshington, PA 

JUNKFOOD (THE RAINBOW) 
1,187,520 *Larry Thomson, Menominee, Ml 
1,079,600 Jean-Francois Morln, Lorettevllle, 

Quebec 
338,930 Jon Hobson, Plainfield, Wl 

309,460 Shirley Black. Quinton, AL 

206,940 Rhett Bagnall, Saskatoon, 

Saskatchewan 
119,200 Annemarle Stoer. Deventer, 

The Netherlands 
112,720 Jamie Spreng, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia 

KATERPILLAR II (Tom Mix) 

156.317 *Uwe Steingens. Essen, West Germany 
135,467 Thomas Tiggelbeck. Essen, 

West Germany 
97.735 Sabine Bergholz. Essen, West Germany 

KEY BOMBER (THE RAINBOW) 

29,052 *Tony Boring, Armagh, PA 
THE KING (Tom Mix; 
1 ,670,900 *Yolanda Farr, Sayre, PA 
1,003.400 Tim Rueb, Atlanta. GA 

543.400 Doug Tower. Colonial Heights, VA 

337.800 Kirk Carter, Cooper City, FL 

301,100 Tom Harrison, Pittsfield, MA 

26.450 Ken Dewltt. Blue Island. IL 

KRON (Oregon Color Computers) 

33,000 *Chris Cope, Central, SC 
LANCER (Spectral Associates) 

224,000 *Tom Mahoney, Centerport, NY 
208.350 David Carver. Galena, OH 

165,750 Glenn Dolick, Burlington, Ontario 

162,300 Bryan Bell. South Lyon, Ml 

157,500 Dan Bouges, Niantic, CT 

1 10,350 Chip Beasley, Colonial Heights, VA 

LASERWORM S FIREFLY (THE RAINBOW) 
25.776 *Jason Forbes, Mexico. NY 
19,780 Jim Partridge, Clinton. CT 

13,834 Dean McWhorter, Argyle, NY 

LUNAR-ROVER PATROL (Spectral Associates) 

136,700 *Lori Day, Arlington, TX 
MADNESS & THE MINOTAUR (Radio Shack) 

240 *Chris Mitchell, Byron, GA 
MARATHON (THE RAINBOW) 

307,790 *James Sheedy III, Tonawanda. NY 
MAZELAND (Chromesette) 

21 ,060 *Todd Knapp, Prairie du Chien, Wl 
8,550 Brian Cook. Dixon, IL 

MEGA-BUG (Radio Shack) 

7,930 *Ron Haines, Nepean, Ontario 
3,998 Christopher Romance, Massapequa 

Park, NY 
3.693 Jim Partridge, Clinton, CT 

1 ,085 Larry Cowles, Westport, WA 

MICROBES (Radio Shack) 

491,100 *David & Alan Heckler. Hartselle, AL 
237,560 Todd Bartels. Coal Valley, IL 

178,550 Apollo Latham. Rich Square. NC 

144.350 Theodore Latham Jr., Rich Square. NC 

101.960 David Barnekow, Elkhorn, Wl 

97,950 Ivan Catlett, Laguna Hills. CA 

MISSILE BARRAGE (THE RAINBOW) 

2-1 * Joe Caicaterra, Ridgewood, NY 
MONSTER MAZE (Rad/o Shack) 

316,000 *Mohamed Behery. Clemson, SC 
215,110 Sloven Allen, Sharpsburg, MD 

205.180 Richard Fiore, Clemson. SC 

200.020 Terry Steele, Summerfield, NC 

200.000 Jason Pelfrey, Germantown, TN 

75,230 Ivan Catlett. Laguna Hills, CA 






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SCOREBOARD 



>ON HOPPER (Computerware) 
60.280 *Rodney Mullineaux, Gig Harbor, WA 
I. DIG (Computerware) 

259,750 *Ellen Ballinger, Uxbrldge, Ontario 
100,650 Biagio Di Lorenzo, Montreal, Quebec 

001,100 Ross & Daniel Mehlman, Todd Boehm, 

Nashville, TN 
875,870 Ann-Marie MacKay, Port Hardy, 

British Columbia 
520,650 Thomas Henry, Boca Raton, FL 

531 ,570 Tony Cross, New South Wales, 

Australia 
lDPIES(A(tan7Von) 

981,700 *Jon Blow, San Diego, CA 
345.100 Brian Wollgram, Freeland, Ml 

285.600 Stephen Zamonski, Ewing, NJ 

1 37,000 David Craft, Roanoke. VA 

1 14,800 Barry Stanton, North East, PA 

•THOUSEfMichTronJ 
23,730 *Brian Wollgram, Freeland, Ml 
14,663 Aaron Repath, Tucson, AZ 

.C-TAC (Computerware) 

14,425 *Alfredo. New York, NY 
NGUIN (THE RAINBOW) 
48,250 *Paul Wagorn. Carp. Ontario 
26.330 Kirby Smith. York. PA 

22,670 Gary Bedlord. Piqua, OH 

14,550 Matt Funk, Hanover, PA 

14,540 Michael Nelson, Lancaster, PA 

IANTOM SLAYER (Med Systems) 

1,326 *Susan Ballinger. Uxbridge, Ontario 
124 Chris Morris, Colonial Heights, VA 

*ELINE (THE RAINBOW) 

1,332 *Kent Prehn, Carol Stream, IL 
1,162 Mike Garozzo, Morrisville, PA 

925 Andy Green, Whitehall, PA 

483 Susan Ballinger, Uxbridge. Ontario 

405 Joe Bironas, Crestwood, KY 

ANET INVASION (Spectral Associates) 
59,600 *Terry Steele, Summerfield, NC 
52,450 Ian Loeppky, Blumenort. Manitoba 

32,350 Susan Ballinger, Uxbridge, Ontario 

10,750 Saul Klrsch, Ra'anana, Israel 

8.950 Michael Derman, Tel-Aviv. Israel 

)LARIS (Radio Shack) 

171.862 *Thomas Levasseur, Rockland, ME 
133,726 Ed Meyer, Vancouver, British Columbia 

112.535 Brett Ankrom. Atlanta, KS 

97.450 Jay Beam, Louisville, KY 

87,910 Ron Sujkowski, Bay City. Ml 

>LTERGEIST (Radio Shack) 

6,000 *Billy Fairiull, Charleston, SC 
4,900 Kristine Haines, Nepean, Ontario 

4,885 Frank Canepa III, Santurce, 

Puerto Rico 
4,830 Lisa Ballinger, Uxbridge, Ontario 

4,830 Joel Peacock, Thousand Oaks, CA 

4,200 Bryan Ecker, Lusby, MD 

30YAN (Datasolt) 

,785,000 *Ben Collins, Clemson, SC 
,546.000 Jell Connell. Winona, MN 

,250,350 Richard Hawkins, Cleveland, TN 

978,450 Christopher Romance. Massapequa 

Park, NY 
900,250 Daniel Belisie. Montreal, Quebec 

140,450 Beverly Herbers, Placentia, CA 

1 1 1 ,000 Nancy Herbers, Placentia. CA . 

80.150 Bart Nigro. Tempe, AZ 

8,500 Hiram Esparza. Blue Island, IL 

4.600 George Frausto. Blue Island, IL 

3PCORN (Radio Shack) 
45,210 *Mike Norris. Columbia, SC 
41,910 Nicole Fraedman, Wellesley. MA 

36,500 Barry Stanton. North East. PA 

34,900 William Blaine III. Gallipolis 

Ferry, WV 
32,430 Chris Bosl, Temple, TX 

26,360 Ivan Catlelt, Laguna Hills, CA 

16,490 Frank Wood III, Niverville, NY 

HOJECT NEBULA (Radio Shack) 

2,005 ^Christopher Romance. Massapequa 
Park, NY 
YRAMID (Radio Shack) 
220/1 12 *George Fairfield. Victoria, 

British Columbia 
220/112 *David Oelhaupl. Calgary, Alberta 
220/114 Chris Mitchell. Byron, GA 



Q-NERD (TH# RAINBOW) 
1,958,950 *Bruce Baltzer, Hanover, Ontario 
61,290 Sean Conner, Summit, NJ 

QUIX (Tom Mix) 

907,320 *Andrew Norrie, Mississauga, Ontario 
525,633 Clayton Foxworth, Florence, SC 

447,353 Stephane Asselln, Baie-Comeau, 

Quebec 
323,373 Jean-Francois Lauzier, Asbestos, 

Quebec 
271,965 Nicole Freedman, Wellesley, MA 

RAAKA-TU (Radio Shack) 

50 *Ryan Devlin, Louisville, KY 
50 *Todd Knapp, Prairie du Chien, Wl 
40 Robbie Haines. Nepean, Ontario 

RACER (THE RAINBOW) 

159.9 *Frank Canepa III. Santurce, 

Puerto Rico 
90.2 Chris Neal, Wabash, IN 

RADIO BALL (Radio Shack) 
4,510,740 *Les Dorn. Eau Claire, Wl 
3,706.810 Stephen Zamonski, Ewing, NJ 

1,738,150 Mickey Emberton, Indianapolis, IN 

1 ,629,200 Benolt Lareau, Montreal, Quebec 

1,511,640 Kelly Dion, Cap-de-la-Madelelne. 

Quebec 
REACTOIDS (Radio Shack) 
5,257,295 *Gary Bedford, Piqua, OH 
73,240 William Blaine III. Gallipolis 

Ferry. WV 
RETURN OF THE JET-I (ThunderVision) 
538,432 *Matt Griffiths. Stilwell, KS 
429,160 Jean-Francois Bruneau, Si-Hubert 

Quebec 
203,500 Jamey Maumus, New Orleans, LA 

REVERSE (THE RAINBOW) 

7 *Jon Hobson, Plainfield, Wl 
ROAD RACE (THE RAINBOW) 

91.7 *Bill Martin, Myrtle Beach, SC 
576.6 Eric Clarkson, Missouri City, TX 

706.1 Michael Hebb, Victoria, Australia 

1212.4 Michael Martens. Wausau, Wl 

2158.5 Steven Roth, Fannystelle, Manitoba 
RUN FOR YOUR LIFE (THE RAINBOW) 

20.000 *Ryan Devlin. Louisville, KY 
SAILOR MAN (Tom Mix) 

596,700 *Jeff Picketts. Brantford, Ontario 
570,500 Aaron Samuels, Monument. CO 

535,900 Scott Sherman, Woodstown, NJ 

488,600 Paul Kenyon, Phoenix, AZ 

435,700 Andy Daler, Medford, OR 

232,000 Brian Baggett, Maumee, OH 

SANDS OF EGYPT (Radio Shack) 

80 *John Allocca, Yonkers, NY 
60 *BobDewitt, Blue Island. IL 
82 Jeff McKay, Travis AFB, CA 

97 Phill Zarfos, Dallaslown, PA 

98 Aaron Durkee, Lansing. Ml 

102 Clyde Siverd Jr., Saratoga Springs. NY 
SEA DRAGON (Adventure International) 

39.030 *Brian Wollgram. Freeland. Ml 
12,000 Ken Dowitt, Blue Island, IL 

SHAMUS (Radio Shack) 

62,940 *Jon Blow, San Diego, CA 

SHENANIGANS (Mar* Data) 

96 *N. Wakolin, Mt. Lebanon. PA 

103 Chris Cope, Central, SC 
SHOOTING GALLERY (fladio Shack) 

227,840 *Cliff Farmer, McGregor, TX 
SKIING (Radio Shack) 

01:00 *Scott Clevenger. Fairmount. IN 
01:00 *Billy Fairiull. Charleston, SC 
01.10 Mike Scharf, Fremont. OH 

01:12 Sean Conner. Summit, NJ 

05.85 John Hokpins. Greenville, SC 

SLAY THE NERIUS (Radio Shack) 

472,667 *Jim Herbers, Placentia, CA 
221,496 Shirley Herbers, Placentia, CA 

SNAKER (THE RAINBOW) 

1:24 *Luanne Ashby, Phoenix, AZ 
1:26 Dan Sobczak, Mesa. AZ 

1:37 Susan Ballinger, Uxbridge. Ontario 

1:50 Andy Green, Whitehall, PA 

1 :59 Baiju Shah, Deep River, Ontario 

SOLO POKER (Datasolt) 

1.100 it-Carol Staker. Moscow. ID 
690 Robert Peterman Jr.. Newton. TX 



SPACE ASSAULT (Radio Shack) 

19.065 *Steven Allen. Sharpsburg, MD 
SPACE RACE (Spectral Associates) 

83.422 *Mark Donahue. Alexandria, VA 
11.600 Mario Asselin, Baie-Comeau. Quebec 

SPEED RACER (MichTron) 

126,750 *Jack Manzullo, Saginaw, Ml 
121,260 Paul Kenyon, Phoenix, AZ 

115,410 Jean-Francois Pigeon. Villemontel, 

Quebec 
1 1 1 .200 Mike Rebbecchl. Somerdale. NJ 

109.440 Dan Bouges, Niantlc. CT 

96,000 ChrisCope.Central.SC 

STAR BLAZE (Radio Shack) 

9,000 *Gary Bedford, Piqua, OH 
7.950 Matthew Daley, Binghamton, NY 

7,950 Mike Marcol, River Grove, IL 

4,500 Ted Barkley, Whitehall, NY 

STELLAR LIFE-LINE (fladio Shack) 
119.030 *Brian Shaber, Boise, ID 
101,430 David Barnekow, Elkhorn, Wl 

73.950 Lori McCullar, Brazil, IN 

62,390 Andrew Lawrence, Cambridge. Ontario 

39,210 Alfred Silva, Cranston, Rl 

20,580 Matt Shalfer, Reading, PA 

STORM ARROWS (Spectral Associates) 

263,850 *Arnold Snitser, Los Angeles, CA 
TEMPLE OF ROM (Had/o Shack) 

837.600 *Davld Oelhaupl. Calgary. Alberta 
673,800 Sonya Hurst, Richmond, CA 

620,800 Rhea Jarrard, Olympia, WA 

463,400 Glenn Alfrey, Olympia, WA 

288,500 Carol Elliot, O'Leary, Prince 

Edward Island 
TIME BANDIT (Mich Tron) 
1,025,210 *Terry Moore, St. Catherines. Ontario 
359.980 Krlstopher Staller. Ft. Wayne, IN 

88.940 Brian Wagner, Lawrence, KS 

68,390 Jamie Sprang. Dartmouth, Nova Scotia 

27.890 Jason Forbes. Mexico. NY 

24.770 Stephanie Michel Morgan, Centerville, 

OH 
THE TOUCHSTONE (Tom Mix) 

226.640 *Kristopher Staller. Ft. Wayne. IN 
TRAILIN' TAIL (THE RAINBOW) 

273.390 *Jerry Dill. Grafton. MA 
1 19,705 Diego Gallina, Summit. NJ 

105.300 Jerry Dill, Frankfort, Ml 

102.930 Philip Parent. Smiths Falls, Ontario 

94.810 Jean-Marc Parent. Smiths Falls. 

Ontario 
TRAPFALL (7om Mix) 

50.078 *Lori Day, Arlington. TX 
TUTS TOMB (Mar* Dara; 

189.960 *Nicole Pouliot Coors. Mobile. AL 
189,760 Jerry Austin. Baraboo, Wl 

184.380 Biagio Di Lorenzo, Montreal, Quebec 

163,060 Michael McCafferty, Oceanside, CA 

158,000 Chris Russo, Miami, FL 

WHIRLEYBIRD RUN (Spectral Associates) 
43.850 *Glen Bilodeau, Otterburn Park. 

Ontano 
30,100 Dan Durga, Flint, Ml 

16.900 Stephane Asselin. Baie-Comeau. 

Quebec 
WILLY'S WAREHOUSE (Intracolor) 

163,500 * Alan Morris, Chicopee, MA 
93,700 Craig Kluger, Miami, FL 

48,900 Stephane Asselin, Baie-Comeau, 

Quebec 
ZAXXON (Datasolt) 
2,068,900 *Dave Levora, Oak Forest, IL 
2,057.600 Chris Oberholtzer. Lexington. MA 

1,700,000 Biagio Di Lorenzo, Montreal, Quebec 

1,510,000 James Ouadrella, Brooklyn, NY 

666,000 Andy Green, Whitehall. PA 

137,000 Bob Dewilt, Blue Island, IL 

115,000 Thomas Bacon, Grayling, Ml 

91.600 Ronald Simmonds. Winnipeg. 

Manitoba 
78,600 Jay Andraschko, Yuma, AZ 

65,000 Michael Brennan, Calgary, Alberta 

36.400 Mariano Frausto. Blue Island. IL 



— Debbie Hartley 



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In conjunction with the rainbow's Scoreboard, we offer this column of 
pointers for our game-playing readers' benefit. If you have some interest- 
ing hints and tips, we encourage you to share them by sending them to 
the Scoreboard, c/o the rainbow. 



IN 'SEARCH' OF THE RIGHT NAME 

Scoreboard: 

In ihe "Scoreboard" column, you have 
both Sea Quest and Sea Search listed. These 
are both the same game, and should only 
be listed once. I guess Mark Data changed 
the name for some reason. The current name 
is Sea Search. 

Brett Noble 
Redlands, CA 

Editor's Note: Mark Data did change 
the name. From now on, Sea Quest 
will be referred to as Sea Search. 
Thank you, Brett. 



UNTRUE STATEMENT 

Scoreboard: 

In a recent issue of rainbow, I noticed 
someone stated that the scepter was useless 
in Pyramid. You can wave the scepter at 
the bottomless pit and a bridge will span 
across the pit to the hall of gods. 

I also need help in killing the gargoyle 
with the candle in Raaka-Tu. Please send 
any information to 1615 Highland Ave., 
53545. 

Todd Harris 
Janesville. WI 



KEY TO TREKBOER 

Scoreboard: 

Here are a few tips for those of you having 
trouble with the Adventure Trekboer, by 
Mark Data Products. 

To open the cabinet you must get the key 
from the manual. Once you open the 
cabinet, you must examine it three times 
to get everything out. 

When you are on the planet Aridak (the 
desert planet), to get the liquid, type GET 
LIQUID WITH BEAKER. To find the wrecked 
starship when you arrive through the 
teleport, type S, S, S, S, E. To go back 
to the teleport, type N, E, W, N. 

I have almost finished Trekboer, but 1 
can't get out of the large underground 
complex on the Garden planet. I would 
appreciate it if someone could tell me. 



If anyone needs some tips or all the 
answers to the following Adventures, write 
to 181 Geoffrey Rd., Chittaway Pt., Wyong 
2259. The games are Pyramid. Bedlam, 
Madness and the Minotaur and Trekboer. 
Oh! What is the canteen for? 

Tony Cross 
New South Wales, Australia 



HORSIN' AROUND 

Scoreboard: 

The games Sands of Egypt and Dungeons 
of Daggorath are driving me crazy! In Sands 
of Egypt, I can't even find the pool. Can 
anyone please send me the solutions? They 
would be greatly appreciated. My address 
is 622 Perdido Dr., 75043. 

Here's a hint for those of you with Dallas 
Quest. Start the game and get the bugle. 
Go east until you reach the horse. Examine 
the horse and the tree. Then examine Lucy 
and ride the horse; that will give you the 
first clue. Go back down and get the shovel 
(go north until you reach the barn). 

When you're in the pasture, just move 
around until the cattle start to stampede 
toward you. When that happens, play your 
horn and dig up whatever the cattle 
uncovered. After that, go into the study and 
then the grass field and find your way to 
the airfield. The rest is up to you! 

Eric Hedstrom 
Garland, TX 



Scoreboard: 

For anyone who is having trouble with 
Dungeons of Daggorath, here are some 
hints. Watch the speed at which the 
monsters travel and time your hits so the 
computer will hit them the moment they 
enter your block. It also helps to keep useless 
treasure, such as dead torches, in front of 
you. 

Also, I have found another ring on the 
fourth level. It's a Joule ring. I won't tell 
you to what it incants, but to find out, just 
look in your old, trusty "Webster's 
Dictionary." 

The Elvish sword and Mithrel shield are 
also found on the fourth level. To get these, 
kill all the scorpions and wraiths first, then 
go after the massive galdrogs who carry the 
sword, shield. Joule ring and a Seer scroll. 



I hope I have been of help. For mi 
information or help with Black Sanctum 
Raaka-Tu, send a SASE to 210 Spri 
Hollow Ln., 43081. 

Chris D, 
Westerville. I 



Scoreboard: 

If you are having trouble with Sands 
Egypt, here are a couple of hints. 

To drain the pool you need the scept 
which is at the base of the pyramid. If you 
made it to the underground river, you ha 
to go to the boat and type FLOAT BOf 
You need the rope to tie the boat up 
the archway and you need the shovel to n 
the boat. 

For those of you who are having troul 
with the mummy, the first thing you do or 
you get into the archway is type TRANSLA 
HIEROGLYPHICS, then place the scepter 
the mummy. The place should shake a 
reveal a crack in the wall. Get the ladd 
then go back to the archway. 

Does anyone know how to find the 1; 
treasure in Sea Search? I have already fou 
the ring, the anchor, the silver and the pea 
Somebody please help! 

I have solved Shenanigans, Black Sancti 
and Dallas Quest. If you need help se 
a SASE to 19695 Barnett Rd., 70791. 

Dustin Maxfu 
Zachary, 1 



Scoreboard: 

For anybody who plays Adventures, he 
are some of the games I have solved: Bla 
Sanctum, Sea Search, Calixto Islan 
Shenanigans and Bedlam. 

ln Shenanigans, when you are in the cav 
and you hear a voice saying "Sean," ty 
SEAN. 

For Bedlam, try putting the pill in t. 
meat and then give it to the dog. Also, whi 
you stumble over something in Sea Searc 
type GET SHOVEL. 

For any more help, write to me at R 
6, Box 293, 26505. 

Doug Wilbm 
Morgantown, W 



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CAR STOPPER 

ireboard: 

n Poltergeist, from Radio Shack, on the 
eens with the large housing development 
■ou hold the joystick button down while 
s being drawn up (before the cars come 
:) and keep it held down, the cars will 
/er show up. 

Glen Button 
Cheshire, CT 



FREEBIES 



SHENANIGANS 

Scoreboard: 

1 need help on Shenanigans. Any answers 
or solutions would be appreciated. Every 
lime I go into the pub, I get kicked out. 

I can help on Calixto Is/and. My phone 
number is (602) 889-755 1 , or you can write 
to 333 W. Dakota St., 85706. 

Aaron Repath 
Tucson, AZ 

Editor's Note: No shirt, no shoes, NO 
SERVICE! 



Scoreboard: 

1 need help with the Adventure game 
Shenanigans. I can't seem to get past that 
stupid snake in Ihe cave. If anyone can help 
me, please write to 8113 E. Whitton Ave., 
85251. 

Chuck Kiefer 
Scottsdale, AZ 



Editor's Note: Examine the clover 
fields more closely. 



treboard: 

have been noticing that more and more 
>ple are writing in with questions on how 
solve certain Adventures. There are also 
>ple who offer solutions for money. Well, 
oo am a CoCo Adventure addict, and 
tave solved quite a few. They include: 
dlam. Black Sanctum, Blackbeard's 
md, Calixto Island, Dallas Quest, Major 
ir, Pyramid, Raaka-Tu, Sam Diamond, 
m Sleuth, Sands of Egypt, Sea Search, 
enanigans, Syzygy, To Preserve Quandic 
i Trekboer. If any of you would like help 
my kind, write to me at 1 10 Ashley Drive, 
531. I can also be reached at (803) 654- 
12, but please call after 6 p.m. 1 don't 
;h that you send money, but a SASE 
uld be nice. 

f there is anyone out there who has solved 
iaron, I would appreciate it if you would 
e me some hints, I would also love to 
ir from any of my fellow CoCo-nuts. 
ppy Adventuring! 

John Allen 
Clemson, SC 



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DARTH LIVES ON 

oreboard: 

[ need help with the 3-D graphics 
venture Syzygy, from Spectral Associates, 
an just about finish the game, except I 
l't kill Darth Vader and I can't get past 
: second force field on one of the lower 
els (1 believe it is Level 3). I can get all 
the treasure, including the communicator, 
1 1 can't seem to kill Darth Vader. Anyone 
o can help, or needs help, please call me 
(203) 634-0680, or write to me at 3 1 Fiesta 
;ts., 06450. 

Here is a hint. You need the string and 
)lanket to survive the fall from the cliff. 
Mike Sengstock 
Meriden, CT 



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DATA FILES for use with Spell, Hangword Scramble, and Keyboard Programs 



Grade 2 Spelling 
Grade 3 Spelling 
Grade 4 Spelling 
Grade 5 Spelling 
Grade 6 Spelling 



.90-5206 

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S8.95 
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Space Word List 

Most Misspelled 

Words 
Dolch Words 

Keyboard Phonic 
Drill 



90-5216 .. Cassette 
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90-5220 Cassette . 
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All programs listed are tor the Radio Shack 'Color Computer and Color Computer II. in I6K. 32K. and 64K models with ECB. 

B5 Programs Maintain a Consistant Quality of Excellence 



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Sound educational content 

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Sell-paced with skill levels 

Creative and colorful screen designs 

Rewards to build confidence and sell-esteem 



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Book, or write for a free catalog and com- 
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RAINBOW REVIEWS 




ACDITS 

Does Inventory For Your Disk Files/ 'Aurora Computing 217 

ANIMATOR COMMERCIAL 

Creates Eye-Catching Displays/777ad Pictures Corporation 212 

Animator Junior 

Create Animated Graphics/777ad Pictures Corporation 207 

Battle Of The Bulge 

A Tactical Game Of World War \l/Ark Royal Games 197 

Cassette Tape Tester 

Affords Security For Data/Free CoCo Software 21 1 

CINC PAC — Battle Of Midway 

For Victory At Sea/ Ark Royal Games 1 98 

CoCo Talker 

Speaks For Itself/Compuferware 218 

Color Disk Manager 

A Virtual Disk Saver/Sugar Software 21 

Count To 100 

Provides Preschool Fun With Matb/CY-BURNET-ICS 221 

Cyrus World Class Chess 

A New Dimension In Chess/Radio Shack 195 

Data Bank 

Organizes Data With Or Without OS-9/Compufenvare 194 

File 64 

A Great File System For Cassette Users/Ow/s Nest Software 214 

500 Pokes, Peeks 'N Execs 

CoCo Gains Power And Speed/Specfrum Projects, Inc 1 99 

Golf Handicaps 

Keeps League Statistics Up To Par/Don Hug 215 

Handycode 

An Efficient Way To Keep Data Private/V. Baumann 206 

The Magic Box 

CoCo Enters A New World/Specfrum Projects, Inc 216 

Mathfun 

Practice Your Math Skills/Compugram 200 

Metric Mind 

Performs Well At Teaching Conversions/Creaf/Ve Technical Consultants 1 96 

Missile Math 

A Winning JooUMESA 213 

Multiple Choice Test 

Fits Specific Needs/D & D Software 202 

Personal Finance System 

For Checkbook Organization/Compuferware 203 

Practical Programming In Pascal 

Makes Learning Pascal Easy/New American Library 192 

Space Web 

Teaches Strategy And Reasoning Skills/Specfacu/ar Software 201 

VIEW-EDIT k 

A Dynamic Approach To Image Processing/SoftC/rcu/fs, Inc 219 

Warehouse Mutants 

For Masochistic Madness/Tom Mix Software 220 






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Radio Shack Has the 
Software You Want 






Color File.** An easy-to-use 
home filing 
system for 
personal re- 
cords. 
Comes pre- 
set with 
seven files — 
or create your own. Was 
$24.95inRSC-14. ._.,. 

#26-3103 1 9 

Spectaculator '"■'. Do planning 
and budget- 







ing with this 
electronic 
spreadsheet. 
Just enter 
numbers and 
formulas — 

results are displayed on com- 
mand. Ideal for financial fore- 
casting. Was $34.95 
in RSC-14. #26-3104 



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,95 



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29 



95 



Color SCRIPSIT®. A powerful 
home word ^ a . j....,.., 
processing 
system for 
correction- 
free letters. 
Text can be 
saved on op- 
tional cassette recorder or 
printed with optional printer. Was 
$34.95 in RSC-14. 
#26-3105 

Personal Finance II. Includes 

26 expense 

categories, 

including 

auto, gas, 

food and 

more. Review 

spending on 

year-to-date or category basis. 

Was $34.95 in RSC-1 4. _ _ Q _ 

#26-3106 29 9& 

Color Editor/Assembler. De- 
velop 6809 
software. You 
get trial as- 
sembly in 
memory, an 
editor to 
change your 

program and Z-Bug for testing. 
Was $49.95 in RSC-14. 
#26-3250 



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Bingo Math.* Three exciting 
games to 
make learn- 
ing math fun. 
Bingo, Speed 
Math and 
Number 
Hunt. Was 
$24.95 in RSC-14. 
#26-3150 



19 



95 




Baseball.* This exciting game 
plays like the 
big leagues! 
You are the 
coach— it's 
up to you to 
control the 
pitching, de- 
fense, and running for extra ex- 
citement. Fast paced baseball 
action. Was $24.95 in ^ rtQ c 
RSC-14. #26-3095 1 9 s 

Canyon Climber.* Your climb- 
ing skills are 
tested when 
you find kick- 
ing goats, 
falling rocks, 
zinging ar- 
rows and 
more on your way to the summit. 
Was $34.95 in RSC-14. 
#26-3089 




29 



95 



Downland.* You're alone in a 
secret cave, 
you jump and 
climb from 
chamber to 
chamber col- 
lecting gold 
and dia- 
monds. Each chamber is a new 
danger. Will you survive? Was 
$24.95 in RSC-14. 
#26-3046 




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95 



Galactic Attack.* Enemy 
spaceships 
bomb your 
defense 
shields. If you 
destroy this 
squadron, the 
enemy re- 
verts to a deadly night attack. 
Was $24.95 in 
RSC-14. #26-3066 




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Poltergeist. Based on the hit 
movie. 
Search for 
clues and 
face the pol- 
tergeist. Not 
for parents or 
others easily 

frightened. Was $29.95 rt . M 
in RSC-14. #26-3073 Z4 3D 



' Joysticks required. 

' Cassette recorder required. 

' Joysticks and recorder required. 




Color Computer 
at New Low Prices! 



Mega-Bug. * A maze of fun! Try 
:o lose the lit- 
;le "buggers" 
not on your 
rail. You 
;an'tstop. 
Everywhere 
/ou go, on 
jvery turn, there's more of them! 
excellent color graphi- 
cs. Was $29.95 in -irian 
3SC-14. #26-3076 




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Slay the Nerius.* Fast action is 

leeded to 

save your 

submarines 

rom deadly 

starfish and 

he ancient 

sea creature 

—Nerius. Was $24.95 

n RSC-14. #26-3086 




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Dlowns and Balloons.* A real 

;ircus act. 

Jse your i 

safety net to 

jounce the 

;lown up and 

jown to pop 

he balloons 

Dverhead! Be careful — don't let 

he clown fall. Was $29.95 - ftg5 

n RSC-14. #26-3087 l\3 





Deluxe Joystick. Get accurate 
cursor control and quicker re- 
sponse. Dual-axis trim controls. 
Was $39.95 in RSC-14. nAQi; 
#26-3012 Z9 S!> 



Joysticks. Two controls with full 
360° movement! Single-shot but- 
ton. A "must" for selected games. 
Was $24.95 in RSC-1 4. H ftq c 
#26-3008 (pair) I5J 



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Cyrus. A chess program with be- 
ginner to 
tournament 
skill levels. 
You can take 
back a move 
or reject the 
computer's 
move and force it to play again. 




Was $24.95 in RSC-14. 
#26-3064 



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,95 



7 Card Stud. Compete with 
three com- 
puter poker 
players. They 
can adjust to 
your playing 
style and 
make it more 
difficult to win. Was 
$24.95 in RSC-14. 
#26-3000 







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The following products recently have been received 
by the rainbow, examined by our magazine staff and 
approved for the Rainbow Seal of Certification, your 
assurance that we have seen the product and have 
ascertained that it is what it purports to be. 

This month the Seal of Certification has been 
issued to: 



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Disto Floppy Disk Controller, a disk 
controller for CoCo or CoCo 2 with 
gold contacts on all connectors, shielded 
metal box for low RF noise, four 28- 
pin sockets, internal mini-expansion 
bus interface and 16 MHz high speed 
master clock. CRC Computers, 1720 
Charette, Duvernay Laval, Quebec, 
Canada H7E 4L9, $99.95 

Graphicom Part II, a 64K menu-driven 
graphics utility requiring at least one 
disk drive and capable of supporting 
four drives. Does not require Graphicom 
to run and includes these functions: 
Load and Save both Graphicom format 
screens and standard (binary), keyboard 
or joystick input, color or black-and- 
white Hi-Res operation, OOPS com- 
mand to recover mistakes and four 
screen display modes. Computize, Inc., 
P.O. Box 207, Langhorne, PA 19047, 
disk $24.95 plus $3 S/H 

Hardcopy, a 64K screen print /graphics 
dump utility requiring at least one disk 
drive but capable of supporting four 
with keyboard or joystick input. Com- 
patible with Graphicom and Graphicom 
Pari II, Hardcopy loads standard 6K 
images and CoCo Max pictures. Cap- 
able of supporting Hi-Res in all four 
Graphicom display modes; there is also 
black-and-white or gray scale printing. 
Users should specify printer when 
ordering. Computize, Inc., P.O. Box 
207, Langhorne, PA 19047, disk $29.95 
plus $3 S/H 

War of the Worlds, a 64K joystick- 
driven Adventure in three chapters. 
Suitable for group play, each chapter 
contains more than 200 situations. 
Possible are save game option and 
master control option which resumes 
play at the point where you left off. 
Triad Pictures Corp., P.O. Box 1299, 
134 Simders Rd., Sequim, WA 98382, 
cassette $18.95 per chapter or $39.95 
for complete three chapter edition plus 
$3 S/H 



Soccer Statistics Package, a 32K sports 
utility requiring a disk drive. Possible 
are mid-season entry, updates and 
additions, correct and review all stats 
in file, correction on all input screens; 
raw dump to the printer for the player, 
goalie and opposing team's files; 
summary of the player, goalie and 
opposing team's stats. Also, summary 
of 16 individual player and 10 goalie 
stats; tracking of 14 goalie stats; and 
19 opposing team stats. Sugar Software, 
1710 North 50th Avenue, Hollywood, 
FL 33021, disk $29.95 

Utility Routines, a book written for 
basic and ML programmers including 
routines such as Command Keys, Super 
Scroller, Full Length Errors, Auto Line 
Increment, Pause Control, and Cursor 
Styles. Compatible with 16/32/64K 
disk or cassette, CoCo or CoCo 2. 
Microcom Software, P.O. Box 214, 
Fairport, NY 14450, book $19.95; book 
with cassette or disk $36.95; cassette or 
disk only $24.95 plus $2 S/H 

Enhanced Disk Operating System 
Version 2.6, an alternate operating 
system for the CoCo designed to replace 
Disk Extended Color basic 1.0 while 
remaining 98 percent compatible. 
EDOS2.6 requires a disk system with 
a drive capable of 6 ms and 40 tracks 
and is available only on an EPROM 
which is enclosed with the pack. Micro 
Computer Services, P.O. Box 1001, 101 
Bush Street, Angus, Ontario, Canada 
L0M 1 B0, $100 

Latin Translator, a 32K ECB utility 
package requiring a disk drive for the 
teaching or learning of Latin. Based on 
the first semester course followed in the 
book First Year Latin by Charles 
Jenney, Jr., Roger V. Scudder and Eric 
C. Baade, it requires some fundamental 
knowledge of Latin but examples are 
given within the manual and the 
program itself. Joe Pottinger, 13 
Pauline Ln., Rolla, MO 65401, disk 
$14.95 plus $2 S/H 



Q.D.S. A/B-4, a disk driven syst 
consisting of Hard Drive Speciali: 
floppy drive controller and two doub 
sided, double-density Remex RFD L 
disk drives. The controller has go 
plated edge card connectors, absence 
potentiometers and dual selectal 
ROM sockets. The dual Remex RJ 
480 drives run up to 5 ms track to trf 
speed and have a special circuit Quat 
Data Systems installed on the dr 
board to intercept the drive select sigi 
from the controller and change I 
signal; the double-sided drives act 1: 
four separate single-sided drives alio 
ing users without a DOS that suppo 
double-sided drives to use both si< 
of the drive. Quattro Data Syster 
P.O. Box 180071, Austin, TX 787 
0071, controller $120, dual drives $3 

RS23210, a utility program to incre; 
the flexibility of the RS-232 port w 
any custom peripheral or homema 
project such as robotics, ROM burn 
and any RS-232 peripheral not set 
specifically for the CoCo. Racine, 52 
S. Birmingham, Tacoma, WA 9841 
cassette $30 

DynaCalc, requires OS-9 Operati 
System and handles all types of da 
numbers, labels and equations. Possil 
are the creation of worksheets of 2 
columns and 256 rows; printer outp 
24 built-in mathematical functioi 
performance of all regular math opi 
ations to 16-digit accuracy; and readi 
and writing of OS-9 data files. Rac 
Shack stores nationwide, disk $99.95 

Super LOGO, an expanded version 
Color LOGO with the added features 
list processing capability, decin 
arithmetic, flexibility in the use of t 
immediate mode, and improved editi 
and disk handling features. Compa 
bility with Color LOGO has be 
maintained and almost all procedui 
written in Color LOGO will run withe 
alteration in Super LOGO. Radio Sha 
stores nationwide, disk $99 

OS-9 Solution, an interface softwa 
system requiring OS-9 Version 01 .0 1 .C 
designed to make OS-9 menu-driven 
replacing 19 OS-9 commands wi 
single keystrokes. By using a directo 
window with the up- and down-arn 



188 



THE RAINBOW August 1985 



;ys for access and command execution, 
ie program allows multiple copying, 
Uing and info printouts for whole or 
irtial directories. All XMODE pa- 
.meters can be set at the touch of a 
ngle key and the necessity to type long 
ithnames has been eliminated. Spec- 
um Projects Inc., P.O. Box 21272, 93- 
i 86th Drive, Woodhaven, NY 11421, 
sk $39.95, plus$3S/H 

)Co Solver, a 32K utility requiring 
disk drive or 16K for cassette users 

use as an equation generator, a mini 
ta file manager, programming tutor 
d advanced programmable calculator. 
Dtions include utilities to kill files on 
data disk, erase, copy and a monitor 

PEEK at memory. Compatible with 
)OS as well as Disk basic. JTJ 
iterprises, P.O. Box 1 10841, Nashville, 
vl 37211, disk for 32K or cassette for 
K S79.95 

pine Align Cushion, designed to be 
;ed with standard secretarial chairs or 
at seats without back supports, this 
lgled, well-padded cushion is meant 
i reduce "desk distress" of the lower 
ick. Spine Align, 345 So. McDowell 
Ivd. #209, Petaluma, CA 94952, 
19.95 plus $2.50 S/H 

aseball Statistics Package, a 32K 

iorts utility requiring a disk drive. 
Dssible are mid-season entry, update 
id additions; correct and review all 
ats in file; correction on all input 
reens; and raw dump of data to the 
inter for the player, pitcher and 
>posing team's files. Also, summary 

the player, pitcher and opposing 
am's stats; tracking of 21 individual 
ayer stats with 18 cumulative stats per 
ayer; tracking of 15 individual pitcher 
ats with 11 cumulative totals per 
tcher; compilation of total team 
mmary of 16 separate stats; and 
•mpilation of total pitching summary 

1 1 stats. Sugar Software, 1710 North 
'th Avenue, Hollywood, FL 33021, 
sk $29.95 

isketball Statistics Package, a 32K 

oris utility requiring a disk drive, 
issible are mid-season entry, update 
d additions; correct and review all 
its in file; correction of input screens; 
w dump of data to the printer, for 
e player and opposing team's files; 
mmary of the player, opposing team 
d 17 individual player team stats, 
so, tracking of 22 individual player 
its with 18 cumulative stats per 



player; and compilation of opposing 
team summary of 19 separate stats. 
Sugar Software, 1710 North 50th 
Avenue, Hollywood, FL 33021, disk 
$29.95 

Football Statistics Package, a 32K 

sports utility requiring a disk drive. 
Possible are mid-season entry, updates 
and additions; correct and review all 
stats in file; correction on all input 
screens; raw dump of data to the printer 
for the player and opposing team's files; 
summary of the player and opposing 
team's stats; and tracking of 90 indi- 
vidual player stats. Also, summary of 
63 individual cumulative stats per 
player; summary of 17 cumulative team 
and 28 cumulative opposing team stats; 
team summaries of 87 stats; comparitive 
summary printouts of 63 stats for your 
team; and 62 stats for the opposing 
team. Sugar Software, 1710 North 50th 
Avenue, Hollywood, FL 33021, disk 
$29.95 

Thunder RAM, a 256K memory up- 
grade board for the Color Computer 
requiring a disk system. Features 
include the emulation of a 40-track 
RAM Disk, speed up to 30 times faster 
than an ordinary floppy disk drive, a 
full 60K print spooler and storage of 
up to 30 Hi-Res screens in memory at 
one time. Users can create basic 
programs up to 128K long. Spectrum 
Projects, Inc., P.O. Box 21272, 93-15 
86th Street, Woodhaven, NY 11421, 
$119.95 plus $3 S/H 

Cosmic Paint, a 32K graphics system 
requiring at least one disk drive (two 
are recommended) and an analog 
joystick (Radio Shack), a mouse or a 
touch pad. Commands reside in an icon 
grid featuring scrolling, lines, rectangles, 
boxes (3-D), detail mode, circles or 
ellipses, painting, sketching, a disk 
menu, magnification, a wrench (for 
fixing mistakes), erase, mask patterns, 
dump to printer, text and select (to 
modify portions of the screen). Cosmic 
Software, 515 Beverly West, Sherwood, 
AR 721 16, disk $20 



Teacher Pak, a 16K collection of four 
programs for teachers designed by 
teachers. Dister, a statistical analysis 
utility for lists of numbers such as, but 
not limited to, grades. It works out 
averages, sample, and population 
standard deviations and variances. 
Possible are both printed and on-screen 
distributions. Grader allows users to 
choose straight percentages or weighted 
grading. Alpher produces printed or on- 
screen alphabetized lists of names or 
words. These lists may be saved and 
used with Grader and Sealer. Sealer 
produces printed seating charts for 
classrooms of almost any size. 

Teacher Pak Plus, requires 32K and 
contains all of the above with CoCo 
Testum for an 80-column printer with 
underline function to create and print 
tests. Possible are the creation of 
multiple choice, fill in the blank, short 
answer, true/ false and matching tests. 
Tothian Software, P.O. Box 663, 
Rimersburg, PA 16248, Teacher Pak 
cassette $34.95, Teacher Pak Plus 
cassette $47.95 

Color Computer Machine Monitor— 

CCMM, a full-featured debug machine 
monitor that interfaces with the ROM- 
resident operating system(s) and device 
configuration(s) of CoCo and CoCo 2. 
The command facilities include: LIST/ 
EDIT of registers, memory and pro- 
gram; EXECUTE of program (subrou- 
tines under monitor supervision; 
TRACE of RWM Resident program 
instructions; BREAK-Point on control 
sequencing; ACCESS-point on data 
addressing; self-relocatable. Position 
Independent Code (P.I.C.); CoCo 
dependent [2K] and stand-alone [4K] 
Versions. Published by Real Computers 
and Intelligence of Santa Clara, Calif., 
and distributed by The Zellerbach 
Group, Unit 216, 1335 Pacific Avenue, 
San Francisco, CA 94109, disk CCMM 
16/D program(s) $16.95, manual 
CCMM 20/S $9.95, tape CCMM 17/ 
T program(s) $14.45, manual CCMM 
20/S $9.95 



The Seal of Certification program is open to all 

manufacturers of products for the Tandy Color Computer, 

regardless of whether they advertise in the rainbow. 

By awarding a Seal, the magazine certifies the 

product does exist — that we have examined it and have 

a sample copy — but this does not constitute any guarantee of 

satisfaction. As soon as possible, these hardware or software 

items will be forwarded to the rainbow's reviewers for evaluation. 

— Monica Dorth 



August 1985 THE RAINBOW 189 



REVIEWING 





Consumer Wish List 



Editor: 

I've found that as a consumer of software 
for the Color Computer I need to know the 
following: I) Is the program position 
independent? (I will not buy one that is not.) 
2) Is the program ROM independent? 
(Again, I will not buy one that is not, as 
I have different CoCo systems at work and 
at home.) 3) Does the program provide an 
easy return to BASIC? (or OS-9, as the case 
may be.) Some programs, especially games, 
take over the computer and require it to 
be shut off in order to return to BASIC I 
then have to reload all of my defaults and 
external hardware registers. 4) I need to 
know whether or not a backup can be made. 

5) If the program is a graphics program, 
does it store the results in a manner 
consistent with loading to a basic graphics 
screen? (Or is it like Art Gallery, where the 
tape cannot be used by any other program?) 

6) Will it work with all larger RAM sizes? 

7) If the product is a program pack with 
a port in it, what is the port address or 
address range? 8) Does the program require 
a special interface, the Multi-Pak or a 
specific printer? 9) Does the program pack 
require 12 volts? (One of my systems has 
12 volts, the other does not. Some of my 
ports will not work on the CoCo 2.) 10) 
Does a driver for a device conflict with 
certain other software? 

I feel that if the above information could 
be included in a review a consumer can make 
an informed choice. 

Larry Robinson 
Bloomington, IN 



CENTIPEDE ABC's & 123s 

Editor: 

We would like to thank RAINBOW and 
Stephanie Snyder for the thoughtful and 
thorough review of Centipede A BC's & 123 's 



in the June 1985 issue (Page 205j. 

Somehow the price change we reported 
to you didn't make it into the review. For 
the record. Centipede ABC's & 123's are 
now sold on one cassette for $18, not the 
$25 listed at the end of the review. 

Ms. Snyder hit upon something in her 
review which no one here at Triad, nor any 
of the 400-odd preschools using the program 
saw: the need for a shorter game option to 
accommodate the shorter attention span of 
2-year-olds. Future versions of the program 
will incorporate such a feature. Thanks! 

Stan Osterbauer 
Triad Pictures 



Computer benefits from the thought 
competent reviews you publish. 

Michael Marcel) 
Bacchus Computer Softn 



ADVENTURUS SUPREMUS 4.6B 

Editor: 

I would like to thank rainbow for the 
positive review of Adventurus Supremus 
4.6 B in the June 1985 issue [Page 221]. 
However, there are a couple things that I 
would like to comment on. 

First, I feel the mention of R-rated actions 
is out of place. The one action that causes 
death is meant as punishment for vulgarity, 
and the other action uses proper English. 
1 feel that these actions are at very most 
PG-rated and are less offensive than many 
things most children have seen in PG-rated 
movies. I even talked to the reviewer about 
this, and he agreed I am probably right in 
this. 

Second, the use of the OK prompt is 
meant to be humorous by being slightly 
smug. Also, since all the verbs are listed, 
the only problem should be in finding a working 
verb/ noun combination, so such a simple 
prompt is justified. 

All things considered, 1 found the review 
to be thoughtful and positive, although the 
remarks about R-rated actions did disturb 
me a little. Also, keep up the good work, 
because everyone involved with the Color 



MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST 

Editor: 

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I hope we at D&D Software can make 
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Multiple Choice Test has been develop 
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our programs 100 percent. At $29.95, 
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it strongly stressed what the program woi 
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A review should at least mention the featu 
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Practical Programming 

In Pascal 

Makes Learning Pascal Easy 



PASCAL is much more than a programming language. 
It was conceived by Niklaus Wirth as an academic tool 
to teach structured programming techniques. As such, most 
texts on the subject are written with the computer science 
major in mind, and are extremely academic and technical. 
For a novice programmer, it can be a strenuous if not 
insurmountable task to try to learn the language for 
practical purposes from such a text. Kent Porter's Practical 
Programming In Pascal bridges the gap. 

Inside the flashy red, soft cover of this book (which will 
make it easy to find in the pile of documentation that 
always accompanies computer ownership) is a very well 
organized text. Also, due to Mr. Porter's smooth writing 
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are incredibly easy to read and understand. 

In the first four chapters you will be introduced to the 
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using PASCAL'S excellent looping and decision making 
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The development of the program from statement 
purpose to final product is, of course, accompanied 
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structured programming techniques which you can ap 
regardless of the language you are using. 

This brings me to BASIC09. This book was written 
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My previous experience with serious microcomputer 
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be playing with the kids. 

Data Bank has many of the same features I was already 
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and report layouts to the screen or printer. It does include 
all basic math functions so the computer will automatically 
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Validation of input lets you be sure you're only putting 
numbers or letters (even numbers or letters between 
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numeric, date or reserved for computer generated math 
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You will receive an unprotected disk and a 29-page 
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feet wet. 

Data Bank operates in the OS-9 environment with at 
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You do need 64K, but you do not need the OS-9 system. 
The package allows you to load and run from BASIC. 

I ran the program from my version 1.0 of Radio Shack 
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Everything was explained clearly between the mam 
and screen prompts until I got to the part where you c 
change your display format, and 1 found I didn't ha 
lowercase. Also, repeatedly I found myself outside t 
tutorial database and having to completely exit the progri 
and start over — that's really frustrating. 

Anyone not familiar and comfortable with the Of 
environment will be completely baffled by some of I 
problems they'll run into such as suddenly finding th 
tutorial is no longer in the active directory, strange en 
messages and having no lowercase input. Shell commai 
and error messages are explained somewhat in the rrianu 
but BASIC users are very restricted without a real Of 
system. 

Data Bank lets you delete records (and restore tht 
if you make a mistake), compress data files to elimini 
dead space, selectively transfer (archive) records, ev 
restructure your records if you later find a need for chan 
— this is impossible or tricky in other programs. 

I was impressed with the ease with which new files c 
be set up. You'll be prompted on the screen for many thin 
I've had to search for in other programs. 

Reports are easily formatted, and you can specify tot; 
and break points. I didn't follow through myself, but i 
easy to imagine a checkbook application with subtot; 
for various expense items so you would have your figui 
all organized and in one place for the IRS next April 15 

I was disappointed that Data Bank doesn't seem to ha 
an option for conditional sort. For instance, sort and pri 
all records whose ZIP code is higher than 69999. Ah 
no provision was made for easy label printing. 

This is a pretty powerful database manager which mea 
you'll need to spend some time learning how to masi 
its abilities so they'll work for you. No one should exp( 
to go into any program of this caliber without expecti 
to invest some serious time. 

OS-9 isn't really needed, but BASIC users will sa 
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Otherwise, I can recommend this without qualificatio 
to anyone who wants to get all that disorganized data sort 
out and stored in order. 

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194 



THE RAINBOW August 1985 



ft ware Review! 



rsz\ 



lyrus World Class Chess Is 
k New Dimension In Chess 

)o you enjoy playing chess? If not, would you like to 
n? Or would you just like to sit back and watch the 
lputer play a game by itself? 

f you answered "yes" to any of the above questions, 
n Cyrus World Class Chess is what you're looking for. 
■us requires at least 16K RAM (a joystick is optional), 
er inserting the cartridge, the title screen appears for 
lort moment, then the chessboard appears with the chess 
;es automatically placed in position — white at the 
torn of the screen and black at the top. You are now 
dy to play. 

f you have never played chess before, you will find the 
nual most helpful. It gives an in-depth explanation of 
rules of chess and the types of moves each piece makes. 
:n if you're an expert at chess, there are some options 
t Cyrus has to offer in order to make your game more 
Testing and challenging. 

Vhen the chessboard appears, you will see a small green 
are flashing on and off inside the square at the bottom- 
corner of the board. This square, known as the marker, 
icates to the computer the piece you want to move. 
: four arrow keys are used to move the marker around 
board. 

"o move a chess piece, first bring the marker onto the 
are occupied by the piece you want to move. Secondly, 
ss ENTER and the piece will start to flash, then use the 
dw keys to move the piece to its new square and press 
"ER again. The joystick may be used for the same 
pose. 

f you attempt to make an illegal move, an error signal 
nds, and you must move again. Also, if you have taken 
trol of a piece but then decide not to move it, return 
o its original square and press ENTER. The piece is 
lrned and the marker may be moved to another piece, 
en you have completed your move, Cyrus computes 
•eply and then makes its move. 

lyrus always lets you move first and play white. If you 
it to play black, press 'M'; Cyrus will then move first, 
s possible to have black at the bottom of the screen 
pressing T to invert the board. 

)ther than the chessboard itself, there are several other 

)lays. By pressing the space bar, the message display 

appear. The message display shows a record of the 

ves made so far in the game. It records the moves with 

lint . . . 

Machine Language Offset Loading 

If you want to load an ML file at a location higher 
lan the addresses in the file, type the command 
LDADM (or LOPlDM for disk) "filename", (new 
ddress-old address). If you want to load a file at 

lower location, type the command CLOADM (or 
OflDM) "filename", (new address-old 
ddress)+G5536. 



the use of a letter-number system. Each column is given 
a letter name (A through H), and each row a number (1 
through 8). The level at which you are playing is also shown 
on this display. The levels (one through nine) represent 
the amount of "thinking" time that Cyrus is allowed before 
each move. Cyrus plays better if it has more thinking time 
per move. The time spans range from two seconds to three 
and a half minutes. 

There are three additional levels: adaptable, infinite and 
problem. When playing on the adaptable level, Cyrus takes 
roughly the same amount of time as you. When playing 
on the infinite level, Cyrus will normally compute until 
you tell it to move by pressing 'M.' On the problem level, 
Cyrus searches for a way to force checkmate in five moves 
or less. 

The other displays show numerous commands and 
options you may use during the game. For example, you 
can watch the computer play by itself by pressing 'D.' It 
is also possible to take back a move by pressing 'B.' If 
you cannot decide which move to make, press 'H' and 
the computer will give you a hint. 

Cyrus is such a versatile game and has so many options 
that it would take days to explain them all. Although I 
am not a master at chess, I enjoy playing it every so often, 
and Cyrus is by far the best video chess game I have ever 
seen. 

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Software Reviewi 



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Metric Mind Performs Well 
At Teaching Conversions 

Have you heard the recent radio commercials about the 
new "Thirstbuster" bottles of cola? It seems that the world 
of metrics is upon us again. This time in the new three- 
liter size. Gee, how many eight ounce servings can I get 
out of this one? How many calories per bottle would that 
be? I had better get the old Metric Mind out and start 
practicing again. I am referring to Metric Mind by Creative 
Technical Consultants Software. Metric Mind is a drill 
and practice program to assist students in learning 
conversion between metric and English units of meas- 
urement. 

Metric Mind is written for a CoCo or CoCo 2 with 
Extended Color BASIC and at least 16K of RAM, and it 
comes on cassette. With a I6K machine, you must first 
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also have a disk drive attached, you may have to unplug 
the drive from the computer before loading the program 
so as not to receive an OM Error. 

After loading the program and typing RUN, a menu 
displaying five choices appears. They are as follows: 

1) Conversion table 

2) Prefix table 

3) English to metric problems 

4) Metric to English problems 

5) Estimating in metrics. 




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When you select either of these choices you are prompi 
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conversion tables and prefixes. There are a total of 
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inches to centimeters or miles to kilometers. There are e\ 
a few exotic formulas like 1 Joule = .24 calories. Just thii 
at only two calories per bottle you'll now be consum 
8 Joules. Feeling a bit heavy? 

Selecting menu option three or four brings us to 
nitty gritty of Metric Mind. Here you'll get a chance 
strut your stuff. The program now prompts you for y< 
name and a skill level and proceeds with a series of 
conversion problems. You are presented with wore 
problems such as "If Puff The Dragon is 5 miles long fn 
head to tail, how many kilometers long is he?" You 
then given two chances to provide the correct answer. 

Since the program is to teach metrics, not math, y< 
answer may be within plus or minus two percent of be 
correct and it will be accepted. After 10 such proble 
you are asked if you would like to try again or reti 
to the main menu to select another option or skill level. 

The last menu option, "Estimating in metrics," sim 
presents you with some common objects like a stop s 
and requests that you estimate its size in some metric ui 
All in all, Metric Mind performs well and does whai 
is advertised to do: drill and practice. 

(Creative Technical Consultants, 16-8 Sangre de Cristo, 
P.O. Box 652, Cedar Crest, NM 87008, 16K cassette $17.95; 

— Larry A. Birkenf 



One- Liner Contest Winner . . . 

Gemslash produces slashed zeros on Star Micronics 
dot-matrix printers (such as the Gemini- 1 OX and 15X S , 
which don't normally have this character. It works 
by downloading a bit image of the character intc 
the printer, which will then use this new charactei 
in place of its usual zero. To return to the normal 
zero (for text applications) switch the printer off and 
back on. 

The listing: 

1 CLS:PRINT"GEMINI SLASHED-ZERO 
:PRINT"TURN PRINTER ON: PRESS e: 
ter":EXEC44539:A$="" :FORX=1TO20 
READY :A$=A$+CHR$(Y) :NEXTX: PRINT 
-2,A$:DATA27,42 / p f 27, 42 ,1,48,0, • 
2,34,65,16,73,4,65,34,29,27,36, 
:END 

John R. Cur 
Louisville, K) 



( For this winning one-liner contest entry, the author has been sent copie 
of both The Rainbow Book Of Simulations and its companion Rainbo\ 
Simulations Tape.) 



196 



THE RAINBOW August 1985 



tware Review, 



T/X\ 



Battle of the Bulge: 
A Tactical Game 
Of World War II 



ae fog has kept Allied aircraft tied down in England 
veeks. The advance on the Rhineland and into Germany 
ailed in the forests of Belgium. American and British 
ps will have to spend Christmas in the mud and snow, 
cd down by scattered German resistance, 
iddenly SS Panzers attack! Where have all those Tiger 
s come from? Who is guarding the Third Army fuel 

ps? Where is Patton? 

n December 16, 1944. the Battle of the Bulge starts 

the Belgian town of Bastogne. Hitler has massed 27 
lions, including nine armored, by pulling troops and 

s from the eastern front. German forces drive westward 
ugh the Ardennes forest. The Allies must hold out 

I the weather clears and air strikes can resume. Hitler's 
great counter offensive of the war will decide the fate 
urope. 

ittle of the Bulge is a strategic war game for one or 
players. This game recreates the last German attempt 
reak through the Allied advance across Europe that 
ed with the invasion of Normandy in June 1944. You 
e your troops and tanks, call in artillery support, engage 
mibat and wait for the weather to clear, 
ne object of the game is for the Axis forces to capture 
:own of Liege, on the Meuse River, or break through 
Allied lines and cross the river. The Allies must hold 
until December 31. 

ne game begins with a display of the battlefield. A 
resolution map shows rivers, forests, roads and towns, 
igle screen of text introduces the game and asks whether 
want to play against the computer. If you so choose, 
computer will take the Axis side and make the first 
e. 

layers alternate turns moving their entire forces, with 
focusing on a local battle screen. A map displays a 

II region of action and gives the moving unit's name, 
bat strength and movement range. The map area is 
posed of text and graphics characters that represent 
dus terrain features and unit types (knowing the 
rence between armored and infantry divisions is very 
srtant). Towns are represented by a single letter; water 
solid blue block. Allied troops are beige, Axis troops 
Tiagenta, etc. 

ou move your units with the arrow keys. The troop 
ement is accompanied by sound and costs from one 
t on roads to four points in mountain terrain. Moving 
water stops the unit for that turn, 
rtillery support can be called in by any infantry unit 

has an average level of strength remaining. You move 
■Cover the target with the arrow keys. The maximum 
;e is five grid positions. Firing at random in a three- 
hree grid about the target, each barrage produces a 
stic sound. A direct hit reduces the enemy's strength 
inc. Even bridges can be destroyed by artillery fire. 

sometimes offers a temporary tactical advantage. 



Other commands at your call include intelligence reports 
on local forces, an expanded map of the region, complete 
strength of your forces, and requests for.iirtillery support, 
or air strikes if available. 

Help is provided for new players. The '@' key calls up 
a sequence of four screens that review the unit designations 
and give brief descriptions of commands. A separate map 
sheet is provided with the instruction sheet to help you 
visualize the whole field of play. 

Combat begins by moving onto an opposing unit's 
square. The outcome depends on the two units' relative 
strength, type of terrain they occupy (or moved from) and 
a random factor. Losing units either retreat or are 
eliminated when their strength is reduced to zero. 

The game blends the capabilities of the CoCo with the 
action and strategy of good war gaming. The elements of 
movement and fire power are well-balanced and the final 
objective is sometimes difficult to obtain. 

The computer play of the Axis divisions doesn't 
effectively use artillery fire. Only a few random shellings 
are made during the first round of play. After that, the 
Axis forces conduct a respectable Blitzkrieg, moving 
relentlessly toward their goal. It can be frustrating to chase 
a Panzer battalion that has broken through the lines. 

A typical game requires one and a half to two and a 
half hours. The time passes quickly, but there is no provision 
for saving a partially completed game. 

I don't usually like "involved" war games, but Battle 
of the Bulge is an exception. The action is intense, the 
play is challenging and the outcome is never certain. The 
historical battle was won when the skies finally cleared 
and air strikes wiped out the last German Panzer threat. 
The computer game may rewrite history. 

(Ark Royal Games, P.O. Box 14806, Jacksonville, FL 
32238, cassette S25.95, disk S28.95) 

— Stuart Hawkinson 



One- Liner Contest Winner . . . 

Alphabet is a good program to teach children how 
to use the keyboard. It puts a letter on the screen 
at random and waits until that key is pressed. 

The listing: 

j3 CLS : X=RND ( 2 6 ) +64 : PRINT§2 7 1 , CHR 
$ (X) : F0RT=1T0999999 : A$=INKEY$ : IF 

A$=CHR$(X) THEN SOUND 20j3,3:GOT 
J3.-ELSE IF A$<>""THEN SOUND 50, 
3: NEXT T:ELSE IF A$="" THEN NEXT 

T 

Will Cotter 
Redwav, CA 



(For this winning one-liner contest entry, the author has been sent copies 
of both The Rainbow Book Of Simulations and its companion Rainbow 
Simulations Tape.) 



August 1985 THE RAINBOW 197 



Software Review! 



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CINC PAC - Battle of 
Midway For Victory At Sea 

By H. Larry Elman 

A few months ago I single-handedly sank the entire Royal 
Navy in the English Channel; shortly after that, I found 
a way to mishandle even U.S. Marines into frequent 
surrender. So the RAINBOW editor, reacting the way any 
normal government ruler would, gave me an extra star 
or two and sent me off to command at Midway. Of course, 
one of the first ridiculous things I succeeded in doing was 
landing an entire Squadron of B-17 "Flying Fortresses" 
on the deck of the USS Yorktown. (This is comparable 
to driving a Boeing 747 airliner through your local car 
wash.) 

Midway was one of the more crucial battles of this 
century and has become the focus of tremendous study 
by tacticians, strategists and war-gamers. There are a 
number of computer games available based on this battle; 
one of the best is Ark Royal's CINC PAC — Battle of 
Midway: (For the civilians among us, CINC PAC stands 
for Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet. It is pronounced 
as if spelled sink-pack.) 

In this game, the computer commands the Imperial 
Japanese Navy, while you command three aircraft carriers, 
a few squadrons of aircraft and three shore bases (two 
of which are almost totally useless). Your biggest advantage 
is the fact (as in the actual battle) that the Navy can read 
the Japanese code, enabling you to set an ambush. 

Believe me, if you fight this battle without using that 
asset, your Color Computer will cream you! I know; it 
has beaten me more times than I will publicly admit. 

If you have not tried war games (or "Battle Simulations" 
as some of their authors prefer to call them), then you 
have probably missed one of home computing's more 
challenging intellectual pursuits. You need not be either 
a militarist or a history nut to enjoy these descendants 
of chess. 

War games can be broken into a number of subcategories, 
of which two are worth a short digression. Some war games 
are based on a particular historic event; CINC PAC — 
Battle of Midway is of this type, while chess is not. All 



war games involve some sort of map for a board. 1 
computer war games use a low resolution, semi-gra| 
screen. Again, the comparison with chess is 
appropriate. 

A small number, CINC PAC— Battle of Midway an 
them, utilize the highest resolution available on the mo: 
to provide a map board which looks like it came : 
a geography text. Of course, the selection of that tyt 
display implies dedication of much larger computer stc 
just for the map. 

Most semi-graphics war games can be programmf 
BASIC; CINC PAC — Battle of Midway uses BASK 
input/ output and logic, but has machine language co. 
over the displays. Another difference between semi-gra] 
and high resolution games is that the rules for navig; 
and movement can be more generalized in high resolu 
The price paid for this is the user no longer simply m 
pieces with arrow keys, but must think through the an; 
directions for his movement and/ or his fire. 

I have seen semi-graphics simulate the tactics 
particular time quite well, but 1 was unprepared for 
well Steve Berry was able to model the subtleties of r 
and air warfare at Midway and "shoe horn" it intc 
Color Computer's 32K. In this game, the user can 
as if he is there — the displays are that well done, 
even the pauses between moves have the suspense of "b 
there." 

As with most such games, 1 found the instructions 
brief. There is no way to enter your initial game later 
a week before the battle; the instructions suggest yoi 
that time to practice fleet maneuvers. I did, but bee 
a bit miffed because by the time I finished the pra 
and had gotten acceptably proficient I had destroyed all 
a third of my fleet in operational accidents! The only t 
to do was start over at the NEW GAME point an 
watching the idiot box while pressing SKIP MOVE 
I had passed the wasted week. This process left my f( 
intact. After that, of course, 1 simply saved the new sta 
situation and worked from it. 

One of the reasons I lost so many assets during 
up was a few bugs in the program. I phoned Ark R 
and requested software support. During most of the ii 
calls they were unaware that I was reviewing the g 
for RAINBOW, so I can state quite confidently that 
software support to the general customer is excellent. 

There seem to be two main problems. The lesser 
is the lack of a logic trap to prevent overloading a platl 
(carrier or land base); if more than nine squadrons of pi 



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for Scaling of Sensor Inputs * 
Operating Addresses Switch 
Selectable for Multiple Units * 
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landed on any platform it is possible to hang the 
>ram and watch your fleet sail off to never-never land, 
mse the normally prudent player is unlikely to put more 
i five squadrons on any one platform, this bug is 
iidered very minor. 

owever, a somewhat related bug is the ability to lose 
:rol over a carrier by attempting to exit the Launch 
les sequence improperly. To correct that, simply replace 
■ 1 186 of the main program with: 



Book Review* 



X7Z\ 



5 IF H$="S" THEN 119G ELSE IF HS>"1' 
OR IF VHL (H$)>(UC+1) THEN 1185 



OR A$>"9" 



his patch is simplicity itself on the disk version but 
ewhat inconvenient on the tape version. Ark Royal 

if you get a copy that is not marked with a red 'X' 

should contact them for replacement; copies with a 
'X' will already have had the patch inserted. With the 

h inserted, you can abort Launch Planes by typing 
md the keyboard is locked against the non-numeric 
it which is known to cause the bug. 
nother minor difference likely to occur in the patched 
ion concerns Ship's Bells. In all versions, the program 
; the Admiral (you) back from coffee breaks by sounding 
lime with Ship's Bells. Later versions sound somewhat 
e like "Victory at Sea" than earlier ones; the do-it- 
rselfercan improve the early version by a higher pitched 
: in lines 1357 and 1359 and by a smaller time delay 
.ine 1358. I mention this not as a bug, but as a small 
nple of the mood-setting touches which make this game 
timulating. 
here is another anomaly in the program; whether to 

it a "bug" is a judgment call. Every U.S. unit on the 
en (possibly even some enemy units) is a tiny interrupt- 
en blinking light. Sometimes after combat, a downed 

will continue to blink; a ghost which can be battle 
■is. I considered it a radar sighting for my search units. 

screen shows about 3,000 miles of Pacific Ocean, but 
bat sightings are at distances more like 100 miles, 
urate navigation improves your score. On the other 
d, in one game I wasted three days' use of two B-17 
idrons chasing these ghosts. Personally, 1 feel the 
ence of the ghosts provided the touch of uncertainty 
led in a combat game. 

you want a game more challenging than ones which 

totally on the arrow keys or the joystick, consider 
'C PAC — Battle of Midway. It is good enough to 

itself a battle Simulation, and it is fun enough to call 
f a game. 

*rk Royal Games, P.O. Box 14806, Jacksonville, FL 
2238; requires 32K, tape $27.95, disk $30.95) 



CoCo Gains Power 

And Speed With 500 

Pokes, Peeks 9 N Execs 



This comprehensive book, 500 Pokes, Peeks TV Execs 
by Kishore M. Santwani, will provide you with hours of 
PEEKing, POKEing and EXECuting. 

The soft cover book contains 68 pages, all chock-full 
of useful information for the CoCo user. 

The use of the various commands listed will allow you 
to enhance the capability of your BASIC programs without 
having to resort to complicated machine language routines. 

We are all familiar with the high-speed POKE and other 
often-used PEEKs and POKEs frequently found in the pages 
of RAINBOW. This book contains a wealth of others that 
will amaze and amuse you. 

The book is well structured into various sections which 
deal with cassette, disk, printer, etc., and each command 
is followed by the expected result and an appropriate 
remark as to what it can be used to accomplish. Here in 
one easy-to-use source are all the various PEEKs and POKEs 
you will likely ever need. No more searching through scraps 
of paper and past issues of RAINBOW to find that "handy 
POKE I can't remember." 

The book contains many useful commands and routines 
too numerous to list here, but suffice it to say that almost 
anything from Auto-Start to Zax.xon plays is covered. 
Other useful commands to provide key beeps and screen 
print are included as well as key disables, memory bank 
switching and recovering lost BASIC programs. 

In summary, this is a unique book which contains 
information which took a great deal of research to collect. 
Many of the commands listed have been, until now, 
relatively guarded by those "in the know." It will help 
unravel the many POKE, PEEK and EXEC commands of the 
CoCo to help you gain the power and speed of assembly 
language through BASIC. It will help you reach greater 
heights in successful programming and professionalize your 
work. I believe you will find 500 Pokes, Peeks TV Execs 
worth the price. 

(Spectrum Projects, Inc., P.O. Box 21272, Woodhaven, NY 
1 1421, $16.95 plus $3 S/H) 

— Jerry Semones 



tint . 



Automatic Lowercase 



To move automatically to lowercase, type POKE 
82,0. To switch back to all caps, type POKE 282,1. 



Hint . . . 



Cold POKE 



If for some reason you want to simulate a cold 
start up, type POKE 113,8 and ENTER, then press 
the Reset button. (The usual EXEC 40999 doesn't work 
properly if your computer is in the 64K mode.) 



August 1985 THE RAINBOW 199 



Software Review! 



?S2\ 



Practice Your Math 
Skills With Mathfun 



Mathfun is an educational program designed to give the 
user practice in basic mathematical skills. This program 
randomly generates numbers, between two digits and five 
digits, which the player must either add. subtract, multiply 
or divide. 

After loading Mathfun, which requires a Color Computer 
with Extended BASIC, the title screen appears. The player 
is then asked to enter his/her name, up to eleven letters 
in length. The main menu is displayed and shows the types 
of mathematical equations available. To make a selection, 
press ' 1' for addition, '2' for subtraction, '3' for multiplication, 
'4' for division, '5' for a mixture of problems, or '6' to 
terminate the game. If addition, subtraction, or a mixture 
is chosen, 10 problems will be given to the player to solve. 
If multiplication or division is chosen, then seven problems 
will be given. After making a selection from the main menu, 
a skill level must be selected by pressing '1,' '2' or '3.' If 
the player arrives at the skill level menu and decides that 
he would like to change his selection from the main menu, 
he may press 'C to return to the main menu. 

For each problem, the player types in his answer and 
presses the ENTER key. The program then tells the player 
whether the answer is correct or incorrect, and an 



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a line of constant percent growth or a 
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CALCULATES over any time span: the 
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transactions (dividends, interest, purchases and sales) between any two 
dates of your choice- weekly, y early, etc. Categorizes interest and dividends paid 
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appropriate tune is played based on the results. Sfi 
a player wish to end a round before it is completed 
round can be aborted by entering a special code whei 
program asks for the answer. This code is 1 1 1 1 ( r 
'O' is the capital letter 'O,' not zero). 

At the end of each round (a set of seven or 10 probk 
a summary of that round is displayed. The display incl 
the number of correct answers out of the numbt 
problems and the percentage of correct answers, 
summary takes into account the total number of prob 
the round is supposed to present (seven or 10) even i 
round is aborted. However, the final summary only t 
into account the attempted problems. After reviewing 
round summary, press ENTER to continue. At this i 
the main menu will reappear. 

The final summary is displayed only after the p 
presses '6' on the main menu to end the program, 
number of correct answers out of the number of atteni 
problems is shown, along with the percentage of co 
answers. The number of rounds which were aborted is 
displayed. 

Mathfun has excellent sound effects but could use < 
improvement in the graphics department. It is defir 
a useful program for students in third grade through mi 
school and possibly high school. 

(Compugram, Box 26663, Richmond, VA 23261, cassct 
$10) 

— Davi 



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ftware Review* 



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Space Web Teaches 
trategy And Reasoning Skills 



^s you beam through hyperspace going many times the 
ed of light, you see something in the distance. As your 
d gets closer, the faint object begins to take shape. You 
ice something familiar about the object, and as it gets 
ser, the terror grips you. 

Oh no," you yell, "it's the dreaded space web." As the 
3 surrounds your ship, you know that your only hope 
escape is to change the color of the web walls to the 
get color and make the web dissolve. 
>Jo, you're not in the newest ship of the 21st century, 
u're not even in the next Buck Rogers episode. You're 
ying Space Web, the newest creation from Spectacular 
'tware. Space Web is a 32K high resolution game that 
uires joysticks. 

"he scenario is as follows: Your objective is to escape 
dreaded space webs that inhabit hyperspace as you 
;mpt to pilot your spaceship to its destination. To do 
i you must change all of the sides of the web to the 
get color which is displayed at the upper right-hand 
tion of the screen. Each time you hit a side of the space 
) you change its color. 



The joystick is used to control the direction of your ship. 
When you are the farthest away from a wall, you must 
move the joystick in the direction you want the ship to 
go. You must go to an adjacent wall. In Level one you 
can bounce off of a wall three consecutive times before 
your ship will be destroyed. As you get to the higher skill 
levels the amount of consecutive times you may bounce 
on a wall decreases. 

There is also a time limit on each level of play. The 
time is the same on each level, but as you reach the higher 
levels the clock moves faster. 

Space Web seems to be a game for the younger generation 
(about 8-10 years old) because it teaches strategy and 
reasoning skills which are very essential. Also, the first 
time that I played the game, I got to Level six (there are 
only nine levels). 

Many improvements are needed to make this game a 
good one. One suggestion would be to make it more of 
a shoot-'em-up, while still teaching strategy and reasoning 
skills. 

I find Space Web to be tedious, but a good learning 
game. It isn't outstanding like the new games that we have 
been seeing lately. I will give it three stars — an average 
rating. 

(Spectacular Software, P.O. Box 363, Mansfield Center, 
CT 06250, cassette or disk $19.95 plus $1.50 S/H) 

— Pat Downard 



Submitting Material 
To Rainbow 



Contributions to THE RAINBOW are welcome from 
eryone. We like to run a variety of programs which will 
useful/ helpful/ fun for other CoCo owners. 
Program submissions must be on tape or disk and it 
best to make several saves, at least one of them in ASCII 
rmat. We're sorry, but we do not have time to key in 
ograms. All programs should be supported by some 
itorial commentary explaining how the program works, 
jnerally, we're much more interested in how your 
bmission works and runs than how you developed it. 
ograms should be learning experiences. 
We do pay for submissions, based on a number of criteria, 
lose wishing remuneration should so state when making 
b missions. 

For the benefit of those who wish more detailed infor- 
ition on making submissions, please send a SASE to: 
Amissions Editor, THE RAINBOW, The Falsoft Building, 
ospect, KY 40059. We will send you some more 
mprehensive guidelines. 

Please do not submit programs or articles currently 
bmitted to another publication. 



E.I. T . Electronic Typing Teacher 

by CHERRYSoft 

Learning to type the right way can save you hours of tedious 
work when entering programs into your CoCo, and this is just 
what ETT was designed to do. Devote a little time every day prac- 
ticing with ETT and before you know it you will be typing with con- 
fidence. Entering those programs will no longer be the chore it 
use to be. 

ETT's video keyboard lets you practice with all the keys labeled, 
all the keys blank or only the "home" keys labeled. The visual 
cues guide you while you learn to type without watching your 
fingers. ETT shows your accuracy, response time, and words per 
minute. You will quickly see that you are improving with practice. 

With the sentences provided by ETT learning to type can be fun. 
Over 1000 variations chosen because they include every letter in 
the alphabet. You can also create your own practice sets. This 
outstanding program was written by a certified teacher and pro- 
fessional programmer and comes with a ten page student 
manual-study guide. Requires 16K Extended Basic. 



Cassette 



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Software Reviewi 



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Multiple Choice Test 
Fits Specific Needs 

Teachers, what is the best way to prepare a multiple- 
choice test? D & D Software believes that Multiple Choice 
Test is the answer. I wish I could say the same. Writing 
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The ability to edit questions hardly exists. That is ui 
you consider reentering an entire question as editing. T 
is no provision for using pieces from two or more 
to form a new test, so you cannot keep blocks of quest 
and build tests from them. There is also no provision 
mixing the order of questions on a test or of mixing 
order of the answer choices for each question. It wi 
be handy to be able to do either of these things so 
different versions of the same test could be produced 
security. 

The production or printing of the tests is ano 
problem. There is no provision for changing the stanc 
format which is: no left margin, one line between ( 
question and the first answer choice and one line betv 
answer choices. The program doesn't compress three s 
answer choices onto one line to save space, so a 50-ques 
test will take something like eight pages to print. 1 
is not counting the answer sheet. 

There are two other main options in addition to 
above. The first allows one person at a time to tal 
test on the computer. That could be useful under cer 
circumstances. The last option has the potential of b 
the most useful. 

The program allows rapid entry of student respo 
to a test. This allows you to grade tests using the compi 
There is little real advantage to using the computer 
grading tests. But, since the answers are stored for t 
student, there is the possibility of using the data gatht 
in this way for test analysis. 

Overall, the program operates somewhat sloppily, 
main menu jumps every time it is presented. Thi 
apparently due to the addition of choices to the menu 
after the original program was written. There is als 
bug in the file save routine. If you hit the ENTER ke; 
response to the filename prompt when the test is tc 
saved, the program enters an endless loop and the 
you just entered is lost. 

There is certainly a need for a good, flexible multi 
choice test generating program in the educatic 
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Personal Finance System 
or Checkbook Organization 

By Dennis A. Church 

Personal Finance System is a disk-based checkbook filing 
>gram with some additions, requiring a 32K CoCo. It 
nes in a half sheet-sized envelope with a single diskette 
i 11 pages of legible, clearly-written documentation, 
vly first hour of working with the program led me to 
conclusion that it had a bug. It would not allow the 
ation of the user's own checkbook file. When I called 
mputerware, they were friendly and aware of the 
>blem. My original program disk was sent and returned 
h the "debugged" program in a week and a day. 
Personal Finance System or PFS consists of 12 individual 
k programs in BASIC which are constantly being swapped 
the program is used. Generally this is no problem as 
y load quickly and the full range of options remains 
lilable, through menus, from any program in memory, 
e BREAK key is generally disabled. There are times, 
iecially in the Loans/ Investments section, when the 
)gram indeed broke, but typing RUN quickly returned 
1 function without loss of data. The program is 
protected, and the user is instructed to make a backup 
the original disk for use. 
The meat of PFS is the checkbook file function. This 



creates a file of your checking account transactions that 
includes check (or deposit) number, date, payee, amount 
and budget account. The checking account balance is 
constantly updated and displayed when entering transac- 
tions. When entering checking or deposit information, any 
item can be revised before adding it to the record by simply 
choosing the number next to the item. You then replace 
that item with corrected data. 

You also have the options of dropping the entire entry, 
adding it to the record, returning to the menu or continuing 
with the next transaction. Listing pre-authorized deductions 
or ADT withdrawals is taken care of by clever numbering. 
The documentation suggests using 99990-99999. 

PFS periodically and automatically writes new data to 
disk. There is no "save records" option accessible to the 
user. When first using PFS you should select Change 
Startup Information from the menu. This introduces a 
menu that allows you to select or initiate a new checkbook 
file, set the printer Baud rate, determine the number of 
disk drives you want to use and choose whether or not 
to automatically load the indicated checkbook file. With 
a single disk drive, the documentation says up to 1,300 
check and deposit transactions can be accommodated on 
the program disk. Using more drives for data-only disks 
gives 3,000 transactions on each disk. 

Another process that must be undertaken before serious 
data entry is to customize the Budget/ Expense categories 
to reflect your own financial situation. There are 48 possible 
accounts with which you must classify each check or deposit 
entry. There is a demonstration file on the PFS disk. 

On the last page of the documentation is a sample 



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printout of the accounts for this file. It shows account 
names, budgeted amounts, expenditures/deposits for the 
months and the amount over or under budget along with 
a summary of all figures. You will need to plan all account 
categories (including income) and amounts, then enter them 
into the Accounts/ Budgets/ Balance section of the program. 
The amounts may be changed easily. After checks are 
entered, the category names may not be changed, since 
they are tied to the data in the checkbook entries. 

An interesting aspect to check entry is the feature that 
allows you to divide the amount of a single check if 
expenditures fit into more than one category. You may 
record the same check number as often as necessary, 
changing only the account category and the amount (to 
reflect only the portion of the check falling into that 
category). 

The utility of the checkbook program lies in the fact 
that you can organize your income and expenditures by 
category. At the end of the year or quarter you may see 
totals of expenditures in tax deductible areas (contributions, 
for instance) or reports of sources of income (provided 
you deposited them in the checking account). The account 
balance can also be used in reconciling the bank statement 
with the checkbook. 

Those summaries are all available as printouts only. 
Without a printer, some of the most useful options are 
unavailable to you. When "Print the Reports" is selected 
the records are automatically sorted and saved by date. 
You can then request deposits, expenses or account 
summaries for any range of dates. You may also limit the 
report to any specific account. 

Before describing what is essentially a second, independent 
part of PFS, perhaps I should comment on the practice 



of using the computer to do what your checkstubs 1 
been doing for years. If you're wondering whether to b 
using a program like this you need to realize that 
will be recording every transaction twice: once in 
checkbook and once later on, sitting in front of the Cc 
Is it worth it? You need to answer several questions. 

Do you need easy access to expense summaries at 
time? Are you trying to stick to a rigorous monthly bud 
Is it time you pinned down exactly where your mc 
is going, and is it important to know if that pattern su 
changes? Are monthly summaries of your finan 
transactions important to you? If your answer is yes, t 
PFS will do well for you. 

This package contains more, however, that may incn 
its worth to you. Two additional options on the main m 
are Compute Loans and Compute Investments. This is 
my specialty, so I asked a friend who is an insure 
investment counselor to explain some of the terms to 
Selecting these options loads a program that will comj 
a total of 18 different aspects of loans and investme 
These include principal, payment, last payment, real te 
and annual terms for loans. 

The program will print out a mortgage loan amortizai 
table and a declining interest loan table. The Investmi 
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investments needed for regular withdrawals, and nom 
and effective interest rates. It will also generate a prir 
table of earned interest on an investment. If you underst 
all these terms easily, you best know your need fo 
program that quickly and easily computes them. Tha 
not to say the average person can't find use in then 
have computed that if I want to have a decent retireir 
income I had better boost my IRA deposits dramatical 

Personal Financial System is a well-written checkbi 
record entry program, with handy extra features. It 
clear, though not exhaustive, documentation and effec 
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Handycode is an encryption program for the si 
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Handycode, written for 16K ECB, is just what it cl 
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only real drawback is when using the disk version, 
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feel the author could have improved on the produc 
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nimator Junior, a recent release by Triad Pictures 
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Animator is a graphics/ animation program that allows 
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»ram use. The Animator Commercial program was 
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ma tor Junior uses 16 eels or 500 frames which gives 
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a PCLS4 statement that should have been PCLS 4. 

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itioned. 

he program uses four menu options to develop low 
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ite the screens (or frames) in your animation. A eel 



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that allows you to copy the contents on one eel to another. 
This is good for continuity. 

Once the eels have been created, you sequence them. 
This is where you put the show together. This is like 
shooting an animated cartoon on film. You select a eel, 
shoot a frame of "film," select another eel, shoot it, etc. 
Then, when the frames, or eels, are displayed in sequence, 
you create an illusion of motion. The SEQUENCE option 
also has a help screen to assist the user. 

To see your creation, use the DISPLAY option. The 
display option allows you to view your film one lime or 
you can select a continuous option. This is a nice feature 
and opens up many options to the user. 

The final menu selection is the CASSETTE LAB. Here 
is where you can SAVE and LOAD previously created shows. 
The documentation gives instructions for using the created 
animation in your BASIC programs. Also, two demo 
programs are included on side two of the tape. The first 
demo is a "slide show" presentation of a little man "waving." 
The second demo is a simplified demonstration of the piston 
action in an internal combustion engine. 

Aside from the loading problems I encountered, 
Animator Junior is a well-developed and professionally 
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educational software and just plain fun for anyone. The 
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Color Disk Manager — 
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By Lewis R. Jansen 



In the two years that I have had my disk drive, 1 have 
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single sector on the disk being trashed to most of the 
directory track getting erased. The latter happened only 
once but, fortunately, the Granule Allocation Table (GAT) 
survived. I was therefore able to rebuild the disk. 

Good computer habits include making sure you have 
at least two copies of every program, preferably on different 
disks. Nobody is perfect, however, and I often have only 
one copy of something or only one copy of the latest update. 
What happens when you get a problem with the disk? Unless 
you know the Color Computer DOS well enough to rebuild 
a directory, you are probably stuck. 

Enter Color Disk Manager from Sugar Software. This 
utility is pretty much an extended disk-zap program. By 
extended, I mean that this program supports 37 different 
commands. For a better picture, I'll go through some of 
them and give a brief description of each. 




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LOAD SECTOR loads a sector into memory fr 
anywhere on the disk, and LOAD TRACK does the se 
thing, but for a disk track. 

SAVE SECTOR saves a sector to the disk, and SA 
TRACK does the same for a track. 

LOAD FILE ADJusted loads an entire file from d 
removing header bytes if necessary. (Header bytes are t 
on binary files to tell BASIC where they are supposec 
be loaded.) 

LOAD FILE NORMAL loads the file into mem< 
but leaves the header bytes (if any) intact. 

SAVE FILE saves a file to disk, and allows you to chai 
the start and exec addresses of machine language files. 

SAVE MEMORY BLOCK saves a block of mem 
as a machine language file on the disk. 

BACKUP is one of the more useful commands. It all< 
you to back up any number of tracks on the disk. ^ 
can back up anywhere from one track to an entire d 
If it is unable to read a bad sector, it will notify y 
put a sector full of carriage returns (ASCII 13) in pi 
of that sector, then continue. 

DIRECTORY does a directory of the disk, gives 
number of free granules and the number of free by 
if the number is below 65535. 

FILE MAP gives you a list of the tracks, sectors ; 
granules occupied by the file that you specified. 

RAPID SCAN lets you look around on the disk, 
displays the current sector in ASCII and lets you mc 
around on the disk with the arrow keys. The left- ; 
right-arrow keys change the current sector, while the 
and down-arrows change the track. This is handy if j 
want to either search for something or look at a particu 
sector. 

ALLOCATION MAP displays all of the granu 
showing the track and first sector for each, and tells ) 
which granules are in use. 

INITIALIZE allows you to erase and reformat any rai 
of tracks and will handle tracks above the 35th. 

APPEND SECTOR appends a sector from the disk 
the end of the memory buffer. Used primarily in recover 
crashed files. 

CHANGE DRIVES allows you to change which dr 
is being used. It is possible to set one drive as the In] 
drive and another as the Output drive. Commands wh 
read from a disk do so from the Input drive. Commar 
which send output to disk send it to the Output dri 
At the start, Color Disk Manager has both the Input a 
Output drives set as drive 0. 

RECOVER FILE recovers a file from the disk, provic 
that the Granule Allocation Table is still intact. 

GO TO ADDRESS acts like an EXEC from BAS 
Control of the computer is passed to the routine at I 
memory address that you specify. 

MOVE MEMORY BLOCK allows you to move a blc 
of memory to a different spot. 

DECIMAL TO HEX and HEX TO DECIMAL 
numeric conversion for you and EXAMINE MEMO! 
lets you look at, and change if you want, an area in memo 
You specify the location to start at and can move arou 
with the up- and down-arrow keys. Memory can 
displayed in Hex, decimal or ASCII. 

ASCII DUMP dumps the contents of memory starti 
at the address you specify to the screen in ASCII form 
During the dump, you can pause or exit at any time. 

CHANGE FORMAT changes the default output form 



default can be either Hex or decimal. An option lets 
choose whether or not to be prompted for the format 

;n a command offers both. 

LOM TO RAM turns the 64K mode on and then copies 
ROMs to RAM; EXEC ROMPAC turns on the 64K 

ie, moves a file from the buffer to the memory that 

OM pack would normally occupy, and then executes 

APE LOAD loads the next file from tape into the 
fer. If it is a binary file that resides in the same memory 
Disk Basic's variable and buffer storage area ($600- 
>0), you will be asked if you want the program converted 
t will load and EXEC properly from a disk. 
KIP FILE searches the cassette for the next end-of- 
block. It doesn't verify the cassette data like SKIPF, 
t can be used in the middle of a cassette file without 
able. 

.OAD GRANULES loads a range of granules from the 
c into the buffer as a file. 

VRITE PROTECT ON-OFF lets you enable/ disable 
oftware write-protect switch. When enabled, any 
imand that writes to the disk will abort, 
here are also two subroutines included with the 
gram. By typing TRKF-'SUB you will find out what file 
5 a given track and sector and typing HIDEGRN-'SUB 
protect/ unprotect a granule from BASIC. HIDEGRN 
landy for hiding a bad granule from BASIC when the 
of the disk is still good. 

)n to the 29-page manual which came with Color Disk 
nager. In a word, excellent. I didn't find any major 
ographical errors and everything is thoroughly 
lained. All of the commands are explained, as well as 
rything you need to know in order to effectively use 
program. It does not, however, re-explain Chapter 11 
the TRS-80® Color Computer Disk System Owners 
nual & Programming Guide which you get when you 
' your first disk drive system. I suggest you read that 
pter before reading the Color Disk Manager's manual, 
"here are two things that really should be added to this 
nual: an index and table of contents. I would find myself 
;ering through the manual in search of the description 
a command, when an index could have told me the 
ct page immediately. 

"he program itself is menu driven. In other words, you 
ler choose an item from the current menu, or hit BREAK 
»et the next menu. There are four different menus, and 
i can only move to the next; there's no going back, 
course, when you go past the last one, you go back 
the first. I found it irritating to have to go through 
:e menus to get back to the one I just passed. Another 
should be added for going backwards. That's the only 
blem I had with the program. 

Ul in all, Color Disk Manager is a professional package, 
loes require a 32K Color Computer (minimum), but 
elieve that 32-64K has now become the standard for 
< systems. Should you buy this program? It depends 
>n your needs. If you can never remember to make sure 
i have backups of programs, then I suggest you get 
For $35, it provides a lot of insurance against losing 
ny hours of work. 

Sugar Software, 1710 North 50th Ave, Hollywood, FL 
53021, 32K disk S34.95 plus SI. 50 S/H) 



Software Review! 



Zr72\ 



Cassette Tape Tester 
Affords Security For Data 

The review copy of Cassette Tape Tester (CTT) arrived 
— on a disk marked "Generic Mini-Floppy Disks" — with 
no real name or address, no real documentation (the page 
of instructions is a printout from the disk itself) and no 
indication of what CoCo configuration it is meant for, 
beyond a penciled note "16K tape or disk" on the upper 
right-hand corner of the instruction sheet. As it happens, 
you need no more than that. 

When you LOflDM the program you learn it was written 
by Bill Nethken and distributed by Free CoCo Software. 
They hope if you like the program you'll send them whatever 
sum you think it is worth. I like the concept. The distributors 
should welcome the private circulation of backup copies, 
as it would multiply their chances of seeing some return 
on their investment without multiplying their investment, 
but they have retained copyright on the program and 
anyone caught selling it would be subject, quite rightly, 
to prosecution. 

The program itself is simple enough. It writes a stream 
of data to a previously erased tape and then reads the 
data back to determine whether the tape is faulty. The 
instructions are clear about how to do this. 

How well does CTT work? Well, it does what it claims 
to do. I found it reported a bad read about one time out 
of five on the same tape, but who is to tell what transient 
bobble in the power supply might have contributed to that? 
The instructions recommend you test the tape twice; a few 
more tries will hurt nothing. After using the program a 
cold start will be necessary, as it does lock up the computer. 

CTT affords some additional security for data stored 
on tape, and even those who have gone entirely over to 
disk may find this helpful if they use cassettes for any 
purpose, such as archival backups of disks. And who can 
complain about the price? 

(Free CoCo Software, Box 2231, Westovcr, WV 26502, 
machine language, 16K cassette or disk. Contributions 
accepted.) 

— R.W. Odlin 



Hint . . . 

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CoCo 2 With Eight RAM Chips 

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August 1985 THE RAINBOW 211 



Software Review* 



ANIMATOR COMMERCIAL 

Creates Eye-Catching Displays 



I can remember in grammar school how I used to draw 
little stick figures on the page margins of my textbooks 
and Hip the pages rapidly to produce crude animation. 

AN IMA TOR COMMERCIAL provides the 64K Color 
Computer owner with a color animation studio of limited 
capability. 

Two versions of the program are supplied on the cassette 
which is not copy-protected. One is the semigraphics 
version, while the other employs a screen resolution of 
128 by 96. 

After you CLOAD the BASIC program and run it, the tape 
recorder loads in a machine language subroutine. After 
it loads, you are greeted with UL ERROR IN 1. The Line 
number 164 referenced in Line 1 does exist but the ML 
routine seems to interfere with the stack or some essential 
pointers. If you type RUN again it seems to work without 
problems. 

Demos are provided to allow you to see right away what 
can be done with ANIMATOR COMMERCIAL. In the 
Hi-Res mode, 12 screens or eels are available, while the 
semigraphics mode has 100 screens. 

In ANIMATOR COMMERCIAL, you draw the 



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background and copy it to other eels and make ; 
changes or additions to produce motion effects. 

The graphics editor allows you to set points, draw 
or circles and paint, using one of two available coloi 
of four colors each in the Hi-Res mode. The semigra] 
version lets you put eight color graphics block chara 
on the text screen. 

Creating eels can be a long and tedious job with a mi; 
possibly spoiling many hours of work, but the editoi 
a very useful feature that allows you to view each add 
or change in artwork before it becomes finalized. 

Once the eels you have drawn are to your satisfac 
you use the sequencer to program which eels wil 
displayed and for how many seconds (one through 
seconds range). After all this work you are finally rewa 
with the fruits of your efforts. 

Except for the aforementioned bug, the program 
produce simple slide shows and animation-like efl 
Rapidly viewing the cells gives the best effect but it do 
last very long (only two seconds when run from sta 
finish), but you may include an auto repeat that 
continually repeat the eel display for as long as you 
That two-second show is in sharp contrast to the t 
or four minutes it takes to save or load the eels from cas 
tape storage. 

Simple instructions are given for appending 
animation eels to your own programs, but due to the ; 
of memory required to contain the eels, your progi 
will have to be fairly short to take advantage of this feal 
You must be very careful that your program doesn't 
memory containing the eel data. 

The documentation is very well-written with step-by- 
instructions that are easy to understand and get you g 
in the minimum amount of time. 

As a draftsman and artist with some professi< 
animation experience, 1 find it hard to imagine anj 
actually using this program to produce professional 
commercial animation as the name and advertisem 
claim. I do believe it has a lot of potential for use 
tiller for homemade videos and for producing eye-catel 
sales displays. 

Retailing at $50 a copy, ANIMA TOR COM M ERR 
is expensive, but for those interested in learning s 
fundamental aspects of animation, it may be just what 
are looking for. 

(Triad Pictures Corp., P.O. Box 1299, Sequim, WA 9838: 
cassette $50) 

— J. Michael Nov 



Hint . . . 

64K Memory Upgrade: 
CoCo 2 With Two RAM Chips 

The two-RAM chip CoCo 2s use the new 446^ 
RAMs (or the NEC uPD41254) for the 64K upgrade 
Install a pair of these in place of the two 4416 RAM 
chips located between the gray sockets; connect the 
two holes together in the white 64K box on the lefi 
side of the board. 



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jftware Review; 



tt\ 



Missile Math Is 
A Winning Tool 



When 1 first received Missile Math and saw it was written 
the Middletown Educational Software Association, I 
)ndered if it was written by a group of teachers. Being 
:eacher myself, I thought how great it would be to have 
ichers writing educational software because they would 
iow what is needed in the classroom. The only thing 
tter than having teachers write the software, in my mind, 
)uld be to have students, supervised by teachers, writing 

1 was pleasantly surprised when I called MESA about 
question I had concerning the program to find that it 
is, indeed, written by students; a third year high school 
mputer programming class which, for their final project, 
tided to write and market a program. This is the first 
their efforts and I am looking forward to seeing their 
ture projects. 

Missile Math is written for 32K Extended Color BASIC 
ing either a cassette or disk drive. It comes with an eight- 
ige instruction book that not only tells you how to run 
e program but also gives ideas on how to use it in a 
assroom, hints on what to do if things don't work right 
id an evaluation form to send back to MESA after you 
ive used the program for a while. They have also included 
"summary of key functions card" which can be placed 
:side the computer when the program is being used. 
When you get Missile Math you are instructed to make 
backup copy to use, then either CLOP.D and/ or RUN the 
ogram. After an initial display of a missile destroying 
city, there are three choices you can make: T for 
structions, 'R' to review addition tables and 'S' to start 
e game. 

Missile Math is a drill and practice game with a tutorial 
ction designed to aid elementary students in addition, 
i the game, students have 12 cities they protect by correctly 
iswering addition problems. There are 10 levels of 
-oblems ('A' through 'J') ranging from simple facts to 
iur digits added to four digits with carrying in all columns, 
hese problems are shown at the bottom of the screen 
ong with a display showing the number of "smart bombs" 
ley have. 

Students can acquire smart bombs in the five hardest 
vels by going through a two-minute drill answering 
idition facts. They receive up to five bombs which can 
len be used in the game if they get stumped on a problem. 
After the problem is displayed, a missile descends toward 
city. During the first part of the game they descend slowly, 
ut as the game progresses the missiles descend faster and 
ister. To get rid of the missile before it destroys anything, 
le correct answer must be typed in and ENTER pressed, 
he missile will stop as soon as a key is pressed but there 
re only fifteen seconds to finish the answer before the 
lissile continues to descend and destroy a city. If students 
;l the answer right and press ENTER in time, the missile 
destroyed. If they get the answer wrong, or take too 
luch time, a shield or city is destroyed. This continues 
ntil all cities are destroyed or they press 'Q' to quit. When 



either of these things happen, the score is displayed and 
students are asked if they want to play again. 

Besides being able to destroy missiles with smart bombs, 
it is also possible to receive help in answering problems 
by pressing the 'H' key in every level but 'A' and 'B\ which 
are facts levels. If the 'H' key is pressed in levels 'C through 
'E' students can page through tables where they can find 
answers to facts and then return to the same problem to 
finish it. 

In levels 'P through! 'J* when the 'H' key is pressed, 
a lively tutorial with numbers moving around the screen 
appears, displaying answers and demonstrating how to 
carry if the sum of a column more than 10 is shown. 
Students are then given a new problem. 

The students in my sixth grade class just love these kinds 
of programs. I had a couple of them come to my house 
to test their reactions and was not really surprised. Anything 
that has action, movement, color and sound immediately 
appeals to them and Missile Math has plenty of it all. 
A tutorial with a game that is similar to the popular game 
Polaris is a winning combination for getting students 
interested in doing math. 

Missile Math covers the subject of addition in small steps 
allowing for students of all ages to have an enjoyable 
experience with the computer. The only suggestions for 
improvement that I have would be to include a menu where 
the speed of the missiles could be controlled, the number 
of cities limited and where an amount of time for playing 
the game could be set. I think if these suggestions became 
part of the program it would be easier for students to use 
Missile Math as a tool for competition and improvement 
between themselves and the clock. It would also give the 
program a little added versatility in a classroom where 
there are not many computers per student and time on 
the computer is a critical factor. I do not believe these 
areas of concern are serious enough to dismiss this program 
from consideration. Missile Math is a fine program to have 
and use. 

I like Missile Math and would recommend it as a program 
worth the money it costs for several reasons. It is well- 
done and impressive. The graphics are effective. The scope 
and sequence of the curriculum are well thought out. The 
tutorial for levels 'P through 'J' is very catchy. The manual 
that comes with the program is complete. And finally, I 
am very impressed with a teacher who would take the time 
and effort to not only teach computers and computer 
programming, but who would go the extra mile to provide 
direction and stimulation for students to start a business 
and achieve something with what they have learned. 

(MESA, Middletown High School, Valley Road, Middle- 
town, RI 02840, tape $24, disk $26) 

— Tom Nedreberg 



Hint . . . 



To Hex With Decimal 



To convert a hexadecimal number to decimal on 
an Extended BASIC machine, type PRINT &Hxxxx. To 
convert from decimal to Hex, type PRINT HEX$ ( yyyyy. 
Note that "xxxx" is a Hex number between 0000 and 
FFFF, and "yyyyy" is a decimal number between 
and 65535. 

August 1985 THE RAINBOW 213 






Software Review! 



7f7?\ 



File 64 Is A Great File 
System For Cassette Users 



File 64 from Owls Nest Software is an excellent file system 
for those owners of 64K Color Computers without disk 
systems. The program will produce and maintain a data 
file of up to five fields (subcategories). The information 
may be sorted, modified, added to or deleted as desired. 

Your data may be displayed on the screen or sent to 
your printer. The program is very easy to learn and comes 
with a brief but adequate set of instructions as well as 
a backup program tape for those who don't want to figure 
out how to make their own backup copy. 

A database, for those not familiar with the term, is a 
computer file system that allows the user to store various 
related pieces of information (such as inventory, record 
collections, etc.) so they can be located and sorted in various 
ways and printed on the screen or on paper in an easy- 
to-use form. Some databases are quite complex and provide 
the user with so many options that they are almost computer 
languages in themselves. 

File 64 is a database in its simplest form. It files, sorts 
and retrieves information much like a simple card file. The 
nice thing about such filing programs is they can be used 
fairly quickly and File 64 is no exception. 



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On the plus side, File 64 is extremely easy to learn. ( 
Nest Software has used extensive prompting so anyt 
who has used a file system before could probably use 
64 without reading the directions. The instructions are \ 
written, however, and worth the 10 minutes or so it 
take the user to read. 

After loading the program, the user sees a menu 
is self-explanatory. The first-time user will head for 
Input Data section and then will be asked to define 
to five fields for his file system. If, for example, the 
is of names and addresses, the first field would be nai 
the second, street address, and so on. After defining 
fields, the user types in the specific data and return 
the main menu to locate, modify, delete, sort, save, li 
show or print the materials. The screen always pron 
the action or actions that should be taken next. 

File 64 will hold up to 250 records. A single record : 
be up to 250 characters long. The program converts 
64K CoCo into a true 64K computer and holds all 
data in memory until it is saved to cassette. Since m 
of the program is written in BASIC, if the user sh( 
accidentally hit the BREAK key, or, for some reason 
an error message, the user is told to type GOTO 5 anc 
the data in memory will still be there as the program rest; 

Sorting is very fast through the use of a machine langt 
routine. The documentation claims that a file of 200 reci 
can be sorted on three field levels in less than 20 seconc 

As simple as it is, File 64 lacks a number of thin: 
would have liked to see in such a system. There is no ' 
to add data from various fields to form a summary fi 
The program is set at a printer Baud rate of 600 and 
user must do some poking to get it going at the popi 
higher rates. The report (printout) is limited to one for: 

As a longtime disk user, I was a little bit skeptica 
to how fair 1 could be to return to cassette and rev 
a tape-based file program. 1 was quite impressed with r 
well File 64 operated and how easy it was to learn. O 
Nest Software has done a very good programming job ; 
has put together a very neat and easy cassette-based fil 
system. The user should remember that this is not a su 
fancy relational database system but performs exactl\ 
advertised as an easy-to-use file system. What more • 
you ask? 

(Owls Nest Software, P.O. Box 579, Ooltewah, TN 37363 
64K cassette, $24.95) 

— Brian Jai 



Him 



What's Your ROM Version? 



With all the talk about new ROMs, you may be 
wondering exactly which ROM you have. If you have 
an older CoCo with Extended BASIC, just read the 
version number of your Extended basic at the top 
of the screen on power up. Then, to see which Color 
BASIC ROM you have, type EXEC 41175 and press 
ENTER. 

If you have the new ROMs, Extended BASIC will 
be version 1 . 1 and Color BASIC will be Version 1.2. 

On the CoCo 2, Color BASIC will always be Version 
1.2 or 1.3 (which are functionally identical). 



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)ftware Review '« 



r/^\ 



Golf Handicaps Keeps 
league Statistics Up To Par 



jolf Handicaps is not a game and is a serious attempt 
provide a golf league secretary (or individual) a means 
computing golf handicaps for a group of players. The 
; of the group is adjustable, but the program user must 

into the program to modify the program line for 
inging numbers to suit the situation. 
While the program was written to conform to the 
rthern California Golf Association (NCGA) rules, the 
>gram is open to modification to any local rules since 
: material is supplied unprotected. Modification, 
wever, would require some knowledge of programming. 
Jnfortunately, in this part of Pennsylvania, the NCGA 
es were not available to refer to in doing this review, 
e best source of input came from the golf pro at the 
al public course. He noted that Golf Handicaps should 
very helpful to golf leagues in which different courses 

used throughout the season. Golf Handicaps provides 

use of the course rating which may or may not be 
r for the course. 

Use of the course rating allows for equating the level 
difficulty of the course and the players' scores. Thus, 
: scores for team members are computed against the 
arse rating, and the difference between the rating and 
ire becomes part of the pool of differentials used to arrive 
the handicap. The program provides for the entry of 

differentials out of which the 10 lowest are selected 
arrive at the handicap. 

\s an example, after the program has been loaded and 
: data file called up, each player would have a set of 
ferentials in the file and a handicap computed up to 
it point in time. Now, as a new set of scores is entered 
the result of the latest round of golf, the program allows 

the previous handicap to be used to adjust the score 
d then also compute a new handicap. The author warns 
: user that it may take two to three minutes for each 
Iyer's history to be updated. (A machine language routine 
handle the math would really speed up the procedure.) 
The program will supply the user with printouts of the 
Iyer's name, team number (if used), gross score for that 
y's play, the old handicap (from last entry), any 
justments required for bogies, the new handicap and a 
ice for "remarks" to be entered. The print routine is 

for an Okidata 82a with 600 Baud transfer rate. The 
thor has provided for the user to get automatically the 
mber of copies of the printout the user might need by 
t entering the number at the prompt. 
A printout of the differentials table for each player is 
o available as a selection from the menu. Corrections 
the table are provided for in the program, so if a wrong 
>re is entered for a player, it is no problem to correct. 
The program was written by a golf buff because it has 
ne traps and hazards. However, a user can play around 
ise and establish an NCGA handicap. The first major 
zard is the all too brief instructions (a two-page printout), 
t the actual program is filled with REPIarks which provide 
ditional insight into its operation. Since the program 



is supplied unprotected, it is possible (nay, necessary) to 
run a printout of the program for the additional 
information. 

The second hazard occurs in entering the original data 
to establish individual files on each player. If the user should 
enter more than 20 differentials, the program goes "out 
of bounds" and all the data is lost. While it does not affect 
the program, the method of entry of data is a little strange 
in that after a score is entered, the information remains 
on the screen and the next entry is written over the last 
entry. 

The program is supplied on tape, but is designed to be 
used with a disk drive and tape unit. When exiting the 
program, the data file of players and their scores is saved 
to the disk and two backups of the program and data 
file are saved to tape. The double save to tape is insurance, 
but if a disk unit is online, backups to disk are much faster. 

About the only option this program did not include was 
getting a tee time at a public course! While it may not 
interest every golfer, it should be of special interest to golf 
league secretaries with a Color Computer. 



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Software ReviewZ 



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CoCo Enters A New World 
With The Magic Box 



What's so magic about The Magic Box"! Well, like magic 
it will allow you to read Level II basic program tapes 
from a Model I or III into your trusty CoCo. The Box 
part of this magic is a special cable that plugs into the 
right joystick port of the CoCo and the earphone jack 
of the cassette tape recorder. So what you get when you 
buy this package is a cassette tape, the cable and a four- 
page instruction sheet. 

The instructions are quite clear and point out the many 
differences between the CoCo and the Model I/III 
computers. Paramount of course, is that while the CoCo 
uses a 6809 microprocessor, the Model I/III use a Z80, 
and for that reason machine language or "system" tapes 
from the Model I/III cannot be read. In fact, the CoCo's 
BASIC and the Model 1/ Ill's BASIC are also different 
versions of Microsoft's BASIC and some modifications to 
the programs after loading into the CoCo are often 
required. 

The instructions do a good job in pointing out these 
differences and how to deal with them. Also noted is that 
Model I/III tapes load into the CoCo best when using 
a Radio Shack CTR-80A tape recorder. I can certainly 




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attest to that statement! I could not get any Moc 
programs to load at all with my Radio Shack CC1 
tape recorder that I normally use with my CoCo. Luc 
I had a CTR-80 on hand from my old Model I days 
it worked just fine. 

A very good calibration technique is used with The M 
Box software to get the critical volume setting just i 
when loading in the Model I/III programs. As you 
or may not know, the Model 1 is notorious for pain 
sensitive volume settings. The authors of The Magic 
were wise to recognize this problem and include a solu 
with the software. 

I loaded in several Model I programs with little diffic 
but had to edit several lines to get the text to dis 
correctly on the TV screen. This is because the Modi 
III use 64 characters per line while the CoCo uses 32. 
than that, and some other commands unique to the M 
I/III that had to be converted to CoCo lingo, it woi 
beautifully. 

By the way, when the CoCo encounters one of t 
unique commands, it highlights it by inserting aster 
before and after the command. It's pretty simple from 
point to locate these bugs and edit them out. 

Another point to remember is programs using grap 
will also come out looking pretty weird. That's bees 
of the different graphics capabilities of these comput 
The Model I/III have 1,024 PRINT B positions while 
CoCo has 512. This makes it a real challenge to cor 
some of these programs to work on your CoCo. 

In spite of the many differences between these comp 
systems, The Magic Box offers a viable solution to tr 
who have the patience to modify BASIC programs 
provides the CoCo user with a whole new spectrun 
software. So dust off those old Model I/III tapes and w; 
the magic. 

(Spectrum Projects, Inc., P.O. Box 21172, Woodhaven, N' 
11421, $24.95 plus S3 S/H) 

— Jerry Seme 



One- Liner Contest Winner . . . 

This program will alphabetize a set of strings. First 
enter the number of strings to be sorted, then cntei 
the strings one by one. (Note: Be sure to include the 
spaces shown in the listing.) 

The listing: 

p CLS : INPUT" #";N:DIMA$(N) ,B$(N) 
C(N) : FORX=lTON: INPUT" $";A$(X) :N'. 
XT : FORX=lTON : FORY=lTON : IFA$ (X) >; 
$(Y)THENC(X)=C(X)+1:NEXTY,X ELS! 
NEXTY , X : FORX=lTON : B$ ( C (X) +1) =A: 
(X) : NEXT : FORX=lTON : IFB$ (X) =" "TH] 
NB$(X)=B$(X-1) :PRINTB$(X) :NEXTE: 
SEPRINTB$(X) .NEXT 

James Fowlei 
Glen Burnie. ML 

(For this winning one-!incr contest entry, the author lias been sent copie; 
of both The Rainbow Hook Qf Simulations and its companion Rainbow 
Simulations Tape.) 



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L 



Software Review i 



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CoCo Talker 
Speaks For Itself 



If you have a voice pak then you should not be without 
CoCo Talker from Computerware. No matter what brand 
your voice pak, Computerware probably has a version that 
is compatible. The version I will be reviewing is for the 
Radio Shack Speech-Pak. 

CoCo Talker comes in an attractive package with an 
1 1-page manual. The first page gives warranty information 
and requests that you not pirate Computerware 's software. 
The other 10 pages contain complete instructions as well 
as programming examples. 

The disk I received contained seven files. These included 
a text-to-speech translator, an exceptions dictionary for 
the translator, a manager which allows the user to alter 
the dictionary, and a "Talking Head" program. To get into 
the translator, you simply type RUN "SPEAK". You are 
greeted with a menu which allows you to enter text and 
have it spoken. 

One note here: Although this program worked flawlessly, 
the instructions gave no information on how to use 
phonemes. Computerware also neglected to include a list 
of phonemes in the package. This is a major drawback 
since phonemes are required to edit the dictionary. 



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Another option which the translator allows is si 
echo. After choosing this option, you may return to B 
and from there each alphanumeric character that is pr 
on the screen will also be spoken. Simple keystrokes < 
you to toggle this mode on and off and also switch bet 
word and letter echo. In my opinion, this is when 
software shines! 

Even if you don't use the echo, the translator maj 
be used with simple USR(X) functions. The trans 
includes a dictionary of exceptions which it checks bi 
speaking each word. If it finds the word to be spoki 
the dictionary, it will use the predefined phonemes to s 
the word. If not, it uses a standard phonetic algor 
for the voice. I found the translator did an excellen 
and rarely did I find it necessary to intentionally mis 
a word for better pronunciation. 

The Talking Head program is, of course, the mos' 
of all of the programs. It is actually just the trans 
attached to the graphics subroutine which makes a 
Res graphics head's mouth move as the computer spt 
Although it is very entertaining, I can think of no prac 
uses for it. Note here that you must have a disk sy 
for the Talking Head program. All of the other soft 
works with cassette. 

Overall, I would highly recommend CoCo Talkt 
anyone who has a voice pak. I congratulate Computer 
and Frank Delargy for an excellent utility, but I feel 
package does have one major flaw. If you don't know n 
about the use of phonemes in voice synthesis, that 
of the software will be completely useless to you bee 
the instructions are very sketchy in that area. Furthern 
you will be unable to alter the dictionary as it also n 
phonetic input. (This is not a software flaw — everyt 
worked fine — this is merely alack of documentation w 
I am sure will be remedied.) Even with this drawb 
CoCo Talker is an excellent addition to anyone's soff 
library. 

(Computerware, P.O. Box 668, 4403 Manchester Avenu 
Suite 102, Encinitas, CA 92024, tape S21.95, disk S24.95) 

— Rick Rf 



One-Liner Contest Winner . . . 

This one-liner is for disk clean-up time. When 
disk is full of useless files, instead of typing the KILI 
command over and over, use Killprog. 

The listing: 

j2 CLSJ3: PRINT" HIT § THEN ENTER '. 

OR DIRECTORY" :PRINT@67," HIT / ' 

HEN ENTER TO END " ; : PRINT@2 24 , ": 

ROGRAM NAME/EXT: " ; : LINEINPUTA$ 

PRINT@485," ANY KEY TO CONTINUE 

" ; : IFA$="/"THENCLS : ENDELSEIFA$= ! 

@"THENDIR:EXEC44539:G0T0pELSEKI.' 

LA$ : EXEC4 4 53 9: GOTOp 

Bob Kult i 

Marshfiekl, H' 

(For this winning one-liner contest entry, the author has been sent copii 
of both The Rainbow Book Of Simulations and its companion Hainho 
Simulations Tape. ) 



218 



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ftware Review* 



7fc\ 



[CDITS Does Inventory 
For Your Disk Files 



\urora Computing Disk Information and Transfer 
item, or ACDITS, will assist you in organizing your 
k files and transferring disk to tape and tape to disk. 
e program (actually two programs on the system disk) 
uires a minimum of 32K. and a disk drive. 
ACDITS works flawlessly in performing the three 
tctions described: 

) The creation of a disk information file on each disk 

in your library that contains detailed information 

about that disk. This file can be output to the printer 

or screen. Labels can be printed for each disk jacket. 

!) A catalog can be created of all your disk files. An 

entire catalog can be output to the screen or printer. 

While working with a catalog file you can search, 

delete or append. 

I) Transferring files from tape to disk or disk to tape. 

In the tape to disk mode you can either transfer an 

entire tape to disk or transfer a single file. In the 

disk to tape mode only one file can be transferred 

at a time. 

n order to make a disk information file for a disk it 

ist have at least one free granule. You will be asked 

input a date (up to 12 characters), a disk ID number 

ro to 255) and a disk name. The computer will then 

.d the directory and write a file to the disk. 

nformation about a particular disk can be printed to 

ler the screen or printer. The information printed 

hides the filename/ extension, the start, end and EXEC 

Iresses of machine code programs, the disk ID and the 

mber of granules the file uses, all sorted by filename. 

your output is to screen you can use the arrow keys 

scroll through the information. For files sent to the 

nter you are asked for an appropriate Baud rate (300, 

), 1200 or 2400). 

'.n creating a catalog mode you can create one big catalog 
all your disks or a catalog for each category of disks 
it you have, i.e., utilities, Adventures, games, etc. Each 
alog file will contain the same information about each 
■■ as the Disk Information File mentioned above. 
A catalog can be output to the screen or printer. When 
tput is sent to the printer the computer will automatically 
;>e files after each 50 have been printed. It will not number 
: pages, though; this would have been nice. 
The Search function will tell you which disk(s) a 
rticular file is on. You will be provided the same 
ormation mentioned in the Disk Information File. The 
arch function works fine but you are required to type 
the entire filename, including extension. It would have 
;n nice if you were allowed to type in part of a filename, 
iividual Disk Information Files can be appended to a 
alog file at any time. 

Vou are given two options for deletion of information, 
u can delete an individual file from a catalog or, if you 
;h, you can delete an entire disk from a catalog. In this 
ond mode all files will be deleted that have the disk 
mber entered. 
Attractive labels can be made for your disk jackets. The 



files are printed out three across in vertical, alphabetical 
order. At the top of the label the number of free granules 
remaining on the disk and the disk ID number are printed 
as a title. 

The Tape to Disk option will allow you to either transfer 
all files on a tape automatically to disk or you can be 
selective and make a decision as each file is loaded in from 
tape. This portion of ACDITS is a separate program and 
can be used by itself if you wish. You are limited to 
transferring files of no more than 24K. 

The Disk to Tape option allows transfer of files included 
in a Disk Information File to be transferred to tape. It 
is not a stand-alone program and files must be included 
in ACDITS file before they can be transferred. 

ACDITS is a relatively easy program to use and seems 
to be designed so you won't easily lose data. Most of the 
time it is user friendly, but there are some areas where 
this could be improved. As mentioned earlier, when entering 
filenames you must use a backslash (\) between the 
filename and extension. If you try to enter a filename using 
a period (.) ACDITS will not accept it. This proves to 
be quite irritating if you are used to using the period. 
Another area that could be improved is the Search function. 
To search for a file you have to type it in exactly as it 
appears in a catalog. It would have been nice if you could 
just type part of a filename and search for all occurrences 
of that particular string. One other thing that would be 
nice is for automatic page numbering on printouts of more 
than one page. 

That's enough criticisms. All in all, ACDITS is a good 
program for disk file cataloging. 1 have two other similar 
programs that have some nicer features but they don't have 
the file transfer capabilities that ACDITS does. ACDITS 
comes on disk with eight pages of documentation. If you're 
looking for a program that does the things I mentioned 
above, then this is a reasonably priced program to take 
care of those needs. 

(Aurora Computing, 49 Brookland Ave., Ontario, Canada 
L4G2H6, disk $19.95) 

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One- Liner Contest Winner . . . 

This program uses the CoCo's fast screen printing 
capability to create optical illusions with your own 
name (or any string). 

The listing: 

1 P$="T255BA#AG#GFFEE-DC#C" : CLS4 
: INPUT"NAME" ; A$ : CLS3 : FORN=lT02 : P 
LAY"05BP255":NEXT:PLAY"04 ,, +P$+"0 
3 "+P$ : FORN=lTOLEN ( A$ ) : PRINTMID$ ( 
A$,N,1) ; :PLAY"02P1"+P$+P$:NEXT:F 
0RN=1T099 : PLAY"V3102BB" : B$=B$+" 
" : FORM=lT02 5j3 : PLAY"V805B" : PRINTA 
$+B$; :NEXTM,N 

Steve Sward 
Bellevue. NE 

(For iliis winning one-liner contest entry, the author has been sent copies 
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August 1985 THE RAINBOW 217 



ftware Review! 



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pproach To Image Processing 

By Dan Downard 

ecehtly, a review appeared in the rainbow (June 1985, 
j 197) for VIEW-II and CoCoGrey, a complete SSTV 
sceiver for the CoCo. SoftCircuits has introduced a 
if image processing programs called VIE W-EDIT that 
e this combination hard to beat for 8.5-second slow 

IEW-EDIT requires a disk-based 64K CoCo and one 
lick. Disk basic is recommended, but ADOS will work 
ell. It is not necessary to have the CoCoGrey medium 
lution adapter, but I would highly recommend its use. 
s CoCoGrey is a hardware modification that gives you 
;ray levels with 128-by-192 resolution.) The software 
es non-protected, so you can make as many copies 
3U wish for your own use. The documentation consists 
n attractive 16-page booklet that is above average in 
aining the functions Of the program. 
ne best way to describe VIEW-EDIT is to point out 
e of the high points of the program. It is truly an 
ge processing system, not just another graphics 
;ram. 

IEW-EDIT pictures are stored in an 8K format with 
i byte representing two pixels on the screen. Two 128- 



by-128 screens are available for editing; these screens are 
called buffers. At any time during the editing process a 
16-level gray scale can be called by positioning the cursor 
at the bottom-left of the screen. With this feature the current 
gray level for the cursor can be changed at will. 

The menu is joystick driven by positioning the cursor 
next to the function desired. Depressing the firebutton 
activates that particular function. A Help function is 
available in case you need to refresh your memory on the 
function in question. 

Define is the heart of any function selection. Define 
allows the selection of the area of the image you wish to 
process. After you Define the area, you can either use it 
as a Stamp or a Window. A Stamp, as in many other 
graphics programs, allows the duplication of the defined 
area to another portion of the image. The Window mode 
allows processing on a restricted part of the image. Of 
course, you can Define the entire image as the Window 
and perform functions on the whole working buffer. 

An Undo function allows the cancellation of the previous 
operation. This is really nice for making changes if things 
didn't work out the way you planned. 

A multitude of functions can be performed on the Stamp 
buffer. It can be flipped horizontally or vertically, rotated, 
shrunk, expanded, inverted, blanked or filled with one of 
16 gray levels. These features allow the generation of 
tremendous graphics designs from scratch. 

The whole scheme of operation amounts to defining your 
stamp using a rubber band rectangle. This same rubber 
band technique is used to place the stamp at any position 
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expand functions, as these features are automatic. A status 
line is included at the bottom of the screen for maintaining 
the correct aspect ratio of the Stamp image. 

A Text function allows the generation of up to nine 
characters at a time. Characters are placed on the screen 
with the same rubber band method as in graphics editing. 
This is one of the weak points of the program, as only 
coarse block lettering is available. At the same time, this 
type of lettering is common for slow scan transmissions 
due to the need for contrast. 

Fatbits allows individual pixel editing by expanding the 
screen so each pixel can be set to a distinct gray level. 
A picture could be created by this method, but it is very 
tedious to say the least. 

• Lines and circles can be generated using rubber band 
techniques with the joystick. As in all other features, the 
function in question is generated in any one of 16 gray 
levels using the drop-down pallette of colors, or gray levels. 
The features that really distinguish VIEW-EDIT from 
other graphics programs are the image processing functions. 
One has already been mentioned, Invert. A pixel-by-pixel, 
gray-scale inversion can be performed on the Stamp buffer, 
giving you a video negative. 

In addition, several filters are available, including low 
pass, high pass, notch and peak. A histogram of the image 
can be generated at any time. The results of these filters 
are unique for their intended purpose, or just to create 
some very interesting effects. The filter commands require 
some experimentation, but make the whole program 
worthwhile. 

One feature that is outstanding is Scan Edit. It is normal 
to have misplaced scans during any slow scan transmission. 
Using Scan Edit, any horizontal scan can be isolated and 
moved to align it with the rest of the picture. This is the 
first time I have ever seen this feature in a program, and 
it is invaluable for the slow scan enthusiast. 

Brightness and contrast of the digital image can be 
adjusted by two additional functions. First, a histogram 
displays the current level, then you are allowed to alter 
it as you wish. 

As VIEW-EDIT is a disk-based software package, 
standard disk commands are included such as SAVE, LDflD, 
KILL, DIR and QUIT. The default drive can be changed 
using the New Drive command. One drive is necessary 
for the software, but the remaining space is just adequate 
for storage of a few pictures. Two drives make life a little 
easier. 

All of the pictures are given an extension of "PIX." When 
any disk command is encountered, a menu appears of the 
pictures on the default drive. The picture is selected by 
placing the cursor next to the name. The PIX extension 
is omitted on all menus. 

If you already have the VIEW-II software, a program 
is included to merge all of the necessary programs onto 
one master disk. 

I think VIEW-EDIT is a dynamic approach to image 
processing with a small personal computer. Those who 
enjoy this type of activity, for ham radio or for any other 
similar hobby, should consider this package a necessary 
addition to their software library. 

(SoftCircuits, Inc., 401 S.W. 75th Terrace, North 
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Software Review* 



For Masochistic Madness 
Play Warehouse Mutants 

While playing Warehouse Mutants, I found it diff 
to imagine being a warehouse caretaker fighting off de 
intruders. But it doesn't take a lot of imagination to e 
playing the game. As a matter of fact, the fast pac 
Warehouse Mutants does not allow its players a lc 
time to think about anything but survival. 

The game is very arcade-like with its excellent grar. 
and movement. It begins with you in the middle of a r 
of square crates, more like blocks, and a mutant in ■ 
of the four corners of the screen. The object is to kil 
of the invaders before they get to you. They move tov 
you swiftly and the only way to destroy them is to sn 
crates against them. And, as if the first four mutants ai 
enough to deal with, there are eight more at ram 
locations waiting to break out of their crates and a 
in the chase. Fortunately though, the flashing, cr 
invaders can be destroyed before they break out by pus', 
their crates into a wall or zapping them with the firebut 
But, before you know it, if you survive long enough, 
will be confronted by a warehouse full of mutants. 

To survive the game, each of the destructive creat 
must be zapped before the player gets hit four times s 
four hits ends the game. The difficulty comes in fin< 
time to strategize a plan for killing the mutants w 
constantly avoiding them. The most success I had invo 
first killing off a few of the creatures, then moving S' 
crates around to form a blocked off area. Stopping 
blocked off area can drive several mutants into a swir 
madness long enough for you to map out more strat 
Also, getting a lot of them into a concentrated area 
be good since the 50 points awarded for killing one mu 
is doubled for each additional one killed with the s. 
block. Therefore, if you kill three mutants in a row, 
will get 50 + 100 + 200 = 350 points. Killing eight mut, 
with one crate is worth 6,400 points, which would bt 
honorable total game score itself. 

If you are able to kill all of the mutants in a sen 
you move on to a faster and harder screen. Whatever 
you have left are kept and a bonus hit is earned e> 
time you get through a screen without getting hit. 
game also includes a pause feature by hitting the CL1 
key. Pressing the SHIFT and '?' keys simultaneously 
allow you to skip any screen if pressed when the sci 
is just starting. 

Although I achieved much more frustration t 
gratification from playing Warehouse Mutants, I still fo 
myself wanting to play continuously. Something about 
pesty mutants, which more often than not got the I 
of me, seemed to bring out a masochistic streak! Need 
to say, it usually proved futile as I was tortured time a 
time. 

(Tom Mix Software, 4825 Bradford N.E., Grand Rapids 
MI 49506, 16K tape $24.95, 16K disk $27.95) 

— Philip S. H 



220 



THE RAINBOW August 1985 



iftware Review! 



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Preschool Fun With Math 



ount To 100 is designed for preschool, kindergarten 

first grade level children. It can be used to reinforce 
h concepts for up to third grade remedial level. It is 
lenu-driven program that requires a minimum of 
itance once the program is loaded. 

selection of control features eases the operation of 
program by allowing a one-key selection of: Returning 
le menu. Voice on/ off. Upper range limit, Help function 

Pause option. 

'ount To 100 is useful in sequential counting, counting 

wos (even or odd numbers), counting by fives or 10s, 

counting backwards, if you so desire. All but the 
nting backwards option are supported by manual input 

flashcard modes. The flashcard mode allows you to 
nt along with your CoCo, while the manual mode 
lires that you key in the next number, 
he voice option of the program is guaranteed to work 
l The Voice speech synthesizer; other synthesizers may 
k but are not guaranteed to perform. 
It tested the Count To 100 with our preschooler, who 
turned five, our kindergarten superstar, who just turned 
and our second grader who doesn't care about anything 
:ss it eats hay and wears a saddle. The only problem 
sneountered was finding enough time to let "oF Dad" 
ew this package. The flashcard mode provided an 
resting competitive game, and the pause control featuie 
: more than sufficient help and a chance to gather your 
ie when things get out of control, 
he tape version we had loaded several times with no 
. of any problems. The documentation provided was 
ct and very adequate with specifics and examples 
liable if needed. 

he package is obviously well thought out and provides 
tecessary functions for a useful math learning tool. For 
price, the quality and interest that it generated in math 
:tice and learning, it could be said that "You can count 
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"Play Your Favorite Games With No Wires Attached" 
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errors in the schematic diagrams, and that the parts list 
was left out. Here is the parts list, with Radio Shack catalog 
numbers in parentheses: 



C1-C3 0.1 mf (272-135) 

IC1, IC3 74LS240 octal buffer 

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1C4, IC5 4066 CMOS quad bilateral switch (276- 

2466) 
1C6 4011 CMOS quad 2-input NAND gate 

(276-2411) 
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Jl, J2 9-pin D-sub connector plug (276-1537) 

J 3 |/8" miniature phone jack (274-251) 

LED1-LED10 T-P/ 4 red LED (276-041) 
P1,P2 Joystick plug with cable (AW-2894; 

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"Geo-Graphics" (September 1984, Page 177): Josepl 
Paravati advises us that, although the listing in the magai 
is correct, many users have reported they get an ?FC Ei 
in Line 5120 due to an incorrectly typed DATA statemi 
He suggests the following procedure to find the error: 

- Enter PRINT AS immediately after the error occi 
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by. Check the DATA line containing that letter. 

If more than one character appears, enter PRINT 
Count that number of characters over, and that charai 
is the one at fault. 

"MAIL09 (June 1985, Page 249): Please refer to P 
246 of this issue for the remainder of the listings wh 
were inadvertently left out of this OS-9 feature. ^ 



The 74LS240 and 7402 chips are not available from Radio 
Shack, but can be had from industrial electronic 
distributors in major cities. 

In addition, these corrections apply to the schematic 
diagrams on pages 106 and 108: 

1) In Figure 1, pins 6 and 8 are reversed. 

2) In Figure 2B, the three leads of IC4 going to ground 
should be marked '3,' '7' and '9.' In addition, the chip at 
the bottom of the page should be marked IC5; pins I, 
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3) In Figure 3, the upper chip should be labeled as a 
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"Super Disk Charger" (June 1985, Page 113): Dennis 
Bironas tells us that a line should be added in Listing 2 
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Also, the POKEs in the yellow box at the top of Page 
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(For this winning one-liner contest entry, the author has been sent copies 
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.ow To Read Rainbow 



ease note that all the basic program 
igs you will find in the rainbow are 
latted for a 32-character screen — 
ley will show up just as they do on 
■ CoCo screen. One easy way to 
:k on the accuracy of your typing 
3 compare what character "goes 
3r" what. If the characters match — 

your line endings come out the 
e — you have a pretty good way of 
wing that your typing is accurate, 
e also have "key boxes" to show you 
minimum system a program needs. 

do read the text before you start 

nally, the little cassette symbol on 
igs indicates that program is availa- 
hroughourRAiNBOWONTAPE service, 
jrder form for this service is on the 
rt card bound in the magazine. 



What's A CoCo 



)Co is an affectionate name which 
first given to the TRS-80 Color 
iputer by its many fans, users and 
ers. 

)wever, when we use the term 
o, we refer to both the TRS-80 Color 
iputer and the TDP System-100 
iputer. It is easier than using both 
le "given" names throughout the 
bow. 



,e Rainbow Check Plus 



^ 



ie small boxes that you see accom- 
'ing programs in the rainbow is a 
ck sum" system, which is designed 
ilp you type in programs accurately. 
tin bow Check PLUS will count the 
ber and values of characters you 

in. You can then compare the 
ber you get to those printed in the 
30W. On longer programs, some 
:hmark lines are given. When you 
h the end of one of those lines with 

typing, simply check to see if the 
bers match. 



To use Rainbow Check PLUS, type 
in the program and cshve it for later use, 
then type in the command run and press 
enter. Once the program has run, type 
NEW and enter to remove it from the area 
where the program you're typing in will 

go. 

Now, while keying in a listing from the 
rainbow, whenever you press the down- 
arrow key, your CoCo will give you the 
checksum based on the length and con- 
tent of the program in memory. This 
is to check against the numbers printed 
in the rainbow. If your number is 
different, check the listing carefully to 
be sure that you typed in the correct 
basic program code. For more details 
on this helpful utility, refer to H. Allen 
Curtis' article on Page 21 of the February 
1984 rainbow. 

Since Rainbow Check PLUS counts 
spaces and punctuation, be sure to type 
in the listing exactly the way it's given 
in the magazine. 

10 CLS:X=25G*PEEK(35)+178 

20 CLEAR 2S.X-1 

30 X=25G*PEEI< (35)+l?8 

40 FOR Z=X TO X+77 

50 READ Y:W=W+Y:PRINT Z,V;U 

G0 POKE 2, Y: NEXT 

70 IFUI=7985THEN80ELSEPRINT 

"DATA ERROR": STOP 
80 EXEC X:END 

90 DATA 182, 1, 10G, 167, 110, G0, 134 
100 DATA 12G, 183, 1, 10G, 130, 1, 107 
110 DATA 175, 140, 50, 48, 140, 4, 181 
120 OATA 1, 107, 57, 129, 10, 38, 38 
130 OATA 52, 22, 79, 158, 25, 230, 129 
140 DATA 39, 12, 171, 12B, 171, 128 
150 DATA 230, 132, 3B, 250, 48. 1. 32 
1G0 DATA 240, 183, 2, 222, 4B, 140, 14 
170 DATA 159, 1GG, 1GG. 132, 28, 254 
180 OATA 189, 173, 198, 53, 22, 12G, 
190 DATA 0, 135, 255, 134, 40, 55 
200 DATA 51, 52, 41, 



Using Machine Language 



Machine Language programs are one 
of the features of the rainbow. There 
are a number of ways to "get" these pro- 
grams into memory so that you can 
operate them. 

The easiest way is by using an editor/ 
assembler, a program you can purchase 
from a number of sources. 

An editor/assembler allows you to 
enter mnemonics into your CoCo and 
then have the editor/assembler assem- 
ble them into specific instructions that 
are understood by the 6809 chip that 
controls your computer. 



When you use an editor/assembler, all 
you have to do, essentially, is copy the 
relevant instructions from the rainbows 
listing into CoCo. 

Another method of getting an assem- 
bly language listing into CoCo is called 
"hand assembly." As the name implies, 
you do the assembly by hand. This can 
sometimes cause problems when you 
have to set up an ORIGIN statement or 
an EQUATE. In short, you have to know 
something about assembly to hand 
assemble some programs. 

Use the following program if you wish 
to hand assemble machine language 
listings: 

10 CLEAR200,&H3F00: I=£H3FB0 

20 PRI NT "ADDRESS : " ; HEXS ( I ) ; 

30 INPUT "BYTE";B$ 

40 POKE I,VAL("&H"+BS) 

50 I = I+1:GOTO20 

This program assumes you havea16K 
CoCo. If you have 32K, change the 
S.H3F00 in Line 10 to &H7F00 and change 
the value of 'I' to &H7F80. 



The Rainbow Seal 



RAINBOW 

CERTIFICATION 
SEAL 

The Rainbow Certification Seal is our 
way of helping you, the consumer. The 
purpose of the Seal is to certify to you 
that any product which carries the Seal 
has been physically seen by us, that it 
does, indeed, exist and that we have a 
sample copy here at the rainbow. 

Manufacturers of products — hard- 
ware, software and firmware — are 
encouraged by us to submit their pro- 
ducts to the rainbow for certification. 
We ascertain that their products are, in 
actuality, what they purport to be and, 
upon such determination, award a Seal. 

The Seal, however, is not a "guarantee 
of satisfaction." The certification pro- 
cess is different from the review process. 
You are encouraged to read our reviews 
to determine whether the product is 
right for your needs. 

There is absolutely no relationship 
between advertising in the rainbow and 
the certification process. Certification is 
open and available to any product per- 
taining to CoCo. A Seal will be awarded 
to any commercial product, regard/ess 
of whether the firm advertises or not. 

We will appreciate knowing of in- 
stances of violation of Seal use. 



August 1985 THE RAINBOW 



225 



JOYSTICK UTILITY 



16K 
ECB 



Q 



With a little aircraft technology, you can 
be in complete control . . . 



The 

Joystick 
Fix-It 

By John G. Williams 



This program is a solution to a problem which plagues 
users of the standard Radio Shack joysticks. We 
all know the sticks are inexpensive and work well 
enough for most applications. However, they seem to be 
too sensitive near the center so it is easy to over-control 
screen objects. 

Since I am an engineer on the F-16 fighter program, 
I'm aware of a method used in its flight control computer 
to cure that same problem in the aircraft. The pilot 
commands are received by the computer and shaped by 
a series of equations to provide the desired airplane motion. 

The CoCo can do the same thing for us. All it takes 
is for the stick command to be multiplied by the absolute 
value of itself and divided by a constant to retain proper 
scaling. The stick will then have a slower response near 
center, but will still have quick action near the extremes. 

Stik Fix is a demonstration of this capability. RUN the 
program and slowly move the right stick laterally to see 
the effect. The screen horizontal axis is the stick motion 
while the vertical axis is the modified command. (I have 
put this change into the Sopwith CoCo flight simulator 
roll control, and it makes the action much smoother and 
easier to manage.) 



The listing: 

10 PM0DE4,1:SCREEN1,1:PCLS(5) : CO 

LOR0 , 5 

15 LINE(128,0)-(128,191) ,PSET:LI 

NE (0,96) -(255,96) , PSET 

20 X=3.2*(JOYSTK(0)-31.5) 

30 Y=(ABS(X)*X)/130 

40 PSET(128+X,96.5-Y) 

50 GOTO20 /£\ 



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n-DISK will work even if you already own 
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ys Frank J. Esser. independent reviewer 
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Watch out for dog bytes! This canine version of the 
carnie's classic shell game is a fascinating test of your 
visual reflexes 



Which Way Did Tha 
Mangy Mongrel Go; 



By Brad Nation 



]T> oghouse is a short program to 
m M challenge the visual reflexes of 
J-^r everyone from toddlers to 
adults. The 2,087-byte Color BASIC and 
machine language program is simple. 
A dog runs in and out of three doghouses 
and after it stops you are asked which 

(Brad Nation is a quality assurance 
failure analyst at Sundstrand Data 

Control, Inc. He writes programs for 
fun and profit at home in his spare 

time.) 




house you think he is in. After each 
response the dog's speed is adjusted by 
approximately 30 percent, faster if your 
answer was right and slower if it was 
wrong. 

Due to the machine language sub- 
routine, the speed of the dog can be 
varied from as fast as 0.03 seconds to 
cross the screen from doghouse ffl to 
doghouse #3, to as slow as 1.9 seconds 
to cross the screen. 

Doghouse was written for any Color 
Computer, 4K or more, Extended or 



228 THE RAINBOW August 1985 



Extended BASIC. Please note, 
ver, that users with Color BASIC 
d replace Line 2 with 2 POKE 
ML'25G:P0KE 27G , ML-PEEK 
) *256. This is because the DEFUSR 
land is not supported by Color 
:, so the machine language routine's 
ition address must be poked into 
ons 275 and 276. As an alternative, 
of either system can replace Line 
th 2 IF(PEEI< (32768)=G9 
>EEK(327G9)=8B) THEN DEFUSR= 
ILSE POKE 275,ML/256: 
276, ML-PEEK ( 275 )»25G which 
s the program to determine if 
ided BASIC is present or not. The 
am will then be able to run on 
ystem. 



The 321-byte machine language 
routine is position-independent so users 
with 32K or more may want to put the 
ML routine into higher memory by 
changing the CLEAR statement in Line 
1 to CLEAR 200,32446, and also the 
value for ML in Line 1 . 

Also, 4K BASIC users must change 
the CLEAR statement to CLEAR 200 , 3774 
and change the value of ML to ML=3775. 
This is due to the smaller memory size. 

Type in Doghouse and run the 
program. Operating instructions are 
provided on-screen. Pressing 'S' when 
"PRESS 4 TO GO" is displayed will 
show the speed the dog will run during 
the next round (100 = fastest and = 
slowest). 



The assembly listing for the ML 
routine is not included. The routine 
operates as follows: On entry to the 
routine, if the passed parameter is equal 
to T (i.e., A=USR(1)), then the dog has 
started in doghouse #2 and the doghouse 
doors are opened. If the passed parame- 
ter is '2,' then the doghouse doors are 
closed so the dog can't be seen; if the 
passed parameter is '3,' then the doors 
are opened to show the dog. If the 
passed parameter is any other value (in 
Line 7 NP equals 1317, 1327 or 1337), 
then the dog runs to the new location. 

(For those having questions about 
this program, you may write to Mr. 
Nation at: 15115 N.E. 8th Street, 
Bellevue, WA 98007.) 



e listing: DOGHOUSE 

:LS3:PRINT@137," doghouse game 

;: CLEAR 200, 16062 :PRINT@448: PR 

I?:ML=16063 

DEFUSR=ML' EXTENDED ONLY 

?OR I=ML TO ML+320:READ J: POKE 

,J:NEXT I:A=USR(1) :R$=" GOOD, 

J WERE RIGHT! " : C$=CHR$ (175) : F 

1=1 TO 5:C$=C$+C$:NEXTI:S=25 
PRINT @ 100, C $;: PRINT @ 10 4," PRES 
■4 1 TO GO "; :A$=INKEY$ 
^$=INKEY$:IF A$="S" THEN PRINT 
30,C$;:PRINT@106," speed =" ;IN 
L00-S/1.27) ;:FORI=1TO900:NEXTI 
DT04 ELSEIF A$="4" THEN PRINT§ 
3 , C$ ; : PRINT@107 , "GET READY" ; : 
3E A=RND(6) : GOTO 5 
FOR 1=1034 TO 1449 STEP 32:J=R 
(8)*16+127:POKE I, J: POKE 1+1/9, 
3OUND(255-(I-1035)/2) ,1:NEXTI: 
KE ML+232,S:POKE ML+234,S:FOR 
L034 TO 1449 STEP 32: POKE 1,17 
POKE 1+10, 175 :NEXTI:PRINT@100, 
;:FOR 1=1 TO 15+RND(15) 
!JP=RND(3)*10+1307:IF NP=OP THE 
7 ELSE A=USR(NP) :OP=NP:NEXT I: 
JSR(2) :PRINT@103," WHERE IS TH 
DOG?";:A$=INKEY$ 
k$=INKEY$:G=VAL(A$) :IF G<1 OR 

3 THEN 8 ELSE A=USR(3) : S=PEEK( 
+232): G=G* 10+1307 : PRINT@ 100 , C$ 
IF GONP THEN 10 

PRINT§101, ;:FORI=l TO LEN(R$): 
INT MID$(R$,I,1) ;:IF MID$(R$,I 
)=" " THEN FOR J=l TO 50:NEXTJ 
: FORJ=1TO500 : NEXTJ : S=S/1 . 3 : GOT 

4 ELSE SOUND ( 10+10*1) ,l:NEXTI 
PRINTS 101," SORRY, YOU WERE W 

NG ";:FOR 1=1 TO 11: SOUND 50,1 



: SOUND 75,1:NEXT I : S=S*1 . 3+1 : IF 
S<127 THEN 4 ELSE S=127:GOTO 4 

11 DATA 189,179,237,193,1,16,39, 
0,30,193,2,39,79,193,3,39,67,2 37 
,141,0,233,23 6,141,0,227,16,163, 
141,0,224,39,119,16,44,0,116,22, 
0,147,95,231,141,0,212,142,5,47, 
175,141,0,201,175,141,0,199,134, 
49,183,4 

12 DATA 197,134,50,183,4,207,134 
,51,183,4,217,142,4,227,49,141,0 
,206,141,46,142,5,1,141,41,230,1 
41,0,168,39,105,32,70,51,141,0,2 
03,32,4,51,141,0,208,142,5,33,14 
1,16,142,5,65,141,11,142,5,97,14 
1,6,142 

13 DATA 5,129,141,1,57,31,50,166 
, 160 ,39,22, 167 , 132 , 167 , 137 , , 10 , 
167,137,0,20,48,1,32,238,166,160 
,39,4,167,128,32,248,57,198,1,23 
1,141,0,98,106,141,0,91,141,190, 
174,141,0,84,48,30,49,141,0,83,1 
41,68,48 

14 DATA 136,30,141,218,48,136,27 
,3 2,29,95,231,141,0,65,108,141,0 
,58,141,157,174,141,0,51,49,141, 
0,65,141,37,48,13 6,27,141,187,48 
,136,28,16,142,202,202,16,175,13 
2,48,3,16,142,197,197,16,175,132 

15 DATA 134,25,198,25,90,44,253, 
74,44,248,22,255,33,141,153,48,1 
36,29,141,148,57,5,57,5,57,0,204 
,198,198,0,195,194,193,0,128,128 
,128,193,0,201,201,204,0,194,193 
,195,0,194,128,128,128,0,172,168 
,179,164,172,0,168 

16 DATA 179,183,191,191,191,187, 

17 9,164,0,191,255,255,255,255,25 
5,255,255,191,175,0,191,207,207, 
207,207,207,207,207,191,175,0 ^ 



August 1985 THE RAINBOW 229 




HEALTH EDUCATION 



This practical application gives a simple 
test of your eyesight to indicate if there's 
a need to seek professional examination 



As Far As 
The Eye Can See 



By Robert L. Gr< 



Many of us take our precious 
gift of sight for granted, but 
misuse, pollution and disease 
can slowly rob us of our good vision. 
I'm just a country programmer, but my 
CoCo can now make my family and 
friends more alert to vision dangers and 
seek regular checkups with a doctor of 
optometry or an ophthamologist. 

Vision is the eye-opening program 
that turns our computer into a health 
advocate. The first test is for retinal 
disparity and focus. This "parlor trick" 
test serves to grab our attention in 
preparation for the red/ green colorblind 
test. The red/green syndrome is usually 
a male trait, but that distinction is 
necessary for traffic signals, other light 
indicators and for electronic component 
coding. 

For the beginning programmer, 
Vision serves to clearly demonstrate 
both special CoCo features and some 
sophisticated techniques. It also provides 



(Robert Green is former president of 
the TRS-80 Users Group of Atlanta, 
Ltd., and was selected by Johns Hopkins 
and Tandy to host the Southeast's first 
computer-assisted aid to the handi- 
capped workshop and fair. He writes, 
teaches and does consulting work.) 



that person with a free alphabet (lines 
290-560). 

Line 20 dimensions the 'A' array for 
a GET and PUT function later in the 
program, and also makes ST$ equal 32 
graphics characters to enhance and 
make more professional the set of 

""Vision is the eye- 
opening program that 
turns our computer into 
a health advocate . . . 
For the beginning 
programmer, it serves 
to clearly demonstrate 
both special CoCo 
features and some 
sophisticated 
techniques. " 

instructions (lines 580-690). 

Line 130 sets up the three views of 
the three colored circles. Line 70 
determines the length of time the circles 
remain on the screen. Line 160 deter- 
mines the length of time the screen is 
cleared (PCLS). 



The colorblind test begins wit! 
170. Using PSET to color in m 
the screen took so long 1 feared m 
takers would fall asleep. 

Lines 170-180 use loops to ran 
place colored dots at the upp< 
corner of the screen in a 20-by-2( 
Line 190 GETs the area in the 'A' 
and stores it for later use. 

Line 200 uses loops to replica 
SET 'A' array, thus drawing the 
much faster with no big loss to ra 
coloring. 

In Line 30 is the first of the 
commands using the alphabet 
290-560). This technique saves 1 
typing and errors. 

Another timesaver is the II 
(Line 270 for the colorblind tes 
Line 710 for the instructions), 
allow quick keyboard one-stroke 
ation and using the feature as a [ 
routine permits faster typing c 
program. 

SOUND is used in Line 250 met 
a prompt to alert the user th; 
computer is ready with another c( 
circle to be discerned. 

Vision adds a very practica 
rewarding aspect to the CoCo. It s 
prompt others to contribute pro. 
that can benefit the family an 
population in general. 



230 



THE RAINBOW August 1985 



7f 190 .. . 


...161 


410 ... 


....75 


600 ... 


....12 


670 ... 


...22 


END 


99 





: listing: VISION 

3 ********* VISION ******** 

L ■** COPYRIGHT (C) 1984 ** 

2 '** BY ROBERT L. GREEN ** 

3 ■** POST OFFICE BOX 419** 

4 ■** CLARKSTON, GA 30021** 

5 i** ph: (404) 451-9813 ** 
5 '************************ 
10 CLEAR1000 

20 DIMA (20,20): ST$=STRING$ ( 3 2 , CH 

*$(150)) 

30 CLS:PRINTST$:GOSUB580 

10 PMODEl,l:SCREEN4,l:PCLS:GOSUB 

2 90 

50 FORT=lT03 

50 CIRCLE ( 100 , 100 ) , 60 , 3 

70 FORX=1TO500:NEXT 

30 PAINT (105, 120) ,3,3 

90 CIRCLE (100, 100) ,30,4 

L00 PAINT (100, 100) ,4,4 

L10 CIRCLE (100, 100) ,10,3 

L20 PAINT (100, 100) ,3,3 

130 FORX=1TO3000:NEXT 

140 PCLS 

150 NEXTT 

160 FORX=1TO500 : NEXT 

170 FORX=0TO21:FORY=0TO21:PSET(X 

,Y,RND(9)-1) 

180 NEXTY:NEXTX 

190 GET(0,0)-(20,20),A 

200 FORX=19TO150STEP20:FORY=19TO 

150STEP20 

210 PUT(X-19,Y-19)-(X,Y) ,A:NEXT: 

NEXT 

230 DRAW"S12 ; C2 ; A2 ; BM170 , 10 ; "+C$ 

+0$+L$+0$+R$ : DRAW'S 12 ;C4 ;A2 ;BM20 

, 30 ; "+0$+F$ : DRAWS12 ; C3 ; A2 ; BM16 

5 , 50 ; "+C$+I$+R$+C$+L$+E$ 

240 FORT=1TO2000: NEXT: DRAW" S 12 ;C 

4 ;A2 ;BM8 , 150 ; "+H$+I$+T$+SP$+K$+E 

$+Y$ 

250 FORX=0TO8:SOUND2*(X+1) , 2 : CIR 

CLE ( 80 , 80 ) , 50 , X : GOSUB2 70 : FORW=lT 

010 : CIRCLE ( 10 , 10 ) , W , X : NEXTW : NEXT 

X 

260 CLS: PRINT "THE END": END 

270 I$=INKEY$ : IFI$=" "THEN270ELSE 

RETURN 

290 A$="BEHUNU2R4NU2DGL2BGBL6" 

300 B$="BEHENR3HER3D4L3BGBL6" 

310 C$="BU4ER2FD2GL2HBG2BL4" 

320 D$="BEHU2ER3D4L3BGBL6" 



330 ES="BER3U2NL2U2L4BG5BL2" 

340 F$="BUR4U2NL3U2BG5BL5" 

350 G$="BUR4U3HL2GDRBG3BL4" 

3 60 H$="BUU2NU2R4NU2D2BGBL9" 

370 I$="BR2BUU4BU2BD7BL8" 

3 80 J$="BUU3ER2FDBG3BL7" 

390 K$="BUE2NH2R2ND2U2BG5BL5" 

400 L$="BU5R4D4BGBL9" 

410 M$="BUNU4E2F2U4BG5BL5" 
420 N$="BUU4F4U4BG5BL5" 
430 0$="BEHU2ER2FD2GL2BGBL6" 
440 P$="BER3U2NU2L3GNFBG2BL4" 
450 Q$="BEHU2ERNDNURFD2GL2BGBL6" 
460 R$="BEHERNH2R2NU2D2L3BGBL6" 
470 S$="BU2FR2EHL2HER2FBG4BL6" 
480 T$="BUR2NU4R2BDBL10" 
490 U$="BUU3ER2FD3BGBL9" 
500 V$="BUU2E2F2D2BGBL9" 
510 W$="BUU4F2E2D4BGBL9" 
520 X$="BUE2NH2NE2F2BGBL9" 
530 Y$="BUE2NU2F2BGBL9" 
540 Z$="BUNR4E4L4BG4BDBL2" 
550 SP$="BE4BUBG5BL5" • ***SPACER 
560 RETURN 

580 PRINTTAB(10) "v i s i o n":PR 
US, & RED/ GREEN COLOR BLINDNESS. 
11 : PRINT" THOUGH AN OPHTHALMOLOGI 
ST OR ODSHOULD ALWAYS BE CONSULT 
ED, YOURCOCO MAY BE AN INEXPENSI 
VE TEST." 
590 GOSUB700 

600 PRINTTAB (8) "retinal disparit 

y" : PRINT: PRINT" WHEN WE FOCUS O 

N SOMETHING, WERETAIN THAT IMAGE 

EVEN AFTER WE STOP LOOKING AT I 



One-Liner Contest Winner . . . 

This one-liner prints a small checkerboard on the 
Radio Shack DM P- 100, Line Printer VII, Line 
Printer VIII and some other Tandy printers. 

To print a full-size (8-by-8-inch) checkerboard, 
change FOR H=l TO 1 to TO 9 in two places and 
FOR J=l TO 7 to TO S0 in four places. 

The listing: 

1 PRINT#-2 , CHR$ ( 18 ) : FORG=lT04 : FO 
RH=1T01 : FORI=lT04 : FORJ=lT07 : PRIN 
T#-2,CHR$(12 8) ;:NEXT:FORJ=lT07:P 
RINT#-2,CHR$(2 55) ; : NEXTJ , I : PRINT 
#-2 : NEXT : FORH=lT01 : FORI=lT04 : FOR 
J=1T07:PRINT#-2,CHR$(255) ;:NEXT: 
F0RJ=1T07 : PRINT#-2 , CHR$ ( 12 8 ) ; : NE 
XTJ, I : PRINT#-2 : NEXTH, G 

James Britlain 
Liverpool, NY 

(For this winning one-liner contest entry, the author has been sent copies 
of both The Rainbow Book Of Simulations and its companion Rainbow 
Simulations Tape.) 



August 1985 THE RAINBOW 231 



INT: PRINT" THIS PROGRAM QUICKLY 
TESTS FOR: RETINAL DISPARITY, FOC 
T . " : PRINT : PRINT " HOWEVER , THAT 
IMAGE NOT ONLY REMAINS ON OUR E 
YE'S RETINA, BUTTHE COLORS BECOM 
E OPPOSITE!"; 

61j3 GOSUB700: PRINT" OUR FIRST T 
EST WILL BE THREE CIRCLES. STA 
RE AT THEM. THEY WILL DISAPPEA 
R AND REAPPEAR TWO MORE TIMES." 
620 PRINT" AFTER EACH DISAPPEAR 
ANCE, YOU SHOULD STILL SEE SOMET 
HING. IF NOT, THIS MAY INDICATE 
A CONCERNFOR AN EYE CHECKUP . " ; : 
GOSUB700 

630 PRINT" WHILE LOOKING AT THE 
SECOND & THIRD CIRCLES, YOU MAY 
SEE THE REVERSED IMAGE APPEAR 
AT DIFFER-ENT SPOTS AROUND THE C 
IRCLE . " 

640 PRINT" AFTER VIEWING THE 3 
RED & BLUECIRCLES, CLOSE YOUR EY 
ES & OPEN THEM, LOOKING AT A WHI 
TE WALL." 

641 PRINT" TRY THIS TEST 3 TIM 
ES IF YOU DON'T DO WELL TO COMPE 
NSATE FOR THE RANDOM BACKGROUND 
COLORS . " ; : GOSUB700 



650 PRINT: PRINT" THIS MAY ALSO 3 
NDICATE NEED FORA VISION CHECK I 
Y AN OPTOMETRIST" ; : GOSUB700 : PRII 
TTAB(8) "color blindness": PRINT 
660 PRINT" AFTER THE 3 -CIRCLE TI 
ST, YOU ■ LLUNDERGO A SERIES TEST 
FOR RED/ GREEN COLORBLINDNESS . " 
: PRINT: PRINT" A MULTI-COLORED E 
LOCK WILL BE DRAWN AND A COLORE: 
CIRCLE DRAWNWITHIN IT . " ; : GOSUB7 

00 

670 PRINT" YOU SHOULD BE ABLE I 

SEE THE CIRCLE AND IDENTIFY TH 

E COLORS: GREEN WHITE GREEN BLUE 

RED WHITEGREEN BLUE RED";:GOSUE 
700 

680 PRINT" TO CHANGE THE (HIDDE 
N) COLOREDCIRCLE , HIT THE SPACE 
BAR.": PRINT: PRINT" A CIRCLE (I 
N THE UPPER LEFT) WILL GROW TO 
INDICATE THE PRO- 
THE TEST CIRCLE." 

LUCK!";:GOSUB700 
690 RETURN 

700 PRINT :PRINTST$: PRINT" >-> H 
IT g KEY TO gO ON" 

710 I$=INKEY$:IFI$=""THEN710ELSE 
CLS : PRINTST$ ; : RETURN /R\ 



PER COLOR OF 
PRINT" GOOE 



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RAINBOWTECH 

Downloads/Dan Downard 

Answers to your technical questions 

KISSable OS-9/Da/e L. Puckett 

Cliffhangers in the micro soaps 

MML09/Timothy A. Harris. 



The remainder of MAIL09's listings 




DOWNLOADS 



Printing Through 
The Line Feed Patch 



By Dan Down 
Rainbow Technical Ed 



• / spoke with you at RA IN BO Wfest and 
you said you had a patch to add a linefeed 
to the basic LIST command. I have a 64K 
CoCo 2 with Disk basic. 

John Enders 
Marinette, WI 

John, we haven't run this program for 
quite a while, so let's hope it's of some use 
to the newcomers. It adds a line feed after 
every carriage return. It also has some other 
features such as setting your Baud rate. 
Change 1 80 in Line 230 to your desired Baud 
rale. The following version is written for 
32K, but will run fine in I6K if you change 
lines 100, 150, 190, 200 and 210 to 16K 
addresses by subtracting 1 6384 from the 32K 
value. Also, in Line 220, change POKE 
360,127 toPDKE3G0,S3. 

100 CLEAR200, 32743 

110 DATA 52 , 21 , 214 , 111 , 193 , 254 

120 DflTR 38 , 11 , 129 , 13 , 3B , 7 , 190 

130 DATA 160,2,173,3,134,10,53 

140 DATA 21,57 

150 FOR D=32744 TO 32765 

160 READ E:P0KE D,E:NEXT D 

190 POKE 327G5, PEEK (359) 

200 POKE 32766, PEEK (360) 

210 POKE 32767, PEEK (361) 

220 P0KE359 , 126 : POKE360 , 127 : PDKE 

361,232 

(Dan Downard is an electrical engineer 
and has been involved in electronics for 
25 years through ham radio [K4K WTJ. 
His interest in computers began about 
six years ago and he has built several 
68XX systems.) 



230 POKE150.180 
240 END 



Forwarding Address 

• I found THE rain BOH' in a bookstore 
in Portsmouth and bought the April and 
May issues. In both issues, /found what 
seems to be a mistake on the "rainbow 
Info" page. In the column on "Using 
Machine Language, "if the address is &H7F00 
shouldn't l=&H7F80? Then, how do you 
execute the program? All it does is hang 
up my machine and I lose everything. 

I have enjoyed your magazine, especially 
the One- Liners. Also, the reviews of the 
products and software are excellent. Does 
anyone have anything more on the DMP- 
105? 

John Burns 
Chesapeake, VA 

You are completely correct, John, in 
observing that if you change the CLEAR 
command for 32K, you should also change 
T, or the starling address of the program. 
Since we receive a few questions on this 
program, let's explain it to the non-machine 
language programmers. First, the program: 

10 CLEAR200,S.H3F00:I=&H3F80 

20 PRINT"ADDRES5: ";HEX$(I); 

30 INPUT"BYTE";B$ 

40 POKE I,VAL("iH"+B$) 

50 I=I+1:GOTO20 

Line 10 

CLEAR200.&H3F00 tells Extended BASIC 
to reserve 200 bytes for string space and 



not to let any basic program extend 
address &H3F00 in memory. Since i 
of memory in a 16K CoCo is &H3FF 
command reserves 256 bytes at the 
the memory for machine language pro 
For a 32K/64K computer you can i 
this part of the command to I 
200,&H7F00, since &H7FFF is tl 
memory location. 

At the same time there is ai 
statement on the line: I=&H3F80 
identifies the beginning address 
machine language program. This 
should be changed to correspond 
lowest address encountered in the as; 
listing. If you should change this ac 
be sure to change the corresponding 
in the CLEAR command. 

I would suggest deleting Line 1 
adding the following: 

10 INPUT-BEGINNING ADDRESS:";? 
15 I=VAL("&H"+SS) 

This will allow you to pick you 
beginning address. It won't protect 
program from BASIC, but you shoul' 
it before you run a BASIC program an 

Lines 20-50 

These BASIC commands allow y 
input the hexadecimal bytes at each a> 
one at a time. After the byte is inpi 
address counter T is incremented, an 
are ready for the next byte. Keep I 
in the Hex bytes until you reach th 
of the program. 

Just for reference consider the foil 
line output from EDTASM+: 

7E00 8E 0400 00100 START LDX #$ 



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.his case, 7E00 is the address of the 
ling byte of this instruction. 8E.04 and 
e the bytes at addresses &H7E00, 
;01 and &H7E02 respectively. If this 
le first line of the program, you would 
mething like this: 

Change Line 10 of the program to: 

:i_EAR200,&H7DFF: I=&H7E00 

JUN the basic program 

The following will appear on your 

.creen: 

\DDRESS: 7E00 BYTE: 

r"ou type: 8E (CR) 

Vou will see: 

\DDRESS:7E0I BYTE: 

v ou type: 04 (CR) 

o on until you reach the end of the 



ig this program 

;t hit BREAK and you will be back at 
)K prompt. Your machine language 
am will still be in memory, then you 
save the program. Use the (C)SAVEM 
nand in the following way: 

iAVEM"name", start addr.end 
•, execute addr 

>od luck, and I hope this little program 
nterest you novice ML programmers. 
:h where your programs are located, 
program will not work for loading 
in ML programs located below address 
E00 due to conflicts with basic. As 
as the programs are in upper memory 
ihouldn't have any problems. 



New, Improved Step Rates 
Now Faster Than Ever! 

Viil Caylon of Texas City, Texas, wrote 
e May 1985 issue how to speed up the 
rate of your disk drives. Just to add 
s lip, it is possible to shorten the delay 
after the controller turns on the motors 
waits for them to come up to speed. 
e DSKCON subroutine calls a delay 
twice before trying to read or write 
■e disk. This program just eliminates 
of the calls to the delay routine by 
ng no operation codes where the first 
> routine is called. First, get into the 
AM mode with the corrected version 
? ROM RAM program (WEADA. instead 
f\DftS)from the same May "Downloads" 
Tin. Mr. Clayton's step rate line and 
of the following lines can be added to 
•rogram for one quick fix. You can also 
another program from the Super- 
A R A M program by adding another line 



RUN "MYPROG-'BAS" 

educe the wait time on motor start up 
DOS 1.0: 

X=54937 TO 54339: POKE X,1B: 
TX 



For DOS 1.1: 

FOR X=551B0 TO 551B2:P0KE X,1B: 
NEXT X 

Both the step rate increase and the 
shortened wait time can be added to 
programs that use the all- RAM mode on 
their own if they have a BASIC loader that 
executes the RAM mode. Telewriter-64 in 
particular benefits if you create a new line 
in the program U/BAS. Make the new 
line number 205 and include the step rate 
and motor wait all on that line. This will 
make the fixes after it is in the all- RAM 
mode, before the BASIC loader executes the 
machine language program. There is a 
definite improvement. 

Jerome P. Cigna 
Rochester, NY 

Between you and Phil, we'll have the 
fastest CoCo disk drives in town, Jerome. 
Thanks again and keep those tips coming. 

You are correct about the ROM RAM 
program in the May column. Let's see if 
we can get it right this lime. 

10 'ROMRAM 8--85 RAINBOW 

20 CLEAR 999 

30 DATA 26,80,190, 128,0,183,255, 

222,166,128 
40 DATA 183,255,223,167, 31,140,224, 

0,37,241,57 
50 FOR I=1T021:READA:A$=A$+CHR$(A) 

:NEXT I 
60 P=VARPTR(A$)+1 
70 POKE P,126 
80 EXEC P 
90 PRINT "BASIC IS NOW IN RAM" 



Split-second Question 

• The following is an open letter to the 
readership sparked by the May issue. 
"Downloads" had a "how to" donated by 
Phil Cayton: P0KE;>?g to speed disk track 
to track access time to six milliseconds, 
however, it was for a 64 K machine. Does 
anyone know what to POKE for the same 
result on a 32 K or less machine? I know 
it can be done since Peter Stark's Spell N' 
Fix II does it. 

James H. DeStafeno 
Swedesboro, NJ 



The only reason it can be done with Spell 
N' Fix II, Jim, is that this program has a 
separate DOS on the disk. The constants 
for track to track access time are in the Disk 
basic ROM and cannot be changed unless 
you are in the all-RAM mode. 



Keyboard to Joystick Conversion 

• / was wondering if it would be possible 
to alter programs in order to use the joystick 
instead of the arrow keys? 

AlfC. Dale 
Seaforth, Ontario 



Alf, you did not mention any specific 
program, so we will deal in generalities. The 
ASCII codes for the arrow key on the CoCo 
are: 

Up-arrow 94 $5E 

Down-arrow 10 $0A 

Left-arrow 8 $08 

Right-arrow 9 $09 

A BASIC program to detect the right- 
arrow would look something like: 

100 AS=INKEVS 

110 IF AS=CHR$(9) THEN GOTO . . . 

To give you an understanding of the 
JOYSTK function, run the following program 
from the Getting Started with Color BASIC 
manual: 

10 CLS 

20 PRINT@0, JOY5TK(0) ; 'Right-Horiz 
30 PRINT@5, JOYSTK(l) ; 'Right-Vert 
40 PRINT@10, J0YSTI<(2) ; 'Lef t-Horiz 
50 PRINT@15, J0YSTK(3) ; 'Lef t-Vert 
60 GOTO 20 

Assuming you are using the right joystick, 
the equivalent program for detecting a right 
movement of the joystick instead of the 
right-arrow would be: 

100 A=JOYSTI<(0) 

110 IF A>31.5 THEN GOTO . . . 

The only problem with this procedure is 
detecting when the joystick is centered, since 
JOYSTK returns an integer. In the above 
example, change 31.5 to 35 and this should 
give you a little play in the center. 



Making IBM Work for CoCo 

• / have been the proud owner of my 
CoCo for about two years. Since I must 
use the IBM PC at school, nowadays I read 
a lot about changing the Radio Shack DOS 
("Cooking with CoCo" by Colin J. 
Stearman). 

I have been wondering if it is possible 
to read ASCII files made with an IBM PC 
and create ASCII files that can be read by 
the IBM PC so it will be possible to create 
files with WordStar at school, then finish 
these files at home on my own CoCo with 
Telewriter. / have tried it with the Dutch 
basicode, but it is a very complicated way 
to solve this problem. 

Jorgen le Giffel 
Haarlem, the Netherlands 

Jorgen, we are aware of at least one 
program that will transfer ASCII files from 
an IBM PC formatted disk to a CoCo 
formatted disk. It is available from Mark 
Data Products. See their ad in this issue 
(check the "Advertisers Index" on Page 256 
for the page number) and write for a catalog. 



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KISSable OS-9 



Cliffhangers In 
The Micro Soaps 



By Dale L. Pud 
Rainbow Contributing Ed: 



Reporting news from the microcomputer software 
community is a lot like watching prime time 
television soaps. On Knots Landing, Val saw her 
babies. But, will she get them? On Dallas, Bobby died. 
How will Ewing Oil survive? And on Dynasty, half the 
cast was killed by terrorists in an obscure nation named 
Mondavia — but, which half? 

Come to think of it, Des Moines and Fort Worth are 
a lot like Mondavia. The cities may not be obscure, but 
the people there sure like cliffhangers. 

"We're working on several interesting projects," said 
Andy Ball, a marketing representative at Microware 
Systems Corporation, the Des Moines company that gave 
birth to OS-9 and licensed it to hundreds of original 
equipment manufacturers. "We have negotiated some very 
interesting deals with some large vendors. I think you'll 
see some very interesting products from Microware and 
from the OEMs." 

What are these "projects"? Unfortunately, we'll have to 
wait until later this fall to find out — just like on the 
soaps. However, Ball did offer a few hints. 

"Take a look at what is happening to UNIX and you'll 
find a big hole opening up in the 68000 market," Ball said. 
"I just returned from a 16 day visit with several major 



(Dale L. Puckett is a free-lance writer and programmer 
who has worked with the Motorola family of 
microprocessors since 1976. He is the author of The 
Official BASIC09 Tour Guide, published by Micro- 
ware and The Official Rainbow Guide to OS-9, 
published through the Rainbow Bookshelf. He serves 
on the Info World Software Review Board and is a 
chief warrant officer in the U.S. Coast Guard.) 



European distributors and the OS-9 68K market the 
far more mature than in the states. The same is tri 
Japan. We have licensed hundreds of thousands of coj 

Why all the interest in OS-9 68 K? Ball had a few ans' 

"You can now have a BASIC09 workspace nearl 
megabytes long. And, real data is stored in eight 
instead of five. In fact, both real and integer numbers 
a much greater range," Ball said. "Because of the 1; 
workspace you can build a lot of valid tools with 
BASIC09. You can also handle bigger jobs because yoi 
work with more data in memory." 

Does all this hoopla about OS-9 68K mean the 
and the Color Computer will go the way of CP/M? 

"Definitely not! We are very much locked into the 6! 
Ball said. "We have a large investment in the 6809 
9 and so do our customers. Because of this we are g 
to continue to support it and are working on several 
products. For example, our full FORTRAN compiler sh 
be released very soon." 

Most of you have probably already read about a 
of the enhancements built into OS-9 68K. You've proh 
also wondered if you will ever see them in the C 
Computer version of OS-9. 

"It is our general policy to move technology from 
processor to another when possible," Ball said. "This | 
our customers a more unified environment when 
upgrade to a new chip. It helps us make the difft 
versions of our operating system look the same to the 
user. Unfortunately, the 64K addressing range avail 
on the 6809 means we cannot make our utilities as 
as we would like to and this reality is tying our h. 
somewhat." 

Ball told us that Microware, which made a big n 
for itself by designing and writing software for dedic 



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process control systems, was starting to make a big splash 
in the personal computer marketplace. He predicted they 
would establish an even bigger beachhead in the war for 
personal computer supremacy within the next year or two. 

"We have made a big splash in the personal computer 
industry in Japan. And, OS-9 is still popular at Tandy," 
Ball said. This statement prompted me to ask the "64 K 
question." If OS-9 has been so popular in Japan, why 
haven't these companies moved it into the U.S. market? 
Like any good PR man, Ball had the answer. 

"OS-9-based machines are so much in demand in Japan 
that they have had to convert factories to keep up with 
the two-month backlog," he said. "They can't even think 
about selling machines here until they catch up at home." 

New Trends Appearing 

We noticed several trends emerging in both hardware 
and software at RAINBOWfest Chicago. In hardware 
everything is pointing toward hard disk systems that deliver 
several million bytes of storage at an affordable price. Since 
OS-9 is a disk intensive operating system, this is a real 
blessing. 

To find out about these trends we interviewed several 
industry leaders. The first to sit down across from our 
trusty TRS-80 Model 100 was Steve Odneal of P.R.O. 
Systems, 10601 West 63rd Street, Shawnee, KS 66203 (913- 
631-0665). Steve made a name for himself by being one 
of the first programmers to move FLEX, Technical Systems 
Company's operating system, to the Color Computer. Now, 
he has designed the hardware and written the software 
for the 10-meg hard disk P.R.O. Systems was demonstrating 
in Chicago. 

"It's a full implementation of a hard disk for the Color 
Computer," Odneal said. "This means the software treats 
the hard disk as a full-size hard disk. It also means that 
with OS-9 you can format the entire 10 megabyte drive 
and wind up with almost 40,000 free sectors. The hard 
disk controller that comes with the unit also supports up 
to four additional floppy disk drives, either five- or eight- 
inch. 

"We supply the complete package — everything you 
need," Odneal added. "OS-9 made the job easy because 
it let us install our hard disk system by simply adding 
a new device driver and device descriptor. In plain English, 
the device driver contains the software that actually 
communicates with the hard disk. The device descriptor 
tells OS-9 what our drive looks like. The device descriptor 
also let us reserve part of the hard disk for Radio Shack 
DOS programs and another part for FLEX programs." 

Using a hard disk with OS-9 really speeds up your work. 
Steve made his point by loading BASIC09. It took his Color 
Computer seven seconds to load the program's 22K of code 
from a floppy. The P.R.O. Systems hard disk loaded it 
in two seconds. 

"Overall, the hard disk is about two and a half times 
faster than a floppy disk," Steve said. "But, it seems even 
faster when you are using OS-9 because OS-9 needs to 
access its directories continuously every time it reads or 
writes a file." 

Odneal was selling the new slim-line hard disk at a special 
price of $995 during RAINBOWfest. On the market he 
expects it to sell for $1,295 to $1,495 — depending on 
the dealer. 



The P.R.O. disk system features a heavy-duty cast 
power supply. Odneal learned how heavy-duty whei 
drive he brought to RAINBOWfest was thrown 12 
by a baggage attendant at O'Hare Airport. "We were a 
it wouldn't work at all after watching it hit the deck 
it worked flawlessly at the show," he said. 

P.R.O. supplies all the software you need to install 
run its hard disk — drivers for Radio Shack DOS, F 
and OS-9 and a program that automatically confij 
the drive. They also give you a handful of wild card uti 
that make it easy to copy and delete files, and per 
other routine file maintenance chores. 

To boot OS-9 or FLEX, you simply run a Radio S 
Disk Extended basic program and type 'o' for OS-' 
T for FLEX when prompted. Odneal noted that his 
version of the software will let you boot OS-9 directl 
the hard disk. He said it would be available by the 
you read this column. 

But Odneal was displaying only one of the three 
disks we saw at the show. Brian Lantz stayed 
throughout the weekend demonstrating his handiwoi 
the J & M Systems booth (15100-A Central 
Albuquerque, NM 87123, 505-292-4182). He was espec 
proud of the fact that his drivers for the new J & M 
megabyte full-size hard disk system give full use of 
9's fantastic type-ahead feature. J & M's system feat 
a full-size five megabyte hard drive and an attractive p 

Meanwhile, up in the Users Group hospitality s 
Martin Nelsen of a new start-up company na 
Interactive Task Management System, 230 East 1 
Street, West Chicago, IL 60185 (312-293-0549) — IT 
Inc. for short — was showing off his new Hard C 
subsystem for the Color Computer. The ITMS drive 
also a full-size five megabyte model and comes with a 
and power supply. Its controller card can support 
additional disk drives. A patch for the Radio Shack ver 
of the OS-9 C Compiler lets you install C on the di 
The list price for this unit is $599.95; they were sel 
it at RAINBOWfest for $529.95. 



DynaCalc for OS-9 Available 

We received some good news shortly after we ent< 
the exhibit hall at RAINBOWfest Friday evening. 
Turner of Computer Systems Center in St. Louis, 
publisher of Dynamite and many other programs for 
Color Computer, pulled me aside and waved a bright gi 
box in the air. Bold white letters in a classy sans < 
typeface screamed "Tandy" from the side of the b 
DynaCalc for OS-9 had finally arrived at local Radio Sh 
stores around the nation. 

Turner couldn't wait to show me DynaCalc runr 
under OS-9 68K on his QT from FHL. There were 
more features than we can detail here, but among oi 
things, the version we saw would let you use more t 
17,000 rows or columns. And, it was lightning quick. A 
(he demonstration, we made Joe promise to reserve a 
minutes to discuss OS-9 with us before the weekend 
over. He went one better and showed up for the interv 
Sunday with Scott Schaeferle, the programmer who ma 
DynaCalc tick. 

We led the interview with another 64K question: A 
software developer, what do you think gives you 
advantage? 



238 



THE RAINBOW August 1985 



Incredible! 






Terminal nol Included. 



lulti-User! 

ik Hogg Laboratory announces their 
id Terminal (QT) series of multi-user computer 
ems, designed to run Microwares new 
9/68000 operating system. The QT offers 32 bit 
lessor power in a compact integrated package 
requires only a terminal to operate. 



i QT hardware features: 68008 processor running 
I Mhz, 128K bytes expandable to 512K bytes, 
interval timer for time sharing, 4 serial ports 
i selectable baud rates from 300 to 19,200, 2 
itronics compatible parallel printer ports. Sup- 
ts 2 double sided double density 96 tpi floppy 
< drives and a SCSI (SASI) bus interface for 
ichester disk drives. The QT is available as a 
gle floppy (1), a dual floppy (2) or as a single 
>py and a 10 or 20 megabyte hard disk (HD). 
i 5 1/2 high, 11 1/2 deep, 9 1/2 wide. Can be 
unted vertically or horizontally. 



oftware Included! 

FTWARE included is OS-9/68000, the 68000 
sion of the proven OS-9 operating System that 
noth disk and file compatible with standard and 
lor computer versions of OS-9. Basic09 is the 
)00 version and is source compatible with the 
)9 version. DynaCalc is the 68000 version of the 
iven 6809 spreadsheet. Stylograph is the 68000 
sion of the popular 6809 word processor. Mail 
rge and speller are the 68000 versions of those 
igrams. Programming tools included are a 
ocating macro assembler with linkage editor, 
een and line editors, and an interactive 
augger. The software has a retail value in excess 
$2000 and is INCLUDED free! Programming 
iguages available and under development 
:lude C, Pascal, Fortran and Sculptor. 




A Hellava Deal! 



The QT is available in four basic configurations. 
Other configurations are possible and are 
available. Call for price. 

QT1 

128K, single 96tpi double sided floppy and 
all software $1595.00 

QT2 

same as 1 but with 2 floppys $1750.00 

QTHD 

same as 1 but add a 10 meg hard disk $2695.00 



QT HDXL 

same as HD but with 512K $2695.00 Special Offer ^ 

Reg. $2995.00 

512K expansion kit (16 256K DRAMS) $150.00 
Replace the 10 meg with a 20 meg Add $300 

Note: The QT can hold 2 half height drives internal- 
ly (floppy or hard). Provision has been made for 
hooking up external floppy drives. This allows us- 
ing large capacity full height hard disk drives in the 
QT case with floppy drives in another case. You 
can boot from the hard disk so floppys would only 
be necessary for program transfers and backup. 
Removable hard drives are also available. Call or 
write for complete specifications and prices. 

FRANK 

HOGG 





770 James St., Syracuse, New York 13203 

315/474-7856 



HL 



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now. Can you? 

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ve oiler the best buy in the 
Sold Star Super AMBER 
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ilearly too. Match up with the 
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teat 



It! 



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/ery attractive oil white 
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:oCo well. Compare this to 
)ther AMBER monitors that 
:ost $20-330 more! This is a 
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We looked at all the Video 
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Works with B&W and Color 
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easy installation. Perfect with 
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"One of the biggest things OS-9 has to offer is its 
standardization of input and output," Turner said. "Just 
look at some of the programs that run under Radio Shack 
DOS. They are all surrounded with controversy about the 
Color Computer ROM call tables. This controversy just 
doesn't exist when you use OS-9. 

"Besides, OS-9 has saved us a lot of time . . . and time 
is money," Turner said. "Indirectly, it has also saved our 
customers a lot of money, too — for the same reason. 
Additionally, OS-9 lets us write a piece of code once. When 
we get it right the first time it saves everyone a lot of 
confusion later on." 

Turner then gave us an example of OS-9 efficiency. 

"We use the OS-9 "get status" system calls rather than 
hard code to find the screen size for DynaCalc," he said. 
"One call returns both the number of columns and the 
number of rows on the screen. Once DynaCalc has this 
information, it automatically sizes itself to fit this screen." 

Turner told us that OS-9 also made it much easier for 
DynaCalc to support the many different printers on the 
market. "DynaCalc simply sends its printer output to the 
standard printer output device (/p) and works with any 
printer that uses this device. 

"The same goes for disk drives. OS-9 DynaCalc can store 
files on any disk drive connected to your computer. 
Contrast this with the Disk BASIC version of DynaCalc 
which only works with standard hardware like Radio Shack 
or J & M. We really don't have to worry about any of 
the low level details when we program with OS-9; we just 
read from and write to OS-9's standard input/ output 
paths," Turner said. 

Turner brought DynaCalc author Scott Schaeferle along 
for the interview and asked him what he liked about OS- 
9. 

"I like the flexibility of its memory management and 
the way it loads and links modules," he said. "This came 
in very handy and made it easy for us to install "/sx," 
the system execute command which lets you run another 
OS-9 program without quitting DynaCalc. All we had to 
do was make a system call to OS-9 that puts DynaCalc 
to sleep while the other program is running. When the 
other program is through, the Shell wakes up DynaCalc 
and you can go back to your spreadsheet work." 

Schaeferle, like everyone else we talked to at RAIN- 
BOWfest, was impressed with OS-9 68K. He likes the wild 
card matching, the alphabetized directories and the RAM 
disk that comes as a standard part of the system. He said 
he was especially impressed with the 68K Copy utility, 
which like most of the 68K utilities, uses the wild card 
feature built into the new Shell. 



Rosen Premiers OS-9 Solution 

Bob Rosen of Spectrum Projects, 93-15 86th Drive, P. 
O. Box 21272, Woodhaven, NY 1 1421, took time out from 
his busy schedule at RAINBOWfest to talk with us about 
several of the new products he is aiming at the OS-9 market. 
He was beaming about the release of his OS-9 Solution, 
a program he feels is a major breakthrough for novice 
OS-9 users. 

"I get letters. I talk to Radio Shack sales managers. And, 
the calls pour into my company. The average guy who 
has bought a 64K Color Computer eventually buys OS- 
9. Then he gets frustrated and puts it back in the box," 



Rosen said. "I think a front-end program like tr 
9 Solution is the absolute answer to an OS-9 beg 
prayers. I think Tandy should pick it up. 

"I hope that people who do buy the OS-9 Solutioi 
Barry Thompson, Tandy's Color Computer pi 
manager, and tell him what they get from the pro/ 
he said. 

Rosen also expressed concern that the lack of i; 
shown in innovative programs would cause software 
like Jeff Francis of MegaSoft, who designed and 
Rosen's OS-9 Solution, to lose interest in writing pro 
for the Color Computer. "I'm afraid he'll look else 

— like Atari or Amiga. 

"I still believe OS-9 has a very good future and v 
make every effort to support it at Spectrum," Rosen 

Rosen had just finished teaming up RAINBOW'; 
Downard and Brian Lantz to write OS-9 RAM disk c 
for his new ThunderRam, a 256K upgrade for the 
Computer. He believes a RAM disk like this will 
the OS-9 Solution even more popular. 

"You can use the extra RAM memory as a print s] 
to hold 30 Hi-Res screens, or to run four 32K pro, 
in the four different banks at the same time." 

A Closer Look at 'the Solution' 

So, just what is this OS-9 Solution Bob Rosen is pi 
so hard? Essentially, it is a single program that let 
run any one of 19 individual OS-9 commands with a 
keystroke. It stays in your standard execution dire 
/dO/CMDS. 

The exciting point, however, is that you almost 
need to type a filename or one of those super lonj 
9 pathlists. With the OS-9 Solution you use the up 
down-arrow keys to point to the file you want to 
with, then type a single key to tell OS-9 to carry ou 
of 19 different actions. It sells for $39.95. 

The Solution runs on vanilla Color Computer OS 
Version 1.01 — as well as Hi- Res from FHL and the ^ 
Pak from PBJ. The only catch is that your screen d 
must use the standard Radio Shack OS-9 cursor cc 
sequence. Of course, you could always write a pi] 
translate Radio Shack cursor control sequences inl 
XYZ cursor control sequence. 

Eight of the utilities can also work on multiple 
Utilities built into the Solution that are not availat 
the standard issue Color Computer OS-9 CMDS dire 
include: 

Alphabetize Directory 
GoTo a new Director 
Help screens 
Information about a file 
Jumble order of filenames 
Set Directories 

1 believe the Solution could be very handy for ses; 
where you are performing a lot of file maintenanc< 
this assignment it will save you a lot of keystrokes. 

However, this program is not for all jobs. It is too 
to leave in memory all the time with Level I OS-9. 
example, you can't run BASIC09 from it. Both progi 
will not fit in memory. 

OS-9 Level II — if it ever comes to the Color Comp 

— will be a whole new ball game and most everyone 



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THE RAINBOW August 1985 



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probably want to boot up into the OS-9 Solution. Also, 
to build pipelines and exercise OS-9's multitasking 
capabilities, you'll need to use the Solution's Z command 
to escape to the OS-9 Shell. 

Overall, this program should make OS-9 a whole lot 
less scary to the beginner. It may even ease some of the 
pain of routine file maintenance tasks for the experienced 
user. 

Put the Mouse to Work 

You can't do it just yet, but very soon now you may 
see a mouse-based editor that runs on Color Computer 
OS-9. Michael L. Bailey of Cameron, Mo., distributed a 
few test copies of a full-screen editor named TED and 
a companion text processor for Color Computer OS-9 at 
RAINBOWfest-Chicago. 

To run it, you need a 64K Color Computer with at least 
one disk drive and the OS-9 operating system. The Color 
Computer mouse from Radio Shack or a joystick is 
optional. 

I test drove Mike's editor using a joystick and was so 
impressed 1 almost ran out to Radio Shack and bought 
a mouse. The presentation is not as pretty as the high 
density bit mapped Apple Macintosh MacWrite program, 
but the pull-down menus work the same way. The program 
was a breeze to use and got me excited about OS-9's future. 

Bailey hasn't sold the program to a distributor yet, but 
I'm betting he will. He is literally on to something very 
big. Why? Follow the easy steps you use to move a block 
of text. 

Move the cursor into the menu bar and push the mouse 
button to pull down the "block" menu. Then, move the 
cursor down with the mouse to the word "BlockKopy." 
You'll know you're in the right place because TED will 
highlight the word to which you are pointing. Now, push 
the mouse button again; TED will tell you you have gone 
into the BlockKopy mode at the top of the screen. 

Now all you need to do is use the mouse to point the 
cursor at the beginning of the block of text you want to 
move and push the button. "Mouse" the cursor to the end 
of the block and push the button again — the selected 
text disappears. Next, pull down the block menu again 
and select the BlockPaste command, then place the cursor 
where you want the text and push the button on the mouse. 
The text magically appears in the new location. 

The whole process is completely intuitive. After a few 
minutes with the mouse you don't even think about what 
you're doing. You just do it. In fact, it is much harder 
to describe than it is to do. 

There are a few little problem areas in the test version 
wc played with but I'm sure they'll be removed before the 
program is distributed. For example, Bailey needs to add 
word wrap ability to the program. It irritates me to no 
end to see a word split in the middle at the end of a line. 
And, when you use the arrow keys, life would be easier 
if TED would let you hold down the key to auto repeat. 

Operation with the joystick was a little erratic — a 
hardware problem that Bailey warned us about — but it 
sure gave us a feel for how this editor is going to work. 
And, Bailey is already thinking about supplying a driver 
that would let you use the mouse with the special high 
precision hardware input device that comes with CoCo 
Max — the Color Computer version of Mac Paint. 



Yet Another Utility Package 

A month or two ago we mentioned that we didn't 
whether or not Saturn Electronics Company was still s 
their OS-9 bulletin board system. We received the ai 
recently — in the form of program manuals — from 
Dionysiou at Saturn. 

Saturn — also doing business as DSS Peripl 
Corporation, 62 Commerce Drive, Farmingdale, NY 1 
516-249-3388 — is selling 22 OS-9 utility programs 
package named Utilipak for $99. Most of the I 
standards like grep, mv and tr are in the package, 
there's even an alarm clock. 

The name of Saturn's OS-9 Bulletin Board Systt 
"Co9." To run it you need a 64K Color Computer, 
disk drives, OS-9 and BASIC09. Co9 was written in BA 
and has 1 1 commands. 

Questions, Answers, Tips and a Few Listings 

Our first tip for the month was contributed by P. Do 
Van Dusen, a U.S. Air Force Tech Sergeant at Hoik 
AFB in New Mexico. He wrote a short BASIC09 proce 
to emulate the PRINTS command in Radio Shack Exte 
Color BASIC. It's named prnt. 

When you run prnt you pass two integer param 
— the column and the row where you want the ci 
to go. For example, to move the cursor to the top 
hand corner of the screen, you would use a calling sequ 
like this. 



DIM column, row: INTEGER 

column := 
row := J? 

RUN prnt (column, row) 



The utility will work with Hi-Res in FHL's O-Pak 
with PBJ's Word-Pak when it is running in the Radio SI 
compatible mode. It may also run with other OS-9 sc 
drivers. The only requirement is that the screen uses 
standard Radio Shack OS-9 cursor control characters. 

Tom Wong of Oakland, Calif, wrote to ask hov 
initialize OS-9's Color Computer graphics mode 
control the cursor from within an assembly langi 
program. Let's start with the cursor control problem s 
we just showed you how to do it with BASIC09. 

To control the OS-9 cursor you need to send a th 
character sequence to the screen. The first character 
send must have a binary value of two. This means 
binary or 0000 00 10 and not two in ASCII, which is actu 
32 or 0011 0010 in binary. 

When the OS-9 screen driver receives a '2', it kn 
that you are trying to tell it to reposition the cursor. Furt 
it expects you to follow the '2' with two additic 
characters. The first character is computed by adding 
decimal —that's 20 Hex — to your desired column numi 
The second character must contain the sum of the desi 
row number and 32 decimal. In BASIC09, Van Dusen 
it with this statement: 

PRINT CHR$(2); CHR$(column+32) ; CHR$( row+32) 



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THE RAINBOW August 1985 



nee the BASIC09 PRINT statement sends its output to 
)'s standard output path and since the standard output 
is normally sent to the screen if it hasn't been 
ected, the BASIC09 statement above simply sends out 
: characters to the screen — a binary two, followed 
le column number and row number plus 32 — exactly 
t the OS-9 screen driver needs to know. 
3 do the same thing in assembly language you will 
t to use the OS-9 ISWRITE system call. When you 
e this call, you must pass three parameters in the 6809 
•ters. Register X must contain the starting address of 
data you want to send. Register Y must contain the 
ber of bytes of data you want to send. And, Register 
lust contain the number of the path that you want 
■ceive your data. 

rst reserve three bytes of memory where you are going 
ace the cursor control string. Something like this should 
tie job. 



Now that the data is initialized, you must initialize the 
registers and send the data to the screen. 









thNo feb 1 


*** Standard output 




EFIX feb 2 


*** the screen driver prefix character 




1 rmb 1 






w rmb 1 






sCol rmb 1 






sRow rmb 1 







ien initialize your data. For example, to move the 
or to the top left-hand corner of the screen try this: 



Lda #0 
adda #32 
sta col 
Lda #0 
adda #32 
sta row 



i a real program you would probably want to use two 
itional variables containing the desired column location 
row to create a universal subroutine. For example: 



Ida DesCol 
adda #32 
sta Col 
Ida DesRow 
adda #32 
sta Row 



leax PREFIX, u *** put addr of Prefix in X-register 


ldy #3 


*** we want to send three bytes 


Ida PathNo 


*** Get the path number in A-register 


OS9 I$WRITE 


*** Now make the call 


bes error 


*** handle error if carry bit is set 




*** else go on about your business 



In a nutshell, that's how to position the cursor in assembly 
language. In a real program you would most likely put 
several of the sequences above into subroutines and then 
call them when you need them. For example: 



bsr getpos *** initialize cursor data 

bsr setpos *** actually send data to set position 

. . . *"''* continue your application program 



To tell OS-9 you want to go into the graphics mode, 
you need to send the character 15 decimal and two 
additional characters to the standard output path. (This 
means you could also use the routines above to do the 
job.) Except this time you will need to store the value 
of your desired graphics mode in the "DesCol" variable 
and store the value of the color set you want in the 
"DesRow" variable. The value you need for these codes 
can be found in the tables on Page 128 of the OS-9 
Commands manual (the red one). 

H. Bruce Phillips of Bolingbrook, 111. contributed a nifty 
BASIC09 program that will give you a formatted listing of 
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Tom Fields helped with the procedure which is set up 
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steps, however, before you run it, make sure you have 
previously saved the procedures you are listing. 

1) LIST the program to a temporary file named "temp" 

2) KILL* 

3) LOAD prfile 

4) RUN prfile 

The final listing comes from Steve Roberson of Chandler, 
Ariz, who works for Motorola Microsystems and does most 
of his development on the EXORset. His contribution is 
a procedure he uses in a BASIC09 bulletin board system 
on his Color Computer. It loads the filenames from a 
directory into an array. This gives him the ability to list 
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August 1985 THE RAINBOW 243 



Steve asked about eavesdropping on 
a BBS user on the Color Computer 
screen. I don't believe you can do it, 
Steve. However, you may want to try 
redirecting the output of the BBS into 
an OS-9 TEE filter to send a copy of 
the BBS output to a disk file, your 
printer or another terminal connected 
to the RS-232 bit banger port, since you 
appear to be using the ACIA program 
pack for your BBS. 

TEE would even let you send a copy 
of the output to the device /TERM 
which would put it on the Color 
Computer screen like you want. How- 
ever, the operation most likely won't 
be smooth because of the way OS-9 
writes to /TERM. In fact, you will 
probably receive the data from the BBS 
in bursts each time you hit the ENTER 
key on the Color Computer keyboard. 
Give it a try and let us know how it 
works out. 

Next month the television soaps will 
be gearing up with a brand new season. 
Let's cross our fingers and hope we get 
to see some of that fantastic new 
hardware that's been hanging on the 
cliff for so long! Rest assured, if we 
hear any news, we'll let you know. 



The listing: 


PROCEDURE 


prnt 


9999 


PARAM col, row: INTEGER 


999* 


DIM c,r: INTEGER 


0016 


c:=col 


«riE 


r :-row 


0026 


PRINT CHR$(2); CHRS(c+32); CHR$(r+32); 


003C 


END 


PROCEDURE 


prlist 


9999 


DIM prpath,filepath:BYTE 


?m 


DIM line:STRING[255]; ans :STRING[1] 


0022 




0023 


RUN SetupPrinter 


0027 




(3028 


REPEAT 


W2A 


OPEN #filepath, "temp": READ 


(3039 


OPEN #prpath,"/p": WRITE 


0046 




0047 


WHILE NOT(EOF(#filepath)) DO 


0052 


READ #filepath,line 


005C 


IF LEN(line)>4 AND LEFT$(line,l)0"P" THEN 


0074 


line-" "+RIGHT$(line,LEN(line)-5) 


008C 


ENDIF 


008E 


WRITE #prpath,llne 


0098 


ENDWHILE 


009C 




009D 


PRINT #prpath,CHR$(12) 


00A7 


CLOSE #filepath,#prpath 


00B2 




00B3 


RUN query("print another listing? (y/n) ",ans) 


00DD 


UNTIL ans-"n" OR ans="N" 


00F1 


DELETE "temp" 


00F9 


END 


PROCEDURE 


query 


0000 


PARAM message: STRING [40]; reply: STRING [1] 


0017 


DIM ok: BOOLEAN 



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.F 
>5 
>6 




ok : -FALSE 






REPEAT 




>8 




PRINT message; 




>E 




INPUT reply 




53 




PRINT 




J5 








36 




IF reply-"y" OR reply-"Y" OR reply="n" OR reply-"N 


" THEN 


5B 




ok: -TRUE 




51 




ELSE 




55 




PRINT "what?" 




5E 




ENDIF 




19 








71 




UNTIL ok 




79 




END 




7B 








3EDURE 


SetupPrlnter 




30 




DIM prpath:BYTE; ans : STRING 




3D 








3E 




OPEN #prpath , "/p" : WRITE 




LB 




RUN queryC'sklp over perforations? (y/n) ",ans) 




46 








47 




IF ans-"y" OR ans-"Y" THEN 




5C 




PRINT #prpath,CHR$(27); "N" ; CHR$(4) 




BE 




ENDIF 




70 








71 




RUN query("emphaslzed print? (y/n) ",ans) 




96 








97 




IF ans-"y" OR ans-"Y" THEN 




AC 




PRINT #prpath,CHR$(27); "E" 




BA 




ENDIF 




BC 








BD 




RUN query("double strike? (y/n) ",ans) 




DF 








EJJ 




IF ans-"y" OR ans-"Y" THEN 




F5 




PRINT #prpath,CHRS(27); "G" 




03 




ENDIF 




05 








J36 




CLOSE #prpath 




pc 




END 




CED0RE 


readdir 




w 




(* loads filenames from directory into an array *) 




32 




(* contributed by Steve Roberson *) 




55 








56 




DIM path: INTEGER 




5D 




DIM filename (20): STRING [32] 




6E 




DIM char: STRING [1] 




7A 




INPUT "Enter directory name : " , dir$ 




98 




OPEN #path,dir$:READ+DIR 




A4 




nura-63 




AC 




dn=J3 




B4 


100 


fl$-"" 




BE 




FOR x-1 TO 32 




DJ3 




num=num+l 




■DC 




SEEK #path.num 




'E6 




IF EOF(#path) THEN 2(3? 




IF3 




GET #path,char 




IFD 




ac-ASC(char) 




•07 




IF ac-0 AND x-1 THEN 




.1C 




num-num+31 




.28 




GOTO 100 




.2C 




ENDIF 




.2E 




IF ac>127 THEN ac-ac-128 




.46 




fl$-flS+CHR$(ac) 




.54 




num-num+ ( 3 2 - x ) 




.64 




dn-dn+1 




-70 




filename (dn)=f IS 




.7D 




GOTO 10(3 




L81 




ENDIF 




183 




fl$=fl$+CHR$(ac) 




L91 




NEXT x 




L9C 


200 


CLOSE #path 




LA5 




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PRINT filename(x) 




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END 





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OS-9 



OS-9 UTILITY 



MAIL09 

Correction 



The following is the remainder of the 
listings that were inadvertently left out 
of MAIL09 (June 1985, Page 249). This 
was due to an editorial error on our 
part here at THE rainbow, and was not 
the fault of the author, Timothy A. 
Harris. Please refer to last month's 
MAIL09 Correction (July 1985, Page 
266) for listings 2-9. Again, we apologize 
for any inconvenience this may have 
caused, either to Mr. Harris or to our 
readers. 



Listing 10: 

PROCEDURE alterentry 
0000 TYPE labeltype-companynarae: STRING [25]; title:STRING[4] ; lname 

: STRING [25]; fname: STRING [10] ; addressl: STRING; address2 

:STRING; city:STRING[15] ; s tate: STRING [ 1? ] ; zip:STRING 



0069 
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0(388 
0096 
00A2 
00AE 
00B5 
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00E4 
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012C 
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0162 
016E 
(3182 
J3184 
0195 
01C3 
J31C7 
01F5 
01F7 
$9229 
JJ258 



027B 
J3288 
02A1 
02A5 
02B6 
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0327 
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0348 
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[10]; phone: STRING [14] 
TYPE indextype-name : STRING [25]; number:BYTE 
PAEAM label :labeltype 
PARAH Index(100) : indextype 
PARAM llstfile: STRING [5] 
PARAM lndexfile:STRING[6] 
DIM tempname ; STRING 

DIM id , f d .numentries , entrynuraber : INTEGER 
DIM resp: STRING [1] 
DIM keyname: STRING [25] 
RUN clearscreen 

PRINT " MAIL09" 

PRINT " Alter Individual Entry" 

PRINT " ■ — ,——" 

PRINT 

OPEN #fd,listf lie: UPDATE 

OPEN #id,indexfile: UPDATE 

RUN getindex(id, index, numentries) 

PRINT 

clist" THEN 

Company Name of desired entry 



IF listfile 
INPUT " 

EtSE 

INPUT " 

ENDIF 

PRINT " 

PRINT " 



Last Name of desired entry 



".keyname 
" .keyname 



Enter changes where needed or enter" 
a '*' to keep a field the same" 



RUN f indentry ( keyname , index , numentries , f d , label , entrynuraber 

) 
IF entrynumber=— 1 THEN 

PRINT "Entry does not existl" 
ELSE 

IF listfile-"clist" THEN 

INPUT "Is the Company Name the same ? ",resp 
IF resp-"n" OR resp-"N" THEN 

INPUT "New Company Name : " .label. companyname 
index ( entry-number ) . name : -label . companyname 
SEEK #ld, (entrynumber-l)*SIZE(index) 
PUT #id,lndex(entrynumber) 
ENDIF 

INPUT "New Last Name : ".tempname 
IF tempnameO"*" THEN label. lname: -tempname 
ENDIF 
ELSE 

INPUT "Is the Last Name the same ? ",resp 
IF resp-"n" OR resp-"N" THEN 

INPUT "New Last Name : ", label. lname 
index( entrynuraber) .name :— label. lname 
SEEK #id, (entrynumber-l)*SIZE(Index) 
PUT #id,index(entrynumber) 
ENDIF 
ENDIF 
INPUT "New First Name : ".tempname 

IF tempnameO"*" THEN label. f name: -tempname 

ENDIF 

INPUT "New Title : ".tempname 

IF tempnameO"*" THEN label. title:-tempname 

ENDIF 

INPUT "New Address 1 : ".tempname 

IF tempnameO"*" THEN label. addressl :-tempname 

ENDIF 



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ting 11: 

3EDURE addtolist 

?JJ TYPE labeltype=companyname:STRING[25]; title:STRING[4] ; lname 

:STRING[25J; fname : STRING [ 10 ] ; addressl: STRING; address2 

:STRING; city:STRING[15] ; state : STRING [1(3] ; zip:STRING 



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[1JJ]; phone: STRING [14] 
TYPE indextype=name: STRING [25]; nuraber;BYTE 
PARAM label rlabeltype 
PARAH lndex(lJJf»):indextype 
PARAM listfile:STRING[5] 
PARAM lndexf lle:STRING[6] 
DIM fd,id,numentries,i:INTEGER 
DIM alldone: BOOLEAN 
RUN clearscreen 

PRINT " MAILJJ9" 

PRINT " Add Entries to List" 

OPEN #fd,listfile:UPDATE 

OPEN #id, lndexf lie: UPDATE 

RUN getindex(id, index, numentries) 

alldone: -FALSE 

SEEK #fd,numentries*SIZE(label) 

PRINT " 

IF listfile-"clist" THEN 

PRINT " 
ELSE 

Hit <ENTER> for Last Name to END" 



Enter Data at Prompts" 
Hit <ENTER> for Company Name to END" 



or to leave another field blank" 



PRINT " 
ENDIF 
PRINT " 
REPEAT 

PRINT \ PRINT 

RUN inputdata (label, lis tf lie, alldone) 
IF NOT(alldone) THEN 

numentries :»numentries+l 

index (numentries) .number : -numentries -1 

IF listfile-"clist" THEN 

index(numentries) .name: -label. companyname 

ELSE 

index(numentr ies ) . name : -label . lname 
ENDIF 

PUT #fd, label 
ENDIF 
UNTIL alldone OR numentries>-ipp 
CLOSE #fd 

RUN mailsort(l, numentries, index) 
SEEK #id,j3 
FOR i:-l TO numentries 

PUT #id,index(i) 
NEXT i 
CLOSE #id 
END 

INPUT "New Address 2 : ".tempname 

IF tempnamoo"*" THEN label. address2 : -tempname 

ENDIF 

INPUT "New City : ".tempname 

IF tempnameO"*" THEN label. city: -tempname 

ENDIF 

INPUT "New State : " , tempname 

IF tempnameO"*" THEN label. state :=tempname 

ENDIF 

INPUT "New Zip Code : " , tempname 

IF tempnameO"*" THEN label. zip: -tempname 

ENDIF 

INPUT "New Phone Number : ".tempname 

IF tempnameO"*" THEN label .phone : -tempname 

ENDIF 

SEEK #fd,index(entrynumber) .number*SIZE(label) 

PUT #fd, label 
ENDIF 
CLOSE #ld 
CLOSE #fd 
END 



ting 12: 

EDURE updatelist 

TYPE labeltype-corapanyname: STRING [25]; title : STRING [V 



lname 




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MAIL09" 
Update Mailing List" 



:STRING[25]; fnarae : STRING [ 10 ] ; addressl : STRING; address2 

:STRING; city :STRING[15] ; state : STRING [ 10 ] ; zip:STRING 

[10]; phone '.STRING [14] 
TYPE indextype=name:STRING[25]; number:BYTE 
PARAM label; labeltype 
PARAM index(100):indextype 
PARAM listf ile :STRING[5] 
PARAM indexfile: STRING [ 6] 
DIM add, alter, delet:STRING[U] 
DIH resp:BYTE 
add:-"addtollst" 
alter ;-"alterentry" 
dielet:-"deleteentry" 
LOOP 

RUN clearscreen 

PRINT " 

PRINT " 

PRINT " 

PRINT 

PRINT " 

PRINT " 

PRINT " 

PRINT " 

PRINT 

INPUT " 
EXITIF resp-0 THEN 
ENDEXIT 

IF resp-1 THEN RUN add(label, index, listf lie, indexfile) 
KILL add 

ELSE IF resp-2 THEN RUN alter (label, index, listf lie , indexf: 

) 

KILL alter 
ELSE IF resp-3 THEN RUN delet(label, Index, listf ile, indexf il 

) 
KILL delet 
ELSE RUN entryerror 
ENDIF 
ENDIF 
ENDIF 
ENDL00P 
END 



3 -- 



1 -- Add to Existing File" 

2 -- Alter Existing Entry" 
Delete Existing Entry" 
Return to Main Menu" 

Selection : ",resp 



02E3 
02E8 
02EF 
02F1 
02F3 
02F5 
02F9 

Listing 13: 

PROCEDURE createlist 

TYPE labeltype-companynatne: STRING [25]; title : STRING[4] ; lname 

:STRING[25]; fname : STRING [ 10 ] ; addressl: STRING; address2 

:STRING; city:STRING[15] ; state : STRING[10] ; zip:STRING 

[10]; phone: STRING [14] 
TYPE indextype-name : STRING! 25 ] ; number: BYTE 
PARAM label: labeltype 
PARAM index(100):indextype 
PARAM listfile:STRING[5] 
PARAM indexfile :STRING[6] 
DIM fd, id: INTEGER 
DIM i.entrynumber: INTEGER 
DIM alldone: BOOLEAN 
entrynumber :-0 
alldone: -FALSE 
RUN clearscreen 
PRINT " 
PRINT " 
PRINT " 

CREATE #fd,listfile 
CREATE #Id, indexfile 
PRINT " 

IF indexf ile-"cindex" 
PRINT " 



0069 
007F 
0088 
0096 
00A2 
00AE 



00C4 
00CB 
00D2 
00D8 
00DC 
00FD 
0125 
014E 
0158 
0162 
0190 
01A2 
01D6 
01DA 
020B 
020D 
023E 
0240 
0244 
0258 



MAIL09" 
Create Mailing List" 



ELSE 

PRINT " 
ENDIF 
PRINT " 
REPEAT 

PRINT 



Enter Data at the Prompts" 
THEN 
Hit <ENTER> for Company Name to END" 

Hit <ENTER> for Last Name to END" 

or to leave another field blank" 



\ PRINT 

RUN inputdata( label, listf ile, alldone) 
IF NOT(alldone) THEN 



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complete pattern matching, including wildcard and character 
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programmers and for general use. XCAL features include: work 
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entrynumber : =entrynumber+l 

index (entrynumber) .number: -en trynumber-1 

IF indexfile-"cindex" THEN 

index(entrynumber) .name : -label . companyname 
ELSE 

lndex(entrynumber) .name:-label.lnamo 
ENDIF 

PUT #fd, label 
ENDIF 
UNTIL alldone OR entrynumber>-10f) 
CLOSE #fd 

RUN mallsort(l,entrynumber, Index) 
FOR 1:-1 TO entrynumber 

PUT #ld,lndex(i) 
NEXT i 
CLOSE #ld 
END 

ngl4: 

DURE mailsort 

TYPE lndextype=name: STRING [25]; number: BYTE 
PARAM bot, top: INTEGER 
PARAM index(ipp) :indextype 
DIM pa ss.j: INTEGER 
DIM integerchange: BOOLEAN 
Integer change : -TRUE 
pass:-l 

WHILE pass<=top-l AND integerchange DO 
integerchange : -FALSE 
FOR j:=l TO top-pass 

IF index(j) .name>indcx(j+l) .name THEN 
integerchange : -TRUE 
RUN xchange(index(j),index(j+l)) 
ENDIF 
NEXT j 

pass :-pass+l 
ENDHHILE 
END 
DURE xchange 

TYPE indextype=name:STRING[25] ; number:BYTE 

PARAM a,b:indextypa 

DIM temp:lndextype 

temp:— a 

a:-b 

b:-temp 

END 

ng 15: 

EDURE mainmenu 

2 TYPE labeltype-companyname: STRING [25]; t itle: STRING [ 4 ] ; lname 

:STRING[25]; f name : STRING [Iff] ; addressl: STRING; address2 

:STRING; city : STRING [15] ; state : STRING [ 1JJ] ; zip:STRING 

[10]; phone: STRING [14] 
TYPE indextype=name:STRING[25] ; number : INTEGER 
PARAM label :labeltype 
PARAM Index ( IflfS) : indextype 
PARAM listfile:STRING[5] 
PARAM indexfile:STRING[6] 

DIM creat , updat , disp , prnt .make , one : STRING [ Ifl] 
DIM resp:BYTE 
creat :-"crea tells t" 
updat :-"updatelist" 
disp: -"display! 1st" 
prnt: -"print list" 
make :-"makelabel" 
one:-"onelabel" 
LOOP 

RUN clearscreen 

PRINT " 

PRINT " 

PRINT " 

PRINT 

PRINT " 1 

PRINT " 2 

PRINT " 3 

PRINT " 4 

PRINT " 5 

PRINT " 6 



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Update Mailing List" 
Display Mailing List" 
Print Mailing List" 
Print Mailing Labels" 
Print Individual Labels" 



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7 -- Execute Shell Command" 
JJ -- Return to Selection Menu" 

Selection : ",resp 



PRINT " 

PRINT " 

PRINT 

INPUT " 
EXITIF resp-JJ THEN 

RUN clearscreen 
ENDEXIT 

IF resp-1 THEN RUN creat(label, index, listfile, indexf lie) 
KILL creaC 

ELSE IF resp-2 THEN RUN updat(label, index, listfile , indexf ile 

) 
KILL updat 
ELSE IF resp-3 THEN RUN disp(label, index, listfile, indexf lie 



KILL disp 
ELSE IF resp-4 THEN RUN prnt(label, index, listfile, indexf lie 



KILL prnt 
ELSE IF resp-5 THEN RUN make(label , index, listfile, indexf ile 

) 
KILL make 
ELSE IF resp-6 THEN RUN one(label, index, listfile , 
indexfile) 
KILL one 
ELSE IF resp-7 THEN RUN shellcommand 
ELSE RUN entryerror 
ENDIF 
ENDIF 
ENDIF 
ENDIF 
ENDIF 
ENDIF 
ENDIF 
ENDLOOP 
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THESE FINE STORES 
CARRY THE RAINBOW 



The retail stores listed below carry the rainbow on a 
have other products of interest to Tandy Color Computer 
patronize those in your area. 



regular basis and may 
users. We suggest you 



ALABAMA 

Albertville 

Birmingham 

Brewton 

Florence 

Huntsvllle 

Madison 

Montgomery 

ALASKA 

Fairbanks 

ARIZONA 

Phoenix 



Scottsdale 
Tempe 



Tucson 

ARKANSAS 

Fayettevllle 
Little Rock 

CALIFORNIA 

Chula Vista 

Citrus Heights 

Downey 

ElCaJon 

Exton 

Ft. Bragg 

Fortune 

Grass Valley 

Halt Moon Bay 

Hesperla 

Hollvv/ood 

Lompoc 

Los Angeles 

National City 

Pacific Beach 
Palo Alto 
Sacramento 
San Diego 



Sewell TV & Radio Shack 
Jefferson News Co. 
McDowell Electronics 
Anderson News Co 
Endlcott Software 
Madison Books 
Trade 'K Books 

Electronic World 

The Computer Shop 
Home Brew Computers 
Trl-Teck Computers 
Data Concepts 
Softwareland Corp. 
All Systems Go 
Books Etc. 
Computer Library 
Anderson News Co. 
Mlnz Electronics 



Vaughn Electronlcs/Radlo Shack 
Anderson News Co. 



Santa Rosa 
Southgate 
Stockton 
Sunnyvale 

COLORADO 

Aurora 
Colorado 
Springs 
Westminster 

CONNECTICUT 

Danbury 
Orange 

DELAWARE 

Mlddletown 
Wilmington 



R 6. R Software 

Software Plus 

The Floppl Disk 

Radio Shack 

Software City 

Earthly Delights 

R&V Sound 

Advance Radio. Inc. 

Sfrawflower Electronics 

Dessert Sound. Inc. 

Levity Distributors 

L&H Electronics Emporium 

E.D.C. Industries 

Polygon Co. 

JARB Software 

Willy's Electronics 

Pro Am Electronics 

Printers, Inc. 

Tower Magazine 

The Computer Store 

Dimensional Software 

Disney's Electronics 

Radio Shock 

Sawyef s News. Inc. 

Cokx Computing 

Hardlngs Way News 

Computer Literacy 

Aurora Newsland 

Hathaway's Magazines 
Software City 

Computer Seiv. of Danbury 
Software City 

Delmar Co, 

Milford News Stand 

Normar. Inc.— The Smoke Shop 



FLORIDA 




Boca Raton 


Software. Software. Inc. 


Clearwater 


The Avid Reader 




Soenen & Wllmoth Books 




Software City 


Cocoa 


The Open Door 


Davie 


Software Plus More 


Ft. Lauderdale 


Mike's Electronics Distributor 




Software Connoction 


Jacksonville 


Bill's CoCo Coiner 




The Book Nook 




Book Town 


Madison 


Electronics of Madison 


Melbourne 


City Newsstand 




The Utile Store 


Miami 


The News Rack 




Newsstand of Cutler Ridge 


North Miami 




Beach 


Almar Bookstore 


Orange Park 


Software City 


Orlando 


The Alamo 



Panama City 


FJoyd-Ebert Corp. 




Computer Systems Group 


Pensacola 


Anderson News Co. 


Pinellas Park 


Wolf's Newsstand 


Sarasota 


Family Computers 


South 




Pasadena 


Poling Place 


Stuart 


Caribbean Engineering Corp. 


Sunrise 


Sunnys at Sunset. Inc. 


Tallahassee 


Anderson News Co. 


Tampa 


Fine Plint Bookstore 




Software Clly 




Sound Trader & Computer Center 


Titusvllle 


Computrac 


GEORGIA 




Atlanta 


Chips. Inc. 




Guild News Agency 


Bremen 


Boogie Shoppe 


Columbus 


Muscogee News Co. 


Cummings 


Kent Radio Shack 


Jesup 


Kannon Music 




Radio Shack 


Marietta 


Act One video 


St. Simons 




Island 


Radio Shack 


Toccoa 


Martin Music Radio Shack 


IDAHO 




Blackfoot 


F/M Systems Electronics 


Moscow 


Johnson News Agency 


Priest River 


K&W Electronics 


ILLINOIS 




Aurora 


Kroch's St Bientano's 


Belleville 


Software or Systems 


Champaign 


Book Market 


Chicago 


B. Dalton Booksellers 




N. Walbash St. 




West Jackson St. 




Bob's In Newtown 




Bob's News Emporium 




Bob's Rogers Park 




Book Market 




East Cedar 




North Cicero 




West Dlveisey 




EB. Garcia & Associates 




Guild Books & Periodicals 




Kroch's & Brentano's 




South Walbash 




West Jackson 




516 N. Michigan 




835 N. Michigan 




Parkway Drugs 




Parkwest Books 




Sandmeyer's Bookstore 




Univ. of Chicago Bookstore 




Univ. of Illinois Bookstore 




Vldeomat. Inc. 


Chllllcothe 


Book Emporium 


Danville 


Book Market 


Decatur 


Book Emporium 




K-Mart Plaza 




Northgate Mall 


DeKalb 


Appletree Computers 


East Mollne 


Book Emporium 


Evanston 


Chicago-Main News 


Geneseo 


B & J Supply 


Kewanee 


Book Emporium 


Lisle 


Book Nook 


Metropolis 


Jim's Home Center 


Newton 


Bill's TV Radio Shock 


Oak Brook 


Kroch's & Brentano's 


Oak Park 


Kroch's & Bientano's 


Paris 


Book Emporium 


Peoria 


Book Emporium 




Sheridan Village 




Westtake Shopping Center 




Book Market 




Illinois News Service 


Schaumberg 


Kroch's & Bientano's 


Skokle 


Kroch's & Brentano's 


South Holland 


Abacus Computer Distributors 


Springfield 


Book Emporium 




Sangamon Centei North 




Town S Country Shopping Ctr. 


Sunnyland 


Book Emporium 


West Frankfort 


Paper Place 


Wheeling 


North Shore Dlstilbutois 



Software Unlimited 



INDIANA 




Beme 


White Cottage Electronics 


Columbus 


Micro Computer Systems. Inc. 


Garrett 


Finn News Agency. Inc. 


Greenwood 


The Computer Experience 


Indianapolis 


Bookland, Inc. 




Indiana News 


Jaspei 


Computer Store 




Elex Mart 


Lawrenceburg 


Bauer Electronics 


Madison 


Arcs Office Supplies 


Marion 


Computer Comer 


Martinsville 


Radio Shack 


New Haven 


Advanced Color Software 


Scott sbuig 


Radio Shack of Scottsbuig 


Walbash 


Mitting's Electronics 


IOWA 


Cosmos Computers 


Bettendorf 


Davenport 


Interstate Book Store 




Software City 


KANSAS 




Junction Clly 


III H's Stereo 


Topeka 


Palmer News, Inc. 




Town Crier of Topeka. Inc. 


Wichita 


Amateur Radio Equipment Co. 




Lloyd's Radio 


KENTUCKY 




Baidstown 


Skaggs Electiic/Radio Shack 


Danville 


Boyle Electronics 


Greenville 


Williams & Wells. Inc. 


Hopklnsvllle 


Hobby Shop 


Louisville 


The Computer Store 


Paducah 


Radio Shack 
Gus-Stan Enterprises 
Gus-Stan Enterprises 


Palntsville 


Plkevllle 


Princeton 


Millet Electronics 


LOUISIANA 




Baton Rouge 


Acme Book Co. 


Crowley 


Acadiana Newsstand 


Gretno 


Compute! Supply Store 


MAINE 




Bangar 


Magazines. Inc. 


Brockton 


Voyager Bookstore 


Waterboro 


Radio Shack 


MASSACHUSETTS 




Brockton 


Vogager Bookstore 


Cambridge 


Nlnls Corner. Inc. 




Out Of Town News 


Danvers 


Mlcrocon Computer & Software i 


Rtchburg 


Corners Book Shop 


Ipswich 


Ipswich News 


Uttleton 


Computet Plus 


Lynn 


North Shore News Co. 


Qulncy 


Soft Ware House 


MICHIGAN 




Allen Park 


Book Nook. Inc. 


AnnAtbot 


Community News Center 


Brooklyn 


Weatherwax Radio Shack 


Dearborn 


DSL Computer Products 


Durand 


Robblns Electronics 


Fenton 


Trl-Counfy Electronics Radio Shoe 


Flint 


"IO" 


Greenville 


Robbins Electronics 


Haitlson 


Harrison Radio Shack 


Kalamazoo 


John Rollins 


Lapeer 


Computer Comet 




User Friendly 


Lowell 


Curf s Sound & Home Arcade Ce 


Ml. Clemens 


Key Book Shop 




Michigan Radio 


Muskegon 


The Eight Bit Cotnei 


Novi 


Ml Software Dlst.. Inc. 


Okemos 


Software City 


Owosso 


C/C Computet Systems 




HI-FI Audio Co. 


Peny 


Peny Computets 




Perry OH & Gas 


Petoskey 


B & L Sound. Inc. 


Pontlac 


Computet Shack 


Rosevllle 


New Horizons 


Royal Oak 


Software City 


St. Johns 


Clinton Electronics 


Southfleld 


Software City 


Sterling 




Heights 


Sterling Book Center 


Tecumseh 


White Electronics 


Wyoming 


Getty's Book Co, 



254 



THE RAINBOW August 1985 



IESOTA 

neopolis Read-More News 
•nar The Photo Shop 

ISSIPPI 

noda 
levins 



Miamisburg 
Mount Orab 
Rocky River 
Toledo 



OURI 

sasClry 
.ville 
»rty 
ouls 



Stereo Store ot Grenada, Inc. 
Stonehenge Computer Software Center 

Midwest CoCo Systems 
T&R Electronics 
Audio Hut 
Book Emporium 
Computer Xchange 
Softwalre Centre 
Rnal Edition 



Wilke News 

Mount Orab Radio Shack 
Programs Unlimited 
Leo's Book & Wine Shop 
Reltz Electronics 



salty City 

ITANA 

lefish The Computer Corral 

ASKA 

oln Hobby Town 

aha Computers & Components 



J5A 




Vegas 


Hurley Bectronics 


HAMPSHIRE 




irborough 


BRW Electronics/Radio Shack 


smouth 


Portsmouth Computers 


t Lebanon 


Verham News Corp. 


JERSEY 




lar Knolls 


Village Computer & Software 


irry Hill 


Software City 


ton 


Micro World II 


renceville 


Micro Con Software Center 


*ood 


Software City 


mora 


Outpost Radio Shack 


itvale 


Software City 


rlstown 


Software City 


nsville 


Dave's Elect. Radio Shack 


rEdge 


Software City 


koway 


Software Station 


imlt 


Software City 


Tie 


Wayne Software 


MEXICO 




nogordo 


New Horizons Computer Systems 


iquerque 


East-West Enterprises 




Page One Newsstand 




Salt ot the Earth 


YORK 




:kpotl 


Lift Bridge Book Shop. Inc. 


ro Heights 


Southern Tier News Co., Inc. 


x>rt 


Software City 


son falls 


GA West& Co. 


isonCify 


Unicom Electronics 


<lsco 


Software City 


/York 


Barnes & Noble— Sales Annex 




Coliseum Books 




Eastern Newsstand 




Grand Central Station. Track 37 




200 Park Ave., 'Pan Am #1 ) 




55 Water Street 




World Trade Center *2 




First Stop News 




Idle Hours Bookstore 




International Smoke Shop 




Jonll Smoke 




PennBook 




State News 




Usercom Systems, Inc. 




Walden Books 




World Wide Media SeMces 


/hlte Plains 


Software City 


tsburg 


Adirondack Computer Supplies 


hester 


Village Green 




World Wide News 


>dhaven 


Spectrum Pro)ects 



H CAROLINA 

rdeen King Electronics 

Radio Shack 
I News Center in Cory Village 

irlotte Newsstand Infl 

Papers & Paperback 
lock Computer Concerns 

:oiy C 1 Books & Comics 

Inburg Radio Shock 

Ion Boomers Rhythm Center 

'land Alpine Electronic Systems 

ilgh DJ.'s Book and News 

Softmart 
3 Total Data Systems 

H DAKOTA 

io Computer Associates 

I 

iton Little Professor Book Center 

:lnnatl Clnsoff 

jmbus Little Professor Book Center 

locton Utopia Software 

ton Wllke News 

>orn News-Readers 

on Gal-Tronlcs 

The News Shop 

Ion T.W. Hogan & Associates 

jwood Lakewood International News 

a Brunner News Agency 

Edu-Caterers 
field 

sights Software City 



OKLAHOMA 

Hobart Shortgrass Electronics 

Oklahoma 

City Merit Micro Software 

Tulsa Steve's Book Store 



OREGON 




Aloha 


B. Color Computer and Software 


Hermlston 


Lee's TV & Radio Clinic 


PENNSYLVANIA 




Allison Park 


Software City 


Altoona 


Newborn Enterprises 


Brookville 


Larry's Stereo Shop 


Greensburg 


The Program Store 


Harrisburg 


Harrisburg News Co. 


Malvem 


Personal Software 


Philadelphia 


City Software Center 




Newsy 


Phoenlxville 


Stevens Radio Shack 


Pittsburgh 


All-Pro Souvenlers 


Pleasant Hills 


Pitt Computer & Software 


Shlppensburg 


Rainbow Adventure 


Temple 


Software Corner 


Tunkhannock 


The Donna Comm. Co. 


Wllliomsport 


Shade Tree 


York 


The Computer Center of York 


RHODE ISLAND 




Warwick 


Software Connection 


SOUTH CAROLINA 


Charleston Hts. 


Software Haus. Inc. 


Greenville 


Palmetto News Co. 


Hilton Head 


Megatron Corporation 


Spartanburg 


Software City 


Union 


Fleming's Electronics 


TENNESSEE 




Chattanooga 


Anderson News Co. 


Dickson 


Highland Electronics 


Knoxville 


Anderson News Co. 




First Byte Computer Co, 


Memphis 


Computer Center 




Software, Inc. 


Nashville 


Campus Computer Corp. 




Mosko's Book Store 


Smyrna 


Delker Electronics 


TEXAS 




Elgin 


The Homing Pigeon 


Ft. Worth 


RFI Electronics 




Software Terminal 


Houston 


MicroSolutlons 


Orange 


Northway Books & News 


Paris 


Software Solutions 


UTAH 




Murray 


Deseret Book 


Ogden 


Computer City 


VIRGINIA 




Gafton 


Electronics Marketing 


Norfolk 


l-O Computers 


Richmond 


Software City 


WASHINGTON 




Bellevue 


Software City 


Davenport 


Davenport Electronics 


Mount Lake 




Terrace 


Emerald Computer Services 


Renton 


Data Borne 


Seattle 


Adams News Co.. Inc. 


Tacoma 


Nybbles 'N Bytes 


WEST VIRGINIA 




Huntington 


Nick's News 


Lesage 


Pioneer Technology 


Logan 


Stan's Electronics 8 Radio Shack 


Parkersburg 


Valley News Service 


WISCONSIN 




Appleton 


Badger Periodicals 


Cudahy 


Cudahy News & Hobby 


Janesville 


Book World 


Ladysmllh 


Electronics, Etc. 


Milwaukee 


Abacus Micro 




Book Tree 




Booked Solid 




Booked Solid II 




Harvey Schwartz Bookshop 




Univ. of Wisconsin Bookshop 


WYOMING 




Casper 


The Computer Store 


Worland 


Price Electronics 


AUSTRALIA: 




SYDNEY 




Klngsford 


Paris Radio Bectronics 


CANADA: 




ALBERTA 




Athabasca 


McLeans Ltd. 



Banff 


Banff Radio Shack 


Barrhead 


Barrhead Sound 1982 Ltd. 


Blalrmore 


L&KSports& Music 


Brooks 


Double 'D" A.S.C. Radio Shack 


Calgary 


Billy's News 




Imperial Computer Ltd, 




Rainbow Software Services 


Camrose 


Radio Shack Associated Stores 


Claresholm 


Radio Shack Associated Stores 


Coaldale 


Coaldale Sight & Sound 


Drayton Valley 


Langard Electronics 


Edmonton 


CMD Micro 




Kelly Software Distributors 


Edson 


Radio Shack 


Fairview 


D.N.R, Furniture & TV 


Fox Creek 


Fox City Color & Sound 


Ft. Macleod 


Fort Pharmocy 




Radio Shock 


Gronde 




Cache 


The Stereo Hut 


Grande 




Centre 


The Book Nook 


Grande Prairie 


Northern Computer Service 


Hanna 


Technics TV Ltd. 


Innlsfall 


L & S Stereo 


Lacombe 


Tall Pine TV 


Leduc 


Radio Shack Associated Stores 


Uoydminster 


Lloyd Radio Shack 


Peace River 


H & S Music Centre 




Radio Shack Associated Stores 


Pincher Creek 


Thornton & Son's 


Redcllff 


Gale Distributing 


Red Deer 


Computet World 


Rlmbey 


Roy's TV 


St. Paul 


Tele-Logic 


Sundre 


Sundre Sound 


Taber 


Pynewcod Sight & Sound 


Valleyview 


Don's Radio Shop 


Vermilion 


Photocratt Vermilion Ltd. 


Wetaskiwln 


Radio Shack 


BRITISH COLUMBIA 


Burnaby 


Compulit 


Campbell 




River 


TRS Electronics 


Chllliwack 


Charles Parker 


Courtenay 


Bell Radios TV 




Valley Computers 


Ft. St. John 


Ken Dawson 


Ladysmith 


Ladysmith Sound Center 


Merrit 


Merrit Radio Shack 


N. Vancouver 


Mlcrowest Distributors 


Sicamous 


Shuswap Electronics 


Sidney 


Sidney Electronics 


Victoria 


Datatact 




International Software 




Techworld 


Williams Lake 


Norcom Software 






MANITOBA 

The Pas Jodl's Sight & Sound 

Winnipeg J & J Electronics Ltd. 

NEW BRUNSWICK 

Moncton Canadian Colour Connection 



NEWFOUNDLAND 




Labrador City 


Sound & Vision 


NOVA SCOTIA 




Dartmouth 


Sector Software 


Halifax 


Atlantic News 


ONTARIO 




Angus 


Micro Computer Service 


Atlkokam 


Gill's Furniture 


Bowmanville 


Bowmanville Audio Vision LTD 




Smoke Shop 


Cochrane 


Ftederlckhouse Sound 


Efobicoke 


NEPCOM 


Hamilton 


Dataman 


Kingston 


T.M. Computers 


Ottawa 


National News Co., Ltd. 


St. Catherine 


Smoke Shop-2 Stores 


South River 


Max TV 


Strathroy 


Downtown Sound 


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Ark Royal Games 71 

B5 Software 183 

Brantex, Inc 206 

Cer-Comp 49 

Challenger 214 

Cinsoft 32 

CMD Computer Services 203 

CNR Engineering 212 

CoCo Devices 200 

CoCo Warehouse 201 

Cognitec 13 

Colorware 37, 38, 39 

Computer Center 252 

Computer Island 78, 79 

Computer Plus 3, 103 

Computer Systems Distributors 84 

Computerware 173 

Computize, Inc 257 

Cosmos Computer Services Inc 67 

Custom Computer Products 245 

Custom Software Engineering 155 

Dataman International 109 

Dayton Associates of 

W. R. Hall, Inc 184 

DEFT Systems 17 

Derby City Software 29 

Derringer Software 22, 23 

DiamondStar Software 72 

DIGInews 216 

Dorsett Educational Systems IBC 

Double Density Software 134, 135 

Dragon User 219 

DSL Computer Products 66 

Dugan, Doug 202 

DYNACALC 175 

Dynamic Electronics, Inc 215 

E.D.C. Industries 174 

EAPCo 192 

Electronics Motion Control 74 

Elite Software 99, 100, 101 

Endicott Software 140 

Federal Hill Software 194, 232 



Four Star Software 207 

GRAFX 176 

Green Mountain Micro 205 

Group Technology Ltd 141 

Hard Drive Specialists IFC 

Hawkes Research Services 117 

HJL div. of Touchstone 

Technology, Inc 45 

Frank Hogg Laboratory . . .237, 239, 241 

Homesoft 147 

Howard Medical 33, 34 

Incentive Software 253 

J & M Systems BC 

D.P. Johnson 243 

Kelly Software Distributors 146 

Key Color Software 1 56 

Landware Co 132 

Mark Data Products 94, 95 

Maxsys Electronics & Software . . . .244 

Metric Industries 14 

MichTron 16, 35 

Micro Works, The 87 

Microcom Software 19 

Microtech Consultants Inc 250 

Microware Systems 

Corporation 168, 249 

Microworld II 93 

Mix, Tom Software 208, 209 

Moore Computer Services 82 

Moreton Bay 222, 223 

Novasoft 191 

Other Guys Software, The 113 

OS-9 Users Group 258 

Owls Nest Software 143 

Owl-Ware 1 1 1 

Parsons Software 200 

PBJ, Inc 43 

PCM 193 

PD Software 119 

Perry Computers 149 

Picosoft Games 132 

Polygon Co 144 



Dr. Preble's Programs 

Prickly-Pear Software 

PXE Computing 

Radio Shack 10, 11, 186 

RAINBOW OS-9 Book 

Rainbow Binder 

Rainbow Books 

Rainbow Gift Certificate 

Rainbow On Tape 

RAINBOWfest 114 

REM Industries 

Research Services Labs 

Robotic Microsystems 

Saguaro Software 

Selected Software 

Softmart 

Software Connection 

Software House, The 

Software Plus 

Software Support, Inc 17( 

Southwestern Digital 

Spectrosystems 

Spectrum Projects Inc. 

121, 122, 123, 125, 126 

Speech Systems 6 

Sugar Software 160, 161 

Synergetic Solutions 

T & D Software 

TCE Programs, Inc 

Thine 

Tothian Software, Inc 

Tri-Tech Electronics 

Triad Pictures 

True Data Products 152 

Undercolor 

Vidtron 

VIP Technologies 

(Softlaw Corp.) 3 

Wasatchware 

White House Computer 

Woodstown Electronics 

York 10 

Zellerback Group, The 




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Director, West Coast Office 
12110 Meridian South, Suite 8 
P.O. Box 73-578 
Puyallup, WA 98373-0578 

(206) 848-7766 



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