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ISSUE 11

VOLUME 2

NUMBER6

NOV/DEC 1995

WORLD

THINEWIMAQAZlHErON COMMODORE «« ft ISJiil'il in

14 A Simple Guide to Disk Drives byMauriceRandall

A hitofhistoryabout tin- Commodore 15-11 anda lookatUs use today.

18 ConnODOOf DRIVES ABE ttiStOBfbyJimBruin

A guidedtourthrough the Commodore Drivemuseum.

22 Serial Bus Kegnal Routines byd<h,^ cotton

Isarn to access serial bus devices in mat him- language.

General Managed

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CoverDesignbyJeniferEsik

32 PoNTiGUS byGaefyneR. Maranec

Editing charactersets is made simple

33 JllQW AsSEHilLEP. byJim Brain

Review ofan assemblyprogramforthe 64.

—CDi_ljrvirsj^

10 JUST FOR Stagtecs bySteve VanderArk

Printerselection and simple BASICprogramming.

13 Foreign Exchange byJosephGaudt

What ean GoDol really do ?

36 Graphic Interpretation byStev? VanderArk

Steve continues his series on GEOBASK'.

38 CARUifR Detect byGaefyneR. Maranec

Tip* on navigating your way through the web.

42 Over The Edge by Don Radkr

What an- the consequences ofVirata! Reality technology?

44 HACD TlPS byDougCotton

Hardware device numberchanges.

46 GeoPrOGRAHIST byMauriceRandall

Some common routines, the GEOS way.

46 Basic Instincts byGeiw Barker

An example ofusing ML subroutines in BASIC.

50 Peripheral Vision byJimBmterjiek!

Null characters and how to manage them.

52 AS5EnE.tr LINE byJim Butterfield

Using processor registers amidebugging tips.

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