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C 0 T E T S

ISSUE 14

APRIL 1996

COMMODORE

WORL tHIUSEHH

16 Cross Piatfobm File Tbansfebs by Dtmx Cotton

Exchange data with other computer types.

19 HTML AND THE Wobld Wide Web by KatherintNeison

Concluding article to our series an HTML,

20 Useg Group CONNECTION compliedbyCharlesA. ChristiansonandJeniferBsik

It's timefor The Really Big Lisl ofknown (andMIA) User Groups.

General Manager

Charles ft, Christiansen

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30 Hardware: The CMD RAMLink byJlm Brain

A critique ofCMD's versatile RAM based storage device.

32 Software: Injowell Systems Light Pen byjason Campion

Find oui \fa iightpen is \<>«r kind ofinput.

36 GAtiES bySherryFn-edtim-

Flumi's World, Gangster. Time Traveller, and FinalAssault.

Columns

10 Oust For Starters byJason Campion

Your best betfor selecting input devices.

12 Foreign Exchange byAndrewFisher

Some overseas tipsforgame playing success.

14 Graphic Interpretation bySteve VamierArk

Making GEOS applications without a progamming language.

40 The SySop's Corner byMax Coitrvll

Selecting andsetting up modemsfor MIS use.

42 Carrier Detect by Gaelyne R. Momnec

Questions, answers and comments about surfing the Net.

45 GeoPrOGRAMHIST byMauriceRandall

Shedding some light on VI.IRJile structure.

46 Basic Instincts byDavidPankhum

I1ASIC coverage ofan assortment ofsorting algorithms,

46 Peripheral Vision byJimButterfleld

Your computer, joysticks, paddles and mice.

52 Assembly Line byJim Bwetfteld

Getting input in machine language.

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f thisissueonabad note.

^^^™^^H I've sol some news to

f H pass on to you thai we

didn't have room to

include if) our regular

news section. CMD has

beenrunninginto someglitches ingettingtheSuperCPU

fS4readytobecomeaSuperCPL'128...and[hisliascaused

additional delays. The good news, though, is that the

problems havebeen overcomeat the timeofthiswriting,

anil theproject isnow movingforward at thefastest pace

possible.

Whal kindofglitches?Well, thereare certainsignalsin

thecomputerthat havetobecontrolledinspecialwaysto

make something like the SuperCPU work in the best

possible manner. CMDovercame how lodeal with these

signalslongago ontheC-6'4 (andon the 12K in64 mode);

bui the 128 in 128mode\sadifferentbeastlealtogether,

and things must lie done quite differently, (liven that

CMD is striving toward using die same board lor both

versions of tile SuperCPU. these differences had to be

examined thoroughlyso thatsignalsrequired forihe 12H

version (bul not for the (54 version) would be readily

accessible.

Ofcourse, when problems likethiscrop upin thekiller

partofadesigncycle,thenlimeislostnotonlyinchecking

oul the problem itself) bul alsoinimplementing solulions

into previously completedpartsofthedesign.

Thankfully,theproblemshavebeesovercome,andthe

design layouts are completed. By the timeyou read this,

production protolypes will be in final testing, and full

production should begin at theendofMay.

Thaibitofnewsaside,here'sanolhernewsitemthatI'm

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