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Commodore

SEPTEMBER 1987, Volume8. Number9

FEATURES

MUSIC MOUSE

Create an electronic masterpiece

simply by pushing around a mouse.

An exclusive review.

by TimJones

54 COVER STORY

WHAT HAPPENED

TOTHECOMPUTER REVOLUTION?

Look at the beginning of any new technology

and you'll find striking similarities.

by Dan Gutman

RISK-FREE ADVENTURE

A look behind the scenes at MicroProse,

the king of simulation.

byGary V Fields

COVER PHOTO: GeneSmith

Computer Graphics: Richard Payne

DEPARTMENTS

LETTERS

COMPUTER TUTOR

MIDI Programming, Part 2 byDavidR. Brooks

C Tutorial, Part 6 byPaulHigginbottom

NEWS

TIPS & TRICKS

Hints for Fun and Utility

Compiled byLouisF. Sander

JIFFIES

Envelope Master byJerome E. Reuter

Teletype Message byIanAdam

Random Walk byRogerS. Macomber

SOFTWARE REVIEWS

Uridium byGary V. Fields

Artworx Games byGary V. Fields

Starglider byScottA. May

Sonix byJohnJ. dottier

SWL byDonaldMaxwell

Financial Time Machine byMarkCotone

B.E.S.T. Business Management System byBob Lindstrom

Bureaucracy byRuss Ceccola

Personal Potential Series byMarkCotone

Fleet System 4 byRuss Ceccola

64 USERS ONLY

Word Search Creator byChris BrinsonandMarvinAlvarez

Loader Maker byKen Bunzel

Commodore 64 Compressor byScott Miller Petty

128 USERS ONLY

The 128 Mode byMarkJordan

Harmonizer 128 byMilum D. Perry, Jr.

100

AMIGA UPDATE

Amiga Public Domain Software byGraham Kinsey

105

ADVENTURE ROAD

Seven Quests for the Price of One byShayAddams

HOW TO ENTER PROGRAMS

118

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Inside Q-Link by Robert W. Baker

Connect! bySuzanne McCoachandDan Schein

MAGAZINE ENTRY PROGRAM

120

USER GROUPS

122

TECHNICALTIPS

Connections by IanAdam

Printing Lab byJerome E. Reuter

ADVERTISERS' INDEX

128

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