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PC MAGAZINE'S USER*TO*USER COLUMN W.B. SNYDER
JANUARY 8, 1985
1. COUNTING THE BYTES IN FILES
2. USING THE DEF FN STATEMENT TO PLACE COMMAS IN NUMBERS IN BASIC
3. PUTTING 50 LINES OF 80 CHARACTERS ON THE SCREEN IN BASIC
4. PROBLEMS USING MICROSOFT'S WORD
PC MAGAZINE'S PC*TUTOR COLUMN
JANUARY 8, 1985
1. COMMAND.COM AND RAM DISKS
2. FLOPPY DISK SPACE - HOW IT'S ALLOCATED AND HOW TO FREE IT
3. ADDRESSING THE MONOCHROME ADAPTER FOR SCREEN GRAPHICS
4. SELECTIVE DIRECTORIES IN BASIC AND WORDSTAR
PC MAGAZINE'S USER*TO*USER COLUMN
JANUARY 22, 1985
1. BUGS IN BASIC AND ASM/MASM ASSEMBLER.
2. CHKDSK AND VOLUME LABELS; EXTRA PROMPTS IN BATCH FILES;
DOT (.) REMs LOOK NEATER; DOTS IN ECHO; BATCH FILE ^Z
CHARACTER IN WORDPROCESSORS; USING SYS D: ON RAM DISKS
3. LOADING UP A BATCH FILE TO RESPOND TO DOS KEYBOARD PROMPTS
4. MAKING BASIC LIST PROGRAMS BY THE PRINTED PAGE
PC MAGAZINE'S PC*TUTOR COLUMN
JANUARY 22, 1985
1. MODIFYING A BASIC PROGRAM FROM CP/M TO RUN UNDER MS-DOS
2. BATCH FILE TO CONFIRM FILE DELETE REQUESTS
3. CONVERTING A EUROPEAN PC; ADDING A SECOND DRIVE
4. USING A PC WITH A 5218 DISPLAYWRITER PRINTER
PC WORLD'S STAR*DOT*STAR COLUMN
JANUARY, 1985
1. MORE NOTES ON GRAPHICS.COM (VOL 2, NO 10), AND ON
DVORAK KEYBOARD REASSIGNMENT UNDER DOS 2
2. MORE ON COMPAQ PRT*SC HANGUP WITH NO PRINTER (VOL 2, NO 7)
3. AVOID HARD DISK DAMAGE WHEN MOVING XTs
4. USING CHKDSK /V AND THE FIND FILTER TO LOCATE FILES
5. USING 123 WITH SUBDIRECTORIES
6. MORE ON PRINTER CHECK (VOL 2, NO 10)
7. COLOR FOR HIGH-RESOLUTION GRAPHICS
8. DATE PACKING IN BASIC
9. MORE ON DEBUG (VOL 2, NO 9)
10. CROSS-REFERENCING JUMPS AND CALLS WITH DEBUG
PC MAGAZINE'S USER*TO*USER COLUMN
FEBRUARY 5, 1985
1. FINDING FILES IN SUB-DIRECTORIES USING THE DOS CHKDSK COMMAND
2. FINDING AND REPLACING CTRL-P COMMANDS IN WORDSTAR USING THE ALT KEY
3. SWAPPING PRINTER PORTS WHILE USING AST'S SUPERSPOOL
4. USING BSAVE TO SAVE SCREEN IMAGES (VOL 3, NO 5)
5. THE GEMINI 10X PRINTER -- (VOL 3, NO 23)
PC MAGAZINE'S PC*TUTOR COLUMN
FEBRUARY 5, 1985
1. THE 640K LIMIT IN THE IBM PC
2. SWITCHING SERIAL PORTS (VOL3, NO 18, PAGE 384)
3. THE DOS PATH COMMAND USED WITH SUB-DIRECTORIES (VOL 3, NO 20,PAGE 372)
PC MAGAZINE'S USER*TO*USER COLUMN
FEBRUARY 19, 1985
1. USING THE VIDEO PAGES ON THE COLOR/GRAPHICS CARD
2. SWAPPING PRINTER PORTS WITHIN WORDSTAR
3. USING THE DOS DIR. AND DIR *. COMMANDS TO LIST SUB-DIRECTORIES
4. PATCHING WORDSTAR TO FIX THE BACKSPACE AND DELETE KEYS
PC MAGAZINE'S PC*TUTOR COLUMN
FEBRUARY 19, 1985
1. HOW TO USE ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE SUB-ROUTINES AND BIOS CALLS IN
BASIC LANGUAGE PROGRAMS
2. USING SEQUENTIAL FILES IN BASIC LANGUAGE PROGRAMS
3. REPROGRAMMING FUNCTION KEYS ON THE PCjr IN BASIC
PC WORLD'S STAR*DOT*STAR COLUMN
FEBRUARY, 1985
1. USING THE DBASE II SET COLOR TO COMMAND
2. DRAWING BOXES WITH DBASE II
3. USING THE DOS TYPE COMMAND IN A BATCH FILE
PC MAGAZINE'S USER*TO*USER COLUMN
MARCH 5, 1985
1. MORE PATCHES FOR WORDSTAR - EXTRA FUNCTION KEYS
2. PROGRAMMING THE 6845 CRT CONTROLLER - DISPLAY TRICKS
3. USING THE DOS FOR COMMAND - (VOL 3 NO 24)
4. NEWPRINT.BAS PROGRAM FOR THE BASIC PRINT COMMAND
5. STRIPPING SPACES FROM NUMBERS IN BASIC
PC MAGAZINE'S PC*TUTOR COLUMN
MARCH 5, 1985
1. MONITOR MISALIGNMENT
2. LOTUS PRINT MACROS FOR DIFFERENT PRINTERS (VOL 3 NO 17 P 391)
3. DEBUG FOR READING AND WRITING DISK SECTORS
PC MAGAZINE'S USER*TO*USER COLUMN
MARCH 19, 1985
1. REWRITING COMMAND.COM MESSAGE -- PLAYING WITH DEBUG.COM
2. USING FOR WITH THE DOS FIND COMMAND IN BATCH FILE-SEARCHES
3. USE DEBUG TO CREATE A BATCH FILE MENU
4. DAISYWRITER SHEET FEEDER PROBLEMS WITH MICROSOFT'S WORD
5. VERTICAL SCREEN HEADINGS DEMO IN BASIC
PC MAGAZINE'S PC*TUTOR COLUMN
MARCH 19, 1985
1. EVALUATING TV MONITORS
2. USING INTERRUPT 25H FROM PASCAL
3. SCHEMATICS FOR THE IBM PC MOTHERBOARD AND ADAPTERS
PC WORLD'S STAR*DOT*STAR COLUMN
MARCH, 1985
1. MORE ON STRIPPING WORDSTAR FILES (PCW VOL 2 NO 11)
2. MORE ON THE GEMINI 10X (PCW VOL 2 NO 10)
3. THE /C PARAMETER OF COMMAND.COM (PCW VOL 2 NO 10)
4. ANOTHER MODIFICATION TO COMMAND.COM - VOLUME LABEL PROMPT
5. A MODIFICATION TO FORMAT.COM - PROTECT YOUR HARD DISK
6. ANOTHER PRINTER CHECK (PCW VOL 2 NO 10)
PC MAGAZINE'S USER*TO*USER COLUMN
APRIL 2, 1985
1. DATE AND TIME STAMP YOUR LISTINGS
2. MENU PROGRAMS IN BATCH FILES AND BASIC
3. A NEW FIND ROUTINE IN A BATCH FILE
4. USING FUNCTION KEYS TO WRITE DATA STATEMENTS IN BASIC
5. PRINTER CONTROL: USE DEBUG TO WRITE ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE PROGRAMS
PC MAGAZINE'S PC*TUTOR COLUMN
APRIL 2, 1985
1. PRINTER CHECK IN DBASE III, AND MONITOR PROBLEMS
2. IBM GAME PORT ADAPTER RUNNING TWO JOYSTICKS
3. EUROPEAN POWER SUPPLY
PC MAGAZINE'S USER*TO*USER COLUMN
APRIL 16, 1985
1. NESTED DOS FILTER COMMANDS FOR CONDITIONAL SEARCHES
2. CLEAR SCREEN COMMAND FOR 50 LINE SCREENS
3. MORE HELP FOR THE DOS TREE COMMAND USING A BASIC PROGRAM
4. DOS 3.0 AND THE DOT REMs REVISITED
PC MAGAZINE'S PC*TUTOR COLUMN
APRIL 16, 1985
1. QUAD DENSITY FLOPPIES OR HARD DISK UPGRADE
2. PEEKS AND POKES IN GWBASIC
3. LOOKING AT THE CS AND DS REGISTERS FROM BASIC
4. DOS FUNCTION CALL 4Bh (EXECUTE ONE PROGRAM FROM WITH ANOTHER)
PC MAGAZINE'S USER*TO*USER COLUMN
APRIL 30, 1985
1. COMPAQ REVISION C ROM
2. .COM PROGRAM FINDS FILES FASTER THAN .BAS AND .BAT PROGRAMS
3. WORDSTAR FIND COMMANDS WITH CTRL-P PRINTER CONTROL CHARACTERS
4. AT LAST -- USING THE PC CASSETTE PORT
PC MAGAZINE'S PC*TUTOR COLUMN
APRIL 30, 1985
1. EVALUATING THE 64K WORKSPACE IN BASIC
2. ADDING A COLOR BORDER WITH THE 3D9 PORT
3. MEMORY CAPABILITY ON THE PCjr
PC WORLD'S STAR*DOT*STAR COLUMN
APRIL, 1985
1. LOW-RESOLUTION COLOR GRAPHICS IN BASIC
2. A NEW DATAMKR.BAS (PCW VOL 2 NO 11)
3. ELIMINATING .BAK FILES IN TURBO PASCAL
4. RETURNING SCAN & ASCII CODES FROM THE KEYBOARD IN TURBO PASCAL
PC MAGAZINE'S USER*TO*USER COLUMN
MAY 14, 1985
1. SORTING RANDOM LENGTH RECORDS WITH SORT.EXE AND BASIC
2. BUBBLE SORT PROGRAM IN BASIC
3. PATCHING WORDSTAR TO UPDATE THE SCREEN FASTER
4. CHANGING SUB-DIRECTORY NAMES WITH BASIC 3.0 NAME COMMAND
PC MAGAZINE'S PC*TUTOR COLUMN
MAY 14, 1985
1. ERASING DIRECTORIES AND SUB-DIRECTORIES
2. CUSTOM PROMPT TO NAME THE CURRENT DIRECTORY
3. RAM DISKS AND MEMORY MANAGEMENT
4. UPGRADING PLOTTER DRIVER FOR THE AT
PC MAGAZINE'S USER*TO*USER COLUMN
MAY 28, 1985
1. LOW-RESOLUTION COLOR GRAPHICS
2. CONTROLLING THE USER BY DE-ACTIVATING CONTROL-BREAK
PC MAGAZINE'S PC*TUTOR COLUMN
MAY 28, 1985
1. RE-DIRECTING DOS DATE COMMAND TO CREATE A DATE STAMP
2. PRO AND CON ABOUT TURNING THE COMPUTER ON AND OFF
3. USING PROGRAMS FROM BULLEIN BOARDS THAT SPEED UP DISKS
4. MORE POOP ON THE DISPLAY-WRITER (VOL 3 NO 15, VOL 4 NO 2)
5. USING THE ENHANCED GRAPHICS ADAPTER ON A MONOCHROME MONITOR
PC WORLD'S STAR*DOT*STAR COLUMN
MAY 1985
1. NOTES ON XT PARKING PROBLEMS AND FIXING FORMAT.COM
2. A TRANSLATION FUNCTION IN BASIC
3. SETTING THE DATE WITHOUT A CLOCK/CALENDAR BOARD
4. FIXING "INSERT COMMAND.COM" MESSAGE AFTER TURBO PASCAL PROGRAM
PC MAGAZINE'S USER*TO*USER COLUMN
JUNE 11, 1985
1. REVERSING DOS GRAPHICS.COM REVERSE VIDEO PRINT-OUT
2. BASIC PROGRAM FOR GENERATING A CUSTOM CURSOR
3. BASIC PROGRAM GENERATES WIDE CHARACTERS ON 80-COLUMN SCREENS
4. USING DOS COMMAND/C TO NEST BATCH FILES
5. USING DOS TO PRINT A LIST OF SUB-DIRECTORIES
6. BASIC PROGRAM FOR EXTRA DELAY ON PC ATs
PC MAGAZINE'S PC*TUTOR COLUMN
JUNE 11, 1985
1. HOW DO DESK UTILITY TELEPHONE DIALING PROGRAMS HELP?
2. DIF FORMAT DEFINED AND ILLUSTRATED
3. USING 4 COM PORTS ON THE PC
4. CHECKING THINGS OUT AFTER LIGHTENING STRIKES
5. RENAMING DIRECTORIES IN BASIC (PC VOL 4 NO 4)
PC MAGAZINE'S USER*TO*USER COLUMN
JUNE 25, 1985
1. TELEPHONE DIALING BATCH FILE THAT LETS YOU TALK
2. STRIPPING NEGATIVE NUMBERS AND ZEROS (PC VOL 4 NO 5)
3. USING THE DOS FIND FILTER WITHOUT QUOTES
4. CREATING LARGE LETTERS ON COLOR DISPLAYS
5. ENTERING ASCII CHARACTERS IN DEBUG (PC VOL 4 NO 6)
PC MAGAZINE'S PC*TUTOR COLUMN
JUNE 25, 1985
1. BINARY, HEXADECIMAL AND DECIMAL NOTATION
PC WORLD'S STAR*DOT*STAR COLUMN
JUNE 1985
1. LOCATING ERRORS IN COMPILER LISTINGS BY LINE NUMBER
IN PROGRAMS PREPARED USING MICROSOFT WORD
2. DRAWING BOXES WITH dBASE
3. USING COLOR WITH dBASE
4. CORRECTION TO DATEPACK.BAS (PCW JAN 85)