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* Commodore Free magazine *
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www.commodorefree.com
Free Commodore Magazine
Volume 3 issue 3 (ISSUE 28)
Released March 2009
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* Editorial *
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First a big thanks to all the people
who took time to email me giving me
positive comments and encouragement,
I must say I didnt expect such a
number of emails of praise to arrive
in my inbox! I did receive a few
negatives but they criticized certain
layouts of the magazine and
interviews however these users did
make suggestions on ways to improve
so I cant call them complaints really
as they were helpful in producing a
better more polished magazine.
This issue is rather Forth
orientated, I was contacted by a
reader with an offer of a tutorial
about the programming language Forth,
its quite a long tutorial and the
reader suggested it not be split, but
would prefer the tutorial as is so I
hope you enjoy reading about the
Forth language, I also contacted a
Forth user group and asked some
questions you may like to read the
answers. I have never come across the
language before; it makes some
fascinating reading, if you want to
learn more then feel free to contact
me.
BASIC to MACHINE CODE
Ok I am trying to write a tutorial a
game that starts using Commodore
graphics and BASIC then extends into
using sprites then adding music and
finally finishes with a game in
machine code, this will run over a
number of issues, problem is, I am
definitely not a programmer and so am
requesting help to write this
tutorial, although there are a number
of machine code type tutorials there
is little taking the BASIC programmer
with a minimal amount of knowledge
into the real's of assembler or even
just BASIC game design and its
pitfalls. If you can help out in
anyway I would appreciate your input,
as a reward I can print your name in
the magazine, heck that must be worth
something.
BYTE BACK
As I write this Byte back is imminent
and it is sadly impossible for me to
attend due again to the back
problems, you could say the I am
"BACK BYTE" Argh thats a very poor
joke, thanks to everyone who
expressed concerns and although I
dont feel it I am assured the back is
getting better and will "fully
recover", or is that just because I
pay private and they want my custom
to continue, I suppose if they said
"you wont recover" then I would stop
paying for treatment.
CP/M
I am making a final push for you guys
to supply some information about
Cp/m, I have a little something to
put together for a future issue; but
I am a little disappointed that no
one has come forward saying they
used, or indeed still use CP/M with
there Commodore machines. Although
many people are still posting
messages about CP/M and Commodore on
various news groups and forums. I
guess these users are a little shy so
if you feel that way I can publish
your items anonymously if you so
wish.
Commodore Haters
Its sad that I found out some people
are attacking Commodore users via
email and forums criticizing
everything they do or post, Commodore
Free magazine tries to cater for all
users as I say every issue from
Beginners who have just acquired a
machine through to advanced users. I
know the main focus is on the
Commodore 64, but this is a special
machine for me as it holds so many
memories. If you have any Commodore
related news feel free to contact me.
Back to the haters then, we are
building up a list of user names and
I have successfully traced some users
back to ISPs (at cost to myself)
should I publish the information?
Well I am undecided at yet.
Regards
Nigel
www.commodorefree.com
www.commodorecomputerclub.co.uk
Editor Nigel Parker
Spellchecking Peter Badders
Disk image Build Al Jackson
Submissions Lord Ronin (in the
Beginning)
Paul Davis (beginning forth
tutorial)
Members Silicon Valley Forth
Interest Group (interview)
(http://www.forth.org/)
Forth Inc (http://www.forth.com)
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