home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
Loadstar 17
/
017.d81
/
comal #10
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
2022-08-26
|
3KB
|
146 lines
├╧═┴╠ ├╧╥╬┼╥ #6
===== ====== ==
BY: ╩OEL ┼LLIS ╥EA
┴UGUST SURE TURNED OUT TO BE
A MORE INTERESTING MONTH FOR ├╧═┴╠ITES
THAN ╔ THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE. ╔
THOUGHT IT WOULD BE AN ANTI-CLIMAX
AFTER ╩ULY'S ═┴╥├┴ ╞AIR, BUT ENOUGH
HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN THE COMPUTER
INDUSTRY THAT BOTH DIRECTLY AND
INDIRECTLY AFFECTS ├╧═┴╠ THAT ┴UGUST
TURNED OUT TO BE AN IMPORTANT MONTH
AFTER ALL!
╞OR STARTERS, ─AVID ╘AMKIN (WHOSE
╨LAY╬┼╘ SCREEN NAMES INCLUDE ─AVID ╘,
╔NSANI ╘, ╠UNA ├ AND ├RAY ┌) HAS IN-
TRODUCED US TO ANOTHER MULTI-USER IN-
FORMATION SERVICE CALLED "╨EOPLE╠INK"
(OR "╨╠INK", FOR SHORT). ╒NLIKE ╨LAY-
╬┼╘, ╨╠INK DOES NOT REQUIRE A PROPRIE-
TARY TERMINAL PROGRAM TO BE RUNNING ON
THE USER'S COMPUTER. ╘HUS, IT IS NOT
LIMITED TO ├OMMODORE 64'S (AND 128'S)
LIKE ╨LAY╬┼╘ IS.
╘HERE IS A THIRD CHOICE FOR A PLACE
TO ELECTRONICALLY MEET. ╘HAT IS ╤UAN-
TUM╠INK, WHICH WAS DEMONSTRATED AT
THE ═┴╥├┴ ╞AIR. ┬ASICALLY, IT IS A
NEW AND IMPROVED ╨LAY╬┼╘. ╔NDEED,
BOTH THE HOST AND TERMINAL SOFTWARE IS
LICENSED BY ╤UANTUM ├OMPUTER ╙ERVICES
FROM ╨LAY╬┼╘, ╔NC. ╙O, IT LOOKS LIKE ╔
MAY BE REPORTING ON MEETINGS ON 3
DIFFERENT NETWORKS BEFORE LONG!
╧THER NEWS IS THE INTRODUCTION OF
THE ├OMMODORE 128. ╔T IS HIGHLY
UNLIKELY THAT A VERSION OF ├╧═┴╠ WILL
COME OUT FOR THE 128. ├╧═┴╠ 0.14 WORKS
FINE IN THE 64 MODE, BUT THE 2.0
CARTRIDGE SEEMS TO HAVE PROBLEMS,
PROBABLY DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF POWER IT
DRAWS FROM THE 128'S POWER SUPPLY. ╘HE
CURRENT ├┬═ (BLACK) ╥╧═ VERSION OF THE
CARTRIDGE, WHICH USES LESS POWER THAN
THE ╚ANDIC (TAN) ┼╨╥╧═ VERSION, MAY
WORK FINE. ╔ ONLY HAVE THE OLDER
┼╨╥╧═ CART, SO ╔ CAN'T TEST IT MYSELF.
═Y╘ECH IS WORKING ON A VERSION OF
├╧═┴╠ FOR THE ═ACINTOSH. ╙INCE THE
NEW ┴MIGA IS ALSO A GRAPHICS-ORIENTED
(AND HOW!) 68000-BASED MACHINE, AND
SINCE ═Y╘ECH WRITES THEIR ├╧═┴╠ SYS-
TEMS IN ├ INSTEAD OF ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE
(MAKING FOR EASIER PORTABILITY), A
═Y╘ECH ┴MIGA ├╧═┴╠ IS A DISTINCT
POSSIBILITY!
╔N ├╧═┴╠ ╘╒╘╧╥ THIS MONTH, WE SHOW
THE MOST IMPORTANT FEATURES OF ├╧═┴╠:
╨╥╧├EDURES AND ╞╒╬├TIONS. ╒P TO NOW,
MOST OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING COULD
BE DONE IN ┬┴╙╔├, BUT THE CONCEPT OF
╨╥╧├EDURES AND ╞╒╬├TIONS (ALSO KNOWN
AS SUBPROGRAMS) ENABLES PROGRAMMING TO
BE DONE ONE STEP AT A TIME.
╔ HOPE TO SEE YOUR ├╧═┴╠ SUBMISSIONS
COMING IN SOON.
** ╬╧╘┼ **
╘HE ╨╠┴┘╬╧╘┼╙ FOR THIS MONTH WILL
APPEAR IN THE NEXT ISSUE OF ╠╧┴─╙╘┴╥.
╚APPY ├╧═┴╠ING!
=========== ┼ND OF ┴RTICLE ===========