RUN

Volume 3, issue 6 (June, 1986)

Table of Contents

Features

GEOS:

Remember when the C-64 was considered a computer with limited capabilities? Well, GEOS, the new operating system from Berkeley Softworks, has changed that impression by tapping the hidden potential of the C-64, unleashing a powerful computer with features that rival those of much higher-priced micros.

Matthew Stern

In Search of the Perfect Printer, Part II

Still haven't determined which printer is best for you? To help you decide, here's the conclusion of our look at popular printers for Commodore owners.

Tim Walsh

Give Your C-128 More Character

Now you can redesign any or all of 512 characters and use them in your C-128 and C-64 programs.

Frederick Goddard

Grolier - Leading the Way In Education

An interview with Kathleen Hurley, vice-president of Grolier Electronic Publishing.

Margaret Morabito

Education in Canada - A Favorable Climate For Commodores

Here's a look at what our northern neighbors have been doing with Commodore computers in their schools.

Gail Hook

Arithme-Sketch

This program gives children a grand time as they practice addition and subtraction, and every correct answer earns one minute of drawing time on the low-resolution screen.

James Pellechi

The C-64 Goes to Second Grade

Find out how one second-grade teacher is motivating her students to learn through creative uses of the computer.

Kay Gore

Easy Disk-File Conversion

Having trouble with your file formats? These C-64 utilities make translating between sequential and program files a breeze.

Ken Strange

Quick Merge!

Save yourself the trouble of retyping your handy subroutines by letting your computer and disk drive do all the work.

Richard De A'Morelli

Departments

Publisher's Message

RUNning Ruminations

Magic

$2EF: File finder
$2F0: GET with flashing cursor
$2F1: Datapointer for the C-64
$2F2: C-64 line counter
$2F3: Printer-width fix
$2F4: Tempo and the metronome
$2F5: C-128 error trapping
$2F6: C-128 terminal program
$2F7: C-128 function keys
$2F8: Halley's Comet revisited
$2F9: Super-simple scheluding program

Louis F. Sander

Software Gallery

Chem Lab; Transylvania; A Bat Stats 64; Pipeline; Programmers' Basic Toolkit; Ultima IV: Quest of The Avatar

Susan Tanona

Basically Speaking: The Dynamic Keyboard

Here's your chance to eplore the dynamic keyboard and to learn how to save memory by adding and deleting lines while your programs run.

William W. Braun, Jim Borden

Telecomputing Workshop

Robert Sims

The Resource Center

This month - two Commodore support services; Commodore's thrid-party developers; the Young Astronaut Program; new on-line education SIG.

Margaret Morabito