80 Microcomputing - 1988

80 Microcomputing - Volume 96 - January, 1988

Issue Information: Volume # 96 Date 01/88 Pages 100 Load-80 No Table of Contents:         On The Cover 28 Special Delivery Bruce Tonkin Make the most of your mailing list with our full-featured program 42 Testing All Keys Dale Rogerson Display ASCII and scan codes for any key you prress. 49 Same Old Routines George King Recycle often-used routines for efficient programming. 56 Blazing Black and White Joel S Avren Print out Microillustrator graphics on a plain dot-matrix printer. 72 The 80 Micro Annual Index All the features and reviews from 1987 by category. 82 Sounding Off on the 1000 Hardin Brothers Learn how to take advantage of the 1000's unique sound capabilities. Departments 6 The 80 Micro Disk Series Index 8 Side Tracks Michael E Nadeau 11 Feedback Loop edited by Beverly Woodbury 15 Pulse Train by Ron White 19 Info Line compiled by Mark E. Reynolds 24 Reviews edited by Mark E. Reynolds PC-Sprint l000A, Dayflo Tracker, Macro Assembler 5.0, Silk 1.0, Xchange, Printer Marshall 70 Fine Lines Harry Bee 77 Reader Forum edited by Mare-Anne Jarvela 80 How to Use 80 Micro Program Listings 94 Input

80 Microcomputing - Volume 97 - February, 1988

Issue Information: Volume # 97 Date 02/88 Pages 114 Load-80 No Table of Contents:         On The Cover 34 Demystifying Config.SYS Lewis Rosenfelder Use this DOS file to create an ideal computing environment for you. 49 Help Yourself! David Goben Make your own pull-down windows. 47 The Amazing Shrinking Program Robert W Gipson Condense or expand your Basic programs as needed. 48 Basic as Fast As It Can Harry Bee Tips to get more speed from Basic programs. 61 Ready, Aim, Fire! Dale Rogerson Delete multiple files quickly from a disk directory. 91 Sounding Off On the 1000: Encore Hardin Brothers Use these programs to make music. Departments 6 The 80 Micro Disk Series Index 8 Side Tracks Michael E Nadeau 10 Feedback Loop edited by Beverly Woodbury 14 Pulse Train Ron White 24 Info Line compiled by Mark E Reynolds 28 Reviews edited by Mark E. Reynolds Norton Utilities 4.0 and Advanced Edition; Ability Plus; Checks & Balances; Lap-Link 2.05; Smartwatch; T/Master; Popdrop 76 How to Use 80 Micro Program Listings 84 Reader Forum edited by Mare-Anne Jarvela 86 Fine Lines Harry Bee 91 The Next Step Hardin Brothers 108 Input

80 Microcomputing - Volume 98 - March, 1988

Issue Information: Volume # 98 Date 03/88 Load-80 No Table of Contents:         On The Cover 30 The 1000 TX: Vive la Difference David A. Williams How does Tandy's top 1000 model compare with the rest of the PC-compatible world? 36 Menus a la Carte William McMullan Design your menus for reuse. 41 Files by Number David Lithauser Call up data files with just one keystroke. 46 Page Previewer Dale Rogerson See how your document will appear on paper before you print it. 51 The Big Backup David A Williams An orderly approach is best when backing up a hard drive's files. Departments 6 The 80 Micro Disk Series (Load 80) 8 Side Tracks Michael E Nadeau 13 Feedback Loop 16 Pulse Train Ron White 20 Info Line compiled by Mark E. Reynolds 26 Reviews Keynotes, Xywrite III Plus, Show Me!, American Investor and Millionaire II, EZ-Forms Executive 1.2, Bookmark 1.2 65 Advertiser Index 66 Reader Forum 68 Fine Lines Harry Bee 70 How To Use 80 Micro Program Listings 71 The Next Step Hardin Brothers 80 Input Quarterly Directory July-September 1987 July Tally and Track, p. 44; Taking Stock of Your Stock, p. 50; The No-Nonsense Disk Editor, p. 63; Easy Labels, P. 87; John's MS-DOS Column, p.84; Fixes and Updates, p. 87 August Data to Order, p. 69; Communal Data Entry, p. 75; Test Tester; p. 78 September Calendars to Go, p. 73 October-December 1987 October Life Above 640K (Turbo Pascal), p. 44; Land of the Bulging Files, p. 56 November Make It Snappy, p. 44; No More Pencils, No More Rulers, p. 57 December Add Pizzazz to Your Characters, p. 46; Label Your Disks ... Automatically, p. 69 January - March 1988 January Special Delivery, p. 28; Testing All Keys, p. 42; Same Old Routines, p. 49; The Next Step, p. 82 February Help Yourself!, p. 41; The Amazing Shrinking Program, p. 47; Ready, Aim, Fire!, p. 61; The Next Step, p, 91 March Menu a la Carte, p. 36; Files by Number, p. 41; Page Previewer, p. 46; The Next Step, p. 71

80 Microcomputing - Volume 99 - April, 1988

Issue Information: Volume # 99 Date 04/88 Load-80 No Pages 86 TOSEC 80 Microcomputing v99 (1988)(CW Communications) Table of Contents: FEATURES 28 Smaller Is Bigger John M. Gregg Adding a 3-1/2 inch drive to your 1000 is cheap and easy. 33 Sending Printer Codes from Your 1000 Bill Newmiller Learn how to write batch and command files that give you greater control over your printer. 39 Tandy's 1000 HX: Easy Home Companion Eric Grevstad Innovative ideas hit the home market in the right spot. 43 Making Macros Jack Alban Save keystrokes by assigning often-used key combinations to macro commands. 51 A Routine to Watch Over Me Leonard Jackson Catch typing mistakes on the fly with this error-trapping subroutine. DEPARTMENTS 6 The 80 Micro Disk Series Index 8 Side Tracks Michael E. Nadeau 10 Feedback Loop 16 Pulse Train Ron White 18 Info Line 22 Reviews Konan KXP-230Z, Drive Maximizer, Universal Keyboard Adapter, Enhanced Keyboard, Magic Mirror, Microhelp Utility, Zoom / Moderm HC 2400, Rightwriter 2.1 65 Index to Advertisers 69 Reader Forum 70 Fine Lines Harry Bee 72 How to Use 80 Micro Program Listings 73 The Next Step Hardin Brothers 80 Input

80 Microcomputing - Volume 100 - May, 1988

Issue Information: Volume # 100 Date 05/88 Load-80 No Pages 86 Size 54.1MB Table of Contents: FEATURES 26 Low-Cost Integrated Software Eric Grevstad We compare the top five contenders. Which is best for you? 30 Integrated Alternatives Eric Grevstad Don't need all the features usually found in integrated packages? Check out these products. 34 David S. Veale The Tandy 1400 LT: MS-DOS to Go Tandy hits a bull's-eye in the PC-compatible laptop market. 36 Maximizing NiCad Life Joe Carr Money- and battery-saving tips for the laptop user. 41 To Graph Where None Have Graphed Before Gerry Lennox Create line, pie, and bar graphs from data in Deskmate's spreadsheet module. 47 David Williams Make a Note of It Save great ideas, to-do lists, or whatever in a pop-up notepad. DEPARTMENTS 6 The 80 Micro Disk Series Index 8 Side Tracks Michael E. Nadeau 10 Feedback Loop 16 Pulse Train Ron White 18 Info Line 22 Reviews Asksam 4.0, Varsity Scripsit, Dac-Easy Accounting, DOS Help!, Tech Help!, Word for Word 63 How to Use 80 Micro Program Listings 65 Index to Advertisers 66 Fine Lines Harry Bee 68 Reader Forum 70 The Next Step Hardin Brothers 80 Input

80 Microcomputing - Volume 101 - June, 1988

Issue Information: Volume # 101 Date 06/88 Load-80 No Pages 84 Size 53.0MB Table of Contents: FEATURES 27 User's Guide To Tandy 1000 Add-Ons David S. Veale Our editors round up a herd of hardware upgrades that will help you get the most from your Tandy. 36 Adding an XT-type Hard Drive To Your 1000 David S. Veale The secret to making hard drives compatible with the 1000 is in the disk controller. 38 The All-Important ROM BIOS Alan L. Zeichick Installing the latest ROM BIOS version ensures greater compatiblility. 43 The Virtues of A Virtual Disk Jack Alban Cut access time by using part of the computer's RAM as a pseudo disk drive. 49 Unconventional Characters Lorenzo Jimenez Briceno Print customized characters with your DMP 105 or DMP 106 printer. 54 Video Hardcopy Ed Clinton Print out text files on your screen before sending them to your printer. DEPARTMENTS 6 The 80 Micro Disk Series Index 8 Side Tracks Michael E. Nadeau 10 Feedback Loop 16 Pulse Train Ron White 18 Info Line 22 Reviews Memory Mate, Quicken 2.0, Excel, Hard Disk Management with MS-DOS and PC-DOS, In/o-XL 1.0, Supramodem 2400, Nibble Theory 2.1 65 Index to Advertisers 70 How to Use 80 Micro Program Listings 71 Reader Forum 72 Curious Notions Harry Bee 74 The Next Step Hardin Brothers 80 Input