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Name:	SoftSide Magazine
Issue:	Vol 5 No 06 / Issue 27
Date:	March, 1982
Publisher:	SoftSide Publications
Size:	46.8MB
Pages:	102
TOSEC:	SoftSide Magazine Vol 5 No 06 [I] (1982)(SoftSide Publications)
Status:	INCOMPLETE

Table of Contents:

FRONT RUNNER
23	Hexapawn by Carl Bevington Hexapawn is a marker game played on a three-by-three grid that gets harder to win the more you play. The computer is given a set of operating instructions that enable it to improve its decision-making ability based on the success or failure of previous decisions.
FEATURES
14	Entertainment Tomorrow by Allen L. Wold and Fred D'Ignazio The authors speculate about whether holograms could be used in the presentation of three-dimensional games and the role computers could play in the process. They give a brief introduction to projection and transmission holography and how holograms are produced by lasers.
18	Sensuous Programmer by "J" "J" boldly leaps off the deep end and gives an introduction to TRS-80, Apple and ATARI graphics.
21	Computer Graphics by Joan R. Truckenbrod Using the same principles as those in making inkblot patterns, combine horizontal and vertical reflections to generate patterns with your computer.
96	Machine Head by Spyder Webb
SPECIAL FEATURE
36	File Matcher by Jon Voskuil Let your computer compare listings of different versions of the same program.
DEPARTMENTS
5	Editorial
6	Input
8	Hints and Enhancements
9	Bugs, Worms, and Other Undesirables
10	Calendar
11	Outgoing Mail
94	New Products This month we have a new department in SoftSide. New Products introduces DatasaverTM, Dragon's Eye, The Data Reporter, a variety of cases for your hardware, and more.
APPLE/SIDE
38	Enhanced Disk Version PEEKER/POKER by Mike Westerfield Examine and change sectors of Apple II disks.
40	Programs THE MAGICAL SHAPE MACHINE by Tom Keith This graphics utility provides an easy way to create and manipulate shapes.
47	GRAVITY-FLOAT TRACE by Robert A. Pritchett This real-time Lo-Res game will test your coordination and timing.
53	Review BRODERBUND SOFTWARE'S APPLE PANIC reviewed by Hartley G. Lesser
55	COMMANDing BASIC by Michael Prescott Learn how to use the Applesoft Ampersand function and how to implement it with a minimum of Machine Language.
ATARI/SIDE
58	Enhanced Disk Version THE CURSE OF THE PHARAOH by Peter Kirsh Can you find and return the two rubies to the eyes of the mummy in the pyramid?
60	Programs INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE CONTRACTORS by Phillip Case and Patrick Maloney Our translation contest winner lets you try to become chairman of the board in this business management simulation.
65	OUTER SPACE ATTACK by Sheldon Leemon Maneuver your laser base and destroy the wave of aliens before they bomb you or get past the horizon.
69	Articles TAKE-APART OUTER SPACE ATTACK by Sheldon Leemon The Player/Missile graphics and other graphics techniques used in Outer Space Attack are explained
72	RANDOM FILES WITH ATARI DOS I by Odino Ciai and Luis Wuhl How to fix your ATARI DOS I to take care of problems with random files.
71	Review K-BYTE'S K-RAZY SHOOT-OUT reviewed by Sheldon Leemon
TRS-80/SIDE
74	Enhanced Disk Version WARPATH by Ron Potkin You can take the side of the Indians or the troopers in this two-player game of strategy and skill.
76	Programs KILLER CARS by Richard Kipp Equip your vehicle with armor, machine guns, lasers and other weapons in order to destroy your opponent's car.
85	STAKE YOUR CLAIM by Rik Pierce No claim jumping allowed in this two-player strategy game where you try to peacefully settle land in the old west.
90	Review ADVENTURE INTERNATIONAL'S STARFIGHTER reviewed by Dave Albert and Alan J. Zett
92	Article DOSPLUS - HOW IT'S BETTER by Alan J. Zett New DOS features on the TRS-80 DV are explained.

Ira Goldklang's TRS-80 Revived Site SoftSide Magazine - Volume 5, Number 6

Ira Goldklang's TRS-80 Revived Site

SoftSide Magazine - Volume 5, Number 6