| FEATURES |
| 6 |
CALC/SIDE: “Whatiffing” With VisiCalc
by David Peters
Visicalc’s powerful recalculation feature opens the door to the fun of “whatiffing.” You can see instantly the effects of substituting alternative sets of values for your variables. |
| 8 |
ENTERTAINMENT TOMORROW: The Office of the Future
Allen L. Wold
Computerized offices open the door to new working environments and lifestyles. Telecommuting is the next step in the evolution of the workplace. |
| 12 |
THE WORLD CONNECTION: MicroNet: Sophisticated Network Services
Tim Knight
For the advanced network user, CompuServe® offers a variety of programming languages, powerful word processors, and even group games. |
| 14 |
TAUGHT TO THE TUNE OF A SILICON CHIP
Peter J. Favaro
Computers can do more than drills and rote memorization exercises they can teach how to use ideas and make judgements. |
| 22 |
THE CRISIS IN EDUCATION: Can the Computer Help?
Saul Bernstein
The controversy over the direction education has taken over the last twenty years is hotter than ever. |
| 26 |
MICRO REVOLUTION IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Steve Birchall
Many colleges are beginning to integrate personal computers into the curriculum. The applications in arts and humanities, as well as in science and engineering are surprising – and exciting. |
| 34 |
CULTIVATING CREATIVITY
Wes and Leslie Horlacher with Susan Kenney.
Creativity is distinctively human but computers lend themselves to automating the execution of creative ideas. |
| 36 |
TEACHING SOFTWARE
Arne Choate Flynn with Michael Callery and Tom F1ynn
Does computer literacy result from a course in BASIC or from a course in VisiCalc? Find out in this in depth discussion of computer literacy. |
| 40 |
SCHOOLING WITH SOFTWARE
by Peter J. Favaro
See what Peter Favaro has to say about some important educational software, publications and materials for the new wave of microcomputers appearing in schools across the country. |
| 44 |
CES: Computers Capture the Consumer Electronics Show
Steve Birchall
The CES used to be an audio show. In 1983, everything took a back seat to computers at this enormous electronic extravaganza. |
| 51 |
FINANCIAL OPERATING SYSTEM: I’ll Buy the Empire State Building
J. M. Keynes
Let the pigeons fall for the get-rich-quick pitches of the “rental scam” seminars. Your computer can help you examine the real potential of rental property. |
| 61 |
KIDS AND COMPUTERS
Reviewed by Judy Neyhart
Parents and teachers are taking an ever closer look at where computers fit into the lives of children. |
| DEPARTMENTS |
| 3 |
Editorial |
| 4 |
Input/Output |
| 62 |
The Sides of SoftSide |
| 88 |
Hints and Enhancements |
| 89 |
Bugs, Worms & Other Undesirables |
| 90 |
New Products |
| 94 |
Market / Side |
| 95 |
Machine Head |
| 9 |
Advertisers’ Index |
| ATARI/SIDE |
| 63 |
Exploring The Atari Frontier
by Alan J. Zett
Continuing the discussion of Player / Missile Graphics, Alan Zett shows how to make your displays come alive through animation. |
| 70 |
Speed Reading
Reviewed by Steven Oliver II |
| 72 |
ABC Compiler
Reviewed by Carl Firman |
| APPLE/SIDE |
| 75 |
Apple Diskourse
Cary W. Bradley
This installment moves away from a semitechnical, utility orientation to tutor Apple users in how to use DOS and incorporate disk functions within your programs. |
| 78 |
Music Theory Software
Reviewed by Steve Birchall |
| TRS-80/SIDE |
| 82 |
Weerd
Reviewed by Mark Renne |
| 83 |
Jabbertalky
Reviewed by Mark Renne |
| 86 |
Facts In Five
Reviewed by Robert Gray |
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