| FEATURES |
| 13 |
ENTERTAINMENT TOMORROW: The Futurephone: A Broader View, Part I
Allen L. Wold
Packaging and transmitting information is one of the most pressing challenges of the future, and rapidly developing telephone technology will play a leading part in solving the intrinsic problems. |
| 15 |
THE WORLD CONNECTION: Establishing Your Own Bulletin Board Service
Tim Knight
Without a human operator (SYSOP) you have no BBS, and here are a few guidelines if you are thinking of starting your own BBS – equipment and software specifications, as well as responsibilities – the nuts and bolts of The World Connection. |
| 17 |
SILICON FASHIONS IN PARIS: A Conversation With E. de Senneville
Tyvek evening wear is only one of the hot, high-fashion ideas you’ll find in this informal interview with Paris designer, Elisabeth de Senneville. Haute couture and the computer meet and make friends. |
| 22 |
THE STATE OF COMPUTER ART: A Conversation with Arne Choate Flynn and Steve Birchall
More affordable systems, more colors, higher resolution, parallel processors, and improved software are the trends in computer graphics. Find out more in this engaging interview with Softside’s Special Projects Editor in graphics. |
| 28 |
FINANCIAL OPERATING SYSTEM: Explore Your Options
J. M. Keynes
PUT and CALL your way to untold riches. If the options market intrigues you, learn some important tricks of the trade in this installment, before you break out your bankroll. |
| 30 |
CALC/SIDE: The VisiCalc Spreadsheet Comes Home: Looking It Up – Getting It Right!
David Peters
Spreadsheets are spreadsheets, as roses are roses – almost. This time “VisiClone” users will welcome the news that their software shares many important features with the Cadillac of spreadsheets, including the pivotal LOOKUP function. |
| 35 |
WORKING IN THE FIELD: A Look at Art and Artists at SIGGRAPH ’83
Lisa Gillham
An artist views SIGGRAPH ’83, and paints vivid word portraits of recent computer art, proving that computers can enhance the development and execution of ideas. |
| 42 |
A WINDOW ON THE PAST
Saul Bernstein and Arne Choate Flynn
Peeking through the computer’s magic window at the mental processes of the old masters, we can see how they brought their paintings to life from successive layers of sketches. |
| 51 |
THE SOFT SIDE GALLERY
Arne Choate Flynn, Curator
Stroll through SoltSide’s First Computer Art Show and survey the broad range of styles and techniques artists are using in this new medium. |
| REVIEWS |
| 38 |
EPSON HX-20
Reviewed by Robert Hennessey
Free yourself from the power line, and give yourself a truly portable computing tool, with this powerful but compact “Notebook” computer. It includes everything the traveling executive or working poet needs on the road. |
| 40 |
TRANSTAR
Reviewed by Kenneth Close
How about a letter quality printer at a dot matrix price? A unique “AutoLoad” feature makes handling single sheets easy, and an optional attachment adds a tractor assembly if you need it. |
| 46 |
KOALA PAD
Reviewed by Arne Choate Flynn
This state-of-the-art position-sensing device answers the need for a “humanistic” means of input for artists who prefer methods that emulate traditional artistic strokes. |
| DEPARTMENTS |
| 6 |
Editorial |
| 7 |
Output |
| 8 |
The Data Stack |
| 12 |
Input |
| 60 |
The Sides of SoftSide |
| 102 |
Hints & Enhancements |
| 103 |
Bugs, Worms & Other Undesirables |
| 104 |
New Products |
| 106 |
MicroLog |
| 107 |
Machine Head |
| 108 |
Market/Side |
| 108 |
Advertiser’s Index |
| PC/SIDE |
| 61 |
Graphics Utility and Joypaint
Reviewed by Michael Callery |
| 65 |
PC BASIC A2.0
Reviewed by Michael Callery |
| COMMODORE/SIDE |
| 70 |
Sprite Master
Reviewed by Sharon Aker |
| 73 |
CEEMAC and Maestro
Reviewed by Andre Schklowsky |
| 78 |
The Graphic Solution
Reviewed by Roberta Schwartz |
| 80 |
GraFORTH
Reviewed by Tom Flynn |
| 82 |
Fontrix
Reviewed by Roberta Schwartz |
| 86 |
Apple Diskourse
by Cary W. Bradley
Learn how to incorporate disk files into your programs. |
| ATARI/SIDE |
| 88 |
Designs From Your Mind With Atari Graphics
Reviewed by Scott Berfield |
| 90 |
Versawriter
Reviewed by Spyder Webb |
| 93 |
PM Animator
Reviewed by Carl M. Firman |
| TRS-80/SIDE |
| 95 |
DOS+ 3.5
Reviewed by Robert C. Kyle |
| 98 |
NEWBASIC 2.0
Reviewed by Mark Renne |
| 100 |
VID 80
Reviewed by Mark Renne |
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