Beat the spread with your Apple by DAVID COWLES and BILL MARQUARDT II Computing MagazineOCTOBER / NOVEMBER 1985Works with DOS 3.3 and ProDOS When the Miami Dolphins met the San Francisco 49’ers in the Superbowl last January, the “Vegas line” favored the Niners by three points. This “spread” meant that an even-money bettor on the […]
by MARGOT COMSTOCK II Computing MagazineOctober/November 1985 About the author — Margot Comstock was cofounder and editor of Softalk. It was great jun, but it was just one of those things. Not even ten years have passed since Steve Wozniak put together the very first Apple II. The industry that has grown up supporting it […]
II Computing Magazine V1N1October / November 1985 by PAUL COHEN About the Author Paul Cohen is a free-lance writer specializing in business and technology. He is also the former editor of the Atari Connection Magazine. Online Education More than 100 years ago, the first correspondence schools brought the opportunities of an emerging industrial society to […]
by NEIL SHAPIRO II Computing Magazine V1N1October / November 1985 About the Author Neil Shapiro is editor-in-chief of MacUser Magazine and is also chief sysop of the MAUG Apple Group on CompuServe. The World of Gaming The world of gaming on the Apple II is as varied as the people who own the machine. Creating […]
Works with DOS 3.3 and ProDOS.by STEPHAN SCHWIRZKE II Computing Volume 1 Number 1October / November 1985 The house is dark, and worse, it’s haunted! Ghosts appear out of nowhere and rush about trying to drive you away. You have been called in to rid the house of these ectoplasmic interlopers, which you can only […]
A CHANGE OF HEARTNew instructions grace the 65C02by MORGAN P. CAFFREY II Computing V1N1October / November 1985 About the Author Morgan P Caffrey is a programmer/ analyst concentrating on expert systems, databases and telecommunicatiom seftware. He was an early Apple II owner and former technical editor for Apple Orchard magazine. Assembly Language 65C02 The heart […]
By Tanya Kucak II Computing Volume 1 Number 1October / November 1985 In 1310, Giotto saw Halley’s Comet. Next year, Halley’s Comet will see Giotto. The first Giotto is the Florentine painter Giotto di Bondone (1266?-1337), who saw the comet from Padua, Italy. Fie depicted the comet as the Star of Bethlehem in his famous […]
by Donald Tattersfield II Computing Volume 1 Number 1October / November 1985 TRACK HALLEY’S COMET — Where to look, when to look HALLEY’S COMET 1985-1986 By now you must know — via newspapers, television and scientific journals — that Halley’s comet approaches. It last appeared in 1910. In the intervening time it has followed an […]
by James Capparell, Publisher II Computing Volume 1 Number 1October / November 1985 “Computers – the final frontier, these are the voyages ….” An unusual introduction to a new column perhaps, but as an old Star Trek fan, I remember it was an invitation like this that opened the door to “strange new worlds:’ The […]
DeWitt Robbeloth II Computing Volume 1 Number 1October / November 1985 The computer world was stunned in June when Apple Computer, Inc. announced, in effect, that cofounder and Chairman of the Board Steven Jobs had been unhorsed in a corporate joust with Apple’s President and Chief Executive Officer, John Sculley. Sculley convinced the Board of […]
Moves Muppets into software by MICHAEL CIRAOLO II Computing Volume 1 Number 1 October / November 1985 Christopher Cerf is a joy to be around. He’s a bright, bubbling man who’s always in motion – not with manic energy, but with the enthusiasm of someone who can’t stop having a good time. It isn’t easy […]
by DeWITT ROBBELOTH, EDITOR II Computing Volume 1 Number 1 October / November 1985 Thanks for giving us a chance to introduce ourselves. II Computing is a new magazine specifically for those of us who own or use some type of Apple II computer. That includes the II, II+, IIe and IIe and all future […]
II Computing MagazineOctober / November 1985 The following program was produced by Antic Publishing, Inc. for the II Computing Magazine “Action” disk which came with the magazine. 10 REM * II COMPUTING VOL.1 NO.120 REM * COPYRIGHT 198530 REM * ANTIC PUBLISHING, INC.40 GOSUB 30050 VTAB 5 + L * 2: HTAB H(L): PRINT ST$(L)60 […]