Compute! (August 1987)

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Cover of the August 1987 issue of Compute!


Compute! was a multiformat magazine that covered a variety of popular machines. It was one of the better magazines in this category, especially if you wanted something more home computer oriented and a little less technical than Byte. The August 1987 issue includes:

Features

  • Compute!'s Readership Survey - A survey for readers that asks questions like what kind of computer you use, what kind of applications, etc. This was used in part to determine coverage in future issues.

  • CES and COMDEX: A Tale of Two Cities - Comparing the Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago with COMDEX in Atlanta. Both were big shows for electronics and computer software and hardware.

  • >Climber 5 - A type in game for the Commodore 64, Atari, Amiga, Apple II, and PC in which you must climb to the top of a building to retrieve a baseball while avoiding various obstacles.

Reviews

  • Bank Street Writer Plus - A word processor for the Apple II line and the IBM PC.

  • Might and Magic - The classic fantasy RPG reviewed here for the Apple II.

  • Space M+A+X - A simulation in which you must make money operating a space station for the IBM PC.

  • Realms of Darkness - Another role-playing game, this one from Strategic Simulations (SSI) for the Apple II and Commodore 64.




Table of Contents from the August 1987 issue of Compute!


Columns and Departments

  • The Editor's Note - Recent advancements in superconductivity and its implications for computing.

  • Readers' Feedback - Readers write in about the future of 5.25" disks, checking the CAPS key on the Atari 130XE, the importance of saving a typed-in program before running it, upgrading an Amiga CPU, and more.

  • Computers and Society: The Next Gutenberg Revolution - Desktop publishing becomes more affordable with the introduction of Atari's laser printer for the ST.

  • The World Inside the Computer: Robert Evans Meets the Xerox 4020 - A look at a new printer from Xerox featuring ink jet technology.

  • Microscope - A look at IBM's new PS/2 line (an their marketing), and some comparisons with the Atari ST and Amiga.

  • Telecomputing Today: A Conversion Experience - Issues converting an old MacWrite disk to a new system with a utility download coming to the rescue.

  • The Beginner's Page: Program Loops - A look at GOTO, FOR-NEXT, and WHILE-END loops in BASIC.

  • IBM Personal Computing: What to Do About Junior - The merits of upgrading a PCjr (or lack thereof) vs. getting a whole new PC.

  • AmigaView: All About Icons - Creating your own icons.

  • ST Outlook: Page Flipping - A tutorial for flipping between multiple display screens.

  • INSIGHT: Atari - Graphics: From BASIC to ML - A look at how Atari BASIC converts graphics commands to machine language.

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     2 days ago  

    I don't know if I've ever read an issue of this magazine. But seeing the date on that issue brought me down to memory lane. I was computer science freshman student at the time, having shifted to it from computer engineering in another university I enrolled at a year prior.

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       2 days ago  

      ahh yes the old compute magazine, we use to sell them in our tobaco store in Amsterdam back in those days :)

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        Incredible! It should be an interesting reading and update in that period! Thanks for sharing 😃

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