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ISSUE 19

FEBRUARY/MARCH 1997

COMMODORE

WORLD

THEHMraUUUlIINE IOH CrjUWQUORt «4 « iliUSIItl

10 geoPile: A Dynamic Pactec For GEOS Users byBruce Thomas

Gel in kmn\-/«]»■geoFUemay fillyoursimpledatabase requirements.

12 Commodore's Main Distributor by k. DateSidebottom

hirst in a three-pan series mi how one writerviews CMD'j role.

22 Commodore Demos by sherryFreediine

team how WDC's superprocessor differs from what you're used to.

26 Geaning Out thf GEOS Closet byGaelyne K. Gossan

Get some hoi lips on drawing new members In your group.

General Managee

Charles R. Christiansen

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Editor

Doug Cotton

Columns

16 Graphic Interpretation by

Making GEOS boot disks isii 'I hard ifyou have the right toot.

18 DEMOMANIA bySherryFreediine

Take n lour ofihe best demo offeringsfrom 1996.

22 CaCRIEG DETECT by Gaeiyneli. Gossan

Online ASCII confusion getting 10 you'.' Look for clarification here!

24 Jusr For Starters byJason Compton

Alternatives forgelling more speedfrom yourdisk drive.

28 GeoPrOGRAMMIST byMauriceRandall

Morefun with programming under GEOS.

30 BASIC Instincts byDougCotton

Some BASICtipsforspeedydevelopment.

32 Assembly Line byDougCotton

Dealing wilh a geoCabie becomes an easy thing lo do.

34 816 BEAT by Doug Cotton

The new SuperRAM curdplus in-depth timing info on the SuperCPU 64.

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Advertising Sale;

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Graphic Acts

DougCotton

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Electronic Pre-Press & Pointing

Mansir/Holden

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CoverDesign byDougCotton

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~¥itstafewweeksagotheemployeesofCreativeMicroDesignsandCommodore

i WorldweretreatedtooneofNewEngland'sharshestspringstormstodate.

%J us naturedumpedsometwofeelofheavysnowinourarea. Someofuswere

without powerfor a couple of days and I personally had rhe great fortune of

having a tree split, partfalling in myyardandtheoilierpartacrossmydriveway.

Bui weall survived, and while there wasa lot i>fcleaningup todoafterwards, the

real damage was minimal.

In the realm oftoday's Commodore market, we're sometimes challanged by

similarstorms, both as usersandas suppliers. Largesetbacks happenfrom time

to time, (old we simply do what we must to weather the storm. At Commodore

Worldwe'vehadourshareof'storms'. thoughpossiblynonesobadaslhat which

we've recently been through. The storm Ispeak ofhere is the loss ofsubscribers

wehave seen in thepastfew months, which has been ratherdramatic. Sadly, our

loss is also the Commodore community's loss, as the vast majorityofthose whom

have let their subscriptions lapse have done so because they simply aren't

actively using Commodore computers anymore.

Sad as this may be. we've carefully analyzed the situation, and taken what we

feel are the necessary steps to keep Commodore World in production. Without

thispublication, many ofthe remaining users and suppliers would simply cease

to exist in the Commodore market. This considered, we feel a strong obligation

to do whatever we can to make sure that we're aroundfor a long time to come.

Yet. thepublicationmust work within thebudgetaryconfinements dictatedhy the

size ofthe subscriber base.

While many ofthe changes will be evident directly in ourpages, possibly one

ofthe largest is not—we'll no longer have an assistant editor to help create

Commodore World. This makesputting thepublication together thatmuch more

difficult. However, we've easedthatsomewhat by reducing the numberofpages,

a step that was necessary in any case to reduce cost. With reducedpages comes

the obvious loss ofsome regular columns, though we've tried 10 pad the impact

of that by constraining some of the larger columns to fewer pages. This will

fluctuatefrom time to lime, however, as particular subjects need more or less

space. We'll also probably see some of the old columns make occasional

appearances when room permits, so don't count them out entirely.

Meanwhile, there are some positive things happening as well. We've had a

small surge in new advertisers, and there a couple in the wings that mayjoin in

soon. New releases, while coming slowly, are indeedcoming. So hold on toyour

keyboards—we not done yet, not by a long shot!

Doug Cotton

Editor

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