DITOR'S ESK
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AM | 00000410: 48 41 50 50 59 20 54 4F 20 52 45 50 4F 52 54 20 |HAPPY TO REPORT | 00000420: 54 48 41 54 2C 20 42 45 47 49 4E 4E 49 4E 47 20 |THAT, BEGINNING | 00000430: 4E 45 58 54 20 4D 4F 4E 54 48 2C 20 D5 50 D4 49 |NEXT MONTH, .P.I| 00000440: 4D 45 20 57 49 4C 4C 20 42 45 47 49 4E 20 54 4F |ME WILL BEGIN TO| 00000450: 20 49 4E 43 4C 55 44 45 20 C3 31 32 38 20 50 52 | INCLUDE .128 PR| 00000460: 4F 47 52 41 4D 53 20 4F 4E 20 54 48 45 20 44 49 |OGRAMS ON THE DI| 00000470: 53 4B 20 49 4E 20 41 44 44 49 54 49 4F 4E 20 54 |SK IN ADDITION T| 00000480: 4F 20 C3 36 34 20 50 52 4F 47 52 41 4D 53 2E 20 |O .64 PROGRAMS. | 00000490: 20 D7 48 49 4C 45 20 4F 55 52 20 49 4E 49 54 49 | .HILE OUR INITI| 000004A0: 41 4C 20 50 52 45 53 45 4E 54 41 54 49 4F 4E 53 |AL PRESENTATIONS| 000004B0: 20 57 49 4C 4C 20 42 45 20 4F 4E 20 41 20 42 49 | WILL BE ON A BI| 000004C0: 54 20 4F 46 20 41 20 54 52 49 41 4C 20 42 41 53 |T OF A TRIAL BAS| 000004D0: 49 53 2C 20 48 4F 50 45 46 55 4C 4C 59 20 57 45 |IS, HOPEFULLY WE| 000004E0: 20 57 49 4C 4C 20 42 45 20 41 42 4C 45 20 54 4F | WILL BE ABLE TO| 000004F0: 20 50 52 4F 56 49 44 45 20 C3 31 32 38 20 53 55 | PROVIDE .128 SU| 00000500: 50 50 4F 52 54 20 4F 4E 20 41 20 52 45 47 55 4C |PPORT ON A REGUL| 00000510: 41 52 20 42 41 53 49 53 20 46 41 52 20 49 4E 54 |AR BASIS FAR INT| 00000520: 4F 20 54 48 45 20 46 55 54 55 52 45 2E 0D 0D 20 |O THE FUTURE... | 00000530: 20 20 20 20 D4 48 49 53 20 4D 4F 4E 54 48 2C 20 | .HIS MONTH, | 00000540: 54 48 4F 55 47 48 2C 20 57 45 20 41 52 45 20 50 |THOUGH, WE ARE P| 00000550: 4C 45 41 53 45 44 20 54 4F 20 50 52 45 53 45 4E |LEASED TO PRESEN| 00000560: 54 20 41 20 4E 45 57 20 43 4F 4C 55 4D 4E 20 57 |T A NEW COLUMN W| 00000570: 52 49 54 54 45 4E 20 46 4F 52 20 D5 50 D4 49 4D |RITTEN FOR .P.IM| 00000580: 45 20 42 59 20 D2 4F 42 45 52 54 20 D2 4F 43 4B |E BY .OBERT .OCK| 00000590: 45 46 45 4C 4C 45 52 20 54 49 54 4C 45 44 20 D0 |EFELLER TITLED .| 000005A0: D2 CF C7 D2 C1 CD CD C9 CE C7 20 D7 C9 D4 C8 20 |.......... .... | 000005B0: CD C1 C3 C8 C9 CE C5 20 CC C1 CE C7 D5 C1 C7 C5 |....... ........| 000005C0: 2E 20 20 D3 4F 4D 45 20 4F 46 20 59 4F 55 20 4D |. .OME OF YOU M| 000005D0: 41 59 20 52 45 43 4F 47 4E 49 5A 45 20 CD 52 2E |AY RECOGNIZE .R.| 000005E0: 20 D2 4F 43 4B 45 46 45 4C 4C 45 52 27 53 20 4E | .OCKEFELLER'S N| 000005F0: 41 4D 45 20 46 52 4F 4D 20 54 48 45 20 53 45 56 |AME FROM THE SEV| 00000600: 45 52 41 4C 20 50 52 4F 47 52 41 4D 53 20 48 45 |ERAL PROGRAMS HE| 00000610: 20 48 41 53 20 48 41 44 20 50 55 42 4C 49 53 48 | HAS HAD PUBLISH| 00000620: 45 44 20 49 4E 20 D5 50 D4 49 4D 45 2C 20 41 53 |ED IN .P.IME, AS| 00000630: 20 57 45 4C 4C 20 41 53 20 49 4E 20 4D 41 4E 59 | WELL AS IN MANY| 00000640: 20 4F 54 48 45 52 20 C3 36 34 20 50 52 4F 47 52 | OTHER .64 PROGR| 00000650: 41 4D 4D 49 4E 47 20 4A 4F 55 52 4E 41 4C 53 2E |AMMING JOURNALS.| 00000660: 20 20 D4 4F 20 48 49 53 20 43 52 45 44 49 54 2C | .O HIS CREDIT,| 00000670: 20 48 45 20 48 41 53 20 57 52 49 54 54 45 4E 20 | HE HAS WRITTEN | 00000680: 41 20 56 45 52 59 20 50 4F 50 55 4C 41 52 20 57 |A VERY POPULAR W| 00000690: 4F 52 44 20 50 52 4F 43 45 53 53 4F 52 20 46 4F |ORD PROCESSOR FO| 000006A0: 52 20 54 48 45 20 C3 36 34 2C 20 52 45 50 52 4F |R THE .64, REPRO| 000006B0: 44 55 43 45 44 20 49 54 20 46 4F 52 20 54 48 45 |DUCED IT FOR THE| 000006C0: 20 31 32 38 2C 20 41 4E 44 20 50 52 4F 56 49 44 | 128, AND PROVID| 000006D0: 45 44 20 43 4F 4E 53 54 41 4E 54 20 50 52 4F 44 |ED CONSTANT PROD| 000006E0: 55 43 54 20 55 50 47 52 41 44 45 53 20 41 4E 44 |UCT UPGRADES AND| 000006F0: 20 53 55 50 50 4F 52 54 20 46 4F 52 20 54 48 45 | SUPPORT FOR THE| 00000700: 4D 20 42 4F 54 48 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 20 D7 45 |M BOTH... .E| 00000710: 20 57 4F 55 4C 44 20 4C 49 4B 45 20 54 4F 20 54 | WOULD LIKE TO T| 00000720: 41 4B 45 20 54 48 49 53 20 4F 50 50 4F 52 54 55 |AKE THIS OPPORTU| 00000730: 4E 49 54 59 20 54 4F 20 57 45 4C 43 4F 4D 45 20 |NITY TO WELCOME | 00000740: D2 4F 42 45 52 54 20 41 42 4F 41 52 44 20 41 53 |.OBERT ABOARD AS| 00000750: 20 41 20 52 45 47 55 4C 41 52 20 4D 4F 4E 54 48 | A REGULAR MONTH| 00000760: 4C 59 20 43 4F 4E 54 52 49 42 55 54 4F 52 2E 20 |LY CONTRIBUTOR. | 00000770: 20 C8 49 53 20 43 4F 4C 55 4D 4E 20 57 49 4C 4C | .IS COLUMN WILL| 00000780: 20 50 52 4F 56 49 44 45 20 D5 50 D4 49 4D 45 20 | PROVIDE .P.IME | 00000790: 52 45 41 44 45 52 53 20 57 49 54 48 20 55 4E 49 |READERS WITH UNI| 000007A0: 51 55 45 20 49 4E 53 49 47 48 54 20 49 4E 54 4F |QUE INSIGHT INTO| 000007B0: 20 54 48 45 20 49 4E 4E 45 52 20 57 4F 52 4B 49 | THE INNER WORKI| 000007C0: 4E 47 53 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 20 C3 4F 4D 4D 4F |NGS OF THE .OMMO| 000007D0: 44 4F 52 45 20 36 34 2E 0D 0D 0D 0D 0D 20 20 20 |DORE 64...... | 000007E0: 20 20 D7 48 49 4C 45 20 4F 4E 20 54 48 45 20 53 | .HILE ON THE S| 000007F0: 55 42 4A 45 43 54 20 4F 46 20 4E 45 57 20 43 4F |UBJECT OF NEW CO| 00000800: 4C 55 4D 4E 53 2C 20 C9 E0 41 4C 53 4F 20 57 41 |LUMNS, ..ALSO WA| 00000810: 4E 54 20 54 4F 20 41 53 4B 20 59 4F 55 52 20 4F |NT TO ASK YOUR O| 00000820: 50 49 4E 49 4F 4E 20 4F 4E 20 41 4E 4F 54 48 45 |PINION ON ANOTHE| 00000830: 52 20 50 52 4F 4A 45 43 54 2C 20 4F 4E 45 20 57 |R PROJECT, ONE W| 00000840: 45 20 57 4F 55 4C 44 20 4C 49 4B 45 20 54 4F 20 |E WOULD LIKE TO | 00000850: 50 52 45 53 45 4E 54 20 54 4F 20 59 4F 55 20 49 |PRESENT TO YOU I| 00000860: 4E 20 54 48 45 20 4E 45 41 52 20 46 55 54 55 52 |N THE NEAR FUTUR| 00000870: 45 2E 20 20 D4 49 54 4C 45 44 20 22 C4 C5 C2 D5 |E. .ITLED "....| 00000880: C7 20 C6 CF D2 D5 CD 22 2C 20 D5 50 D4 49 4D 45 |. .....", .P.IME| 00000890: 20 57 4F 55 4C 44 20 4C 49 4B 45 20 54 4F 20 41 | WOULD LIKE TO A| 000008A0: 52 52 41 4E 47 45 20 41 20 57 41 59 20 46 4F 52 |RRANGE A WAY FOR| 000008B0: 20 4F 55 52 20 52 45 41 44 45 52 53 20 54 4F 20 | OUR READERS TO | 000008C0: 46 49 4E 44 20 53 4F 4C 55 54 49 4F 4E 53 20 54 |FIND SOLUTIONS T| 000008D0: 4F 20 50 52 4F 47 52 41 4D 4D 49 4E 47 20 50 52 |O PROGRAMMING PR| 000008E0: 4F 42 4C 45 4D 53 20 54 48 41 54 20 4D 41 59 20 |OBLEMS THAT MAY | 000008F0: 44 45 56 45 4C 4F 50 20 44 55 52 49 4E 47 20 41 |DEVELOP DURING A| 00000900: 20 50 52 4F 47 52 41 4D 4D 49 4E 47 20 50 52 4F | PROGRAMMING PRO| 00000910: 4A 45 43 54 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 20 C8 4F 57 45 |JECT... .OWE| 00000920: 56 45 52 2C 20 54 48 45 20 53 4F 4C 55 54 49 4F |VER, THE SOLUTIO| 00000930: 4E 20 57 4F 55 4C 44 4E 27 54 20 4E 45 43 45 53 |N WOULDN'T NECES| 00000940: 53 41 52 49 4C 59 20 42 45 20 50 52 4F 56 49 44 |SARILY BE PROVID| 00000950: 45 44 20 46 52 4F 4D 20 41 4E 59 4F 4E 45 20 4F |ED FROM ANYONE O| 00000960: 4E 20 54 48 45 20 D5 50 D4 49 4D 45 20 53 54 41 |N THE .P.IME STA| 00000970: 46 46 2E 20 20 D2 41 54 48 45 52 2C 20 57 45 20 |FF. .ATHER, WE | 00000980: 57 4F 55 4C 44 20 4C 49 4B 45 20 54 4F 20 42 45 |WOULD LIKE TO BE| 00000990: 20 41 42 4C 45 20 54 4F 20 50 52 45 53 45 4E 54 | ABLE TO PRESENT| 000009A0: 20 54 48 45 20 50 52 4F 42 4C 45 4D 20 54 4F 20 | THE PROBLEM TO | 000009B0: 4F 55 52 20 52 45 41 44 45 52 53 20 41 4E 44 20 |OUR READERS AND | 000009C0: 53 45 45 20 57 48 41 54 20 53 4F 4C 55 54 49 4F |SEE WHAT SOLUTIO| 000009D0: 4E 53 20 54 48 45 59 20 43 4F 4D 45 20 55 50 20 |NS THEY COME UP | 000009E0: 57 49 54 48 2E 20 20 D4 48 41 54 27 53 20 4E 4F |WITH. .HAT'S NO| 000009F0: 54 20 54 4F 20 53 41 59 20 54 48 41 54 20 57 45 |T TO SAY THAT WE| 00000A00: 20 57 4F 55 4C 44 4E 27 54 20 41 44 44 52 45 53 | WOULDN'T ADDRES| 00000A10: 53 20 54 48 45 20 50 52 4F 42 4C 45 4D 20 4F 55 |S THE PROBLEM OU| 00000A20: 52 53 45 4C 56 45 53 2C 20 42 55 54 20 4D 4F 52 |RSELVES, BUT MOR| 00000A30: 45 20 54 4F 20 53 45 45 20 54 48 45 20 4D 41 4E |E TO SEE THE MAN| 00000A40: 59 20 44 49 46 46 45 52 45 4E 54 20 57 41 59 53 |Y DIFFERENT WAYS| 00000A50: 20 41 20 50 41 52 54 49 43 55 4C 41 52 20 50 52 | A PARTICULAR PR| 00000A60: 4F 42 4C 45 4D 20 4D 49 47 48 54 20 42 45 20 53 |OBLEM MIGHT BE S| 00000A70: 4F 4C 56 45 44 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 20 D7 45 20 |OLVED... .E | 00000A80: 4E 45 45 44 4E 27 54 20 52 45 53 54 52 49 43 54 |NEEDN'T RESTRICT| 00000A90: 20 54 48 49 53 20 4E 45 57 20 43 4F 4C 55 4D 4E | THIS NEW COLUMN| 00000AA0: 20 54 4F 20 50 49 45 43 45 53 20 4F 52 20 50 41 | TO PIECES OR PA| 00000AB0: 52 54 53 20 4F 46 20 43 4F 44 45 2C 20 45 49 54 |RTS OF CODE, EIT| 00000AC0: 48 45 52 2E 20 20 D0 45 52 48 41 50 53 20 57 45 |HER. .ERHAPS WE| 00000AD0: 20 43 4F 55 4C 44 20 54 41 4B 45 20 41 20 53 48 | COULD TAKE A SH| 00000AE0: 45 4C 4C 20 4F 46 20 41 20 50 52 4F 47 52 41 4D |ELL OF A PROGRAM| 00000AF0: 20 41 4E 44 2C 20 54 48 52 4F 55 47 48 20 54 48 | AND, THROUGH TH| 00000B00: 45 20 50 41 52 54 49 43 49 50 41 54 49 4F 4E 20 |E PARTICIPATION | 00000B10: 4F 46 20 53 45 56 45 52 41 4C 20 52 45 41 44 45 |OF SEVERAL READE| 00000B20: 52 53 20 49 4E 20 4F 55 52 20 41 55 44 49 45 4E |RS IN OUR AUDIEN| 00000B30: 43 45 2C 20 43 4F 4E 53 54 52 55 43 54 20 41 20 |CE, CONSTRUCT A | 00000B40: 50 52 4F 47 52 41 4D 20 4F 46 20 43 4F 4D 50 4C |PROGRAM OF COMPL| 00000B50: 45 58 20 44 45 53 49 47 4E 20 41 4E 44 20 56 45 |EX DESIGN AND VE| 00000B60: 52 59 20 48 49 47 48 20 51 55 41 4C 49 54 59 2E |RY HIGH QUALITY.| 00000B70: 20 20 CF 52 20 54 41 4B 45 20 41 20 50 52 4F 47 | .R TAKE A PROG| 00000B80: 52 41 4D 20 54 48 41 54 20 4D 49 47 48 54 20 42 |RAM THAT MIGHT B| 00000B90: 45 20 43 4C 4F 53 45 20 54 4F 20 43 4F 4D 50 4C |E CLOSE TO COMPL| 00000BA0: 45 54 49 4F 4E 20 42 55 54 20 48 41 56 45 20 4F |ETION BUT HAVE O| 00000BB0: 4E 45 20 4F 52 20 4D 4F 52 45 20 44 49 46 46 45 |NE OR MORE DIFFE| 00000BC0: 52 45 4E 54 20 41 4E 44 20 41 53 53 4F 52 54 45 |RENT AND ASSORTE| 00000BD0: 44 20 42 55 47 53 20 49 4E 20 49 54 2C 20 41 4E |D BUGS IN IT, AN| 00000BE0: 44 20 48 41 56 45 20 4F 55 52 20 52 45 41 44 45 |D HAVE OUR READE| 00000BF0: 52 53 48 49 50 20 46 49 4E 49 53 48 20 54 48 45 |RSHIP FINISH THE| 00000C00: 20 50 52 4F 4A 45 43 54 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 20 | PROJECT... | 00000C10: D4 48 45 52 45 20 43 4F 55 4C 44 20 41 43 54 55 |.HERE COULD ACTU| 00000C20: 41 4C 4C 59 20 42 45 20 41 20 56 45 52 59 20 43 |ALLY BE A VERY C| 00000C30: 52 45 41 54 49 56 45 20 50 52 4F 47 52 41 4D 20 |REATIVE PROGRAM | 00000C40: 44 45 56 45 4C 4F 50 45 44 20 4F 55 54 20 4F 46 |DEVELOPED OUT OF| 00000C50: 20 41 20 50 52 4F 4A 45 43 54 20 4C 49 4B 45 20 | A PROJECT LIKE | 00000C60: 54 48 49 53 2C 20 4F 4E 45 20 54 48 41 54 20 57 |THIS, ONE THAT W| 00000C70: 4F 55 4C 44 20 42 45 20 43 52 45 44 49 54 45 44 |OULD BE CREDITED| 00000C80: 20 D4 CF 20 41 4C 4C 20 4F 46 20 4F 55 52 20 D5 | .. ALL OF OUR .| 00000C90: 50 D4 49 4D 45 20 52 45 41 44 45 52 53 2C 20 C6 |P.IME READERS, .| 00000CA0: CF D2 20 41 4C 4C 20 4F 46 20 4F 55 52 20 52 45 |.. ALL OF OUR RE| 00000CB0: 41 44 45 52 53 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 CC 45 54 20 |ADERS... .ET | 00000CC0: 55 53 20 4B 4E 4F 57 20 57 48 41 54 20 59 4F 55 |US KNOW WHAT YOU| 00000CD0: 20 54 48 49 4E 4B 21 0D | THINK!. |
..... FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK......
. DAVE HAMMOND.
EDITOR.. PUBLISHED BY.
VIKING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.. IN 1986,
WHEN WORD WAS GIVEN TO BEGIN DEVELOPMENT
OF AN UPTIME DISK FOR COMMODORE MACHINE
S, AN IMPORTANT DECISION HAD TO BE MADE-
WHICH MACHINE WOULD WE SUPPORT: THE C64
, THE C128, OR BOTH? FOR MANY REASONS,
NOT LEAST OF WHICH WAS THE OVERWHELMING
POPULARITY OF THE C64 (AND, WE MUST ADMI
T, THE HUGE INSTALLED BASE OF C64 USERS)
, THE DECISION WAS MADE TO SUPPORT ONLY
THE ONE MACHINE, THE COMMODORE 64...
SINCE THE RELEASE OF THE FIRST DISK, I
HAVE RECEIVED MANY, MANY INQUIRIES AS TO
WHETHER OR NOT UPTIME PLANS TO PROVIDE
ANY PROGRAMMING SUPPORT FOR THE COMMODOR
E 128. FOR A LONG TIME NOW, MY RESPONSE
HAS BEEN THAT THE MAGAZINE WAS DEVELOPE
D ON A C64, HAS AS ITS PRIMARY AUDIENCE
C64 USERS, AND THAT UPTIME COULD BE RUN
ON THE C128 IN C64 EMULATION MODE. WELL
, NOTHING IS FOREVER AND THAT ALSO GOES
FOR ATTITUDES FOUND IN THE EDITORIAL OFF
ICES OF A DISK MAGAZINE... SO, I AM
HAPPY TO REPORT THAT, BEGINNING NEXT MON
TH, UPTIME WILL BEGIN TO INCLUDE C128 PR
OGRAMS ON THE DISK IN ADDITION TO C64 PR
OGRAMS. WHILE OUR INITIAL PRESENTATIONS
WILL BE ON A BIT OF A TRIAL BASIS, HOPE
FULLY WE WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE C128 SU
PPORT ON A REGULAR BASIS FAR INTO THE FU
TURE... THIS MONTH, THOUGH, WE ARE P
LEASED TO PRESENT A NEW COLUMN WRITTEN F
OR UPTIME BY ROBERT ROCKEFELLER TITLED P
ROGRAMMING WITH MACHINE LANGUAGE. SOME
OF YOU MAY RECOGNIZE MR. ROCKEFELLER'S N
AME FROM THE SEVERAL PROGRAMS HE HAS HAD
PUBLISHED IN UPTIME, AS WELL AS IN MANY
OTHER C64 PROGRAMMING JOURNALS. TO HIS
CREDIT, HE HAS WRITTEN A VERY POPULAR W
ORD PROCESSOR FOR THE C64, REPRODUCED IT
FOR THE 128, AND PROVIDED CONSTANT PROD
UCT UPGRADES AND SUPPORT FOR THEM BOTH..
. WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTU
NITY TO WELCOME ROBERT ABOARD AS A REGUL
AR MONTHLY CONTRIBUTOR. HIS COLUMN WILL
PROVIDE UPTIME READERS WITH UNIQUE INSI
GHT INTO THE INNER WORKINGS OF THE COMMO
DORE 64...... WHILE ON THE SUBJECT O
F NEW COLUMNS, I.ALSO WANT TO ASK YOUR O
PINION ON ANOTHER PROJECT, ONE WE WOULD
LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU IN THE NEAR FUTUR
E. TITLED "DEBUG FORUM", UPTIME WOULD L
IKE TO ARRANGE A WAY FOR OUR READERS TO
FIND SOLUTIONS TO PROGRAMMING PROBLEMS T
HAT MAY DEVELOP DURING A PROGRAMMING PRO
JECT... HOWEVER, THE SOLUTION WOULDN
'T NECESSARILY BE PROVIDED FROM ANYONE O
N THE UPTIME STAFF. RATHER, WE WOULD LI
KE TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THE PROBLEM TO
OUR READERS AND SEE WHAT SOLUTIONS THEY
COME UP WITH. THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT WE
WOULDN'T ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OURSELVES,
BUT MORE TO SEE THE MANY DIFFERENT WAYS
A PARTICULAR PROBLEM MIGHT BE SOLVED...
WE NEEDN'T RESTRICT THIS NEW COLUMN
TO PIECES OR PARTS OF CODE, EITHER. PE
RHAPS WE COULD TAKE A SHELL OF A PROGRAM
AND, THROUGH THE PARTICIPATION OF SEVER
AL READERS IN OUR AUDIENCE, CONSTRUCT A
PROGRAM OF COMPLEX DESIGN AND VERY HIGH
QUALITY. OR TAKE A PROGRAM THAT MIGHT B
E CLOSE TO COMPLETION BUT HAVE ONE OR MO
RE DIFFERENT AND ASSORTED BUGS IN IT, AN
D HAVE OUR READERSHIP FINISH THE PROJECT
... THERE COULD ACTUALLY BE A VERY C
REATIVE PROGRAM DEVELOPED OUT OF A PROJE
CT LIKE THIS, ONE THAT WOULD BE CREDITED
TO ALL OF OUR UPTIME READERS, FOR ALL O
F OUR READERS... LET US KNOW WHAT YOU
THINK!.
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