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Power/Play is Commodore's own magazine for
the VIC and the 64. This quarterly provides
official information and is largely home- and
beginner-oriented. A bimonthly, Commodore:
The Microcomputer Magazine is for more seri
ous and advanced users. Both magazines are
available from Commodore, 1200 Wilson
Drive, West Chester, PA 19380.
FOX 20 is a new monthly cassette magazine
of computer programs and articles. Because
the programs are on cassette, you save the
time it would take to type them; from P.O. Box
507, Deer Park, TX 77503.
Journal/20 is a new bi-weekly newsletter for
VIC owners, which has proven quite helpful
thus far; from P.O. Box 1149, Van Alstyne, TX
75095.
Commander is another monthly journal for
owners of Commodore computers; from P.O.
Box 98827, Tacoma, WA 98498.
USING A MODEM WITH YOUR
COMPUTER
Another way to get more information is via
your telephone and modem. Private (free/}
bulletin board systems have been set up in
most large cities across the U.S. You dial the
phone number of a computer bulletin board
system (BBS), and your screen shows messages
that other people have entered. Messages are
like short letters or questions addressed to a
specific person or to anyone in general who
wants to answer. The person who runs the
BBS is called the System Operator, or SYSOP.
The SYSOP will try to answer questions and
keep the bulletin board working properly. The
only costs are your telephone bill—and the
good will of an overworked, unpaid SYSOP or
your family when you spend too much time
on the phonel
PRIVATE BULLETIN BOARDS FOR
COMMODORE COMPUTERS
One impressive use of small computers is as
electronic bulletin boards. These are computer-
controlled message minders, generally available
at no charge, to anyone with a modem [see
Chapter 4, "Peripherals"). Simply plug your
VICMODEM or other modem in, then load
and run a software program that helps your
VIC or 64 communicate via modem. [Suitable
software programs usually include the word
terminal or term in the name.) Be sure your
modem is set up to originate a call, since that
is what you are going to do. Also be sure to
select the terminal option in your modem pro
gram. The last step is to dial the number of a
bulletin board system [abbreviated as BBS).
Here is a list of bulletin boards that are open
to anyone who uses Commodore equipment.
This list was current as this book went to
press, but bulletin boards often come and go
quickly. Bimonthly updates are printed in the
Midnite/PAPER.
STATE NAME/CITY HOURS
TIME
ZONE
PHONE SYSOP
IL Commodore, Chicago
IL Video King, Chicago
IL LYNX-LINE, Lincoln
IN AVC-Commline, Indianapolis
MA MASSPET, Boston
MO KCPUG, Kansas City
MO Commodore Communications,
St. Louis
TX RPCC, Dallas
WA NWCUG, Seattle
Wl SEWPUG, Racine
WY SE WYOMING PUG, Cheyenne
PR Caparra Heights Station,
Puerto Rico
ONT Nortec, Toronto
ONT PSI Word Pro, Mississauga
ONT RTC, Toronto
ONT TPUG, Toronto
24 hrs. CST
24 hrs. CST
9:30 p.m.-8 a.m. CST
24 hrs. EST
7 p.m.-9 a.m. EST
24 hrs. CST
24 hrs. CST
5 p.m.-8 a.m.
24 hrs.
24 hrs.
24 hrs.
8p.m.-8a.m.
24 hrs.
Evenings
24 hrs.
24 hrs.
CST
PST
CST
MST
AST
EST
EST
EST
EST
[312)397-0871
(312)674-6502
(217)735-3331
(317)255-5435
(617)824-4878
(816)356-2382
(314)625-4576
(214)996-7994
(206)743-6021
(414)554-9520
(307)637-6045
(809)781-0350
Keith Peterson
Gene Alper
Jim Strasma
Tim Renshaw
David Rogers
Rick West
Tony Ott
Don Lambert
Dean Johnson
Tim Tremmel
Roger Kesslar
Julio Martinez
[416)487-5833 David Bradley
(416)624-5431 Steve Punter
[416)884-6198 Peter Smith
[4I6J223-2625 David Williams
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