C=Hacking

Issue 14 (November, 1996)

Table of Contents

Features

The Commodore Telnet BBS

In this age of internetworked computer systems, is the Commodore left out? No way, as Bo Zimmerman describes how to coax your Commodore BBS system to play the networking game. Bo shows how to set up your BBS so that Internet users can "telnet" to your BBS from anywhere on the 'Net.

Bo Zimmerman

Menu Toolbox III

You've got this neat idea for a game, utility, or productivity application. The engine is complete and working, but the user interface is a mess. Do you scrap the project because you're not up to the task of writing a whole UI engine? Nonsense. Jeff presents a rich set of functions and subroutines to tame that killer application.

Jeff Jones

The CMD Nirvana: The Guts and Glory

Has your computer system started looking like the multi-headed beast from a "B" movie? Are you tired of having so many items on your desk? Do you envy IBM PC owners with their all-in-one computer? Well, if you answered YES! to any of the above, let Todd show you his souped up C128DCR. Learn how you, too, can "upgrade" your computer system and refine its image.

Todd S. Elliott

Jim Butterfield: The Commodore Guru - An Interview

Jim Butterfield has long been associated with the Commodore computer system, from the days of the KIM-1 to the present. Many of us learned machine language through Jim's articles or books, while most have benefitted from his early work on creating memory maps and documenting KERNAL routines for the Commodore line. Jim Lawless talks to the ubiquitous Commodore Guru.

Jim Lawless

Columns

Hi Tech Trickery: HEAVY MATH - Part 1: Introduction to Linear Programming (LP)

In part II of Alan's "Heavy Math" series, he moves right into Linear Programming and how to accomplish it on the C64. If you're still not sure what LP math is, read on, as you'll be surprised at which everyday problems fall into this category of mathematics.

Alan Jones

Hacking BASICs

Even as more and more programmers take up the ML flag and wave it proudly, there are many who either use BASIC entirely, or prototype pieces of code in BASIC before converting to ML. Richard outlines some common "gotchas" in the ever-present programming language.

Richard T. Cunningham

Twiddling the Bits: VIC-20 ROM Cartridge Exploration and Archiving

OK, VIC-20 enthusiasts, listen up. Resident VIC-20 cartridge expert Ward Shrake details exactly how the VIC-20 and its cartridges work together to allow the user to play games and use applications on cartridge. Ward details how to archive your collection of VIC carts, as well as how the computer recognizes and executes code on a cartridge.

Ward Shrake

Departments

The (cough, cough) Hacking Editor

Jim Brain

Input/Output

Newsfront

Hacking the Mags

UseNuggets

FIDO's Nuggets

Geoff Sullivan

The Hacking Review

Tom Warnes

Hack Surfing

Commodore Trivia

Jim Brain

? DS, DS$: rem The Error Channel

The Next Hack

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