Commodore World Volume 1, Issue 4

avatar
(Edited)


Cover of Commodore World Volume 1, Issue 4

I think that Commodore World was the last professional Commodore 8-bit magazine published in the U.S. It was published bi-monthly in the mid to late 1990s. This issue isn't dated that I see but I believe it would have been from near the end of 1994. Issue number four of Commodore World includes:

Features

  • Telecommunications - A guide to getting online with your Commodore 64.

  • A Glossary of Telecommunications Terms - Definitions for terms such as "baud", "BBS", and "echo", as well as modem communications standards and much more.

  • Bad File Names - How to fix various file problems on Commodore 64 disks.

Reviews

  • Software: Fun Graphics Machine - A review of this high-resolution graphics editor that can be used for desktop publishing and to create everything from video titles to business cards and much more.

  • Games: Miniviews - Brief reviews of Menace (Psygnosis), The Amazing Spider-Man (Paragon), Marble Madness (Electronic Arts), Laser Squad (MicroIllusions), and Skate or Die (Electronic Arts).

  • Hardware: Boca 144EW Fax/Data Modem - A detailed review of this 14.4Kbps modem.


Table of Contents from Commodore World Volume 1, Issue 4

Columns

  • Just For Starters - A guide for computer beginners on the types of software available for the Commodore 64 and what they can be used for.

  • Foreign Exchange - A look at the Flash 8, an add-on for the Commodore 64 that provides a 65C816 CPU and up to 8 MHz speeds.

  • Graphic Interpretation - A guide to importing and exporting graphics to and from GEOS.

  • geoProgrammist - Using macros and managing memory in GEOS.

  • BASIC Instincts - The third installment of a five part series on building a large game called Starship Combat.

Departments

  • From The Editor - Planned obsolescence in the computer world.

  • BackTalk - Letters from readers about the first issue of the magazine.

  • Just Asking - Questions answered about the CBM 8032 printer and GEOS, gamepads for the C64, using larger disks under CP/M, and more.

  • On The Horizon - Disposition of Commodore's assets after bankruptcy still undetermined; Grapevine Group ceases operations; CMD releases GeoCable II which can be used to connect printers to The C64's parallel port for high speed printing; Commodore RoundTable on GEnie offers gifts to new members; and more.


Back cover of Commodore World Volume 1, Issue 4

Read more: https://www.megalextoria.com/wordpress/index.php/2025/07/16/commodore-world-volume-1-number-4/



Check out my other Social Media haunts (though most content is links to stuff I posted on Hive or re-posts of stuff originally posted on Hive):

Wordpress: https://www.megalextoria.com/wordpress
Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/darth-azrael
X: https://x.com/Darth_Azrael
Blogger: https://megalextoria.blogspot.com/
Odyssee: https://odysee.com/@Megalextoria:b
Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-2385054
Daily Motion: https://www.dailymotion.com/Megalextoria


Books I am reading or have recently read:

Red Star Falling by Steve Berry.
A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians by H.G. Parry
The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 by Rick Atkinson


Mine Monero in your browser!
Earn Gridcoin while also helping various scientific projects by sharing your computer's idle CPU time!





0
0
0.000
3 comments
avatar

8 MHz seems like a lot to us today. I wonder what it will be like in ten years' time when we look back and judge the technology we use today.
Hardware advances tend to get faster and faster.

0
0
0.000