#commodore 128d

VIC-20 IBM PC AT C128D T1960CT

Downplaying its bimonthly status on its cover again, this issue had a number of articles on the graphical operating system GEOS, including one on how to create artwork with it.

Working in BASIC

Moving text and graphical files from a Commodore 64 or 128 to another computing platform (although by this point even some MS-DOS PCs would need five-and-a-quarter-inch floppy drives added to handle the transfer alluded to in the cover photo) was the feature article of this issue. It was promoted as “add capability to the computer you have and escape ‘IBM envy,’” with no breath of “part of moving on to something with more recent software.” (On a personal note, when my family moved on from our Tandy Color Computer 3 the computer we got didn’t have a five-and-a-quarter-inch floppy drive, and I pretty much left my not-that-good stories and own graphics files behind. Years later, though, I did sort out more recent methods of file transfer, and discovered those old floppies hadn’t given out yet...)

Its bimonthly status downplayed on the cover, this issue of RUN took a look at a desktop publishing program for the graphical operating system available for Commodore 8-bit computers.

I keep the following Commodore manuals within arms reach at my desk.

A repackaged Commodore 128 (now available in North America) with detachable keyboard and built-in floppy disk drive, an external disk using 3.5-inch floppies (reminiscent of a drive for the Apple II that had been available for a while), and a monitor to match featured in this issue.

Note that low serial number of 002013.