sabi RNG David Crane C16 SOFTWARE IN BUSINESS Pajig ic rececta tbCOMMODORE 64 (Joystick Compatible) Se ae aia —— 4 Om UW Mee eee ee ae Ee LORMAN CM CeO Ly Prec ir retal Cicer eerie tia) AEM A Mam C Nee Cta metec eA ccd eat POM CROP TIT TL)Editor Christopher Jenkins Production Editor Barbora Hajek Editorial Secretary Geraldine Smyth Group Advertisement Manager David Lake ‘Advertisement Manager Simon Langston Advertisement Executive ‘Simon La Fosse ‘Administration ‘Theresa Lacy Managing Ealitor Brendon Gore Publishing Director ‘Duncan Scot ‘Telephone Number {all departments) 1-437 4343, UK address Commodore Horizons, 12-13 Little Newport Street, London WC2H 7PP. US address Commodore Horizons, c/o Business Press International, 205 East 42nd ‘Street, New York, NY 10017. 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More programming hints, compliments and sa LCrstests) Profile We sure ain't afraid to talk to Kael * Ghostbuster, David Crane Staff of Karnath 25 Tony Kendle asks whether it's true that you just can’t get the staff any more Business special 29 Trevor Doherty tests out Audiogenic, Fieldmaster, Viza and Practicorp complaints, and Finkish adventures News desk 8 ‘The C128D, the Soft Aid compilation ape, and pics of Tie Na Nog Speculator 10 Whitby's Spectrum emulator software lets you run Sinclair Basic on the 64 Soft Hits Software file 38 Featuring our overdue C16 isting Data drives 40 John Cochrane on the Entrepo wafer drive, ‘Azimuth 3000 and related matters 49 Epson contest ‘Win an FX80 and Comprint interface C16 software check 54 in the shops, in in our round-up ‘Answer Back 56 ‘Technical questions astutely fielded Shoot the rapids 58 Bill Gregory’s chatty look atthe latest news Win a canoeing break from New from Compunet and Mieronet Generation [| Editorial [es IS COMMODORE stretching its resources too far? Certainly the company has the world’s best manufacturing set-up for home computers. In terms of sales, software support and availability of peripherals, there's no micro which can challenge the position of the ‘Commodore 64 ‘Commodore, though, seems to have lost faith in the small computer market, perhaps because of the relative failure of the C16 and Plus/4. The company’s future plans revolve around machines designed to compete with Apple's Macintosh and IBM's PC, both of Which are regarded in the American market as machines for use at home as well as in the © office ‘The C128, and the 128D version which has a builtin disk drive and detachable keyboard, are clearly aimed at the Macintosh market. In this area, although there is a certain amount of games software, the emphasis is on productivity and creative software — spreadsheets, databases, art’ packages, planners, and so on. The Hyperion, Commodore's IBM-PC compatible machine, will have to compete with similar machines from Zenith, Olivetti, Compaq and many others, Only ifthe cost is amazingly competitive will Commodore be able to conquer this market. The third option, the Amiga Lorraine ‘machine, is still very much an unknown quantity. Obviously Commodore would not have bought Amiga if the product had nothing new to offer — but where will the company find a new market? ‘The fact cemains that Commodore is determined to succsed in the business market. The 8000 series has achieved large sales without having a high publicity profile, and theoretically there's no reason why the new machines can't be equally successful, given ‘that Commodore clearly intends to push them hard. If the small computer market is 0 continue to be important, Commodore's forces will be divided between two sometimes conflicting interests. 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