
program called XRcopy,  which is simply the fastest and best copy 
utility ever created for the ADAM.

While  it  will not copy your individual programs or files  (that 
can  be done with EZfileXFER contained on  MegaDISK),  XRcopy  is 
simply amazing. It allows the use of all the available area above 
what  you have used for your files.  In other words,  you can use 
this program after you have stored several files to your ramdisk, 
and your files are not disturbed.

If  there is enough room in your ramdisk,  XRcopy will  read  the 
entire  contents of your medium into the buffer,,  and then  make 
your copy in one pass.

What a time saver this is. It's great!

One feature of XRcopy.,  that we have found indispensable, is the 
repeat function.  This multi-copy function will allow you to make 
multiple  copies  just  by pressing the  RETURN  KEY.  For  users 
groups,  ADAM  retailers,,  or anyone who wishes to make  several 
copies of a package, this will save you much needed time.

One  other feature that we found indispensable is the block check 
function.   This  option allows you to cheek your Tapes/Disk  for 
bad spots (or blocks).

When you have finished using XRcopy,  you can then "GET" a direc-
tory  of another Tape/Disk and then 'RUN" another  program.   You 
can also -rename, delete,, files with this same function.

Please  -remember  that  it is illegal to  distribute  copies  of 
copyrighted software.

One last note on using this package.  Even though Digital Express 
always supplies excellent instructions;  some of us just go right 
ahead  and try to use a software package before we  have  studied 
the documentation.

With  XRAMpack I,  I strongly suggest that you read the  instruc-
tions  thoroughly before proceeding.  This will help prevent  you 
from encountering any potential problems.
 
One  sour note to this package is that it WILL NOT work with  the 
RAMDSK program from Walters Software Company. This incompatibility
problem can cause some software duplication.

With the above complaint aside, this is a fantastic package which 
we highly recommend.

RATING - A

UNCLE ERNIE'S TOOLKIT:

One  of  the most important utilities that all ADAM  owners  MUST 
have  is  some kind of backup program.  If you have  not  already 
experienced the low of an important software package because of a 
bad block, sooner or later you will.

This  first  thing you should do after purchasing a new  software 
program,  is to make a backup copy,  and then store your original 
in a safe place.  Failure to do so,  could cause you to buy  that 
important software title twice,  or you could loose hours of work 
you done on SmartWRITER, thus having to start all over again.

One  of the better backup utility program packages available  for 
the  ADAM is Uncle Ernie's Toolkit.  This series of programs will 
allow  you  to copy nearly all of your most  important  soft-ware 
such as SmartBASIC, ADAMCALC, SmartFILER, SmartLOGO, etc.

The main program on this package is the toolkit program,  with it 
you  can copy your software,  scan your tapes/disks to  determine 
what  is stored on each block,  find/restore lost/deleted  files, 
modify your software,  and check for bad blocks.   The  'Toolkit' 
does all this, and does it using very easy to use menus.

In doing all of the above procedures, the

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VOLUME I NUMBER 1	Copyright 1987 Strategic Software

Today,  a  United  States  software company unveiled a  bold  new 
program  for the ADAM Family Computer.  Strategic  Software,  the 
largest  and  most innovative developer of Coleco  ADAM  software 
products,  released NewsMAKER.  NewsMAKER, the first true desktop 
publishing  program  for  this  system  contains  many   powerful 
features.  As powerful as it is,  NewsMAKER is incredibly easy to 
use.  There are no commands to remember,  everything is displayed 
in simple English right at your fingertips.

NewsMaker is not the first product to bear the Strategic Software 
name.  Their  other  quality  products include the  very  popular 
SignSHOP,  ProofREADER,  MultiWRITE, MicroWORKS, PaintMASTER, and 
TurboLOAD.  As stated, NewsMAKER contains many powerful features. 
It  allows  you  to  design  very  complex  documents  containing 
precisely  placed text and picture elements.  These elements  are 
referred to as blocks.  These block's may be positioned  anywhere 
on an 8/12 x 11 page.  They may be resized and justified as well. 
If  desired,  NewsMAKER  will automatically flow your  text  from 
block  to  block.  A feature usually found in desktop  publishing 
systems costing hundreds of dollars more.  Actually,  at  $26.95, 
NewsMAKER,  may  be the lowest priced software of its kind on the 
market today.   NewsMAKER's picture capability is quite extensive 
as well. Picture blocks are treated the same way text blocks are. 
They  may  be resized and repositioned at any  time.  A  powerful 
picture  editor is included with NewsMAKER which lets you  create 
your own pictures and headlines (in two different type styles) or 
it can convert any SignSHOP picture file for use with  NewsMAKER. 
Strategic  Software  has provided several graphic and  newsletter 
samples to get you started.

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"Toolkit"  uses a six block copy buffer.  This small buffer  size 
will  require the user to swap media several times  when  copying 
with only one drive. Thus, when using one drive, the copy process 
can be rather slow.

If you need a faster copy program, Uncle Ernie's Toolkit provides 
a  faster  block-only copy program called  Quickback.  This  copy 
program  uses  a 20K copy buffer for much faster copies  - Unlike 
the 'Toolkit',  you will need to know the correct blocks you-need 
to copy in order to use this program correctly,  or you can  just 
copy all the blocks on the medium.

Supplied  with  the package is a 30 page instruction manual  that 
fully  explains how to use all the programs.  The author spent  a 
lot  of  time  on the the documentation so you will  be  able  to 
understand how to use all the features contained on this package.

Two  features that are lacking on this package is the ability  to 
copy individual files, and the other thing that this program WILL 
NOT do is copy some of the Super Games such as Donkey Kong Jr.

For  many  of  you,  the first thing to consider  in  a  software 
program  is it's usefulness VS price.  This is one  feature  this 
package  has  over some others.  At only $10.95,  this is a  real 
bargain.

All in all, this is a good software utility package.

RATING - B

BEGENNING SmartBASIC

Beginning with this issue,  we will be studying how to program in 
SmartBASIC.  For  many  of you,  this series should help  you  to 
understand the fundamentals to Basic programming.  We will  start 
with the very basics, and work up in our study with each succeed-
ing issue.

Before we start., 'boot' (or load) SmartBASIC. To do this, insert 
your SmartBASIC data pack and pull A computer reset. When a black 
screen appears., and you see a 'blinking, cursor, we are ready to 
begin.

Using the Adam's keyboard., type the following and press <RETURN> 
after each line:

]NEW

]100 PRINT " HERE IS AN EXAMPLE"

] 110 PRINT "OF A PROGRAM IN"

] 120 PRINT "SMARTBASIC."

There is our first SmartBASIC program. Remember to press <RETURN> 
after  each line.  Each time you entered a line,  and pressed the 
return key, ADAM responded with a right square bracket. The right 
square  bracket (1) is ADAM's signal to us that the  computer  is 
ready for our next instruction. Unlike some other computers, ADAM 
will   tell  you.   when  you  make  a  mistake  in  entering  an 
instruction.  When  this occurs,  you can either enter  the  line 
again,  or  move the cursor with the arrow keys) under the entire 
line., making the changes where needed, and then pressing return. 
This procedure will save you much needed.  time when you need  to 
edit a program line.

The first thing we did with our program was to prepare ADAM for a 
new  program.  New  erases any SmartBASIC program in  the  ADAM's 
memory.  Naturally,  you  should never type NEW unless you really 
mean it.
The old program is NOT recoverable.  So, use the command NEW with 
great caution.

Our program consists of three

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BEGENNING SmartBASIC CONTINUED

statements.  Each  statement is labeled with a line  number.  The 
ADAM will accept line numbers up to 65535.

After the second 1, we typed:

100 PRINT "HERE IS AN EXAMPLE"

and pressed the RETURN key. The ADAM responded by showing a blank 
line and then another right bracket.  We then typed the next  two 
lines  in the same manner.  Each of these three statements is  an 
example of the PRINT statement, When a program is RUN, each PRINT 
statement  is an instruction to the computer that something is to 
be  printed  out to the screen of the TV monitor  and/or  on  the 
paper of a printer.

]RUN HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF A PROGRAM IN SMARTBASIC.

Next,  we typed RUN and pressed the RETURN key.  In this case, as 
with  the NEW instruction,  we did not give a line number to  the 
instruction.  The  presence of a line number label means that the 
current line is to be stored for later use by ADAM.  The  absence 
of  a line number label means that ADAM will immediately  process 
whatever  is on the line as an instruction.  The RUN  instruction 
may  also  be followed by a line number that names a line in  the 
program  where  the run should begin.  For example,  to  get  our 
little program to display "SMARTBASIC", simply enter run 120 (and 
press return).

As with all other computers, the ADAM is really not very smart. A 
computer can only follow the instructions given it.  Thus the old 
saying,  "Garbage in,  garbage out".   This means that a computer 
can only respond to the information it has been given.

Note  the difference between the letter "oh" and the digit  zero. 
The ADAM uses an oval with a slash through it for the digit  zero 
and  an  open  oval for the letter "oh".  You might  type  "oha", 
zeros, and eights so that you can study them on your monitor. You 
will find the zero key between the "9" and "-" in the top row  of 
keys,  while  the "oh" is in the second row from the top  between 
the "I" and "P" keys.

We  call the process of carrying out the instructions of  program 
statements execution

Thus,  when we type RUN, we are telling the computer to "execute" 
the program.

To look at our entire program in memory,  we must use the command 
LIST.

LIST

100 PRINT "HERE IS AN EXAMPLE"

110 PRINT "OF A PROGRAM IN"

120 PRINT "SMARTBASIC"

The instructions NEW,  RUN, and LIST are commonly called commands 
because  they are used to command the computer to manipulate  the 
program as an entity rather than perform a program instruction.

What  happens when we make typing errors?  That depends upon  the 
error.  If we type LOST instead of LIST., SmartBASIC will display 
the following message:

? SYNTAX ERROR

No harm has been done; merely correct the request and proceed. If 
we type:

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100 PRIMT a

instead of:

100 PRINT a

ADAM will display an error message such as:

SYNTAX ERROR IN 100

The  line 100 will thus not be accepted.  We will have to  retype 
the correct command line.

We can look at a single statement by using the LIST command.

LIST 110

will  display only line 110 of our program,  if it  exists.  LIST 
100-200  will display all of the lines in our program from 100 to 
200, inclusive.  Now -retype the line and re-execute the program. 
If we type

100 PRINT b

instead of

100 PRINT a

we have a different kind of error.  which the computer will never 
find for us.  The value of b will be displayed where we  expected 
to  see  the  value of a.  It is very important to  evaluate  our 
results for correctness.

SUMMARY

A  computer language is a defined set of instructions  that  have 
specific meaning to the computer. In SmartBASIC, each instruction 
of  a program must begin with a line number.  The PRINT statement 
is used to display a message on the computer screen.

The NEW command prepares BASIC for a new program.  LIST  displays 
your program on the screen. LIST 100 displays the line 100, while 
LIST 100-200 lists all the lines from 100 to 200.

MORE NEXT MONTH....

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EXPLORING CP/M - by James Greer

This is the first in a series of continuing articles dedicated to 
the CP/M operating system.  The purpose of this column will be to 
acquaint you with CP/M in A painless manner as possible.

The first question I asked was, Why CP/M?". Well, as I found out, 
many  application programs are available in CP/M.  This gives the 
ADAM  owner  access  to thousands of high  quality  programs  and 
utilities. Some examples 
are,  WordStar,,  SuperCalc,  Multiplan, Money Maestro, DBase III 
and  many  others.  Some of the above programs  are  sometimes  a 
little  hard  to  find with all the emphasis on  MSDOS  or  PCDOS 
machines.  However.,  for the good scrounger,  many "goodies" are 
available  if  you know where to look.  Some hints on  scrounging 
will be given in this column from time to time.

The  CP/M  manual furnished by Coleco is a pretty  good  starting 
point  for the beginner.  Most applications on CP/M are not  self 
booting   like   most  SmartBASIC  programs,   but   this   small 
disadvantage  can  be overcome will a  little  patience.  A  neat 
public  domain  utility  called AutoBoot can be used  to  produce 
quick  booting  disks/datapacks  with  a  selected   application, 
whether the application is a game or something serious.

CP/M gives the ADAM quite a few features that is not available in 
SmartBASIC  such as the ability to have very large random  access 
files   In fact,  with DBase III a total professional  accounting 
system is within your reach.

Well  I  enough  of the chatter,  let's get on  to  more  serious 
matters.  For  those of you Basic fans,  we also have a  pleasant 
surprise.  Nevada  Basic or MicroSoft Basic can be quite powerful 
under CP/M.  Nevada Basic can be found for under $40.00. 1 am not 
certain  about  MicroSoft Basic.  I did find a copy  for  another 
system (on 8 inch Disk) and then transferred it to the ADAM.

The  first thing really necessary in terms of equipment  for  the 
ADAM is at least one Disk Drive,  two Disk Drives if You possibly 
can.  If you are using just Tape Drives, things are going to be a 
little slow. ADAM Disk Drives are available from ADAM'S ALIVE for 
$225.00 each.  These are NEW Drives which have been fully tested. 
Two other pieces of hardware are an 80 column card (which usually 
contains  an  RS232  interface  for an  external  modem),  and  a 
parallel printer interface.  Of course,  all these hardware items 
are optional, they are not needed to use CP/M with your ADAM.

For those of you with tight budgets,  you can simply just use the 
standard Tape Dive system.  As a matter of fact,  my copy of CP/M 
came on a Data Pack. I used it on tape for several months until I 
purchased a Disk Drive. You can copy your CP/M to Disk by using a 
good copy program such as Media-Aid, or Backup 3.0.

A  very  recent  development of the large  expansion  ram  boards 
(128K,  256K,  and 512K) can give your little ADAM the speed of a 
supercharged IBM.  In some cases,  even faster than an IBM.  Yes, 
you read it right. The ADAM can be faster than the IBM in running 
some C`P/M programs.

To  boot (or load) CP/M follow the instructions  given,  in  your 
owners  manual.  Use  the directory command to look at the  files 
included on your CP/M Tape/Disk.  Some files are executable  (can 
be run), while some others are not.

Some of the files you will see are PIP.COM, STAT.COM, and others.
To execute a COM file, simply type in the eight character name to 
the  left  of the period (before COM) and press the  RETURN  key. 
After a few moments,  the program will load and execute. Remember 
to  ALWAYS  make  a  backup  copy of  any  new  Disk/Tape  before 
executing any program on the medium.

CONTINUED NEXT MONTH .....

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ADAM'S ALIVE PRODUCT LISTING FOR MEMBERS ONLY

RECREATION / GAMES

ALCAZAR	$	26.50
ROCK'N BOLT	$	26.50
BOLDER DASH	$	26.50
TENNIS	$	26.50
WING WAR	$	26.50
FATHOM	$	26.50
PITFALL	$	22.95
PITFALL II	$	22.95
RIVER RAID	$	22.95
BEAMRIDER	$	22.95
KEYSTONE KAPERS	$	22.95
SEWER SAM	$	22.95
AQUA ATTACK	$	22.95
H.E.R.0	$	19.95
DECATHLON	$	19.95
ZENJI	$	19.95
BLOCKAID RUNNER	$	19.95
SQUISHIEM SAM	$	19.95
MOONSWEEPER	$	19.95
NOVA BLAST	$	19.95
QUEST FOR QUINTANA ROO	$	10.50
MOUNTAIN KING	$	10.50
GUST BUSTER	$	10.50
CAMPAIGN '84	$	10.50
NUMBER BUMPER	$	10.50
ROLLOVERTURE	$	10.50
BEST OF BRODERBUND	$	13.50
2010: TEXT ADVENTURE	$	13.50
DONKEY KONG SUPER GAME	$	12.00
ZAXXON	$	12.00
BEYOND TREK	$ 	14.95

MAGEQUEST	(DP)	$	17.50
	(DISK)	$	15.50
LAB MOUSE	(DP)	$	12.50
	(DISK)	$ 	10.50

STAGE FRIGHT		(DP)	$	15.50
	(DISK)	$	13.50
ENTERTAINMENT PACK (DP)		$
	15.50
	(DISK)	$	13.50
ELECTRONIC GAME PACK	$	19.00
ELECTRONIC GAME PACK 2	$	19.00
FANTASY GAMER			$	16.50
TRIVIA PACK			$	18.50
KID'S TRIVIA PACK	$	18.50
WIZARDS PINBALL ARCADE	$	18.95
PRO FOOTBALL			$	18.95
VIDEOTUNES			$	26.50
JEOPARDY QUESTION PACK	$ 	19.95

FAMILY FEUD QUESTION PACK $ 19.95

PROPICKS	$ 18.95

UTILITIES

BACKUP 3.0			$	10.95
BACKUP+ 3.0			$	19.95
COPYCART+			$	12.95
MEDIA-AID-PLUS			$	19.95
MEDIA-AID-2-PLUS			$	19.95
UNCLE ERNIE'S TOOLKIT	$	10.95
TurboLOAD			$	25.95
Intel-LOAD			$	11.95
Intel-LOAD 2.0			$	11.95
FontPOWER			$	12.95
SpritePOWER			$	14.95
CLIPPER			$	14.95
SmartBEST V1.0			$	14.95
Intel-BEST 3.0			$	18.95
ShowOFF I			$	24.95
ShowOFF II			$	14.95
ShowOFF IIa			$	14.95
PowerPAINT			$	33.75
SmartTRIX			$	24.95
TurboDISK 1.0			$	19.95
TurboDISK 2.0			$	11.95
MegaDISK 1.0			$	19.95
CONVERT			$	2610
RAMDSK			$	22
RAMDSK-2			$	22.95
RAMDSK-256			$	29.50
LIBRARIAN			$	19.95
JEOPARDY WRITER		(DP)	$	26.50
	(DISK)	$	24.50
FAMILY FEUD WRITER (DP)	$ 	26.50

(DISK)	$ 24.50

DOUBLE DISK FORMATTER	$	9.95
GRAPHIXPAINTER	$	17.95
GRAPHIXPIX 1	$	16.95
MegaUTIL	$	31.95
ADAM TIPS & TRICKS	$	13.00
ADAMCALC PRINTER PATCH	$ 	9.95

ADANLINK II PRINTER PATCH	$	9.95
FILE PRINTER	$ 	9.95

BLANK DATA PACKS

E. & T. BRAND (SONY)	1/	$	2.00
	10/	$	15.00
E. & T. FLIPPY (SONY)	l/	$	2.25
	10/	$	17.50
LORAN BRAND	1/	$ 	36

10/ S 27.00	20/ $ 42

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ADAM'S ALIVE PRODUCT LISTING FOR MEMBERS ONLY

HOME / BUSINESS

SOFTPACK 1 (2.0)	$	18.95
BUSINESS PACK 1 (2.0)	$	18.95
EASY COME EASY GO	$	13.95
BONANZA PACKAGE	$	19.95
BUSINESS GRAPHS PACK	$	29.00
SMARTFILER (REV. 27D)	$	12.00
RECIPE FILER	$	10.00
ADAMCALC	$	19.95
CP/M 2.2	$	26.95
RECIPE FILER	$	10.00
SMARTLETTERS & FORMS	$	10.00
HOME SOFTWARE LIBRARY	$ 	15.00

ADDRESS BOOK AUTO DIALER	$ 19.95

SmartTYPE 2.0	$	17.95
MicroWORKS	$	26.95
SignSHOP	$	20.50
MultiWRITE	$	34.95
ProofREADER	$	34.95
NewsMAKER	$	26.95
TYPETEST II	$ 	15.00

EDUCATIONAL

EXPERTYPE	$ 10.00
SmartLOGO	$ 19.95
THE EDUCATION PACKAGE (DP)	$	19.95
SPANISH V OCABULARIAN	$	20.50
STRATEGY STRAIN	$	14.50
QUICKFAX QUEST	$	14.50
RICHARD SCARRY'S BEST ELECTRONIC
WORD BOOK EVER	$	14.00
FLASHCARD MAKER	$	11.00
FLASH FACTS (TRIVIA, AMERICAN
HISTORY, & VOCAB.) EACH	$ 	9.00

HARDWARE / SUPPLIES

ADAM DISK DRIVE (NEW)	$225.00
ADAMLINK MODEM	$ 40.00
PANASONIC 10801 11 DOT MATRIX
PRINTER (140 CPS)	$185.00
PANASONIC RIBBONS (BLACK)	$ 6.50
SPEECH SYNTHESIZER/ AND CLOCK
CALENDAR	$112.00
MONITOR CABLES	$ 9 ' 50
EXTRA POWER SUPPLY	$ 22 ' 95
GAME CONTROLLERS (1 PAIR + 1),
FOR A TOTAL OF 3	$ 	9.00
H -ZLEZ ID W-Z'-E:Z 	S U LP LP r, X M S
TRACTOR FEED	$	65 95
ADAM ACCESSORY KIT	$	20:95
TAPE DRIVES (NEW)		29.95
EXPANSION MODULE #2
TURBO CARTRIDGE FREE	$ 	39.95
SUPER ACTION CONTROLLER SET
WITH SUPER ACTION BASEBALL $ 39-95
64K MEMORY EXPANDER	$ 35 00
256K MEMORY EXPANDER	* CALL *
512K MEMORY EXPANDER	* CALL *
80 COLUMN VIDEO BOARD	$205.00
1200 BAUD EXTERNAL MODEM	$165.00
PARALLEL PRINTER INTERFACE,
CABLE & SOFTWARE (DP/DISK)	$	55.95
LEG SEWREMOTE SWITCH		$
	17.00
DUST COVERS (3 PIECE SET)		$
	17. 00
DISK DRIVE COVER	$	7.50
DAISY WHEELS (COURIER 12 AND 10,
ELITE 12, PRESTIGE ELITE)	$	4.75
ADAM RIBBONS	1/$ 5.00	3/$ 	12.50
	6/$ 22.00
5 1/4" BLANK DISKS (TEN) $	4.50
10 PRE-FORMATTED DISKS $ 	6.50
TRACTOR-FEED MAILING LABELS
3 1/2" X 15/16" (1000)	$ 3.50
COMPUTER PAPER (FANFOLD)
(20# - 1000 SHEETS)	$ 13.50

PUBLIC DOMAIN SOFTWARE
(DP) $6.00 (DISK) $5.00

PINBALL CONTRUCTION SET
HARD HAT MACK
JEOPARDY
TROLL'S TALE
SUPER SUBROC
VIDEO HUSTLER
FALL GUY/YOKES ON YOU
ADAM DIAGNOSTIC
SMARTBASIC (DP ONLY)
SMARTBASIC 2.0
ADAMLINK II
DISK MANAGER
CUSTOM PRINTER PATCHES
MUltiWRITE ENHANCEMENTS
ADAM CALC FILES

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