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Info, Issue Number 6 by darth-azrael

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Info, Issue Number 6
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Info was not only dedicated to Commodore computers but also produced on them. The Commodore 64 early on and later on, the Amiga. For some reason this issue doesn't have a cover date but it is probably from some time in late 1984 or early 1985. It includes:

<h1>Departments</h1>

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<li><b>Gallery</b> - Color screen shots and brief descriptions of recent games, including Pole Position, Pitstop II, On-Court Tennis, International Soccer, Gumball, The Castles of Doctor Creep, The Scrolls of Abadon, Gridtrap, Pathwords, Monty Plays Scrabble, Trivia Fever, Murder by the Dozen, and more.</li>
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<li><b>Editor's Page</b> - About Info's special product round-up issues as well as a look at what is going on in other Commodore magazines.</li>
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<li><b>Reader Mail</b> - Reader comments about the Indus GT disk drive and copy protection.</li>
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<h1>Reviews</h1>

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<li><b>The Word Processor</b> - The King James Bible on disk (8 disk to be exact).</li>
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<li><b>Bearcat Scanner</b> - A review of the Compuscan 2100.</li>
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<li><b>Comal 2.01</b> - An implementation of the Comal programming language for the Commodore 64.</li>
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<h1>Features</h1>

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<li><b>Is There a Hard Drive in Your Future?</b> - A look at hard drives, how they work, and what they are good for.</li>
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<li><b>Let Your Fingers do the Walking</b> - A guide to telecomputing, including some ARPANET history, they types of commercial services available, and the things that you can do on them.</li>
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<li><b>Introduction to Assembly Language</b> - Learn to program using assembly language on your Commodore 64.</li>
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<li><b>Whither CP/M?</b> - Commodore promised a CP/M cartridge for the Commodore 64 when it was released but took a long time to deliver. By the time it was released (along with the Commodore 128 with its CP/M mode), CP/M was really pretty much dead as an OS as far as any new development was concerned.</li>
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