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The Computer Hacker and Dataphile Digest

I received Vol 1 No 2 of the "Computer Hacker", and I think it will be a useful newsletter.  As the magazines become more and more general, filled with reviews of packaged systems and software, we will have to look elsewhere for articles that get down to the nitty-gritty.  Even local club newsletters are steering away from the hobbyist's or technician's needs.

The issue I have includes listings of a pair of programs to transfer data from one computer to another in the CP/M environment; part two of a detailed explanation of the RS-232 "standard"; part one of directions for building a hardware print spooler; a review of floppy disk formats; an Apple (6502) assembly language program for sending Morse code; and a beginner's introduction to electronics.

The Computer Hacker, 12 issues per year for $24, P. O. Box 1697, Kalispell, MT 59903.

Dataphile Digest is a monthly survey of Apple related periodicals.  Bill & Shannon Bailey scan more than a dozen magazines each month, and write brief descriptions of each article relating to Apple computers.  They organize the descriptions into categories that make it easy to find any topic you like.  The second issue covered one or two issues of 14 different magazines, and included 840 entries organized into 38 categories.

Dataphile Digest is typeset, and printed the same size as Apple Assembly Line.  The current issue is 78 pages (plus cover and contents pages), and bears a cover price of $3.50.  No subscription price is given, so I would suggest writing to them at P. O. Box 2806, Del Mar, CA 92014.  Or call at (619) 436-9382.
