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The independent Dragon magazine

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July 1985

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INCENTIVE

FOLLOWING THE EXEMPLARY BACKTRACK—INCENTIVE NOW PRESENTS FOR THE DRAGON

THE KET

TRILOGY

BY JOHN MARTIN AND RICHARD McCORMACK

* T H E KET TRILOGY-THE CELEBRATED ADVENTURE CLASSIC *

THE STORY SO FAR_

The Lords of Ket rule a strife-torn land where magic and mayhem are common place. Raiders from the east sweep in and devastate the

countryside, spurred by the villainous Priest-King Vran Verusbel, arch -mage of the cult of mad monks and by the beautiful, though utterly

evil, Priestess Delphia.

Unjustly condemned for a murder you did not commit, you have been offered the chance of escaping the hangman's noose by

undertaking a perilous quest. Naturally you accept, but to ensure your loyalty to the cause, the Lords have placed a magic assasin bug on

your neck, ordered to sink his poisonous fangs into you at the slightest sign of cowardice.

Poised at the brink of the unknown village, you stand alone with the daunting mission before you.. With just a handful of coins,

your trusty sword and the will to succeed

Your task is to travel beyond the mountains and then underground via Vran's Temple to the ultimate confrontation with Vran

himself, penetrating his inner sanctum, beyond the Guardians of the Gates

THE THREE 30K ADVENTURES

TOGETHER FORMING THE

CLASSIC AND COLOSSAL

KETTRILOGYI

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Production Editor

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Software

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A W L

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USI

Letters

News

4 M a n i c - M i n e r cheats23

Roy Coat es , t he p r o g r a mme r who c on-

American cousins, writer writes, Nation-

al Users Group, and more

Repairs a n d a d d -o n s f ro m Ra ce and

Comounsense. Dra g o n 128K, Ad ve n -

turer's Club, No rth Eastern BBS. a n d

communications f ro m Co tswo ld Co m-

puters

verted Manic-Miner for the Dragon. with

the authorised cheats — plus a tip on

how to p u t machine code right where

you want it

More Than

Adventure Classics 9

Jason Orb a u m with a look at so me of

the g re a t — a n d n o t s o g re a t —

adventures for your Dragon

Rob Lee teaches yo u h o w to turn the

Dragon in t o a n educational to o l with

this simple mathematics program

Adventure Trail 2 8

This month. Mike Gerrard takes a long

look at Incentive Software's Ket Trilogy

— plus hints and tips on other adven-

tures

Windows

Brian Cadge with a program which lets

Dragon Answers 3 1

Brian Cadge, the Dragon's doctor, with

another of h is monthly doses of timely

medicine

you put windows in your programs —

great o r adventure writers

Dragbase

Ever wanted to put all your names and

addresses on a database? Lee Noble

shows you how you can

Cover b y Oliv er Frey, c ourt es y Incentive

Software

Competition Corner 34

This mo n t h ' s co mp e titio n lo o k s lik e

Gordon Lee got it all backwards — but if

you ca n so rt out the answer. yo u can

win one of 20 copies of Design Design's

Subs c ript ions

UK E10 tor 12 issues

Overseas (surface) E16 for 12 issues

ISSN 0265-0177. Telex: 296275

Dragon Us er, 12: 13 Little Newport Street,

London WC2 H 7PP

US address: c o Business Press

International. 205 East 42nd SI, New York,

NY 10017

Rommel's Revenge

Editorial

THE N E W S t h a t C o m p u s e n s e h a s t a k e n deliv er y o f a 1 2 8 K D r a g o n

prototype may not cause much of a ripple outside Dragon circles.

But a Dragon 128K is far more than just an indication of how far

c omputer s , lik e c lothes , f o llo w the dic tates of fas hion.

For one t h in g it s how s that s omet hing c an be done w ith the Dr agon

— there is life after the 64_

Thos e r e a d e r s w h o m a n a g e d t o c a t c h a g l i m p s e o f Eu r o h a r d ' s

Dragon 200 at the las t 6809 s how will r emember that there s eemed little

to wr ite home about at the time.

The case may hav e been res ty led, but the k ey board was the same. So

were all the inter nal w or k ings — it was jus t a 64 in a new box . T he only

How to submit articles

The quality of the material we can publish in

Dragoo User each month will, to a very great

extent d e p e n d o n t h e q u a l i t y o f t h e

discoveries t hat y ou c an mak e wit h y our

Dragon. The Dragon computer was launched

on to the market with a powerful version of

Basic, but with very poor documentation.

Articles whic h are s ubmit t ed t o Dragon

User for publication should not be more than

3000 woyds long. All submissions should be

typed. Pleas e leav e wi d e margins a n d a

double space between each line: Programs

should, whenev er pos s ible, b e c omput er

printed on plain white paper and be accom-

panied by a tape of the program.

We c annot guarant ee t o ret urn ev ery

Submitted article or program. so please keep

a copy. I f y ou want t o hav e y our program

returned y o u mu s t inc lude a s t amped.

addressed envelope.

real difference is the addition of an LED to show when the computer is

turned on.

But it now turns out that the 64's RAM chip could accommodate 128K

of memory all along. So why hasn't Eurohard managed to put the extra

chips in?

Let's face it, given the choice between a stylish case and a little red

light on the one hand, and an extra 64K of memory on the other what

would most Dragon users choose?

Another thing the 128K prototype proves is that Compusense at least

is willing to show some commitment to the continued development of

the Dragon.

On the software front, companies like Microdeal, Adventure Interna-

tional, Datacom and many others are also still supporting the Dragon —

although m os t o f t he games be ing released a t t he moment a r e

conversions of titles for other machines.

But the majority of the supportwhich is responsible for the continued

existence of the Dragon doesn't come from any of these companies —

it comes from ordinary Dragon users. With all of its faults, the 6809 has

thousands of loyal supporters.

Without the sort of commitment Dragon users have been showing

over the last 12 months, there is no doubt that the machine would have

been relegated to the museum like the Oric, the Lynx and others.

July -

1 8 5

D r

Letters

Write on

WITH RE F E RE NCE t o m y

'Writer' p ro g ra m published in

May's Dra g o n 'User, re a d e rs

may be interested to know that

I can supply copies of listings

1and 2 on a single cassette at

0 . 8 5 including postage a n d

packing,

Please writ e t o m e a t t h e

address below, and not at the

one contained in the listing.

Phil Brooks

1Bodleian Close

Daventry

Northants

This is the chance to air your views — send your tips, compliments and complaints to Letters

Page, Dragon User, 12-13 Little Newport Street, London WC2H 7PP.

via telecom, a n d will b e sup-

porting u se rs of OS-9, FLEX,

and other features of the Dra-

gon, which has until now been

little o r none h e re in the US.

Subscription is free, and open

to all!

All e n q u irie s s h o u l d b e

ma d e t o : D r a g o n U s e r s '

Group. c o Wayne H. Schnell,

1011 L o u i s a S t re e t . N e w

Orleans, LA, 70117, USA.

Wayne H Schnell

patches in the May 85 issue of

Dragon Us e r. T h e fo llo win g

are t h e c o r r e c t e d v a l u e s

(changes underlined):

Fault 1: +0 0 B F 97

Fault 6: +0 0 1 C DO 9D DO

Problem 2, Patch b: +B FE F

There w a s a lso o n e e rro r

wh e re d o cu me n t a t io n a n d

patches did not keep pace:

Problem 4 : re p l a c e l i n e

+179D with +1 7 9 5 20 E5 12

Only this latter error should

have ca u se d a p ro b le m, re -

sulting in PROTECT not oper-

ating correctly.

Philip Scott

4 Badgerwood Drive

Frimley

Camberley GU16 5 UF

rial for a long time, is any great

loss to the Dragon scene.

There i s still a lo t o f ve ry

good s o f t w a r e b e i n g p r o -

duced, e ve n if mu ch o f it is

available o n ly b y ma il o rd e r,

and a f e w mo re ra ts leaving

the sh ip d o e sn 't n e ce ssa rily

mean th a t it is ju st about t o

sink completely.

However, t h e m a i n p o in t

that you raise, la ck of service

and re p a ir fa cilitie s f o r t h e

Dragons, isn't really valid.

We started the Dragon Us-

ers Group almost a year ago,

with th e intention n o t o n ly o f

providing a me a n s o f c o m-

munication b e twe e n Dra g o n

owners, b u t o f providing help

with Dragon-related problems,

and t h a t m o s t ce rt a in ly i n -

cludes repairing sick Dragons

if we can!

We a re n ' t a c o mme rc ia l

Group. O u r E7 .5 0 p e r y e a r

membership c h a rg e c o v e rs

only the cost of producing and

distributing t h e mo n th ly co p y

of " Dra g o n Update". b u t we

guarantee t o d o o u r b e st t o

ﬁnd a n swe rs to A NY Dragon

problem, a n d t h a t m e a n s

hardware as well as software,

Having several electronics en-

gineers in the Group. we can

carry out most Dragon repairs

at cost p lu s poStage (I've had

three t o r e p a i r t h i s w e e k

alone!), and in a lo t o f cases

we ca n a d vise me mb e rs o n

diagnosis a n d re p a ir o f th e ir

own machines. This service is,

naturally, re stricte d t o Gro u p

Members. It wouldn't be eco-

nomic t o ma k e i t a g e n e ra l

offer, and in any event, I have

no intention of treading on the

toes o f those fe w companies

who (try to) ma ke a living out

of computer re p a ir wo rk, b u t

we DO exist, and we will con-

tinue to do so as long as thee

is a Dragon owner who needs

us.

If a n yo n e i s interested i n

joining t h e G ro u p , a l l t h e y

need to d o is write o r phone

me f o r details. Although w e

started o f f a s a " n a t io n a l"

group, we now have members

in mo s t Eu ro p e a n co u n trie s

and in th e States, and me m-

bers ages range from 11 to 74

we try to cover all possible

interests.

Paul Grade

National Dragon Users Group

6 Navartno Road

- Wo rt h in g

Sussex

and on

MAY I c o n g r a t u l a t e P h i l

Brooks o n h is excellent ' Wri-

ter* extension interpreter prog-

ram.

It is a pity that the manufac-

turers did not include a simila r

routine a s a standard p a rt o f

the Dragon's basic interpreter.

May I p o in t o u t o n e sma ll

error in the accompanying arti-

cle, t h o u g h ? E X E C 3 0 5 9 6

causes the machine to crash.

The machine co d e begins a t

location 30597 a n d therefore

you sh o u ld E X E C 3 0 5 9 7 t o

install t h e program. S imila rly

you sh o u ld C S A V E M" WR I -

TER", 30597, 32767. 30597.

Then u p o n re lo a d in g typ in g

EXEC will install the routine.

S J Jones

35 Hilling ford Avenue

Great Ba rr

Birmingham 643 7HP

0S9

America

DRAGON U S E R S ru n n in g

0 S 9 ma y be interested in the

existence of an American 0 5 9

User's Group. Th e address is

0 S9 Use rs' Gro u p , P O B o x

7586, D e s M o i n e s , I o w a

50322. USA.

Membership co sts $25 p e r

year (b u t m a y b e mo re f o r

non-US residents) and for this

you get ﬁve or more issues of

the newsletter, and access to

various p u b lic d o ma in 0 S 9

software p ro g ra ms o f wh ic h

there a re 1 0 d isks cu rre n tly

available, a n d 2 5 o r m o r e

planned f o r t h e n e a r future.

The group charges $3 per disk

for handling, b u t a g a in t h is

may be more for postage out-

side the USA.

Robin Hamilton

113 Valley Road

Loughborough

Leicestershire LEI 1 3 P Y

Fantasy

Fight

IN RE P L Y t o M r Vine's p le a

for help in May's Dragon User,

I have discovered three useful

memory locations which make

Fa n t a sy F i g h t s o m e w h a t

easier, a s e v e n t h e b e s t

games players would have dif-

ﬁculty i n entering mo re th a n

15 of the 35 screens.

After loading the game nor-

ma lly p r e s s R E S E T a n d :

POKE 8,1-160D6, LIVES (0-16);

POKE 8d-160E9, WE A P O NS

(0 -1 2 7 ): P O K E 8,1-16007,

START RO O M (1 -3 5 ) 2 9 i s

last room; Then EXEC 24718.

If mo re th a n 1 6 live s a re

entered t h e n t h e e xt ra me n

are drawn in program memory

area, w h i c h c o u l d c a u s e

crashing. A l s o i f mo re t h a n

127 we a p o n sike ys a r e c o l -

lected you are left with none.

Clive Brace

8 Homers Croft

Users

USA

THERE IS now a Dragon User

Group i n t h e Un ite d States.

The n a me o f t h e g ro u p i s

"DRAGONET", and currently

has a membership of approx-

imately 5 0 subscribers, T h e

group is headed by myself and

I a m cu rre n tly e n listin g t h e

su p p o rt o f D r a g o n U s e r

Groups throughout the world.

DRAGONET w i l l b e p u b -

lishing a mo n th ly n e wsle tte r

for all of its subscribers as well

as o t h e r u s e r g ro u p s . A

national user group was great-

ly needed here in the US!

We are currently expanding

our facilities t o incorporate a

Users' Bulletin Board Syste m

4 Dra g o n User July 1985

Convert

I REFER to the "Conversion"

program o n p a g e 31 o f t h e

April issue.

Unless used in the USA, the

results o f t h e g a llo n slit re s

conversion ma y ca u se so me

confusion. Wh e n dealing with

Imperial g a llo n s, t h e f a c t o r

4 546 will h a v e t o b e u se d

instead of 3.7854 in lines 760,

770, 840 and 850.

J Jeffries

10 Highlands Drive

Ma/don

Essex CM9 6HX

Bucks MK12 508

Greenleys

Users and

repairers

HAVING JUS T read the June

issue o f y o u r ma g a zin e , I

would like to answer the points

raised in your Editorial.

I can only agree that software

for th e Dragons is becoming

hard to ﬁnd. b u t I don't think

that the loss of a company like

Webster& who have studious-

Patch

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