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VIPER volume 2

All scans of the VIPER newsletter in this repository are provided for noncommercial use. Scans of volumes 1-2 have been posted with the permission of Rick Simpson. Scans of volumes 3-6 have been posted with the permission of Ray Sills.

Issue 1 - July 1979

  • Editorial
  • Reader I/O (Reader Communications)
  • VIP Music
    • Bach Prelude In C Major
      L.R. Clock
    • Cosmac Concerto
      Tom Swan
  • CHIP-8 Interpreter
    • Relative Brancing in CHIP-8
      Wayne Smith
    • Fast, Single Dot DXYN
      Wayne Smith
    • Little Loops
      Tom Swan
  • VIP Games
    • Blackjack
      Robert Rupp
    • Treasure Hunt
      Stanley Bayless
    • Kaleidoscope Adaptation
      Bob Hayes
    • Craps
      Robert Rupp
  • Miscellany
    • PIPs for VIPs advertisement
    • VIP hardware/software list
    • Order form

Issue 2 - August 1979

  • Editorial
  • Reader I/O (Reader Communications)
  • CHIP-8 Interpreter
    • Saving And Restoring CHIP-8 Variables - A Modification
      John Bennett
    • I/O Port Driver Routine
      James Barnes
    • Do The Shuffle
      Tom Swan
  • VIP Games
    • Simple Simon Game
      Pete Kellner
  • Machine Language
    • Little Loops
      Tom Swan
  • Corrections
    • Errors In The RCA COSMAC VIP (CHIP-8) User’s Guide
      Eugene Fleming
  • Miscellaneous
    • CMOS Memory ICs advertisement
    • Expansion Backplane Board advertisement
    • PIPs for VIPs progress report
    • ATV Research Microverter product review
      Rick Simpson
    • VIP hardware and software price list
    • ARESCO order information and order form

Issue 3 - September 1979

  • Reader I/O
  • CHIP-8 Interpreter
    • Little Loops
      Tom Swan
  • Hardware
    • 1862 Data Sheet
      Courtesy C. Barrish
    • VP590 Schematic
      Courtesy B Hayes
  • Machine Language
    • 8-Bit Multiply And Divide
      Wayne Smith
    • Short And Simple Memory List
      G.L. Cohen
  • Corrections
    • To Wayne Smith’s article: “Relative Branching In CHIP-8”
  • Miscellaneous
    • Software review
      Wayne Smith
    • VIP II information
    • Advertisement (H C Will IV)
    • VIP products available from Aresco
    • ARESCO order form

Issue 4 - October 1979

  • Reader I/O
  • CHIP-8 Interpreter
    • Little Loops
      Tom Swan
  • Games
    • The Lunar Lander With Color And Sound Effects
      Wim van Alphen
  • Hardware
    • A Cheap Printer For The VIP
      Ruben da la Pena
    • Interest Inventory/Inquiry (light pen)
  • Machine Language
    • Tone Generator
      Albert Glasser
  • Miscellaneous
    • ELFs Can Read VIP Tapes
      P V Piescik
    • A Proud Announcement From ARESCO
    • Get Ready For MORE PIPS!
    • New product announcement (book)
    • Order form

Issue 5 - November 1979

  • Editorial
  • Reader I/O
  • CHIP-8 Interpreter
    • Little Loops
      Tom Swan
    • Can’t This Thing Go Any Faster?
      Tom Swan
  • VIP Games
    • Football
      Frank Awtrey
    • Modifications to Kaleidoscope
      Charles R. Williams
  • Miscellany
    • Product review: VP-700 Tiny Basic ROM board and manual
      Tom Swan
    • Get Ready For More PIPS! (advertisement)
    • Trendcom printer output sample
    • H.C. Will Software (advertisement)

Issue 6 - January 1980

  • Reader I/O
  • CHIP-8 Interpreter
    • Hi-Res CHIP-8
      Tom Swan
    • TINY Comments
      Carmelo Cortes
  • Games
    • 8-Sector, 2-Page Kaleidoscope
      George Ziniewicz
    • VIP Vox
      George Ziniewicz
  • PIPS Mods
    • Mods to PIPS for VIPs Program Editor
      Steven Medwin
    • Mods (A letter to C Spencer Powell)
      Tom Swan
    • A Fix for PIPS II
  • Machine Language
    • Little Loops
      Tom Swan

Issue 7 - February 1980

  • Editorial
  • Publisher’s Notes
  • Reader I/O
  • CHIP-8
    • CHIP-8III
      John Chmielewski
    • Little Loops
      Tom Swan
  • Music
    • Musicode
      Gilbert Detillieux
  • Games
    • Killer Robots
      Carmelo Cortes
  • Machine Language
    • Super-Duper 3-Way Memory Diagnostic
      Tom Swan
  • Miscellaneous
    • Advertisements (RCA)
    • Corrections: Awtrey’s Football game
    • Ordering information: ARESCO

Issue 8/9 - March/April 1980

  • Editorial
    Tom Swan
  • Reader I/O
  • CHIP-8
    • CHIP-8E
      Gilles Detillieux
    • Invert
      Robert Lindley
    • Programming Hints
      H.C. Will IV
    • Software Changes & Other Good Stuff
      George Ziniewicz
  • Games
    • LIFE
      Tom Swan
    • Programming Hints
      H.C. Will IV
    • SPACE WARS Speed Up
      Tom Swan
    • SIMPLE SIMON Adaptation
      Tim Longcor
    • FLIP-A-ROUND
  • Music
    • VIP Keyboard
      Doug Wolf
  • BASIC
    • VIP Tiny BASIC Machine Language Subroutine
      Andrew A. Modla
    • Little Loops
      Tom Swan
    • More Tiny BASIC Machine Languge Subroutines
      C.D. Smith
  • Machine Language
    • Extended Display Subroutine
      C.H. Anderson
    • SCRT Jump Table
      Leo F. Hood
  • Hardware
    • Keyboard Reset
      Steve Medwin
    • Tiny BASIC Disconnect Switch
      Randy Holt
    • Expanded ROM Monitor
      Randy Holt
  • Miscellaneous
    • A Letter To PIPS III Owners
      Tom Swan
    • Changes To VIP-FLOP
      Carmelo Cortes
    • Set Carry/Clear Carry
      Tom Swan
    • Corrections for back issues
    • Publisher’s note Terry Laudereau
  • User News
    • New York Amateur Computer Club
  • Advertising
    • Non-commercial
    • ARESCO “Going Out Of (Hardware) Business Sale”
    • RCA

Issue 10 - June 1980

  • Editorial
  • More editor’s notes
  • Reader I/O
  • Machine Language
    • 1802 Memory Display Program
      Gerald Strope
    • 9600 Baud I/O with the VIP
      Bill Barrett
  • CHIP-8
    • Little Loops
      Tom Swan
  • Music
    • Six Songs for VIP Supersound
      John C. Hanner
  • Hardware
    • A Hardware Breakpoint System for the COSMAC VIP
      Bill Barrett
  • Miscellaneous
    • Non-commercial ad corner
    • New product announcement (Power Line Interrupter)
    • Programming hints
    • Terry’s note
  • Advertisements (RCA)