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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)