CURSOR

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CURSOR: Programs for PET Computers was an early computer-based "magazine" that was distributed on

Ron Jeffries and Glen Fisher, of the software company The Code Works of Goleta, California, was CURSOR's publisher and editor, respectively.

Each issue came with five or six programs, preceded by a "cover page" program (which was initially a simple animation, but in later issues became more sophisticated, allowing the user to select a program to be loaded from the tape). Among programs circulated by CURSOR included rudimentary animations, such as "Dromeda", which was an adaptation of the film

(!) in the title. For example: "Aliens!" or "Dromeda!".

CURSOR was discontinued in the early 1980s when the PET was superseded by other platforms. In total, 30 issues of the magazine were published. Issue #30 had the date May, 1982.^[1]

In 1981,

ISBN 0-88134-116-9

), containing the listings of 35 games in BASIC that utilized the features of the new Commodore.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Cursor Issue 01 thru 30.
2. ^ "Commodore PET Games – Commodore Computers: C64 VIC20 PET C128 Plus4 – 8 Bit PC's". 2023-02-09. Archived from the original on 2023-02-09. Retrieved 2023-02-09.

External links

• Samples of CURSOR Magazine
• Videos of Commodore 64 and PET Programs – Including many Cursor programs
• Archived CURSOR issues on the Internet Archive

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