├── README.md ├── logo.png ├── volume1 ├── README.md ├── index.pdf ├── issue1.pdf ├── issue10.pdf ├── issue2.pdf ├── issue3.pdf ├── issue4.pdf ├── issue5.pdf ├── issue6.pdf ├── issue7.pdf ├── issue8.pdf └── issue9.pdf ├── volume2 ├── README.md ├── issue1.pdf ├── issue10.pdf ├── issue2.pdf ├── issue3.pdf ├── issue4.pdf ├── issue5.pdf ├── issue6.pdf ├── issue7.pdf └── issue8_9.pdf ├── volume3 ├── README.md ├── issue1.pdf ├── issue2.pdf ├── issue3.pdf ├── issue4.pdf ├── issue5.pdf └── issue6.pdf ├── volume4 ├── README.md ├── issue1.pdf ├── issue2.pdf ├── issue3.pdf ├── issue4.pdf ├── issue5.pdf └── issue6.pdf ├── volume5 ├── README.md ├── issue1.pdf ├── issue2.pdf ├── issue3.pdf ├── issue4.pdf ├── issue5.pdf └── issue6.pdf └── volume6 ├── README.md └── issue1.pdf /README.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | ![VIPER](logo.png) 2 | ================== 3 | 4 | This repository contains PDF scans of the VIPER newsletter. 5 | 6 | VIPER was a hobbyist newsletter published between 1978 and 1984 focusing on 7 | RCA’s COSMAC VIP computer. Founded by Aresco, its early editors were Terry 8 | Laudereau, Rick Simpson, and Tom Swan. In 1981, the newsletter’s publication was 9 | continued by the VIP Hobby Computer Association (VIPHCA) under editor Ray Sills. 10 | VIPHCA ceased publishing VIPER in September of 1984. 11 | 12 | **All scans of the VIPER newsletter in this repository are provided for 13 | noncommercial use.** Scans of volumes 1-2 have been posted with the permission 14 | of Rick Simpson. Scans of volumes 3-6 have been posted with the permission of 15 | Ray Sills. 16 | 17 | These scans were originally posted to the now-defunct RCA COSMAC VIP Yahoo 18 | Group. Thanks to Ray Sills, Frank Awtrey, Jim Hall, and Aurel Boisvert for 19 | providing many of these original documents and scans. 20 | 21 | ## Table of contents 22 | 23 | - [Volume 1](volume1/) 24 | - [Volume 2](volume2/) 25 | - [Volume 3](volume3/) 26 | - [Volume 4](volume4/) 27 | - [Volume 5](volume5/) 28 | - [Volume 6](volume6/) 29 | 30 | ## Links 31 | 32 | - [Tom Swan’s Pips for VIPs] 33 | - [cosmacelf.com] 34 | - [PCM’s Programs Series] 35 | 36 | [Tom Swan’s Pips for VIPs]: https://github.com/TomSwan/pips-for-vips 37 | [cosmacelf.com]: http://www.cosmacelf.com/ 38 | [PCM’s Programs Series]: https://github.com/mattmikolay/moews-cosmac 39 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /logo.png: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattmikolay/viper/e9c7afdac02dabc8ecdd0a6b828c2e48ff6aa8e5/logo.png -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /volume1/README.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # VIPER volume 1 2 | 3 | **All scans of the VIPER newsletter in this repository are provided for 4 | noncommercial use.** Scans of volumes 1-2 have been posted with the permission 5 | of Rick Simpson. Scans of volumes 3-6 have been posted with the permission of 6 | Ray Sills. 7 | 8 | ## [Issue 1](issue1.pdf) - June 1978 9 | 10 | - Editorial 11 | - *Vipworld: A History of the VIP* 12 | - *Focus: Video Display Tips* 13 | - *Memory for your VIP* 14 | - *Tape Read/Write Routines* 15 | - *Low Current Relay for Switching Applications* 16 | - *Getting Started with CHIP-8* 17 | - *Programming in CHIP-8* 18 | 19 | ## [Issue 2](issue2.pdf) - August 1978 20 | 21 | - Editorial 22 | - *Undocumented Functions* 23 | Peter Morrison 24 | - *New from RCA* 25 | - *Don Stein’s Text Editor - Part 1* 26 | - *CHIP-8 Interpreter* 27 | Gooitzen S. van der Wal 28 | - *An Analysis of CHIP-8* 29 | John W. Wentworth 30 | 31 | ## [Issue 3](issue3.pdf) - September 1978 32 | 33 | - Editorial 34 | - *CHIP-8I: A Modification to Provide I/O for the VIP* 35 | Rick Simpson 36 | - *Modifying a Pixie-verter* 37 | - *Two-byte Hex Display: A CHIP-8 Splinter* 38 | - *Two-byte CHIP-8 Display* 39 | A. Modla & J. Winsor 40 | - *Analysis of the VIP Operating System* 41 | John W. Wentworth 42 | 43 | ## [Issue 4](issue4.pdf) - October 1978 44 | 45 | - Editorial 46 | - *VIP-to-VIP Communication* 47 | - *Don Stein’s Editor - Part 2* 48 | - *Non-video Operating System* 49 | Joseph Czajkowski 50 | - *VIP Breakpoint & Register Display Program* 51 | W.A. Barrett 52 | - *Sam Hersh’s Editor* 53 | 54 | ## [Issue 5](issue5.pdf) - November 1978 55 | 56 | - Editorial 57 | - *Don Stein’s Editor - Part 3* 58 | - *AM9131 vs. AM91L31 RAM* 59 | - *Preview of RCA’s Game Manual* 60 | - *Draw* 61 | Anders McCarthy 62 | - *Life* 63 | Brian Astle 64 | - *Corrections for CHIP-8I* 65 | Rick Simpson 66 | - *Joysticks for the VIP* 67 | Bob Thompson & John Rudy 68 | - *Reprint: Breakpoint & Register Display (listing)* 69 | - *Direct SWTP PR40 Printer Interface* 70 | Joe Weisbecker 71 | - *Centronics P1 Interface* 72 | Rick Simpson 73 | - *64-byte Checksum Program* 74 | John W. Wentworth 75 | - *VIP Register Display Program* 76 | 77 | ## [Issue 6](issue6.pdf) - January 1979 78 | 79 | - Editorial 80 | - *Six VIP Games* 81 | Carmelo Cortez 82 | - *Cheap Graphic Computer: Convert the Studio II* 83 | - *Software Library: Baseball* 84 | - *Help for VIPpers: The RCA User Guide* 85 | - *Motor Control for the VIP* 86 | Steven Medwin 87 | - *Corrections to Published Programs* 88 | Steven Medwin 89 | - *Corrections to Published Programs* 90 | - *Mastermind* 91 | Robert Lindley 92 | - *VIP Music* 93 | Carmelo Cortez 94 | 95 | ## [Issue 7](issue7.pdf) - February 1979 96 | 97 | - Editorial 98 | - *Studio II Conversion - Part 1* 99 | - *Double Buffer Speedup Hardware for 64 x 128 Graphic* 100 | Ben Hutchinson 101 | - *CHIP-10 Interpreter* 102 | Ben Hutchinson 103 | - *CHIP-8 on the ELF?* 104 | Bobby Lewis 105 | - *Bootstrap Loader for ELF II Cassettes* 106 | Dave Friedman 107 | - *Reprint: Mastermind* 108 | 109 | ## [Issue 8](issue8.pdf) - March 1979 110 | 111 | - Editorial 112 | - *Studio II Conversion - Part 2* 113 | - *CHIP-8 on the ELF II - Part 1* 114 | Bobby Lewis 115 | - *Graphic Lunar Lander* 116 | Udo Pernisz 117 | - *Double Buffer Speedup Hardware - Part 2* 118 | 119 | ## [Issue 9](issue9.pdf) - April 1979 120 | 121 | - Editorial 122 | - *Reverse Video Drawing* 123 | Udo Pernisz 124 | - *VIP Game Improvements* 125 | Phil Sumner 126 | - *Long Branch in Machine Language with Video On* 127 | Tom Swan 128 | - *Lunar Lander Corrections* 129 | - *Relocate a Program in the Hersh Editor* 130 | Udo Pernisz 131 | - *Corrections to the VIP User Guide* 132 | 133 | ## [Issue 10](issue10.pdf) - May 1979 134 | 135 | - Editorial 136 | - *Elf II Mods: I Like It!* 137 | Neil Wiegand 138 | - *Modifications to the Hersh Editor* 139 | Norm Elliott 140 | - *Subroutine Handling Schemes* 141 | M.L. Dey 142 | - *Saving & Restoring CHIP-8 Variables* 143 | John Bennett 144 | - *Kaleidoscope* 145 | Phil Sumner 146 | - Book review of “Programs for the COSMAC ELF” 147 | Rick Simpson 148 | - *Another Hi-res Graphic Method* 149 | C. McCarthy 150 | - Book review of “CMOS Databook” 151 | Rick Simpson 152 | - *Corrections to Lunar Lander* 153 | Udo Pernisz 154 | - *New from RCA* 155 | - *Simple Music Program* 156 | Udo Pernisz 157 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /volume1/index.pdf: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattmikolay/viper/e9c7afdac02dabc8ecdd0a6b828c2e48ff6aa8e5/volume1/index.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /volume1/issue1.pdf: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattmikolay/viper/e9c7afdac02dabc8ecdd0a6b828c2e48ff6aa8e5/volume1/issue1.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /volume1/issue10.pdf: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattmikolay/viper/e9c7afdac02dabc8ecdd0a6b828c2e48ff6aa8e5/volume1/issue10.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /volume1/issue2.pdf: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattmikolay/viper/e9c7afdac02dabc8ecdd0a6b828c2e48ff6aa8e5/volume1/issue2.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /volume1/issue3.pdf: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattmikolay/viper/e9c7afdac02dabc8ecdd0a6b828c2e48ff6aa8e5/volume1/issue3.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /volume1/issue4.pdf: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattmikolay/viper/e9c7afdac02dabc8ecdd0a6b828c2e48ff6aa8e5/volume1/issue4.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /volume1/issue5.pdf: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattmikolay/viper/e9c7afdac02dabc8ecdd0a6b828c2e48ff6aa8e5/volume1/issue5.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /volume1/issue6.pdf: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattmikolay/viper/e9c7afdac02dabc8ecdd0a6b828c2e48ff6aa8e5/volume1/issue6.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /volume1/issue7.pdf: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattmikolay/viper/e9c7afdac02dabc8ecdd0a6b828c2e48ff6aa8e5/volume1/issue7.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /volume1/issue8.pdf: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattmikolay/viper/e9c7afdac02dabc8ecdd0a6b828c2e48ff6aa8e5/volume1/issue8.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /volume1/issue9.pdf: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattmikolay/viper/e9c7afdac02dabc8ecdd0a6b828c2e48ff6aa8e5/volume1/issue9.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /volume2/README.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # VIPER volume 2 2 | 3 | **All scans of the VIPER newsletter in this repository are provided for 4 | noncommercial use.** Scans of volumes 1-2 have been posted with the permission 5 | of Rick Simpson. Scans of volumes 3-6 have been posted with the permission of 6 | Ray Sills. 7 | 8 | ## [Issue 1](issue1.pdf) - July 1979 9 | 10 | - Editorial 11 | - Reader I/O (Reader Communications) 12 | - VIP Music 13 | + *Bach Prelude In C Major* 14 | L.R. Clock 15 | + *Cosmac Concerto* 16 | Tom Swan 17 | - CHIP-8 Interpreter 18 | + *Relative Brancing in CHIP-8* 19 | Wayne Smith 20 | + *Fast, Single Dot DXYN* 21 | Wayne Smith 22 | + *Little Loops* 23 | Tom Swan 24 | - VIP Games 25 | + *Blackjack* 26 | Robert Rupp 27 | + *Treasure Hunt* 28 | Stanley Bayless 29 | + *Kaleidoscope Adaptation* 30 | Bob Hayes 31 | + *Craps* 32 | Robert Rupp 33 | - Miscellany 34 | + *PIPs for VIPs* advertisement 35 | + VIP hardware/software list 36 | + Order form 37 | 38 | ## [Issue 2](issue2.pdf) - August 1979 39 | 40 | - Editorial 41 | - Reader I/O (Reader Communications) 42 | - CHIP-8 Interpreter 43 | + *Saving And Restoring CHIP-8 Variables - A Modification* 44 | John Bennett 45 | + *I/O Port Driver Routine* 46 | James Barnes 47 | + *Do The Shuffle* 48 | Tom Swan 49 | - VIP Games 50 | + *Simple Simon Game* 51 | Pete Kellner 52 | - Machine Language 53 | + *Little Loops* 54 | Tom Swan 55 | - Corrections 56 | + *Errors In The RCA COSMAC VIP (CHIP-8) User’s Guide* 57 | Eugene Fleming 58 | - Miscellaneous 59 | + CMOS Memory ICs advertisement 60 | + Expansion Backplane Board advertisement 61 | + *PIPs for VIPs* progress report 62 | + ATV Research Microverter product review 63 | Rick Simpson 64 | + VIP hardware and software price list 65 | + ARESCO order information and order form 66 | 67 | ## [Issue 3](issue3.pdf) - September 1979 68 | 69 | - Reader I/O 70 | - CHIP-8 Interpreter 71 | + *Little Loops* 72 | Tom Swan 73 | - Hardware 74 | + *1862 Data Sheet* 75 | Courtesy C. Barrish 76 | + *VP590 Schematic* 77 | Courtesy B Hayes 78 | - Machine Language 79 | + *8-Bit Multiply And Divide* 80 | Wayne Smith 81 | + *Short And Simple Memory List* 82 | G.L. Cohen 83 | - Corrections 84 | + To Wayne Smith’s article: “Relative Branching In CHIP-8” 85 | - Miscellaneous 86 | + Software review 87 | Wayne Smith 88 | + VIP II information 89 | + Advertisement (H C Will IV) 90 | + VIP products available from Aresco 91 | + ARESCO order form 92 | 93 | ## [Issue 4](issue4.pdf) - October 1979 94 | 95 | - Reader I/O 96 | - CHIP-8 Interpreter 97 | + *Little Loops* 98 | Tom Swan 99 | - Games 100 | + *The Lunar Lander With Color And Sound Effects* 101 | Wim van Alphen 102 | - Hardware 103 | + *A Cheap Printer For The VIP* 104 | Ruben da la Pena 105 | + *Interest Inventory/Inquiry* (light pen) 106 | - Machine Language 107 | + *Tone Generator* 108 | Albert Glasser 109 | - Miscellaneous 110 | + *ELFs Can Read VIP Tapes* 111 | P V Piescik 112 | + *A Proud Announcement From ARESCO* 113 | + *Get Ready For MORE PIPS!* 114 | + New product announcement (book) 115 | + Order form 116 | 117 | ## [Issue 5](issue5.pdf) - November 1979 118 | 119 | - Editorial 120 | - Reader I/O 121 | - CHIP-8 Interpreter 122 | + *Little Loops* 123 | Tom Swan 124 | + *Can’t This Thing Go Any Faster?* 125 | Tom Swan 126 | - VIP Games 127 | + *Football* 128 | Frank Awtrey 129 | + *Modifications to Kaleidoscope* 130 | Charles R. Williams 131 | - Miscellany 132 | + Product review: VP-700 Tiny Basic ROM board and manual 133 | Tom Swan 134 | + *Get Ready For More PIPS!* (advertisement) 135 | + Trendcom printer output sample 136 | + H.C. Will Software (advertisement) 137 | 138 | ## [Issue 6](issue6.pdf) - January 1980 139 | 140 | - Reader I/O 141 | - CHIP-8 Interpreter 142 | + *Hi-Res CHIP-8* 143 | Tom Swan 144 | + *TINY Comments* 145 | Carmelo Cortes 146 | - Games 147 | + *8-Sector, 2-Page Kaleidoscope* 148 | George Ziniewicz 149 | + *VIP Vox* 150 | George Ziniewicz 151 | - PIPS Mods 152 | + *Mods to PIPS for VIPs Program Editor* 153 | Steven Medwin 154 | + *Mods (A letter to C Spencer Powell)* 155 | Tom Swan 156 | + *A Fix for PIPS II* 157 | - Machine Language 158 | + *Little Loops* 159 | Tom Swan 160 | 161 | ## [Issue 7](issue7.pdf) - February 1980 162 | 163 | - Editorial 164 | - Publisher’s Notes 165 | - Reader I/O 166 | - CHIP-8 167 | + *CHIP-8III* 168 | John Chmielewski 169 | + *Little Loops* 170 | Tom Swan 171 | - Music 172 | + *Musicode* 173 | Gilbert Detillieux 174 | - Games 175 | + *Killer Robots* 176 | Carmelo Cortes 177 | - Machine Language 178 | + *Super-Duper 3-Way Memory Diagnostic* 179 | Tom Swan 180 | - Miscellaneous 181 | + Advertisements (RCA) 182 | + Corrections: Awtrey’s Football game 183 | + Ordering information: ARESCO 184 | 185 | ## [Issue 8/9](issue8_9.pdf) - March/April 1980 186 | 187 | - Editorial 188 | Tom Swan 189 | - Reader I/O 190 | - CHIP-8 191 | + *CHIP-8E* 192 | Gilles Detillieux 193 | + *Invert* 194 | Robert Lindley 195 | + *Programming Hints* 196 | H.C. Will IV 197 | + *Software Changes & Other Good Stuff* 198 | George Ziniewicz 199 | - Games 200 | + *LIFE* 201 | Tom Swan 202 | + *Programming Hints* 203 | H.C. Will IV 204 | + *SPACE WARS Speed Up* 205 | Tom Swan 206 | + *SIMPLE SIMON Adaptation* 207 | Tim Longcor 208 | + *FLIP-A-ROUND* 209 | - Music 210 | + *VIP Keyboard* 211 | Doug Wolf 212 | - BASIC 213 | + *VIP Tiny BASIC Machine Language Subroutine* 214 | Andrew A. Modla 215 | + *Little Loops* 216 | Tom Swan 217 | + *More Tiny BASIC Machine Languge Subroutines* 218 | C.D. Smith 219 | - Machine Language 220 | + *Extended Display Subroutine* 221 | C.H. Anderson 222 | + *SCRT Jump Table* 223 | Leo F. Hood 224 | - Hardware 225 | + *Keyboard Reset* 226 | Steve Medwin 227 | + *Tiny BASIC Disconnect Switch* 228 | Randy Holt 229 | + *Expanded ROM Monitor* 230 | Randy Holt 231 | - Miscellaneous 232 | + *A Letter To PIPS III Owners* 233 | Tom Swan 234 | + *Changes To VIP-FLOP* 235 | Carmelo Cortes 236 | + *Set Carry/Clear Carry* 237 | Tom Swan 238 | + Corrections for back issues 239 | + *Publisher’s note* 240 | Terry Laudereau 241 | - User News 242 | + *New York Amateur Computer Club* 243 | - Advertising 244 | + Non-commercial 245 | + ARESCO “Going Out Of (Hardware) Business Sale” 246 | + RCA 247 | 248 | ## [Issue 10](issue10.pdf) - June 1980 249 | 250 | - Editorial 251 | - More editor’s notes 252 | - Reader I/O 253 | - Machine Language 254 | + *1802 Memory Display Program* 255 | Gerald Strope 256 | + *9600 Baud I/O with the VIP* 257 | Bill Barrett 258 | - CHIP-8 259 | + *Little Loops* 260 | Tom Swan 261 | - Music 262 | + *Six Songs for VIP Supersound* 263 | John C. Hanner 264 | - Hardware 265 | + *A Hardware Breakpoint System for the COSMAC VIP* 266 | Bill Barrett 267 | - Miscellaneous 268 | + Non-commercial ad corner 269 | + New product announcement (Power Line Interrupter) 270 | + Programming hints 271 | + Terry’s note 272 | - Advertisements (RCA) 273 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /volume2/issue1.pdf: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattmikolay/viper/e9c7afdac02dabc8ecdd0a6b828c2e48ff6aa8e5/volume2/issue1.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /volume2/issue10.pdf: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattmikolay/viper/e9c7afdac02dabc8ecdd0a6b828c2e48ff6aa8e5/volume2/issue10.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /volume2/issue2.pdf: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattmikolay/viper/e9c7afdac02dabc8ecdd0a6b828c2e48ff6aa8e5/volume2/issue2.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /volume2/issue3.pdf: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattmikolay/viper/e9c7afdac02dabc8ecdd0a6b828c2e48ff6aa8e5/volume2/issue3.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /volume2/issue4.pdf: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattmikolay/viper/e9c7afdac02dabc8ecdd0a6b828c2e48ff6aa8e5/volume2/issue4.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /volume2/issue5.pdf: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattmikolay/viper/e9c7afdac02dabc8ecdd0a6b828c2e48ff6aa8e5/volume2/issue5.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /volume2/issue6.pdf: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattmikolay/viper/e9c7afdac02dabc8ecdd0a6b828c2e48ff6aa8e5/volume2/issue6.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /volume2/issue7.pdf: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattmikolay/viper/e9c7afdac02dabc8ecdd0a6b828c2e48ff6aa8e5/volume2/issue7.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /volume2/issue8_9.pdf: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattmikolay/viper/e9c7afdac02dabc8ecdd0a6b828c2e48ff6aa8e5/volume2/issue8_9.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /volume3/README.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # VIPER volume 3 2 | 3 | **All scans of the VIPER newsletter in this repository are provided for 4 | noncommercial use.** Scans of volumes 1-2 have been posted with the permission 5 | of Rick Simpson. Scans of volumes 3-6 have been posted with the permission of 6 | Ray Sills. 7 | 8 | ## [Issue 1](issue1.pdf) - April/May 1981 9 | 10 | - Editorial 11 | - Constitution 12 | - Reader I/O 13 | - Software 14 | + *VIP Clock Program* 15 | Bill Fisher 16 | + *Little Loops: Scroll the VIP* 17 | Tom Swan 18 | - Advertisement 19 | - Tutorial 20 | + *VIP Flow Charts* 21 | Phil Sumner 22 | - CHIP-8 Interpreter 23 | + *CHIP-8Y* 24 | Bob Casey 25 | - Odds & Ends 26 | + *75 Ohm Video Output* 27 | Bob Casey 28 | + *VIP Tape Copy Program* 29 | Glen C. Merritt 30 | - Advertisements 31 | - Reader I/O 32 | 33 | ## [Issue 2](issue2.pdf) - June/July 1981 34 | 35 | - VIPHCA Info 36 | - Editorial 37 | - Error Trap 38 | - Reader I/O 39 | - Software 40 | + *Little Loops: Bounce-Off, a CHIP-8 game* 41 | Tom Swan 42 | - Advertisement 43 | - Tutorial 44 | + *Machine Code: a new feature series* 45 | Paul Piescik 46 | - Advertisement 47 | - Hardware 48 | + *CHIP-8 PROM Board for the VIP* 49 | Bob Casey 50 | - Software 51 | + *Boomerang Puzzle, a game in VIP Tiny Basic* 52 | 53 | ## [Issue 3](issue3.pdf) - August/September 1981 54 | 55 | - VIPHCA Info 56 | - CHIP-8 Software 57 | + *Simple Music, Part 2* 58 | Udo Pernisz 59 | - Advertisements 60 | + Back Issues of Kilobaud and Byte 61 | + RCA Studio II games 62 | + 8K RAM board for RCA VIP 63 | - Tutorial 64 | + *Machine Code: Installment 2* 65 | Paul V. Piescik 66 | - Editorial 67 | Ray Sills 68 | - Announcements 69 | - Reader I/O 70 | - Software 71 | + *An Overlay Editor/Assembler* 72 | William Lindley 73 | 74 | ## [Issue 4](issue4.pdf) - October/November 1981 75 | 76 | - VIPHCA Info 77 | - Software 78 | + *Little Loops: VIP-Amation* 79 | Tom Swan 80 | - Hardware 81 | + *CMOS RAMS for your VIP* 82 | Brian Hudson 83 | - Utility 84 | + *VIP Operating System for the ELF* 85 | Leo F. Hood 86 | - Hardware 87 | + *Memory Expansion for the VIP* 88 | George Gadbois 89 | - Tutorial 90 | + *Machine Code: Part 3* 91 | Paul Piescik 92 | - Reader I/O 93 | - Announcements 94 | - Book Review 95 | + Tom Swan’s *Programmer’s Guide to the 1802* 96 | Reviewed by Ray Sills 97 | 98 | ## [Issue 5](issue5.pdf) - December 1981/January 1982 99 | 100 | - VIPHCA Info 101 | - Software 102 | + *Step by Step: A Single Stepper/Trace Debugger for CHIP-8* 103 | Tom Swan 104 | - Advertisement 105 | - Reader I/O, Advertisements 106 | - Utility 107 | + *CHIP-8 for the ELF* 108 | Leo Hood 109 | - Tutorial 110 | + *Machine Code: Part 4* 111 | Paul Piescik 112 | - Reader I/O, Advertisement 113 | - Application 114 | + *COSMAC VIP Autocall System* 115 | George S. Gadbois 116 | - Software 117 | + *Driving a Baudot Printer with the VIP* 118 | Gerald Krizek 119 | 120 | ## [Issue 6](issue6.pdf) - February/March 1982 121 | 122 | - VIPHCA Info 123 | - Software 124 | + *Little Loops: Data Encryption for COSMAC* 125 | Tom Swan 126 | - Application 127 | + *Four Input Energy Logger Program* 128 | George Endres 129 | - Advertisement 130 | - Tutorial 131 | + *Little Loops “Dream Machine” with ‘Pit Stop’ variation of Dot Dash Game* 132 | Tom Swan 133 | - *VIPER Index: Listing of VIPER material through 3.05* 134 | Andrew Sills 135 | - Reader I/O, Advertisement 136 | - Application 137 | + *One Page Morse Code Output Routines* 138 | David Barber, WD8AJQ 139 | - Editorial 140 | - Renewal form and questionnaire 141 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /volume3/issue1.pdf: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattmikolay/viper/e9c7afdac02dabc8ecdd0a6b828c2e48ff6aa8e5/volume3/issue1.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /volume3/issue2.pdf: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattmikolay/viper/e9c7afdac02dabc8ecdd0a6b828c2e48ff6aa8e5/volume3/issue2.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /volume3/issue3.pdf: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattmikolay/viper/e9c7afdac02dabc8ecdd0a6b828c2e48ff6aa8e5/volume3/issue3.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /volume3/issue4.pdf: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattmikolay/viper/e9c7afdac02dabc8ecdd0a6b828c2e48ff6aa8e5/volume3/issue4.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /volume3/issue5.pdf: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattmikolay/viper/e9c7afdac02dabc8ecdd0a6b828c2e48ff6aa8e5/volume3/issue5.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /volume3/issue6.pdf: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattmikolay/viper/e9c7afdac02dabc8ecdd0a6b828c2e48ff6aa8e5/volume3/issue6.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /volume4/README.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # VIPER volume 4 2 | 3 | **All scans of the VIPER newsletter in this repository are provided for 4 | noncommercial use.** Scans of volumes 1-2 have been posted with the permission 5 | of Rick Simpson. Scans of volumes 3-6 have been posted with the permission of 6 | Ray Sills. 7 | 8 | ## [Issue 1](issue1.pdf) - April/May 1982 9 | 10 | - Editorial 11 | - Software 12 | + *Mini-Calculator for the VIP* 13 | + *DO NOT USE program in CHIP-8* 14 | Bob Casey 15 | - Advertisement 16 | - Software 17 | + *One Page Programs (Morse keyer and Life)* 18 | Steven Gunhouse 19 | - Advertisements 20 | - Tutorial 21 | + *Machine Code Part 5* 22 | Paul Piescik 23 | - Software 24 | + *Lines and Circles* 25 | Nathan Gopen 26 | - Content announcement 27 | - Floppy disk for VIP announcement 28 | 29 | ## [Issue 2](issue2.pdf) - June/July 1982 30 | 31 | - Editorial 32 | - Application 33 | + *Give Your VIP a Voice with a High-Low number game* 34 | Bill Fisher 35 | - Reader I/O 36 | + Letter from Tom Swan 37 | - Software 38 | + *Russian Roulette* 39 | David Ruth 40 | + *Bombs Away in Color and Sound* 41 | David Ruth 42 | - Advertisement 43 | - VIP Music 44 | + *Star-Spangled Banner for 2 channel Super Sound* 45 | David Ruth 46 | - Tutorial 47 | + *Machine Code Part 6* 48 | Paul Piescik 49 | - Software 50 | + *Intoxication Tester* 51 | Nicholas N. Panasis 52 | 53 | ## [Issue 3](issue3.pdf) - August/September 1982 54 | 55 | - Editorial 56 | - Application 57 | + *How to Upgrade the Color Board* 58 | Jeff Jones 59 | - Software 60 | + *Little Loops: Follow the Bouncing Ball* 61 | Tom Swan 62 | - VIP Music 63 | + *“America” for 2 channel Super Sound* 64 | David Ruth 65 | - Tutorial 66 | + *Machine Code Part 7* 67 | Paul Piescik 68 | 69 | ## [Issue 4](issue4.pdf) - October/November 1982 70 | 71 | - Editorial 72 | - Advertisement 73 | - Software 74 | + *A CHIP-8 Editor for the VIP* 75 | Bill Lindley 76 | - Advertisement 77 | - Application 78 | + *Oktoberfest Reflexes: software and hardware* 79 | Udo Pernisz 80 | 81 | ## [Issue 5](issue5.pdf) - December 1982/January 1983 82 | 83 | - Editorial 84 | - Software 85 | + *Special Routines for Morse Code* 86 | Steven Vincent Gunhouse 87 | + *Freeway Dragster* 88 | + *Multipile NIM* 89 | Kurt Hafner 90 | - Advertisement 91 | - Editorial 92 | Tom Swan 93 | - Reader I/O 94 | - Software 95 | + *PIN-8 Music* 96 | David Ruth 97 | * *Angels We Have Heard on High* 98 | * *Hahvah Nahgeelah* 99 | 100 | ## [Issue 6](issue6.pdf) - February/March 1983 101 | 102 | - Editorial 103 | - Software 104 | + *Mini-Op for a Mini Assembler* 105 | Tom Swan 106 | + *Double Array Modification* 107 | Ron Applebach 108 | - Advertisement 109 | - Software 110 | + *PIN-8 Music* 111 | David Ruth 112 | * *America The Beautiful* 113 | - Reader I/O 114 | - VIPHCA Info 115 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /volume4/issue1.pdf: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattmikolay/viper/e9c7afdac02dabc8ecdd0a6b828c2e48ff6aa8e5/volume4/issue1.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /volume4/issue2.pdf: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattmikolay/viper/e9c7afdac02dabc8ecdd0a6b828c2e48ff6aa8e5/volume4/issue2.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /volume4/issue3.pdf: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattmikolay/viper/e9c7afdac02dabc8ecdd0a6b828c2e48ff6aa8e5/volume4/issue3.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /volume4/issue4.pdf: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattmikolay/viper/e9c7afdac02dabc8ecdd0a6b828c2e48ff6aa8e5/volume4/issue4.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /volume4/issue5.pdf: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattmikolay/viper/e9c7afdac02dabc8ecdd0a6b828c2e48ff6aa8e5/volume4/issue5.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /volume4/issue6.pdf: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattmikolay/viper/e9c7afdac02dabc8ecdd0a6b828c2e48ff6aa8e5/volume4/issue6.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /volume5/README.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # VIPER volume 5 2 | 3 | **All scans of the VIPER newsletter in this repository are provided for 4 | noncommercial use.** Scans of volumes 1-2 have been posted with the permission 5 | of Rick Simpson. Scans of volumes 3-6 have been posted with the permission of 6 | Ray Sills. 7 | 8 | ## [Issue 1](issue1.pdf) - April/May/June 1983 9 | 10 | - News and Views 11 | - *PIPS for VIPS IV - Part 1* 12 | Tom Swan 13 | 14 | ## [Issue 2](issue2.pdf) - July/August 1983 15 | 16 | - News & Views 17 | - *PIPS for VIPS IV - Part 2* 18 | Tom Swan 19 | 20 | ## [Issue 3](issue3.pdf) - September/October 1983 21 | 22 | - Review of *ELFISH - an Interpretive Development System* 23 | Robert J. Toegel 24 | - Letter from Robert J. Toegel 25 | - *PIPS for VIPS IV - Part 3* 26 | Tom Swan 27 | 28 | ## [Issue 4](issue4.pdf) - November/December 1983 29 | 30 | - News & Views 31 | - *Two Color Display Board* 32 | Bob Casey 33 | - *PIPS for VIPS IV - Part 4* 34 | Tom Swan 35 | 36 | ## [Issue 5](issue5.pdf) - January/February 1984 37 | 38 | - *VIP 16K CMOS Memory* 39 | Claude Hesselman 40 | - *PIPS for VIPS IV - Part 5* 41 | Tom Swan 42 | 43 | ## [Issue 6](issue6.pdf) - March/April 1984 44 | 45 | - News and Views 46 | - *PIPS for VIPS IV - Part 6* 47 | Tom Swan 48 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /volume5/issue1.pdf: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattmikolay/viper/e9c7afdac02dabc8ecdd0a6b828c2e48ff6aa8e5/volume5/issue1.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /volume5/issue2.pdf: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattmikolay/viper/e9c7afdac02dabc8ecdd0a6b828c2e48ff6aa8e5/volume5/issue2.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /volume5/issue3.pdf: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattmikolay/viper/e9c7afdac02dabc8ecdd0a6b828c2e48ff6aa8e5/volume5/issue3.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /volume5/issue4.pdf: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattmikolay/viper/e9c7afdac02dabc8ecdd0a6b828c2e48ff6aa8e5/volume5/issue4.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /volume5/issue5.pdf: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattmikolay/viper/e9c7afdac02dabc8ecdd0a6b828c2e48ff6aa8e5/volume5/issue5.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /volume5/issue6.pdf: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattmikolay/viper/e9c7afdac02dabc8ecdd0a6b828c2e48ff6aa8e5/volume5/issue6.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /volume6/README.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # VIPER volume 6 2 | 3 | **All scans of the VIPER newsletter in this repository are provided for 4 | noncommercial use.** Scans of volumes 1-2 have been posted with the permission 5 | of Rick Simpson. Scans of volumes 3-6 have been posted with the permission of 6 | Ray Sills. 7 | 8 | ## [Issue 1](issue1.pdf) - September 1984 9 | 10 | - Editorial 11 | - Reader I/O 12 | - Advertisement 13 | - Software 14 | + *A CHIP-8 Assembler in BASIC* 15 | William Lindley 16 | + *VIP UT-4 Operating System* 17 | Fred Weigert 18 | + *DEBUG Utility* 19 | Michael Weigert 20 | + *Globe II* 21 | Michael Weigert 22 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /volume6/issue1.pdf: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattmikolay/viper/e9c7afdac02dabc8ecdd0a6b828c2e48ff6aa8e5/volume6/issue1.pdf --------------------------------------------------------------------------------