Summary
A sample page from a Compute!'s Gazette magazine depicting an MLX type-in program (specifically Arcade Volleyball), the manner in which machine language Commodore 64 software was distributed with the magazine.
Copyright COMPUTE! Publications, June 1988. Source: www.vintagecomputing.com
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