<s>
MLX	B-Device
is	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
machine	B-Language
language	I-Language
entry	O
utilities	O
published	O
by	O
the	O
magazines	O
COMPUTE	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
programs	O
were	O
designed	O
to	O
allow	O
relatively	O
easy	O
entry	O
of	O
the	O
type-in	O
machine	B-Language
language	I-Language
listings	O
that	O
were	O
often	O
included	O
in	O
these	O
publications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
were	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
VIC-20	B-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
MLX	B-Device
listings	O
were	O
reserved	O
for	O
relatively	O
long	O
machine	B-Language
language	I-Language
programs	O
such	O
as	O
SpeedScript	B-Device
,	O
some	O
high-performance	O
utilities	O
,	O
and	O
fast-paced	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MLX	B-Device
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
the	O
December	O
1983	O
issue	O
of	O
COMPUTE	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
and	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
(	O
necessary	O
to	O
input	O
the	O
Atari	O
game	O
on	O
Pg	O
122	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
simultaneously	O
in	O
the	O
December	O
1983	O
issue	O
of	O
COMPUTE	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
'	O
s	O
Gazette	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
the	O
entry	O
of	O
two	O
C-64	O
machine	B-Language
language	I-Language
games	O
,	O
the	O
excellent	O
(	O
Pg	O
74	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
competitive	O
(	O
Pg	O
80	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
'	O
s	O
Gazette	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
VIC-20	B-Device
with	O
8K	O
expansion	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
necessary	O
to	O
enter	O
the	O
VIC-20	B-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
word	O
processor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MLX	B-Device
was	O
in	O
high	O
demand	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
first	O
introduced	O
as	O
the	O
February	O
1984	O
issue	O
of	O
COMPUTE	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
'	O
s	O
Gazette	O
issue	O
featured	O
Tiny	O
MLX	B-Device
,	O
a	O
customised	O
version	O
specifically	O
modified	O
to	O
allow	O
typing	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
(	O
Pg	O
46	O
)	O
on	O
an	O
unexpanded	O
VIC-20	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
'	O
s	O
Gazette	O
contained	O
corrections	O
for	O
MLX	B-Device
program	O
listings	O
from	O
the	O
December	O
1983	O
and	O
January	O
1984	O
COMPUTE	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
corrections	O
also	O
applied	O
to	O
the	O
64	O
MLX	B-Device
that	O
had	O
been	O
printed	O
in	O
the	O
December	O
1983	O
COMPUTE	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
Gazette	O
MLX	B-Device
listings	O
reflected	O
the	O
same	O
changes	O
but	O
,	O
strangely	O
,	O
lines	O
210	O
and	O
215	O
were	O
different	O
in	O
the	O
updated	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Magazine	O
featured	O
a	O
correction	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	O
MLX	B-Device
from	O
the	O
December	O
1983	O
issue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
Commodore	O
version	O
,	O
beginning	O
in	O
the	O
May	O
1984	O
issue	O
of	O
COMPUTE	O
!,	O
several	O
keyboard	O
keys	O
are	O
redefined	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
makeshift	O
numeric	B-Device
keypad	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
versions	O
used	O
a	O
format	O
consisting	O
of	O
six	O
data	O
bytes	O
in	O
decimal	B-Application
format	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
seventh	O
as	O
a	O
checksum	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
MLX	B-Device
was	O
introduced	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
in	O
the	O
June	O
1985	O
issue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
version	O
,	O
known	O
on	O
the	O
title	O
screen	O
as	O
"	O
MLX	B-Device
II	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
otherwise	O
simply	O
as	O
"	O
the	O
new	O
MLX	B-Device
"	O
,	O
appeared	O
in	O
the	O
December	O
1985	O
issue	O
of	O
COMPUTE	O
!	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
of	O
MLX	B-Device
was	O
used	O
until	O
COMPUTE	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
of	O
MLX	B-Device
for	O
the	O
Commodore	B-Device
128	I-Device
first	O
appeared	O
on	O
Page	O
89	O
of	O
the	O
August	O
1986	O
Compute	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
featured	O
the	O
Commodore	B-Device
128	I-Device
version	O
of	O
MLX	B-Device
(	O
Pg	O
126	O
)	O
in	O
conunction	O
with	O
128	O
File	O
Viewer	O
(	O
Pg	O
100	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
