| PCN
SPECIALS |
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| You
won't be DOSsing outside
a closed-up shopfront if
you follow David Guest's
advice. |
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| Custom
chip GTIA takes you into
three more unknown colour
modes on your Atari. Richard
Hawkes takes command. |
| PCN
PRO-TESTS |
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| Program
artificial intelligence
into the Spectrum with SpecList
- plus assembly language
programming for Vic 20 buffs
page 33, and graphs without
graft with a Victor/Sirius
disk package page 34. |
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| Can
the Epson FX80 printer live
up to the image of its predecessor,
the MX80? Reviewer Barry
Miles is impressed. And
Drew Athol likes the noiseless
speed of the Olivetti JP101
ink-jet printer page 38. |
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| Dawning
of a new age for toy-making
giant Mattel? Richard King
gets to the Aquarius first. |
| REGULARS
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| Acorn's
growing pains page 2, Japanese
portables at the Hanover
Fair page 3, Canada plans
a micro wave page 4, software
control on Commodore page
6, with more of the latest
news in words and pictures. |
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| Who
picks up a £10 note
this week with a star letter?
It could be your turn next
week if you write to PCN. |
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| Four
thousand entries chasing
four BBC micros. Find out
if you were lucky (or skilled)
enough to be a one-in-a-thousand
winner. |
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| Make
waves, make money. Every
computing idea we publish
gets a £5 feedback. |
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| We're
all bewitched, but if you're
bothered and bewildered
too write to Max. He'll
ease your agony in his regular
Q/A column. |
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| Up,
Up and Away on the Atari,
plus cashing in on your
Sinclair page 52, and a
brace of shooting matches
with a scientific twist
(Vic and ZX81) page 53. |
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| Full
nationwide guide to user
groups - contacts at your
fingertips. |
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| High
praise for a Comal handbook
but thumbs down for an Atari
Forth primer. |
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| Comlete
your set of Wack Racers
cards; a check chart for
Commodore users, and more
calendar data. |
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| Printers,
monitors, disk-drives, modems,
plotters - latest on the
peripherals. |
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| Hang
it here. Your free swop,
buy and sell ad section. |
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| PCN's
lighthearted way of signing
off. |
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