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| In
seven pages of news, Sinclair
tells all, page 2; Grundy
re-organises for CP/M Newbrain,
page 3; US robots are on
the march, page 4; Compec
Europe report from Brussels,
page 5, with PCN Charts;
Record companies muscle
in on software, page 6;
and more news of the microcomputer
world. |
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to PCN and take a chance
on winning £10 |
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| Max
Phillips puts you out of
your misery in his question
and answer page |
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| BBC,
Oric and Lynx program hints;
ZX81 and Vic20 tips. |
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| Full
marks for Princess in Waiting
. . . don't miss it! |
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| Indulge
your ruling passions with
Dictator and Roman Empire |
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| Take
to the skies with Choplifter
and Skyhawk |
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| Whether
you're a micro duffer or
database genius, there's
a book here for you |
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| Colour
and sound in a fun demo
program |
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| Play
this game and get the robot
back to base |
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| The
CBM Database saga goes a
step further |
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| New
Forth users start here |
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| Check
out the clubs in your area
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| Buy,
sell or swop |
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| PCN
SPECIALS |
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| Start
here with the stars and
skyline and build into a
full ET-type adventure with
next week's part 2. Adrian
Boot gives you the lines. |
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| Stage
2 in Geof Wheelwright's
bid to take Atari to the
serious side of software. |
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| PCN
PRO-TEST: SOFTWARE |
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| Commodore
64 - cover story |
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| Barry
miles scans Infomast to
see whether it stands up
as a scaled down version
of Silicon Office. |
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| Dragon:
machine code monitor |
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| Dragon
Mace gets the thumbs up
from Ted Ball, who recommends
it to people wanting to
learn 6809 assembly language,
or to write serious programs. |
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| PCN
PRO-TEST: PERIPHERALS |
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| Former
Curved Air musician Francis
Monkman finds out what happens
when low-cost micros meet
music in the form of two
new synthesisers. |
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| We
herald a new era in personal
computing with the advent
of prism's directly coupled
modem. Ralph Bancroft studies
its virtues. |
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| PCN
PRO-TEST: HARDWARE |
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| Karl
Dallas introduces the micro
of many faces, the multifont
Epson. |
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