| Micropaedia |
| Disk
Drives: Part 1 |
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| Two-parter
giving you the complete
run-down on mechanics, storage,
options and maintenance. |
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| REGULARS |
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| Cartridge
software for your BBC, page
2; full report from the
US's main computer jamboree,
page 3; home PC habits across
the pond, page 4; Oric tackles
its loading problems, page
5; software to mix 'n' match,
page 6; and coverage of
the week's events on six
pages |
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| You
could win a tenner for your
thoughts |
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| Readers
share their wheezes on the
Lynx, Oric, Beeb, Tandy,
Dragon, Newbrain and Spectrum |
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| More
sound advice from Max Phillips |
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| Meet
Mad Martha. She's killingly
funny! |
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| Alien
annihilation and hammers
from heaven |
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| A bunch
of new releases |
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| Chart
the election results |
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| A four-card
memory utility |
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| Let
Munchman entertain you |
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| Verdict
on 'Vic Graphics' |
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| Report
from Cambridge |
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| The
article listed in page 35
in fact appears in the next
issue. Page 35 in this issue
should have been listed
as: |
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| Max
Phillips casts a critical
eye over Molimerx's File
Handling system for the
Colour Genie. |
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| PCN
SPECIALS |
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| The
QX10's system disk with
MultiFont Basic makes its
capabilities so special
that its software deserves
its own assessment. Karl
Dallas obliges, |
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| The
Oric has much greater potential
than its sound commands
- Zap, Ping, Shoot and Explode
- might suggest. Bob Maunder
sounds it out. |
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| Harold
Gibson shows you some new
angles on an old reliable
- how to produce good colour
graphics on the Tandy without
being a programming expert. |
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| PCN
PRO-TEST: SOFTWARE |
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| Can
the Spectrum-owner achieve
true word processing. Ted
Ball looks at the inexpensive
Shifty and an even cheaper
package from Quicksilva. |
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| Following
his review of PFS:File last
week, Pete Galliard looks
up PFS:Report, the report
generator package to which
it interfaces. |
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| It's
all done with a paddle or
joystick, but is the GPS
graphics manipulation package
for the Apple II a joy to
use? Mike Whitney reports. |
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| PCN
PRO-TEST: PERIPHERALS |
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| Barry
Miles notices some refreshing
design points on the CTI
CP80 dot matrix printer. |
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| For
less than £50, a peripheral
that brings a familiar arcade
aid into the home - and
onto the Apple II. Ian Scales
keeps it rolling. |
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| PCN
PRO-TEST: HARDWARE |
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| The
spearhead of the Japanese
assault on the UK market
is here. At £190 it's
double the price of its
competitors, but the difference
is worth it, says Richard
King. |
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