| Micropaedia |
| Disk
Drives: Part 2 |
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| Avoiding
the crash, illustrated anatomy
of the drive, comparison
chart - and future developments. |
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| REGULARS |
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| Four
pages of the liveliest General
Election coverage you're
likely to find this side
of the English Channel,
with reviews of election
night software on PCs, the
manifesto of the Basic Party,
the preparations of the
computerised media, and
the attitudes of party leaders
themselves to microcomputer
technology. As a bonus,
the PCN Plot'o'meter, your
own guide to the outcome.
All this on pages 2 to 5
- and back in the real world
on page 6 Kodak promises
10Mb on a floppy |
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| Oric
subroutines, high-speed
Dragon, Tandy circles, Lynx's
6845 chip, ZX81 characters |
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| Books
for the Spectrum, Commodore
64 and TRS-80 |
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| The
long and short answers to
your problems from Max Phillips |
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| Can
you get beyond base camp
in Everest Ascent? |
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| All
the games you could wish
for |
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| Micro-maze
- fun in just 3K; and empire
building on the Qix |
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| Cupid,
a game for romantics |
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| Kill
the Alien |
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| Test
your nerves with Time Bomb |
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| Report
on Namebug, the Essex BBC
user group |
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| PCN
SPECIALS |
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| Matchmaker
Geof Wheelwright officiates
- watch two micros achieve
compatability. |
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| Grand
finale from Bob Maunder
gives you Oric, the music
maker. |
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| Marc
Leduc introduces a program
utility which enables you
to achieve tape compatability
between the Genie I and
II and the Colour Genie. |
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| PCN
PRO-TEST: SOFTWARE |
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| Mike
Gerrard reviews Microdeal's
Telewriter, an easy-to-master
word-processing package
- possibly the first for
the Dragon. |
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| FIG-Forth
implementation Abersoft
is well worth the price
if you're looking for a
speedier Spectrum, says
Ted Ball. |
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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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| Ian
Scales hunts down the slickest
stick in the West. |
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get the measure of the humble
but helpful programmer's
ruler. |
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| PCN
PRO-TEST: HARDWARE |
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| Max
Phillips' verdict on the
diminutive IBM-compatible.
It's superbly designed,
and the real state-of-the-art. |
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