| Pull-Out |
| Micropaedia |
| Spectrum:
Part 3 |
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| ZX
language barrier, Printer
interface, Games and business
software, Multilingual programming,
Books to read |
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| REGULARS |
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| Torch
plans Independence Day coup,
page 2; much ado about the
Computer Fair, page 3; a
new approach to graphics,
page 4; BBC disk interface
drought, page 5; Kaypro
brings 10MB portable to
the UK, page 10; and more
of the week's news. |
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| Rhymester
reaps £10 reward |
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| Richard
King steps in . . . |
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| Scrabble
on your micro |
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| Teaching
games take the test |
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| Horace
returns, plus Barney Bootlace |
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| Give
your videos a good name |
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| Ten-pin
bowling - your pitch |
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| Pirate
Island - keep searching! |
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| Richmond
Club celebrates |
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| Your
primer on peripheral prices |
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| PCN
SPECIALS |
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| Teach
your Sinclair - with a little
help from Czes Kosniowski
and John Ewing - how to
get its sums right. |
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| Advice
from Barry Miles on how
to get American suppliers
to deliver fast. |
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| Turn
your Atari into an artist's
canvas with this simple
program by Edmund Bamber. |
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| PCN
PRO-TEST: SOFTWARE |
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| Pete
Gerrard tabulates the performance
of four word-processing
packages for the Commodore
64. |
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| Simplifile,
a package that replaces
the tough CP/M commands
with a more approachable
set, is reviewed by Ted
Ball. |
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| PCN
PRO-TEST: PERIPHERALS |
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| Ian
Scales checks out the MPF-II
thermal printer, designed
to partner the MicroProfessor
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and wonders whether, in
marketing the Z80 Disk Pack
for the BBC micro, Torch
is undercutting its own
main product. |
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| PCN
PRO-TEST: HARDWARE |
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| The
Atari 800 price-cut now
puts it in competition with
the BBC micro. Andrew Tollyfield
makes a timely comparison
. . . and brings the Commodore
into the same arena. |
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