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Charts: Top 20 Micros up to £1000 |
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Sinclair
Spectrum (Sinclair) |
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£99 |
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Dragon
32 (Dragon Data) |
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£200 |
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Vic
20 (Commodore) |
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£150 |
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ZX81
(Sinclair) |
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£40 |
| 5 |
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BBC
B (Acorn Computers) |
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£399 |
| 6 |
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Atari
800 (Atari International) |
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£300 |
| 7 |
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Atari
400 (Atari International) |
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£150 |
| 8 |
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Oric
1 (Oric) |
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£100 |
| 9 |
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Newbrain
A (Grundy Business) |
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£228 |
| 10 |
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Lynx
48 (Camputers) |
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£225 |
| 11 |
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Texas
TI 99 (Texas Instruments) |
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£150 |
| 12 |
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Colour
Genie (Lowe Electronics) |
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£224 |
| 13 |
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Commodore
64 (Commodore) |
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£345 |
| 14 |
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Epson
HX20 (Epson) |
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£472 |
| 15 |
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Apple
IIE (Apple Computers) |
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£969 |
| 16 |
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Sharp
MZ80A (Sharp) |
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£549 |
| 17 |
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Sord
M5 (Sord / Computer Games Ltd) |
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£189 |
| 18 |
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Nascom
3 (Lucas Logic) |
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£549 |
| 19 |
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Jupiter
Ace (Jupiter Cantab) |
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£90 |
| 20 |
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Tandy
Colour (Tandy) |
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£240 |
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| Top
10 over £1000 |
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Sirius
1 (ACT Sirius) |
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£2754 |
| 2 |
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IBM
PC (IBM) |
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£2392 |
| 3 |
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Apple
3 (Apple Computers) |
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£2780 |
| 4 |
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Osborne
1 (Osborne Computers Corporation) |
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£1581 |
| 5 |
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Commodore
8032 (Commodore) |
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£1129 |
| 6 |
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Olivetti
M20 (Olivetti) |
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£2754 |
| 7 |
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DEC
Rainbow (Digital) |
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£2714 |
| 8 |
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Rair
Blac Box (Rair) |
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£2242 |
| 9 |
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HP86A
(Hewlett-Packard) |
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£1541 |
| 10 |
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Superbrain
II (Icarus Computers) |
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£2070 |
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| Issue
18 - July 7th to 13th 1983 |
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| Pull-Out |
| Micropaedia |
| Sound:
Part 2 |
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| Speech
routines, A-Z of BBC sound,
Texas drawl, Dragon sound
codified, Give us an A,
Apple. |
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| REGULARS |
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| Microkey
backs your micro design,
page 2; Torch declares UDI
with triple processor, page
3; could your club qualify
for a grant? page 4; ACT's
Apricot blossoms, page 5;
Paradyne enters IBM PC race,
page 6; and electronic shopping,
page 7. |
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| Top
30 games, top 30 micros |
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| Your
access to Max Phillips |
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| Apple,
Dragon, Computer glossary
and Choosing a micro |
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| Backgammon
and Snooker |
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| A fistful
of games |
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| Control
the serpent; poison the
pests |
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| Back-pack
ready for a dangerous safari! |
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| Part
two of the WP program |
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| Play
the Fruit Machine |
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| PCN
meets the Harrovians |
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| Micro-buyers'
guide |
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| PCN
SPECIALS |
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| John
King's advice on creditable
methods of buying features
a table comparing bank loan
with two kinds of leasing. |
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| Ted
Ball makes sweet music with
a machine not usually noted
for its coloratura qualities. |
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| PCN
PRO-TEST: SOFTWARE |
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| Digital
Research's Personal Basic
is an interpreter for CP/M-86
systems. Max Phillips sees
what you get for your £100. |
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| What
can Astron do for your Spectrum
(16K or 48K)? Ted Ball loads
this Z80 assembler and editor/toolkit. |
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| A package
which enables the unexpanded
Newbrain to be used as a
handy word processor, reviewed
by Walter Knight. |
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| PCN
PRO-TEST: PERIPHERALS |
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| Hook
up the humble ZX81 to the
telephone system with the
Quantum Jump RS232 interface,
tested by David Janda. |
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| Barry
Miles takes on board the
eight-way ROM/EPROM pager
from Jaytee . . . |
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| . .
. and a versatile printer
interface buffer that enhances
the efficiency of throughput. |
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| PCN
PRO-TEST: HARDWARE |
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| Tandy
has got it right with the
TRS-80 Model 100, says Richard
King, who believes it offers
real mobility. |
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