| Pull-Out |
| Micropaedia |
| Commodore
64: Part 1 |
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| First
of three parts: the machine,
the system, the languages,
the software - the works. |
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| REGULARS |
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| Commodore
corrects error-riddled manual,
page 2; Electron software
hard to find, page 3; US
video games and a new Tandy,
page 4; London marathon
halfway house, page 5; Systems-builders
go for brokers, page 6;
Software buyers' watchdog,
page 7; and Logica launches
Xenix 3.0, page 8. |
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| Follow
the fortunes of your favourite
games and micro. |
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| Read
all about the garden gnome
syndrome! |
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| Max
Phillips talks readers through
their problems. |
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| A fiver
for each one printed - take
a tip from fellow-readers. |
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| Keep
your back-numbers in good
order. |
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| In
this week's cut-out-and-keep
batch: Meteor Shower ends
for Oric owners; Starship,
a three-card trick for the
Vic 20; and Surround, the
light-cycle duel from Tron,
brought to life on your
BBC 'B'. |
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| Choose
the best books. |
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| Nationwide
guide to the micro clubs. |
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| Hardware
- the latest prices, latest
specs. |
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| Buy,
sell or swop secondhand
goods. |
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| PCN's
way-out page . . . |
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| PCN
SPECIALS |
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| Will
home computer users get
hooked on the new communications
technology? Jessica Long
looks into the future. |
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| In
the third of his four-part
excursion into the Dragon's
machine code, Brian Cadge
demonstrates the use of
the interrupt. |
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| PCN
PRO-TEST: SOFTWARE |
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| John
King puts the T/Maker III
in charge of his IBM PC
and watches it perform a
variety of office routines. |
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| Spectrum's
Fifth dimension |
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| Ted
Ball plays with Fifth, an
extension to Spectrum Basic
which allows you to program
fast-moving graphics. |
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| PCN
PRO-TEST: PERIPHERALS |
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| Ian
Scales measures the price
/ performance gap of a quartet
of daisywheel printers. |
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| Trevor
Jones tracks down the RD
digital tracer, a package
designed to let you transfer
an outline from paper to
screen. |
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| PCN
PRO-TEST: HARDWARE |
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| The
Laser 200 from Hong Kong
is, at just £70, the
cheapest colour micro on
the UK market. Max Phillips
sees how it shines. |
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| GAMEPLAY |
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| Sandra
Grandison pits her
wits against games
for the Oric. |
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| Mike
Gerrard watches Charlie
the Chef at work in
Cookie and a chicken-and-egg
dituation down on
Egg Farm - for the
Spectrum. |
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| Bobby
Rao dodges the enemy
fleet in Sea Lord
(BBC), while Mike
Gerrard averts a Lusitanic
disaster at sea (Dragon
32). |
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| Can
biker Peter Worlock
cross The Island on
his Commodore 64?
Can Dolores Fairman
find the Xadomian
Artifact, aided only
by her Spectrum? |
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