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| Dragon:
Part 1 |
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| Inside
the machine, sound and graphics,
Dragon Basic. |
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| REGULARS |
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| Dragon
kept afloat by £2.5m
bail-out, and rescue bid
from Newbrain, page 2; Digital
Research homes in on applications,
page 3; Aston launches Crystal
system, page 4; extended
warranty for home users,
page 5; and three more pages
of the latest news. |
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| What
makes our £10 winner
see red? Green, of course! |
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| The
problems our readers have
solved . . . |
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. and the ones they couldn't. |
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| A look
at the new titles for micro
users. |
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| Musical
keyboard for the 64; Michael
Foot portrayed on the Lynx;
Asteroid Lander on Dragon. |
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| User
groups UK-wide. |
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| Facts
and figures on all the micros. |
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| Pick
up a bargain. |
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| PCN
SPECIALS |
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| The
plot thickens as John Noad
maps out the rooms and puts
the characters into your
adventure program. |
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| Your
wish is the Genie's command
as Ken Hook tells you how
to take advantage of its
operating system. |
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| PCN
PRO-TEST: HARDWARE |
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| Sharp's
latest personal computer
comes complete with a built-in
printer / plotter and cassette
recorder but Camilla Martin
asks: Is it enough? |
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| PCN
PRO-TEST: SOFTWARE |
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| The
language of artificial intelligence
makes its debut on the Model
B. Ted Ball reports. |
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| Cliff
McKnight on a package that
makes editing easier and
offers auto line numbering
as a useful extra. |
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| PCN
PRO-TEST: PERIPHERALS |
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| IBM's
better mousetrap |
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| If
you're an IBM PC user, the
mice are all but beating
a path to your door. Ian
Scales clears the ground
for his report next week
on two of the rodents. |
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| Ever
wondered what happens to
your ZX81's 1K RAM when
you add a memory expansion?
KP Taylor tells all - including
how to get it back. |
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| GAMEPLAY |
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| All-action
Spectrum with Zip-Zap
and Zzoom from Imagine. |
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| Another
box of ZX tricks as
Shirley Fawcett loads
up her Spectrum. |
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| A
dog's life on the
Commodore 64, courtesy
of Hover Bover and
Benji - Space Rescue. |
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