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| Pull-out
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| Micropaedia |
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| Our
Christmas special with games
for the ZX81, Spectrum,
Oric, Vic 20, Commodore
64, Atari, Electron, BBC
and Dragon. PLUS . . . pull-out
colour poster! |
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| REGULARS |
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Acorn cracks down on
tape to disk copying,
page 2; Radifon looks
forward to a brave New
Year, page 3; ITV drops
micro plan, page 4; Alladin's
cave at the BBC User Show,
page 5; Edword is third
man on word-processing
front, page 6.
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| See
what's No. 1 in the games
and micros top league. |
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| Space
for your letters - and £10
for the star. |
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| PCN's
experts answer your questions. |
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| Hints
and tips that each earn
a fiver. |
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| Our
word on what books to buy
. . . and what to avoid. |
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| Complete
your PCN collection . .
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. and keep it neat and accessible. |
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| Want
to join a micro club? Look
for the one nearest you
in our complete list of
clubs and user groups. |
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| Special
Christmas offer lets you
buy, sell or swap kit FREE. |
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| Our
last words . . . and forthcoming
events. |
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PRO-TEST: |
| HARDWARE |
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| What
happened to microcomputing
in the last year? Richard
King reviews the major events
and assesses the trends
- the good, the bad, and
the promising. And he gives
a clue to what to expect
in 1984. |
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| PCN
SPECIALS |
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| The
micro boom has led to an
increasing number of illegal
entries to computer networks,
often causing havoc. Tom
Sato looks at computer hackers. |
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| Problems
with centering text with
Wordwise? Here's a program
to help, from Terry Holden. |
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| Final
part of Darren Eteo's scramble-type
machine code program. |
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| PCN
PRO-TEST: |
| PERIPHERALS |
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| Could
you use a parallel interface?
Or how about a three-slot
buffered backplane? John
Lettice looks at plug-in
cards that offer these facilities. |
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| PCN
PRO-TEST: |
| SOFTWARE |
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| Don't
let your Oric go idle. Here's
a card-index system that
David Janda says is easy
to use and secure. |
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| Customise
your space invaders with
this package that lets you
design your own games. Ted
Ball takes it on. |
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| GAMEPLAY |
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| Commodore
64: play First Division
football with this
star-rated cartridge. |
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| Spectrum:
Race for the flag
. . . or try for a
trip to Hollywood. |
71 |
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| Atari:
High-speed maze play
and a new chart-topping
hero. |
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| Vic
20: Aliens and Aussies
in two new games cassettes. |
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| Dragon
32: First-class mystery
and deep danger. |
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