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| First
of a three-part in-depth
look at Acorn's Electron.
This week, inside the machine,
electron history and a first
look at the Electron's BBC
Basic. |
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| REGULARS |
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Dragon 64 trade-in shock,
page 2; full report from
the last pre-Christmas
show, page 3; new directions
in software, page 4; Newbrain
software producer acts
on bugs, page 5; door-to-door
micro selling in prospect,
page 6.
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| Find
out how your favourite game
is selling in our shop-based
Top 30. |
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| Columns
for your comments . . .
and a £10 prize for
a star letter. |
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| Let
our experts solve your micro
problems in this Q and A
page. |
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| Packed
with clever bits and pieces
to help all micro users. |
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| A first
look under the covers of
new books. |
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| Complete
your PCN collection . .
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| Oric:
Escape from man-eating plants
in Jungle Chase. |
| BBC:
This routine gives
a two-tone graphics
dump. |
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| Complete
hardware buyer's guide in
easy-to-follow lists. |
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| Buy
it, sell it, exchange it
FREE in this page of readers'
ads. |
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| Quips,
quibbles and what to queue
for. |
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| PCN
PRO-TEST: |
| HARDWARE |
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| With
massive publicity, the PCJr,
code-named Peanut, has been
unveiled in America to not
totally rapturous applause.
Ian Scales looks at Big
Blue's latest progeny and
assesses whether or not
it will make waves in the
UK. |
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| PCN
SPECIALS |
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| There
may be place for an interface
in our overdeveloped computerspaek,
but integrated solutions,
acronyms and 'problems'
are definitely out of vogue,
says David Guest. (Any idea
what COD or SSSS could mean?). |
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| Keep
up with Kevin Ball's series
on souping up Spectrum characters.
Here's how to get double-width
letters. |
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| If
you've had presentation
problems, this series of
programs might solve them. |
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| PERIPHERALS |
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| The
British Micro Grafpad at
under £150, brings
screen art into the home
user's range. Richard Gold
tested his talent on this
new graphics pad. |
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| At
£240, the Walters
WM80 is an attractive prospect.
But does saving money mean
losing facilities? Roger
Howorth investigates. |
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| PCN
PRO-TEST: |
| SOFTWARE |
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| For
all one-fingered typists
. . . here's a package that'll
zap up the keys by teaching
you to type. Colin Cohen
reports. |
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| Ted
Ball tests an assembler
and machine code monitor
for the 48K Spectrum, and
highly recommends it. |
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| GAMEPLAY |
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| Dragon:
On your bikes with
Trace Race, and Pinball. |
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| Colour
Genie: Good new games
to cheer forlorn Genie
owners. |
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| Spectrum:
Sub simulation and
burger break-out. |
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| Commodore
64: Caveman antics
in two new cassettes. |
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