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| We review
the Microkey; the Forth-based
micro that our readers helped
to design. Ted Ball tests a machine
that was designed by a committee
and approves heartily of what
he finds. |
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| MICROPAEDIA |
| Pull-out
wall chart to |
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by your micro |
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send communications services
to the wall in the final
part of our communications
Micropaedia. Our free pull-out
wall chart lists the popular
services with numbers, costs
and interfacing status details.
We give you all the essential
details on hooking up to
a range of specific bulletin
boards and database services
both in the UK and overseas. |
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| Issue
57 - April 14th 1984 |
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Software prices take
a dive, page 2; Oric drives
set to disappoint? page
3; Kaypro sets up shop
with price cuts, page
4; Texas 99/4A - the micro
that wouldn't die, page
5; and UK's Toad is re-entrant,
page 7.
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| Follow
the fortunes of your favourite
micros and software packages
with our weekly charts. |
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| PCN
digs deep into the mailbag
and the best letter of the
week wins a £10 star
prize. |
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| If
your micro problems are
giving you a macro headache,
share this page with our
other bug-ridden readers. |
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| Hints,
tips and incisive comment
about the Oric, Spectrum,
Atari, BBC and Newbrain. |
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| PCN
visits the North London
BBC Micro Users' group. |
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| Don't
judge a book by its cover,
but instead by the rating
it gets on these book review
pages. |
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| Buy,
sell or swap? This is the
place to find bargains. |
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| Our
weekly attempt to find your
funny-bone. |
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| The
assembled introduction
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| PCN
begins the first of a series
of articles to introduce
machine language programming. |
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| PCN's
roving staff reports on
using portable computers
in trains, buses and baths. |
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| John
Lettice previews a new disk
drive system for the Spectrum
and spins its praises. |
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| Piers
Letcher pens his point of
view on Atari's new line
of printers. |
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| Not
the game for claustrophobics
- venture down onto the
ocean bed, or into the bowels
of the Earth. |
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| Your
missions should you choose
to accept them - to control
air traffic, or defeat nefarious
Dr Death. |
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| We
test two new packages to
teach français on
l'Oric. |
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| This
financial modeller could
be a competitor to spreadsheets
like VisiCalc or even combination
packages like Lotus 1-2-3.
Neville Ash gives it a forecast. |
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| Trainiac
puts you in the civil engineering
business. You must replace
bridges to prevent disaster
on the Dodge to Carson City
route, circa 1880. |
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| You
can scroll your screen sideways
with this machine code utility. |
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