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| With state
of the art micros making all the
headlines, why buy a machine that
offers only 'old-fashioned' technology?
John Lettice comes up with some
persuasive reasons in the form
of the Tandy 4P, a luggable version
of the Model 4 business system. |
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| Brighten
up your displays, bring your graphics
to life - Micropaedia will show
you the arcane secrets of display
lists, UDGs, Commodore MOB registers,
attribute files and the other
ins and outs of picture power
on the Oric, Atari and Commodore
64. |
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| Issue
60 - May 5th 1984 |
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Commodore sets its sights
on public networking,
page 2; Apple carries
the fight to IBM, page
3; Rair launches Unix/Concurrent
CP/M Supermicro, page
4; and Tatung raises the
stakes, page 5.
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| What
are the best selling games
and micros? Find out in
our weekly charts. |
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| You'd
be surprised at some of
the opinions expressed by
our readers. Take a look
at our letters page and
see if you agree. |
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| We
answer questions on Spectrum
Forth, Commodore 64 and
Spectrum games, Oric bubble
sorts, ZX81 keyboards and
Spectravideo returns. |
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| This
week we have received useful
hints and routines for the
Spectrum, Vic-20, Commodore
64 and Lynx. |
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| The
North Kent Amateur Computer
Club, which is featured
this week, aims to keep
up with the latest micro
developments. |
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| Another
small sample of the vast
number of micro books available,
to help you make a choice. |
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| Buy,
sell or swap - there is
something for everyone on
the second-hand bargain
page. |
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| This
is where we have a chuckle
at other people's blunders
- and our own. |
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| Andy
Newham explains the use
of Oric's FILL command and
provides useful routines. |
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| Microwriter
has produced an alternative
to the qwerty keyboard and
Piers Letcher investigates
its viability. |
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| Steve
Birchall discovers yet another
robot that can be programmed
via a home micro, but how
many jobs can Bob actually
do? |
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| Curing
ailing disks is the purpose
of Disc Doctor for the BBC,
as David Janda discovered. |
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| Microdrive
software for the Spectrum
is taking off, Barbra Conway
looks at a contribution
by Tasman called Tasword
Two. |
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| Two
absolute corkers this time
- fighting off aliens in
Psytron and engaging in
dogfights in Red Baron. |
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| Take
your pick from this variegated
collection of adventure
and arcade games. |
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| If
you grow tired of defending
Earth from aliens in Avenger,
how about protecting your
mate from the unfriendly
Dragon Hawk? |
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| For
all you back-to-nature freaks
who can't seem to quite
leave technology behind
- try your hand at a game
called Poison Toad. |
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