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| Apple Computer
has finally produced a portable
micro to augment its II+/IIe series,
and its compatibility is up to
the usual standard. However, Bryan
Skinner finds that a major change
has taken place - the IIc does
not possess the customary expansion
slots because everything is built
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| Issue
63 - June 2nd 1984 |
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The Logiciel Song - PCN
reports from Software
Expo in Paris, page 2;
Radofin readies new Aquarius,
page 3; Digital Research
and Microsoft go shopping,
page 4; and Radionics
gets back on course, page
5.
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| Which
games have come in from
the cold, and which have
got the elbow? See our weekly
charts. |
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| Keep
up to date with micro users'
views. Or drop us a line
- the best gets £10. |
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| What's
holding you back? We offer
advice and solutions. |
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| PCN's
readers help you get more
out of your Spectrum, Oric
and Commodore machines. |
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| Bishopton
Computer Club, just celebrating
its first birthday, has
been getting itself noticed. |
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| What
we think of the latest books.
Atari users specially catered
for this week. |
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| Buying,
selling or swapping - you
can afford the micros and
peripherals on this page. |
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| A look
at the lighter side of microcomputing
and some dates for your
diary. |
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| Andy
Newham's program for the
Oric calculates the effects
the latest budget will have
on personal finances, and
it can be adapted for other
machines. |
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| In
the fourth part of Keith
Hook's introduction to assembly
language, programming stacks
and their usage come under
scrutiny. |
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| More
competition for the Epson
range, as Piers Letcher
discovers, in the shape
of the versatile Canon PW-1080A
dot matrix printer. |
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| Another
lap-held portable enters
the arena to cater for the
travelling businessman.
Bryan Skinner reviews the
Sord IS-11. |
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| As
the cassettes, disks and
cartridges come flooding
into PCN's office, we keep
you informed of the latest
releases. |
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| Jim
Ballard tries out two packages
for the Dragon 32. Synther
7 imbues it with song, and
Shaper creates some stunning
sound effects. |
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| Software
Automatic Mouth is the latest
attempt to teach the Commodore
64 to speak, and it also
shows Barbara Conway a few
things about phonetics. |
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| The
simplest games are often
the ones that please most. |
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| Get
out and about as guardian
of a fishery, or head off
domestic disaster with George
the plumber. |
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| This
assembler/disassembler will
intrigue Oric owners with
its unusual entry of the
addressing mode. |
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