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| Unix is the
year's trendiest operating system.
Once the province of mainframes,
it's now becoming available for
the larger business micros but
Torch has broken new ground with
its Unicorn add-on for the BBC
Micro. Richard King puts the system
through its paces. |
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| Issue
67 - June 30th 1984 |
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QL - now you have a choice,
page 2; ACT scores Symphony
coup, page 3; Vault attacks
pirates' Trojan Horse,
page 4; OFT raps Sinclair's
knuckles, page 5; and
Hewlett-Packard unwraps
its PC packages, page
7.
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| Latest
moves in the games arena,
plus the best-selling machines. |
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| Readers
letters - and we pay for
the best. This week: the
Sinclair watchers respond
to Sir Clive's comments
reported in Issue 65. |
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| Problems
solved here. This week:
advice for Memotech, 64,
Oric and Spectrum owners. |
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| The
place for your tips and
routines. This week: help
with Atari and Spectrum
displays, and hints for
BBC and Oric programmers. |
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| We
find some serious computing
in north London where the
club meets four nights a
week. |
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| Give
your trigger finger a rest
and take a look at the new
computer books. We pick
the best from the bunch. |
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| A taste
of things to come where
we look at the packages
that arrived in PCN's office
this week. |
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| Pick
up a bargain, or find a
buyer for your unwanted
equipment in our weekly
micro marketplace. |
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| The
bit at the back - essential
reading for idiot-watchers.
Plus forthcoming computing
events in Britain and around
the world. |
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| If
the Display List Interrupt
is giving you trouble, check
out this explanation of
how it works and add a little
dash to your graphics. |
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| GO
21. READ PAGE. EXAMINE ARTICLE.
Mike Gerrard takes a look
at adventuring on the Dragon. |
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| Continuing
our look at programming
this processor in its native
language. |
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| Continuing
the rodent revolution started
by Lisa and maintained on
the Macintosh, Apple has
put a mouse on the II series.
Geof Wheelwright uncages
the beast, complete with
bundled software. |
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| The
FDX disk system turns the
Memotech from a home micro
to a powerful system. We
test the big, black box
and examine the possibilities. |
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| Reach
for the sky with this red-hot
flight simulator for the
Commodore 64. Peter Worlock
dons flying cap and goggles
for the latest version of
the renowned IBM flying
machine. |
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| A new
toolkit for Spectrum programmers
gives you more of what you
need to take the strain
out of machine code development. |
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| Fast-shooting
action with Laser Zone and
Buzzard Bait. Survival is
the watchword. |
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| Action
and strategey combine in
The Warlock of Firetop Mountain
and Worse Things Happen
at Sea. |
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| Fast,
arcade-style action in Hunchy,
a colourful version of the
arcade favourite. |
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