Osborne Computer
is once more set to take centre-stage
of the lap-held scene with the
Encore. Stuart Cooke was first
in the stalls for the preview
of this possible show-stealer
featuring a built-in disk drive.
Issue
68 - July 7th 1984
REGULARS
Monitor
2
Consumers Association
attacks Sinclair, page
2; Acorn manoeuvres around
the BBC range, page 3;
AT&T brings Unix to
Europe, page 4; and ACT
takes over the Albert
Hall to launch Apricot
additions, page 5.
PCN
Charts
6
Now
weekly games charts - PCN
gives you the very latest
Top 30.
Random
Access
9
Readers'
letters - and a tenner goes
to the best.
Routine
Inquiries
10
You
think you've got problems?
Just see what other readers
were stuck with until PCN
stepped in.
Microwaves
14
Make
waves while the sun shines.
Hot tips for the costa del
computing.
Clubnet
15
The
much-mentioned wind of change
in computing is blowing
through Hertfordshire.
Readout
50
Looking
for a good computer book?
We advise on what to buy.
Billboard
51
Can
you afford not to turn to
our secondhand bargains
page?
Quit/Datelines
56
Our
mistakes, someone else's
mistakes and your diary's
weekly dose of dates.
SPECIALS
Basic
Spectrum
18
With
your Spectrum in one hand,
an Interface 1 in the other
and Gavin Monk's instructions
you can improve the micro's
Basic.
Memo-text
22
The
Memotech text-handling language
gets the nod from Chris
Goddard.
Hobbit
help
24
Hints
on getting out of tight
spots for Hobbit adventurers,
plus a nudge in the right
direction for you Urban
Upstarts.
HARDWARE
MSDOS
Tandy
32
Tandy's
new IBM-compatible has taken
the popular MSDOS trail:
Stuart Cooke found that
its other features make
it stand out as an attractive
buy.
PERIPHERALS
Electron
link
26
Kenn
Garroch experiences a taste
of joystick interfacing
for the Electron from First
Byte.
Acorn
Z80
34
Acorn's
Z80 second processor is
on the streets at last.
Simon Horner investigates.
SOFTWARE
Software
Pre-View
36
We
relay first impressions
of the packages that arrived
in PCN's offices last week.
Pascal
64
39
A 64
version of Pascal which
is a full implementation
of the original with some
extra features to exploit
the Commodore 64.
Sage
additions
41
New
features now sported by
Sage Plus make it an even
more attractive accounting
package.
GAMEPLAY
Spectrum
44
Four
frantic games to keep you
finger-flicking happy.
Dragon
45
Aim
for a million, or just head
straight for outer space.
