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| After a troubled
start in life - low sales and
manufacturer Mattel's pull-out
of the micro market - the Aquarius
found a new home with Radofin.
Now its successor, the Aquarius
II has emerged with a real keyboard,
more memory and an eye on the
Spectrum/Vic 20 market. David
Guest evaluates its chances. |
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| Competition |
| Five
Commodore 64s |
| must
be won |
| In a touch
of summer madness, PCN is giving
away five best-selling Commodore
64s. In this free, easy-to-enter
competition you can stake your
claim to one of these great machines
by answering six questions. Turn
to page 12 for details. |
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71 - July 28th 1984 |
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Oric raises prices but
denies problems, page
2; Atari shake-up follows
Tramiel takeover, page
3; problems force Torch
to delay Graduate's debut,
page 4; turtle runs free
in House of Commons, page
5.
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| Latest
movers in the games arena
in Britain's only weekly
micro chart. |
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| Readers
letters - and we pay for
the best. This week, points
of view concern Amstrad,
Commodore, Dragon and Newbrain. |
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| Problems
solved here: Commodore DATA
statements discussed, Oric
HIRES detailed, Vic assembler
decoded and a modem connection
made. |
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| More
hints and tips for the popular
machines, courtesy of our
generous, sharing, caring
readers. (We pay 'em a fiver
each too.) |
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| One
club is tuning into the
world, thanks to a combination
of computers and radios. |
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| Take
a pause from that arduous
programming and take a look
at the new books. |
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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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| Last
but not least, enjoy a chuckle
at the less-than-sensible
side of computers. |
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| Get
a little protection for
your programs and data with
Kevin Ball's password facility. |
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| Once
more our intrepid explorer
Mike Gerrard takes up axe
and rusty lantern and sets
off in search of glory and
enlightenment. |
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| It's
getting long in the tooth
but there's life in the
old Vic yet. Peter Worlock
starts an occasional series
on this venerable micro
with a look at the keyboard
- your first point of contact. |
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| Hard
copies of your colourful
graphics are just a step
away with this colour flat-bed
plotter for the IBM and
all Centronics machines. |
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| Mass
storage for the BBC Micro
from Ikon with its successor
to the popular Hobbit fast
tape drive. Cheaper than
disk, faster than cassette. |
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| Turn
your Sinclair into a businesslike
data storage system with
this double package. |
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| Artistic
graphics are obviously the
year's major subject for
the Commodore 64. Yet another
offering is Paintpic from
Kuma - but this one would
make an Old Master sit up
and take note. |
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| Superheroes
abound - put yourself in
the shoes of Bruce Lee or
the Incredible Hulk. |
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| Five
new offerings for the Oric/Atmos
under the scrutiny of Nick
Rann. |
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| Into
space with Shuttle. Can
you capture the runaway
satwllite while avoiding
the explosive obstacles? |
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